Single-cell based elucidation of molecularly-distinct glioblastoma states and drug sensitivity

Abstract Glioblastoma heterogeneity and plasticity remain controversial, with proposed subtypes representing the average of highly heterogeneous admixtures of independent transcriptional states. Single-cell, protein-activity-based analysis allowed full quantification of >6,000 regulatory and signaling proteins, thus providing a previously unattainable single-cell characterization level. This helped identify four novel, molecularly distinct subtypes that successfully harmonize across multiple GBM datasets, including previously published bulk and single-cell profiles and single cell profiles from seven orthotopic PDX models, representative of prior subtype diversity. GBM is thus characterized by the plastic coexistence of single cells in two mutually-exclusive developmental lineages, with additional stratification provided by their proliferative potential. Consistently, all previous subtypes could be recapitulated by single-cell mixtures drawn from newly identified states. Critically, drug sensitivity was predicted and validated as highly state-dependent, both in single-cell assays from patient-derived explants and in PDX models, suggesting that successful treatment requires combinations of multiple drugs targeting these distinct tumor states.Significance We propose a new, 4-subtype GBM classification, which harmonizes across bulk and single-cell datasets. Single-cell mixtures from these subtypes effectively recapitulate all prior classifications, suggesting that the latter are a byproduct of GBM heterogeneity. Finally, we predict single-cell level activity of three clinically-relevant drugs, and validate them in patient-derived explant..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 21. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ding, Hongxu [VerfasserIn]
Burgenske, Danielle M. [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wenting [VerfasserIn]
Subramaniam, Prem S. [VerfasserIn]
Bakken, Katrina K. [VerfasserIn]
He, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez, Mariano J. [VerfasserIn]
Laise, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Paull, Evan O. [VerfasserIn]
Spinazzi, Eleonora F. [VerfasserIn]
Dovas, Athanassios [VerfasserIn]
Marie, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Upadhyayula, Pavan [VerfasserIn]
Cruz, Filemon Dela [VerfasserIn]
Diolaiti, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Kung, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Bruce, Jeffrey N. [VerfasserIn]
Canoll, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Sims, Peter A. [VerfasserIn]
Sarkaria, Jann N. [VerfasserIn]
Califano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/675439

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XBI000547751