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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Temporal Clonal Tracing Reveals Tumor-Intrinsic IFNγ-Dependencies Driving Niche Adaptation and Early Metastatic Colonization.

Emilija Aleksandrovic, Shaneann R Fross, Samantha M Golomb, Xiyu Liu, Zhuo Zhao, Nikitha M Das, Tanner C Reese, Wei Ma, Jacqueline Lopez, Zhenyu Zhong and 3 more

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13 authors.

Emilija AleksandrovicDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6698-2893
Shaneann R FrossDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Samantha M GolombDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Xiyu LiuDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Zhuo ZhaoLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Nikitha M DasDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Tanner C ReeseDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Wei MaDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Jacqueline LopezDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Zhenyu ZhongHarold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Min ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
M Sharon StackDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Siyuan ZhangDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0910-3666

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kathryn Ann O'Donnell · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Training Program at Notre DameT32GM075762 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI CHANG, MAYLAND F, MOBASHERY, SHAHRIAR · 2007 to 2021
$3.7M
Neural Niche in Promoting Brain Metastatic Tumor ProgressionR01CA255064 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHANG, SIYUAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Deciphering the Role of dNTP Metabolism in Innate ImmunityR35GM142654 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHONG, ZHENYU · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
(PQD-3) Spatiotemporal Molecular Interrogation of Early Metastatic Evolution In SituR01CA194697 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI ZHANG, SIYUAN · 2015 to 2018
$1.4M
Prevention of Brain Metastasis Relapse through Modulation of Age-related Gut Microbiota-Immune Cross talkR21CA263798 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHANG, SIYUAN · 2021 to 2022
$400k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS R01 CA194697NCI NIH HHS R01 CA255064NCI NIH HHS R21 CA263798NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142654NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM075762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis is an emergent continuum, driven by evolving reciprocal adaptations between continuously disseminating tumor cells (DTCs) and the specialized metastatic niches of distant organs. The interplay between intrinsic and niche-driven mechanisms that enables DTCs to survive and home to distant organs remains incompletely understood. Here, using MetTag, a single-cell barcoding and transcriptome profiling approach with time-stamped batch identifiers (BC.IDs) and functional CRISPR screening, we resolved the clonality, temporal dynamics, and molecular determinates of DTC colonization success across evolving metastatic niches. Deep sequencing of barcodes revealed preferred enrichment of early-disseminated clones across metastatic niches. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) coupled with RNA velocity analyses in ascites and metastasis-bearing omenta uncovered an emergent and distinct interferon-gamma (IFNγ) centric transcriptional trajectory, enriched among early seeding clones.

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AnoikisClonal dynamicsDisseminating Tumor Cells (DTCs)IFN-gamma (IFNγ)In vivo CRISPR ScreenLineage tracingMetastasisMetastatic nichesMetTag barcodingSingle-cell RNA sequencing

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PMID40832237
PMCPMC12363968

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