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Single-cell gene expression profiling of oncogenically transformed small intestinal organoids upon treatment with TGF-β1

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer (CRC) cells infiltrating surrounding tissue commonly undergo partial epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (pEMT) and employ a collective mode of invasion. How these phenotypic traits are regulated and possibly interconnected remains underexplored. Here, we used intestinal organoids with CRC driver mutations as model system to investigate the mechanistic basis of TGF‑β1-induced pEMT and collective invasion. By scRNA-seq we identified multiple cell subpopulations representing a broad pEMT spectrum, where the most advanced pEMT state correlated with the transcriptional profiles of leader cells in collective invasion and a poor prognosis mesenchymal subtype in human CRC. Bioinformatic analyses pinpointed Sox11 as a transcription factor whose expression peaked in the potential leader/pEMThigh cells. Immunofluorescence staining confirmed Sox11 expression in cells at the invasive front of TGF‑β1-treated organoids. Loss-of-function and overexpression experiments showed that Sox11 is necessary, albeit not sufficient, for TGF-β1-induced pEMT and collective invasion. In human CRC samples, elevated Sox11 expression was associated with advanced tumor stages and worse prognosis. Unexpectedly, aside from orchestrating the organoid response to TGF-β1, Sox11 controlled expression of genes related to normal gut function and tumor suppression. Apparently, Sox11 is embedded in several, distinct gene regulatory circuits, contributing to intestinal tissue homeostasis, tumor suppression, and TGF-β-mediated cancer cell invasion.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE278332 | GEO | 2025/05/16

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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