<p>Cancer arises from genetic and epigenetic alterations that reshape chromatin, transcriptional regulation, and malignant cell states. To chart cancer-intrinsic regulatory programs, we build a pan-cancer single-cell atlas of 60 cancer cell lines spanning 16 tissue origins and 20 cancer types, comprising 240,957 snRNA-seq and 223,347 snATAC-seq profiles. Integrative analyses reveal cell-state heterogeneity, core gene-regulatory networks, and a conserved EMT axis transcending tissue of origin; copy-number analysis identifies transcription factor amplification and hyperactivation as drivers of state reprogramming. Comparing cutaneous melanoma with acral melanoma, a rare subtype underrepresented in previous studies, uncovers a universal inflammation-suppressive program in acral and an inflamed landscape in cutaneous melanoma, with JAK-STAT activity as the central discriminator. Integrating data across models and patient cohorts links tumor-intrinsic regulation to microenvironmental composition and therapeutic response. By profiling rare alongside common subtypes, this atlas offers a resource for mapping pan-cancer and subtype-specific regulatory programs shaping cell-state plasticity.</p>

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Single-cell multimodal profiling of pan-cancer cell lines uncovers gene regulatory principles underlying intrinsic cell states and environmental features

  • Zihan Xu,
  • Aileen Ugurbil,
  • Joshua Kwan,
  • Chloe Schaefer,
  • Abdulraouf Abdulraouf,
  • Ziyu Lu,
  • Erting Tang,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Junyue Cao

摘要

Cancer arises from genetic and epigenetic alterations that reshape chromatin, transcriptional regulation, and malignant cell states. To chart cancer-intrinsic regulatory programs, we build a pan-cancer single-cell atlas of 60 cancer cell lines spanning 16 tissue origins and 20 cancer types, comprising 240,957 snRNA-seq and 223,347 snATAC-seq profiles. Integrative analyses reveal cell-state heterogeneity, core gene-regulatory networks, and a conserved EMT axis transcending tissue of origin; copy-number analysis identifies transcription factor amplification and hyperactivation as drivers of state reprogramming. Comparing cutaneous melanoma with acral melanoma, a rare subtype underrepresented in previous studies, uncovers a universal inflammation-suppressive program in acral and an inflamed landscape in cutaneous melanoma, with JAK-STAT activity as the central discriminator. Integrating data across models and patient cohorts links tumor-intrinsic regulation to microenvironmental composition and therapeutic response. By profiling rare alongside common subtypes, this atlas offers a resource for mapping pan-cancer and subtype-specific regulatory programs shaping cell-state plasticity.