Journal
PHARMACEUTICALS
Volume 14, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ph14090918
Keywords
single-cell RNA sequencing; copy number variation; signal recognition particle; dosage effect; metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31801120]
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This study explores the association between gene dosage effects and gene copy numbers with triple-negative breast cancer using single-cell RNA transcriptome analysis. It reveals that ribosome proteins may play an important role in the stemness and metastatic potential of TNBC.
Many recent efforts have been put into the association between expression heterogeneity and different cell types and states using single-cell RNA transcriptome analysis. There is only limited understanding of gene dosage effects for the genetic heterogeneity at the single-cell level. By focusing on concordant copy number variation (CNV) and expression, we presented a computational framework to explore dosage effect for aggressive metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) at the single-cell level. In practice, we collected CNV and single-cell expression data from the same patients with independent technologies. By focusing on 47,198 consistent copy number gains (CNG) and gene up-regulation from 1145 single cells, ribosome proteins with important roles in protein targeting were enriched. Independent validation in another metastatic TNBC dataset further prioritized signal recognition particle-dependent protein targeting as the top functional module. More interesting, the increased ribosome gene copies in TNBC may associate with their enhanced stemness and metastatic potential. Indeed, the prioritization of a well-upregulated functional module confirmed by high copy numbers at the single-cell level and contributing to patient survival may indicate the possibility of targeted therapy based on ribosome proteins for TNBC.
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