Abstract:
:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is heterogeneous, rendering its current curative treatments ineffective. The emergence of single-cell genomics represents a powerful strategy in delineating the complex molecular landscapes of cancers. In this study, we demonstrated the feasibility and merit of using single-cell RNA sequencing to dissect the intra-tumoral heterogeneity and analyze the single-cell transcriptomic landscape to detect rare cell subpopulations of significance. Exploration of the inter-relationship among liver cancer stem cell markers showed two distinct major cell populations according to EPCAM expression, and the EPCAM+ cells had upregulated expression of multiple oncogenes. We also identified a CD24+/CD44+-enriched cell subpopulation within the EPCAM+ cells which had specific signature genes and might indicate a novel stemness-related cell subclone in HCC. Notably, knockdown of signature gene CTSE for CD24+/CD44+ cells significantly reduced self-renewal ability on HCC cells in vitro and the stemness-related role of CTSE was further confirmed by in vivo tumorigenicity assays in nude mice. In summary, single-cell genomics is a useful tool to delineate HCC intratumoral heterogeneity at better resolution. It can identify rare but important cell subpopulations, and may guide better precision medicine in the long run.
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Cancer Lettjournal_title
Cancer lettersauthors
Ho DW,Tsui YM,Sze KM,Chan LK,Cheung TT,Lee E,Sham PC,Tsui SK,Lee TK,Ng IOdoi
10.1016/j.canlet.2019.06.002subject
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2019-09-10 00:00:00pages
176-185eissn
0304-3835issn
1872-7980pii
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