Multiomics analysis unveils the cellular ecosystem with clinical relevance in aldosterone-producing adenomas with KCNJ5 mutations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
122(9)
Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2025
Aldosterone-producing
adenomas
(APA),
a
major
endocrine
tumor
and
leading
subtype
of
primary
aldosteronism,
cause
secondary
hypertension
with
high
cardiometabolic
risks.
Despite
potentially
producing
multiple
steroid
hormones,
detailed
cellular
mechanisms
in
APA
remain
insufficiently
studied.
Our
multiomics
analysis
focusing
on
KCNJ5
mutations,
which
represent
the
most
common
genetic
form,
revealed
marked
heterogeneity.
Tumor
cell
reprogramming
initiated
from
stress-responsive
cells
to
aldosterone-producing
or
cortisol-producing
cells,
latter
progressing
proliferative
stromal-like
cells.
These
subtypes
showed
spatial
segregation,
exhibited
genomic
intratumor
Among
nonparenchymal
lipid-associated
macrophages,
were
abundant
APA,
might
promote
progression
suggesting
their
role
microenvironment.
Intratumor
cortisol
synthesis
was
correlated
increased
blood
levels,
associated
development
vertebral
fractures,
hallmark
osteoporosis.
This
study
unveils
complex
ecosystem
clinical
relevance
providing
insights
into
biology
that
could
inform
future
approaches.
Язык: Английский
Single‐Cell Atlas Reveals Tumorigenic Profiles and Immune Dynamics of Adrenal Incidentalomas
Advanced Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 7, 2025
Abstract
Adrenal
incidentalomas
(AIs)
are
commonly
detected
endocrine
lesions,
identified
during
imaging
for
unrelated
conditions.
These
lesions
exhibit
considerable
heterogeneity
and
diverse
clinical
outcomes.
This
study
employed
single‐cell
RNA
sequencing
to
investigate
tumorigenic
characteristics
of
AIs,
including
non‐functional
adrenocortical
adenomas,
Conn's
syndrome,
pheochromocytomas.
Through
integrating
public
datasets,
302
696
cells
analyzed.
Three
cell
subtypes
gene
expression
patterns
linked
tumorigenesis.
Clusterin
emerges
as
a
potential
biomarker
adenomas.
Adrenocortical
tumor
show
dysregulated
hormone
secretion
transcription
factor
steroidogenic
1
(SF1)
is
significantly
upregulated,
distinguishing
cortical
from
medullary
tumors.
In
pheochromocytomas,
MYCN
proto‐oncogene
(MYCN)‐positive
cluster
correlates
with
poorer
survival.
Immune
microenvironment
analysis
reveals
specific
immune
roles
in
progression.
Specifically,
myeloid
may
regulate
benign
tumors,
while
lymphoid
cells,
such
CD8‐positive
(CD8+)
T
appear
promote
activation
infiltration
malignant
Overall,
this
enhances
the
understanding
adrenal
adenoma
heterogeneity,
revealing
crucial
transcriptional
profiles,
interactions,
clinically
relevant
candidate
biomarkers.
Язык: Английский
Investigation of Human Aging at the Single-Cell Level
Ageing Research Reviews,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
101, С. 102530 - 102530
Опубликована: Окт. 11, 2024
Язык: Английский
Supervised analysis of alternative polyadenylation from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data with spvAPA
Briefings in Bioinformatics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
26(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 22, 2024
Abstract
Alternative
polyadenylation
(APA)
is
an
important
driver
of
transcriptome
diversity
that
generates
messenger
RNA
isoforms
with
distinct
3′
ends.
The
rapid
development
single-cell
and
spatial
transcriptomic
technologies
opened
up
new
opportunities
for
exploring
APA
data
to
discover
hidden
cell
subpopulations
invisible
in
conventional
gene
expression
analysis.
However,
gene-level
analysis
tools
are
not
fully
applicable
data,
commonly
used
unsupervised
dimensionality
reduction
methods
often
disregard
experimentally
derived
annotations
such
as
type
identities.
Here,
we
proposed
a
supervised
analytical
framework
termed
spvAPA,
specifically
from
both
transcriptomics
data.
First,
iterative
imputation
method
based
on
weighted
nearest
neighbor
was
designed
recover
missing
signatures,
by
integrating
modalities.
Second,
feature
selection
sparse
partial
least
squares
discriminant
devised
identify
features
distinguishing
types
or
morphologies.
Additionally,
spvAPA
improves
the
visualization
high-dimensional
discovering
novel
subtypes,
which
considers
dual
modalities
APA.
Evaluations
across
nine
datasets
demonstrate
effectiveness
applicability
spvAPA.
available
at
https://github.com/BMILAB/spvAPA.
Язык: Английский