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ArticleCancer science2025

Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals the Effect of Commensal Bacteria on the Multistep Development of Esophageal Cancer.

Xuan Xie, Shuyue Zhang, Zihang Mai, Jing Zhan, Sheng Lei, Zhiqiang Ouyang, Zelin Weng, Xiuying Xie, Jingjing Han, Jing Wen

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Xuan XieShenshan Medical Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
Shuyue ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9184-8571
Zihang MaiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4801-5004
Jing ZhanDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Sheng LeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhiqiang OuyangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zelin WengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.
Xiuying XieState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.
Jingjing HanDepartment of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jing WenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072607National Natural Science Foundation of China 82272881National Natural Science Foundation of China 82473408Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515013034
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Abstract

Microbiomes within the tumor microenvironment (TME) are intricately linked to the modulation of cancer cell properties and the prognoses of various types of cancer, including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, their contribution to the onset and advancement of ESCC is still not fully elucidated. We adopted single-cell RNA sequencing to investigate the effects of esophageal commensal bacteria during the development of mice's spontaneous ESCCs. By analyzing the single-cell transcriptomes of 54,562 cells across different ESCC pathological stages, commensal bacteria were observed to display a cellular heterogeneous distribution in the ESCC TME. These bacteria were associated with the malignant transformation of epithelial cells and the formation of inflammatory fibroblasts, contributing to a chronic inflammatory microenvironment. However, after depriving commensal bacteria with an antibiotic cocktail (ABX), infiltrations of inflammatory fibroblasts and anti-bacteria macrophages were lower than those in the control H

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BacteriaEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsFemaleFibroblastsHumansMaleMiceRNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisSymbiosisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscriptomeAnti-Bacterial Agentscommensal bacteriaesophageal squamous cell carcinomamucosa microenvironmentsingle‐cell RNA sequencing

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PMCPMC12666472

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