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Molecular Landscape of the Coagulome of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemostatic complications, ranging from thromboembolism to bleeding, are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. The tumor coagulome represents the multiple genes and proteins that locally contribute to the equilibrium between coagulation and fibrinolysis. We aimed to study the coagulome of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and examine its link to the tumor microenvironment (TME).

Methods

We used data from bulk tumor DNA/RNA-seq (The Cancer Genome Atlas), single-cell RNA-seq data and OSCC cells in culture.

Results

Among all tumor types, OSCC was identified as the tumor with the highest mRNA expression levels of F3 (Tissue Factor, TF) and PLAU (urokinase type-plasminogen activator, uPA). Great inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity were observed. Single-cell analyses showed the coexistence of subpopulations of pro-coagulant and pro-fibrinolytic cancer cells within individual tumors. Interestingly, OSCC with high F3 expressed higher levels of the key immune checkpoint molecules CD274/PD-L1, PDCD1LG2/PD-L2 and CD80, especially in tumor dendritic cells. In vitro studies confirmed the particularity of the OSCC coagulome and suggested that thrombin exerts indirect effects on OSCC cells.

Conclusions

OSCC presents a specific coagulome. Further studies examining a possible negative modulation of the tumor's adaptive immune response by the coagulation process are warranted.

SUBMITTER: Lottin M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8773794 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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