Single-cell sequencing maps gene expression to mutational phylogenies in PDGF- and EGF-driven gliomas. Müller, S., Liu, S. J., Di Lullo, E., Malatesta, M., Pollen, A. A, Nowakowski, T. J, Kohanbash, G., Aghi, M., Kriegstein, A. R, Lim, D. A, & Diaz, A. Mol Syst Biol, 12(11):889, November, 2016.
abstract   bibtex   
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive type of primary brain tumor. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors are frequently amplified and/or possess gain-of-function mutations in GBM However, clinical trials of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors have shown disappointing efficacy, in part due to intra-tumor heterogeneity. To assess the effect of clonal heterogeneity on gene expression, we derived an approach to map single-cell expression profiles to sequentially acquired mutations identified from exome sequencing. Using 288 single cells, we constructed high-resolution phylogenies of EGF-driven and PDGF-driven GBMs, modeling transcriptional kinetics during tumor evolution. Descending the phylogenetic tree of a PDGF-driven tumor corresponded to a progressive induction of an oligodendrocyte progenitor-like cell type, expressing pro-angiogenic factors. In contrast, phylogenetic analysis of an EGFR-amplified tumor showed an up-regulation of pro-invasive genes. An in-frame deletion in a specific dimerization domain of PDGF receptor correlates with an up-regulation of growth pathways in a proneural GBM and enhances proliferation when ectopically expressed in glioma cell lines. In-frame deletions in this domain are frequent in public GBM data.
@ARTICLE{Muller2016-mp,
  title    = "Single-cell sequencing maps gene expression to mutational
              phylogenies in {PDGF-} and {EGF-driven} gliomas",
  author   = "M{\"u}ller, S{\"o}ren and Liu, Siyuan John and Di Lullo,
              Elizabeth and Malatesta, Martina and Pollen, Alex A and
              Nowakowski, Tomasz J and Kohanbash, Gary and Aghi, Manish and
              Kriegstein, Arnold R and Lim, Daniel A and Diaz, Aaron",
  abstract = "Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive
              type of primary brain tumor. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and
              platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors are frequently
              amplified and/or possess gain-of-function mutations in GBM
              However, clinical trials of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors have shown
              disappointing efficacy, in part due to intra-tumor heterogeneity.
              To assess the effect of clonal heterogeneity on gene expression,
              we derived an approach to map single-cell expression profiles to
              sequentially acquired mutations identified from exome sequencing.
              Using 288 single cells, we constructed high-resolution
              phylogenies of EGF-driven and PDGF-driven GBMs, modeling
              transcriptional kinetics during tumor evolution. Descending the
              phylogenetic tree of a PDGF-driven tumor corresponded to a
              progressive induction of an oligodendrocyte progenitor-like cell
              type, expressing pro-angiogenic factors. In contrast,
              phylogenetic analysis of an EGFR-amplified tumor showed an
              up-regulation of pro-invasive genes. An in-frame deletion in a
              specific dimerization domain of PDGF receptor correlates with an
              up-regulation of growth pathways in a proneural GBM and enhances
              proliferation when ectopically expressed in glioma cell lines.
              In-frame deletions in this domain are frequent in public GBM
              data.",
  journal  = "Mol Syst Biol",
  volume   =  12,
  number   =  11,
  pages    = "889",
  month    =  nov,
  year     =  2016,
  keywords = "PDGFRA; copy‐number variation; glioblastoma; single‐cell
              RNA‐sequencing; tumor phylogeny",
  language = "en"
}

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