n oncogenic phenoscape of colonic stem cell polarization.

Qin X., Cardoso Rodriguez F., Sufi J., Vlckova P., Claus J., Tape CJ.

Cancer cells are regulated by oncogenic mutations and microenvironmental signals, yet these processes are often studied separately. To functionally map how cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues co-regulate cell fate, we performed a systematic single-cell analysis of 1,107 colonic organoid cultures regulated by (1) colorectal cancer (CRC) oncogenic mutations, (2) microenvironmental fibroblasts and macrophages, (3) stromal ligands, and (4) signaling inhibitors. Multiplexed single-cell analysis revealed a stepwise epithelial differentiation phenoscape dictated by combinations of oncogenes and stromal ligands, spanning from fibroblast-induced Clusterin (CLU)+ revival colonic stem cells (revCSCs) to oncogene-driven LRIG1+ hyper-proliferative CSCs (proCSCs). The transition from revCSCs to proCSCs is regulated by decreasing WNT3A and TGF-β-driven YAP signaling and increasing KRASG12D or stromal EGF/Epiregulin-activated MAPK/PI3K flux. We find that APC loss and KRASG12D collaboratively limit access to revCSCs and disrupt stromal-epithelial communication-trapping epithelia in the proCSC fate. These results reveal that oncogenic mutations dominate homeostatic differentiation by obstructing cell-extrinsic regulation of cell-fate plasticity.

DOI

10.1016/j.cell.2023.11.004

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2023-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

186

Pages

5554 - 5568.e18

Keywords

CRC, cell plasticity, cell-cell signaling, cell-fate polarization, colonic stem cell, colorectal cancer, cue-signal-response, organoid, single-cell analysis, tumor microenvironment, Cell Differentiation, Oncogenes, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Signal Transduction, Stem Cells, Humans, Animals, Mice, Cell Lineage

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