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Integrated multi-omics reveals cellular and molecular interactions governing the invasive niche of basal cell carcinoma (Digital Spatial Profiling)

ABSTRACT: To progress, tumors need to invade the surrounding tissues. However, the heterogeneity of cell types at the tumor-stroma interface and the complexity of their potential interactions hampered mechanistic insights for efficient therapeutic targeting. Here, combining single-cell and spatial transcriptomics on human basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), we define the cellular contributors of the invasive front. In the invasive niche, tumor cells harbor a collective migration phenotype, supported by the expression of cell-cell junction complexes. In physical proximity, we identify cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) with extracellular matrix-remodeling features, as required to support collective migration. Moreover, while tumor cells specifically express Activin A, we find Activin A-induced gene signature enrichment in adjacent CAFs subpopulations, further supporting their biological crosstalk. Altogether, our data identify the subpopulations and their transcriptional reprogramming contributing to the spatial organization of the BCC invasive niche. They also bring the proof-of-concept for integrated spatial and single-cell multi-omics to decipher cancer-specific invasive properties and develop therapeutic targeting.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE210648 | GEO | 2022/08/06

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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