Single-cell transcriptomics dissects premalignant progression in proliferative verrucous leukoplakia

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OBJECTIVE: Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is characterized by a spectrum of clinicopathological features and a high risk of malignant transformation. In this study, we aimed to delineate the dynamic changes in molecular signature during PVL progression and identify the potential cell subtypes that play a key role in the premalignant evolution of PVL.

METHODS: We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on three biopsy samples from a large PVL lesion. These samples exhibited a histopathological continuum of PVL progression.

RESULTS: By analyzing the transcriptome profiles of 27,611 cells from these samples, we identified ten major cell lineages and revealed that cellular remodeling occurred during the progression of PVL lesions, including epithelial, stromal, and immune cells. Epithelial cells are shifted to tumorigenic states and secretory patterns at the premalignant stage. Immune cells showed growing immunosuppressive phenotypes during PVL progression. Remarkably, two novel cell subtypes INSR+ endothelial cells and ASPN+ fibroblasts, were discovered and may play vital roles in microenvironment remodeling, such as angiogenesis and stromal fibrosis, which are closely involved in malignant transformation.

CONCLUSION: Our work is the first to depict the cellular landscape of PVL and speculate that disease progression may be driven by functional remodeling of multiple cell subtypes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Oral diseases - 30(2024), 2 vom: 19. März, Seite 172-186

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Kuang, Wenjing [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Taiwen [VerfasserIn]
Dan, Hongxia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qianming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carcinogenesis
Extracellular matrix remodeling
Journal Article
Malignant transformation
Microenvironment
Oral potentially malignant disorders
Single-cell sequencing

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.03.2024

Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/odi.14347

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344700518