Mass Spectrometry-Based Multi-Omics Integration Decodes Metabolic-Immune Crosstalk in Multifocal Breast Cancer Progression
摘要
The heterogeneity in the different primary tumor sites of metabolic-immune networks across multifocal tumors remains a critical barrier to precision therapy in breast cancer. Single-platform mass spectrometry (MS) approaches provide valuable molecular insights but lack the comprehensive coverage necessary for a systems-level understanding. Here, we propose a multi-omics strategy that integrates MS-based metabolomics and lipidomics with mass cytometry (CyTOF)-based single-cell immune analysis. This strategy aims to map the dynamic interplay between metabolic reprogramming and immune remodeling in the MMTV-PyMT transgenic model of spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis. Our findings reveal a primary focus-dependent metabolic-immune heterogeneity at the inter/intra-tumor situation, including the disturbance of reprogramming of glycerophospholipid metabolism (164 differential lipids, p < 0.05, FC > 2), infiltration degree of myeloid cells in cervical and thoracic, abdominal, and inguinal locations. Single-cell immunome profiling demonstrates that myeloid infiltration exhibits anatomical preferences, with the cervical and thoracic regions showing 8.4 times more CD11b+ cells than the abdominal and inguinal regions (p < 0.01). Multimodal integration through Spearman bivariate correlation analysis identifies the strong co-regulation between glycerophospholipids expression and the quantitative proportion of pro-tumorigenic myeloid subsets (|R| > 0.88, 0.05 < p < 0.001). This study establishes a paradigm for investigating tumor ecosystem complexity through coordinated multi-omics analysis, revealing primary-site-encoded metabolic-immune circuits that could guide location-specific therapeutic interventions.