Summary Model of the Role of Pancreatic CTCs in the Met

Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies extracellular matrix gene expression by pancreatic circulating tumor cells. Ting DT, Wittner BS, Ligorio M, Vincent Jordan N, Shah AM, Miyamoto DT, Aceto N, Bersani F, Brannigan BW, Xega K, Ciciliano JC, Zhu H, MacKenzie OC, Trautwein J, Arora KS, Shahid M, Ellis HL, Qu N, Bardeesy N, Rivera MN, Deshpande V, Ferrone CR, Kapur R, Ramaswamy S, Shioda T, Toner M, Maheswaran S, Haber DA - Cell Rep (2014) Bottom Line: To define their composition, we compared genome-wide expression profiles of CTCs with matched primary tumors in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer, isolating individual CTCs using epitope-independent microfluidic capture, followed by single-cell RNA sequencing.Mouse as well as human pancreatic CTCs exhibit a very high expression of stromal-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, including SPARC, whose knockdown in cancer cells suppresses cell migration and invasiveness.The aberrant expression by CTCs of stromal ECM genes points to their contribution of microenvironmental signals for the spread of cancer to distant organs. View Article: PubMed Central - PubMed Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Show MeSH Major Extracellular Matrix/genetics/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/metabolism* Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism/pathology* Minor Animals Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism Cell Movement Humans Mice Osteonectin/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism RNA Interference RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism Retinal Dehydrogenase/genetics/metabolism Sequence Analysis, RNA Tumor Cells, Cultured Related in: MedlinePlus	© Copyright Policy - open-access Related In: Results - Collection License Show All Figures getmorefigures.php?uid=PMC4230325&req=5 Figure 7: Summary Model of the Role of Pancreatic CTCs in the Metastatic CascadeShown are the heterogeneous subsets of pancreatic CTCs with a focus on the most prominent classical CTC group, which are enriched for coexpression of epithelial (keratin) and stromal (Sparc) genes. Mentions: Together, our observations include the following. (1) CTC expression profiles cluster into three classes, including a major “classical CTC” group, and others that are defined by platelet-derived markers or proliferative signatures. (2) Common features shared by virtually all classical CTCs include expression of both epithelial and mesenchymal markers, the stem cell-associated gene Aldh1a2, and three highly expressed transcripts, Klf4, Igfbp5, and Dcn. The specific localization of Igfbp5-expressing cells at the epithelial-stromal boundary within primary tumors may point to a region that contributes significantly to CTC generation. (3) The most highly enriched CTC-specific transcripts shared by almost all classical CTCs encode extracellular matrix proteins, such as Sparc. (4) Aberrant expression in CTCs of this ECM gene product, which is normally abundant in the tumor stromal compartment, is observed in both mouse and human pancreatic CTCs, and its knockdown attenuates cancer cell migration and invasion in reconstituted systems. (Figure 7)

Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies extracellular matrix gene expression by pancreatic circulating tumor cells.

Ting DT, Wittner BS, Ligorio M, Vincent Jordan N, Shah AM, Miyamoto DT, Aceto N, Bersani F, Brannigan BW, Xega K, Ciciliano JC, Zhu H, MacKenzie OC, Trautwein J, Arora KS, Shahid M, Ellis HL, Qu N, Bardeesy N, Rivera MN, Deshpande V, Ferrone CR, Kapur R, Ramaswamy S, Shioda T, Toner M, Maheswaran S, Haber DA - Cell Rep (2014)

Bottom Line: To define their composition, we compared genome-wide expression profiles of CTCs with matched primary tumors in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer, isolating individual CTCs using epitope-independent microfluidic capture, followed by single-cell RNA sequencing.Mouse as well as human pancreatic CTCs exhibit a very high expression of stromal-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, including SPARC, whose knockdown in cancer cells suppresses cell migration and invasiveness.The aberrant expression by CTCs of stromal ECM genes points to their contribution of microenvironmental signals for the spread of cancer to distant organs.

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Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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Summary Model of the Role of Pancreatic CTCs in the Metastatic CascadeShown are the heterogeneous subsets of pancreatic CTCs with a focus on the most prominent classical CTC group, which are enriched for coexpression of epithelial (keratin) and stromal (Sparc) genes.

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Figure 7: Summary Model of the Role of Pancreatic CTCs in the Metastatic CascadeShown are the heterogeneous subsets of pancreatic CTCs with a focus on the most prominent classical CTC group, which are enriched for coexpression of epithelial (keratin) and stromal (Sparc) genes.

Mentions: Together, our observations include the following. (1) CTC expression profiles cluster into three classes, including a major “classical CTC” group, and others that are defined by platelet-derived markers or proliferative signatures. (2) Common features shared by virtually all classical CTCs include expression of both epithelial and mesenchymal markers, the stem cell-associated gene Aldh1a2, and three highly expressed transcripts, Klf4, Igfbp5, and Dcn. The specific localization of Igfbp5-expressing cells at the epithelial-stromal boundary within primary tumors may point to a region that contributes significantly to CTC generation. (3) The most highly enriched CTC-specific transcripts shared by almost all classical CTCs encode extracellular matrix proteins, such as Sparc. (4) Aberrant expression in CTCs of this ECM gene product, which is normally abundant in the tumor stromal compartment, is observed in both mouse and human pancreatic CTCs, and its knockdown attenuates cancer cell migration and invasion in reconstituted systems. (Figure 7)