Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma

Abstract Retinoblastoma is a childhood retinal tumour that is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumour. However, it has been challenging to identify the cell types associated with genetic complexity. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on 14,739 cells from two retinoblastoma sa...

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Autores principales: Jie Yang, Yongyun Li, Yanping Han, Yiyi Feng, Min Zhou, Chunyan Zong, Xiaoyu He, Renbing Jia, Xiaofang Xu, Jiayan Fan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca268cafa8374d9fb79152b477c889bf2021-11-28T12:04:32ZSingle-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma10.1038/s41419-021-04390-42041-4889https://doaj.org/article/ca268cafa8374d9fb79152b477c889bf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-021-04390-4https://doaj.org/toc/2041-4889Abstract Retinoblastoma is a childhood retinal tumour that is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumour. However, it has been challenging to identify the cell types associated with genetic complexity. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on 14,739 cells from two retinoblastoma samples to delineate the heterogeneity and the underlying mechanism of retinoblastoma progression. Using a multiresolution network-based analysis, we identified two major cell types in human retinoblastoma. Cell trajectory analysis yielded a total of 5 cell states organized into two main branches, and the cell cycle-associated cone precursors were the cells of origin of retinoblastoma that were required for initiating the differentiation and malignancy process of retinoblastoma. Tumour cells differentiation reprogramming trajectory analysis revealed that cell-type components of multiple tumour-related pathways and predominantly expressed UBE2C were associated with an activation state in the malignant progression of the tumour, providing a potential novel “switch gene” marker during early critical stages in human retinoblastoma development. Thus, our findings improve our current understanding of the mechanism of retinoblastoma progression and are potentially valuable in providing novel prognostic markers for retinoblastoma.Jie YangYongyun LiYanping HanYiyi FengMin ZhouChunyan ZongXiaoyu HeRenbing JiaXiaofang XuJiayan FanNature Publishing GrouparticleCytologyQH573-671ENCell Death and Disease, Vol 12, Iss 12, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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language EN
topic Cytology
QH573-671
spellingShingle Cytology
QH573-671
Jie Yang
Yongyun Li
Yanping Han
Yiyi Feng
Min Zhou
Chunyan Zong
Xiaoyu He
Renbing Jia
Xiaofang Xu
Jiayan Fan
Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
description Abstract Retinoblastoma is a childhood retinal tumour that is the most common primary malignant intraocular tumour. However, it has been challenging to identify the cell types associated with genetic complexity. Here, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on 14,739 cells from two retinoblastoma samples to delineate the heterogeneity and the underlying mechanism of retinoblastoma progression. Using a multiresolution network-based analysis, we identified two major cell types in human retinoblastoma. Cell trajectory analysis yielded a total of 5 cell states organized into two main branches, and the cell cycle-associated cone precursors were the cells of origin of retinoblastoma that were required for initiating the differentiation and malignancy process of retinoblastoma. Tumour cells differentiation reprogramming trajectory analysis revealed that cell-type components of multiple tumour-related pathways and predominantly expressed UBE2C were associated with an activation state in the malignant progression of the tumour, providing a potential novel “switch gene” marker during early critical stages in human retinoblastoma development. Thus, our findings improve our current understanding of the mechanism of retinoblastoma progression and are potentially valuable in providing novel prognostic markers for retinoblastoma.
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author Jie Yang
Yongyun Li
Yanping Han
Yiyi Feng
Min Zhou
Chunyan Zong
Xiaoyu He
Renbing Jia
Xiaofang Xu
Jiayan Fan
author_facet Jie Yang
Yongyun Li
Yanping Han
Yiyi Feng
Min Zhou
Chunyan Zong
Xiaoyu He
Renbing Jia
Xiaofang Xu
Jiayan Fan
author_sort Jie Yang
title Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
title_short Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
title_full Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
title_fullStr Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
title_full_unstemmed Single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
title_sort single-cell transcriptome profiling reveals intratumoural heterogeneity and malignant progression in retinoblastoma
publisher Nature Publishing Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ca268cafa8374d9fb79152b477c889bf
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