ScRNAseq of MMTV-Neu primary site and lung cancer cells in early and late stage
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ABSTRACT: Cancer cells can disseminate from early-evolved primary lesions. It is thought that a state of early disseminated cancer cell (early DCC) dormancy would precede genetic maturation of DCCs and metastasis initiation. Here we reveal at single cell resolution a previously unrecognized role of mesenchymal- and pluripotency-like programs in coordinating early cancer cell spread and a long-lived dormancy program in early DCCs. We identify in early lesions and early DCCs, the transcription factor ZFP281 as an inducer of mesenchymal- and primed pluripotency-like programs, which is absent in advanced primary tumors and overt metastasis. ZFP281 not only controls the early spread of cancer cells but also locks early DCCs in a prolonged dormancy state by preventing the acquisition of an epithelial-like proliferative program. Thus, ZFP281-driven dormancy of early DCCs may be a rate-limiting step in metastatic progression functioning as a first barrier that DCCs must overcome to then undergo genetic maturation. This data set aims for a general characterization of the MMTV-Neu mouse model (primary site and lung DCCs) in early and late stages of cancer progression.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE165456 | GEO | 2021/01/26
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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