Single-cell profiling of the microenvironment in human bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma

© 2024. The Author(s)..

Bone metastasis is of common occurrence in renal cell carcinoma with poor prognosis, but no optimal treatment approach has been established for bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma. To explore the potential therapeutic targets for bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma, we profile single cell transcriptomes of 6 primary renal cell carcinoma and 9 bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We also include scRNA-seq data of early-stage renal cell carcinoma, late-stage renal cell carcinoma, normal kidneys and healthy bone marrow samples in the study to better understand the bone metastasis niche. The molecular properties and dynamic changes of major cell lineages in bone metastatic environment of renal cell carcinoma are characterized. Bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma is associated with multifaceted immune deficiency together with cancer-associated fibroblasts, specifically appearance of macrophages exhibiting malignant and pro-angiogenic features. We also reveal the dominance of immune inhibitory T cells in the bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma which can be partially restored by the treatment. Trajectory analysis showes that myeloid-derived suppressor cells are progenitors of macrophages in the bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma while monocytes are their progenitors in primary tumors and healthy bone marrows. Additionally, the infiltration of immune inhibitory CD47+ T cells is observed in bone metastatic tumors, which may be a result of reduced phagocytosis by SIRPA-expressing macrophages in the bone microenvironment. Together, our results provide a systematic view of various cell types in bone metastatic renal cell carcinoma and suggest avenues for therapeutic solutions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 7(2024), 1 vom: 12. Jan., Seite 91

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Fen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shuoer [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wending [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Guohai [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Zhengwang [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Weiluo [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yiming [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yining [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Mo [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Yingzheng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Tu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yunkui [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Bingxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jiwei [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shaoli [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yidi [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Wangjun [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-024-05772-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367071843