Spatial and Single‐Cell Transcriptomics Unraveled Spatial Evolution of Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Abstract: Recurrence and metastasis are the major issues for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Current morphological and molecular classification systems are not satisfied for PTC diagnosis due to lacking variant‐specific morphological criteria and high signal‐to‐noise in mutation‐based diagnosis, respectively. Importantly, intratumor heterogeneity is largely lost in current molecular classification system, which can be resolved by single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA‐seq). However, scRNA‐seq loses spatial information and morphological features. Herein, scRNA‐seq is integrated and spatially‐resolved transcriptomics (SRT) to elaborate the mechanisms underlying the spatial heterogeneity, malignancy and metastasis of PTCs by associating transcriptome and local morphology. This results demonstrated that PTC cells evolved with multiple routes, driven by the enhanced aerobic metabolism and the suppressed mRNA translation and protein synthesis and the involvement of cell–cell interaction. Two curated malignant and metastatic footprints can discriminate PTC cells from normal thyrocytes. Ferroptosis resistance contributed to PTC evolution. This results will advance the knowledge of intratumor spatial heterogeneity and evolution of PTCs at spatial and single‐cell levels, and propose better diagnostic strategy.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Spatial and Single‐Cell Transcriptomics Unraveled Spatial Evolution of Papillary Thyroid Cancer ; day:14 ; month:11 ; year:2024 ; extent:13
Advanced science ; (14.11.2024) (gesamt 13)

Creator
Zheng, Guangzhe
Chen, Shaobo
Ma, Wanqi
Wang, Quanshu
Sun, Li
Zhang, Changwen
Chen, Ge
Zhang, Shuping
Chen, Shuguang

DOI
10.1002/advs.202404491
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411141356390.599021736286
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Zheng, Guangzhe
  • Chen, Shaobo
  • Ma, Wanqi
  • Wang, Quanshu
  • Sun, Li
  • Zhang, Changwen
  • Chen, Ge
  • Zhang, Shuping
  • Chen, Shuguang

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