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<p>Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is defined by the presence of various morphological elements, typically biphasic, with epithelial (e.g. no-special type (NST), squamous) and mesenchymal (e.g. spindle, chondroid, osteoid) components. The established clonality of the different components favours an evolution model encompassing either a multipotent progenitor, or a linear metaplastic conversion. We used methylation profiling and showed that different morphologies have specific methylation profiles. Furthermore, our spatial transcriptomic approach, using 10× Genomics Visium and trajectory analysis, evidenced that spindle cells form a transition between the originating carcinoma of no-special type (NST) and pleomorphic regions, with osteoid differentiation likely to be an end-stage fate of the chondroid growth pattern, supporting the conversion model of lineage differentiation. We have also identified a series of master transcription factors likely to regulate these processes, and are significantly associated with metaplastic-like clinical features. This data further supports the conversion model of metaplasia and warrants functional analysis.</p>

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Integrated profiling of metaplastic breast cancer identifies putative master regulators of intratumoral heterogeneity

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    2025年8月11日

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  • Yufan Feng,
  • Albert Xiong,
  • Onkar Mulay,
  • Anna Sokolova,
  • Malcolm Lim,
  • Benjamin Van Haeringen,
  • Natasha McGuire,
  • Xavier de Luca,
  • Peter T. Simpson,
  • Quan Nguyen,
  • Sunil R. Lakhani,
  • Amy E. McCart Reed

摘要

Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is defined by the presence of various morphological elements, typically biphasic, with epithelial (e.g. no-special type (NST), squamous) and mesenchymal (e.g. spindle, chondroid, osteoid) components. The established clonality of the different components favours an evolution model encompassing either a multipotent progenitor, or a linear metaplastic conversion. We used methylation profiling and showed that different morphologies have specific methylation profiles. Furthermore, our spatial transcriptomic approach, using 10× Genomics Visium and trajectory analysis, evidenced that spindle cells form a transition between the originating carcinoma of no-special type (NST) and pleomorphic regions, with osteoid differentiation likely to be an end-stage fate of the chondroid growth pattern, supporting the conversion model of lineage differentiation. We have also identified a series of master transcription factors likely to regulate these processes, and are significantly associated with metaplastic-like clinical features. This data further supports the conversion model of metaplasia and warrants functional analysis.