美国斯坦福大学医学院Paul A. Khavari小组绘制出人类鳞状细胞癌组成和空间结构的多模式图谱。2020年6月23日，《细胞》杂志在线发表了这一最新研究成果。

Title: Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Author: Andrew L. Ji, Adam J. Rubin, Kim Thrane, Sizun Jiang, David L. Reynolds, Robin M. Meyers, Margaret G. Guo, Benson M. George, Annelie Mollbrink, Joseph Bergenstrhle, Ludvig Larsson, Yunhao Bai, Bokai Zhu, Aparna Bhaduri, Jordan M. Meyers, Xavier Rovira-Clavé, S. Tyler Hollmig, Sumaira Z. Aasi, Garry P. Nolan, Joakim Lundeberg, Paul A. Khavari

Issue&Volume: 2020-06-23

Abstract: To define the cellular composition and architecture of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), we combined single-cell RNA sequencing with spatial transcriptomics and multiplexed ion beam imaging from a series of human cSCCs and matched normal skin. cSCC exhibited four tumor subpopulations, three recapitulating normal epidermal states, and a tumor-specific keratinocyte (TSK) population unique to cancer, which localized to a fibrovascular niche. Integration of single-cell and spatial data mapped ligand-receptor networks to specific cell types, revealing TSK cells as a hub for intercellular communication. Multiple features of potential immunosuppression were observed, including T regulatory cell (Treg) co-localization with CD8 T cells in compartmentalized tumor stroma. Finally, single-cell characterization of human tumor xenografts and in vivo CRISPR screens identified essential roles for specific tumor subpopulation-enriched gene networks in tumorigenesis. These data define cSCC tumor and stromal cell subpopulations, the spatial niches where they interact, and the communicating gene networks that they engage in cancer.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.039

Source: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30672-3