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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39210-0
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The authors performed single cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq of bone marrow aspirates from 16 subjects with neuroblastoma and found that tumor cell plasticity is conserved in metastasis. They also identified tumor-to-bone marrow cell signals that trigger tumor-promoting monocytes. This study provides insights into therapeutic approaches targeting tumor-to-microenvironment interactions.
The bone marrow is a common site of metastasis for neuroblastoma patients. Here, the authors perform single cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq of bone marrow aspirates from 16 subjects and show conservation of tumor cell plasticity in metastases and identify tumor-to-bone marrow cell signals that trigger tumor promoting monocytes. Metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related deaths. Neuroblastoma (NB), a childhood tumor has been molecularly defined at the primary cancer site, however, the bone marrow (BM) as the metastatic niche of NB is poorly characterized. Here we perform single-cell transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of BM aspirates from 11 subjects spanning three major NB subtypes and compare these to five age-matched and metastasis-free BM, followed by in-depth single cell analyses of tissue diversity and cell-cell interactions, as well as functional validation. We show that cellular plasticity of NB tumor cells is conserved upon metastasis and tumor cell type composition is NB subtype-dependent. NB cells signal to the BM microenvironment, rewiring via macrophage mgration inhibitory factor and midkine signaling specifically monocytes, which exhibit M1 and M2 features, are marked by activation of pro- and anti-inflammatory programs, and express tumor-promoting factors, reminiscent of tumor-associated macrophages. The interactions and pathways characterized in our study provide the basis for therapeutic approaches that target tumor-to-microenvironment interactions.
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