Multi-omics Identification and Route-Specific Characterization of Metastasis-specific EMT Genes and Their Microenvironmental Interactions
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)
摘要
Background Gastric cancer (GC) constitute a significant cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with metastatic patterns including hematogenous, peritoneal, and ovarian routes. Although GC gene expression patterns have been extensively researched, the metastasis-specific gene expression landscape remains largely unexplored.
Methods We undertook a whole transcriptome sequencing analysis of 66 paired primary and metastatic (hematogenous, peritoneal, or ovarian) GC tumors from 14 patients. Public databases including The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) was used for validation. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of four ascites from serosa positive GC patients and five primary tumors by layer (superficial and deep) were analyzed.
Results Through differential expression analysis between paired primary and metastatic tumors by routes identified 122 unique metastasis-specific epithelial-mesenchymal transition (msEMT) genes. These genes demonstrated varying expression patterns depending on the metastatic route, suggesting route-specific molecular mechanisms in GC metastasis. High expression of msEMT genes in primary tumors was associated with more frequent CDH1 mutations, the genomically stable subtype, and poor prognosis in TCGA GC cohort. This association was further corroborated by poor prognosis and high predictive performance for peritoneal/ovarian recurrence in two independent cohorts (GSE66229; n=300, GSE84437; n=433). scRNA-seq analysis of five primary tumors (GSE167297) and four independent ascites samples from GC patients revealed that msEMT genes were predominantly expressed in diverse fibroblast sub-populations, rather than cancer cells.
Conclusions This study illuminates the route-specific mechanisms and underlines the significance of msEMT genes and cancer-associated fibroblasts in peritoneal metastasis of GC.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
* GC
: gastric cancer
TCGA
: the cancer genome atlas
MSI
: microsatellite instability
EBV
: Epstein-Barr virus
CIN
: chromosomal instability
GS
: genomic stable
msEMT
: metastasis-specific epithelial-mesenchymal transition
scRNA
: single-cell RNA
FFPE
: formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded
TNM
: Tumor Node Metastasis
WTS
: whole transcriptome sequencing
NMF
: Non-negative Matrix Factorization
HR
: hazard ratio
CI
: confidence interval
EN
: Elastic Net regression
GBM
: Gradient Boosting Machine
RF
: Random Forests
SVM
: Support Vector Machine
PCANN
: Probabilistic Classifier Artificial Neural Networks
DEA
: Differential Expression Analysis
CAF
: Cancer Associated Fibroblast
myo-CAF
: myofibroblastic CAF
i-CAF
: inflammatory CAF
v-CAF
: vascular CAF
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关键词
genes,multi-omics,route-specific,metastasis-specific
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