Single-cell dissection of intratumoral heterogeneity and lineage diversity in metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma

Ruiping Wang, Minghao Dang, Kazuto Harada, Guangchun Han, Fang Wang, Melissa Pool Pizzi, Meina Zhao, Ghia Tatlonghari, Shaojun Zhang, Dapeng Hao, Yang Lu, Shuangtao Zhao, Brian D. Badgwell, Mariela Blum Murphy, Namita Shanbhag, Jeannelyn S. Estrella, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Ahmed Adel Fouad Abdelhakeem, Yuanxin Wang, Guang PengSamir Hanash, George A. Calin, Xingzhi Song, Yanshuo Chu, Jianhua Zhang, Mingyao Li, Ken Chen, Alexander J. Lazar, Andrew Futreal, Shumei Song, Jaffer A. Ajani, Linghua Wang

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Abstract

Intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) is a fundamental property of cancer; however, the origins of ITH remain poorly understood. We performed single-cell transcriptome profiling of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from 15 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC), constructed a map of 45,048 PC cells, profiled the transcriptome states of tumor cell populations, incisively explored ITH of malignant PC cells and identified significant correlates with patient survival. The links between tumor cell lineage/state compositions and ITH were illustrated at transcriptomic, genotypic, molecular and phenotypic levels. We uncovered the diversity in tumor cell lineage/state compositions in PC specimens and defined it as a key contributor to ITH. Single-cell analysis of ITH classified PC specimens into two subtypes that were prognostically independent of clinical variables, and a 12-gene prognostic signature was derived and validated in multiple large-scale GAC cohorts. The prognostic signature appears fundamental to GAC carcinogenesis and progression and could be practical for patient stratification.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)141-151
Number of pages11
JournalNature medicine
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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