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ArticleNature communications2022

Topographic mapping of the glioblastoma proteome reveals a triple-axis model of intra-tumoral heterogeneity.

K H Brian Lam, Alberto J Leon, Weili Hui, Sandy Che-Eun Lee, Ihor Batruch, Kevin Faust, Almos Klekner, Gábor Hutóczki, Marianne Koritzinsky, Maxime Richer and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

K H Brian LamDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6125-3656
Alberto J LeonPrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2C1, Canada.
Weili HuiPrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2C1, Canada.
Sandy Che-Eun LeePrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2C1, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-8104
Ihor BatruchDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1×5, Canada.
Kevin FaustPrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2C1, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8006-5044
Almos KleknerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
Gábor HutóczkiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
Marianne KoritzinskyPrincess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2C1, Canada.
Maxime RicherDepartment of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada.
Ugljesa DjuricDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada.
Phedias DiamandisDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada. p.diamandis@mail.utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5291-9068
University Health Network · CAUniversity of Debrecen · HUCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke · CAMount Sinai Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer with well-established patterns of intra-tumoral heterogeneity implicated in treatment resistance and progression. While regional and single cell transcriptomic variations of glioblastoma have been recently resolved, downstream phenotype-level proteomic programs have yet to be assigned across glioblastoma's hallmark histomorphologic niches. Here, we leverage mass spectrometry to spatially align abundance levels of 4,794 proteins to distinct histologic patterns across 20 patients and propose diverse molecular programs operational within these regional tumor compartments. Using machine learning, we overlay concordant transcriptional information, and define two distinct proteogenomic programs, MYC- and KRAS-axis hereon, that cooperate with hypoxia to produce a tri-dimensional model of intra-tumoral heterogeneity. Moreover, we highlight differential drug sensitivities and relative chemoresistance in glioblastoma cell lines with enhanced KRAS programs. Importantly, these pharmacological differences are less pronounced in transcriptional glioblastoma subgroups suggesting that this model may provide insights for targeting heterogeneity and overcoming therapy resistance.

Indexed as

Genetic HeterogeneityAntineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlioblastomaHumansHypoxiaLaser Capture MicrodissectionMachine LearningModels, GeneticNeoplasm ProteinsAntineoplastic AgentsKRAS protein, humanMYC protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)

Identifiers

PMID35013227
PMCPMC8748638
OpenAlexW4205377740

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