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ATRT-28. SINGLE NUCLEI SEQUENCING REVEALS THE DIFFERENT PHENOTYPIC COMPOSITION OF THE ATRT SUBGROUPS

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Abstract Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (ATRT) represents a genomically homogeneous disease characterized by loss of SMARCB1 protein in the vast majority of cases. In recent years, it has become clear that… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (ATRT) represents a genomically homogeneous disease characterized by loss of SMARCB1 protein in the vast majority of cases. In recent years, it has become clear that these tumors display a high degree of intertumoral heterogeneity with three molecularly distinct subgroups. However, the degree of intratumoral heterogeneity and the information on cellular subpopulations currently remains largely an unchartered territory. To explore the transcriptomic composition of ATRTs, we performed single nuclei RNA sequencing for 16 ATRTs representing all three molecular subgroups (5 ATRT-TYR, 7 ATRT-SHH, 4 ATRT-MYC). By performing tSNE cluster analyses of all the single cell data (~50.000 cells have been sequenced), we were able to gain unprecedented insights into the phenotypic composition of ATRTs and unravelled substantial differences between the three subgroups. Integrating transcriptomic information from non-neoplastic brain cells and the data derived from single nuclei sequencing, we found an OPC like gene signature in ATRT-SHH. In contrast, ATRT-TYR subpopulations overexpressed more markers of neuronal stem cells suggesting a larger fraction of undifferentiated cells in this subgroup. We also identified a subpopulation of cells with a clear overexpression of cell cycle associated genes (CDK4, CDKN3), predominantly present in ATRT-MYC samples, a finding which may harbour important consequences for a targeted therapy with e.g. CDK inhibitors. In summary, our analyses reveal different cellular compartments in ATRT and provide important insights into the cellular differentiation of the three ATRT-subgroups. Further analyses to achieve a specific mapping of ATRT to its physiological cell of origin are currently being pursued.

Keywords: atrt; nuclei sequencing; phenotypic composition; single nuclei

Journal Title: Neuro-Oncology
Year Published: 2020

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