ArticleNPJ breast cancer2024
SPP1+ macrophages in HR+ breast cancer are associated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes.
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Abstract
Breast cancer categorized into hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-positive (HER2+), and triple-negative (TNBC) subtypes, exhibits varied outcomes based on the number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). To explore the divergent roles of TIL levels across different subtypes, we employed single-cell RNA sequencing on 31 patients with breast cancer. HR+ breast cancer with high TIL levels (TIL-high) revealed increased SPP1+ macrophages, increased SPP1 expression in other monocytes/macrophages (mono/macro) subgroups, and enriched pathways associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling in mono/macro. Moreover, cell-cell interaction analyses revealed enhanced SPP1, MIF, and FN1 signaling in the interaction between SPP1+ macrophages and T-cells in TIL-high HR+ breast cancer. Spatial transcriptomics data highlighted the close proximity of SPP1+ macrophages, CD8+ T-cells, and CD4+ T-cells in TIL-high HR+ breast cancer. Our findings unveil the novel influence of SPP1+ macrophages on T-cells in TIL-high HR+ breast cancer, potentially explaining the poor prognosis and offering insights for targeted interventions.
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