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ArticleNature communications2025

Comparative transcriptome atlas as an assistive modality for complex classification of rare kidney cancers.

Ryosuke Jikuya, Todd A Johnson, Erika Muraoka, Go Noguchi, Shigekatsu Maekawa, Wataru Obara, Kazuyuki Numakura, Tomonori Habuchi, Kazuhiro Maejima, Shota Sasagawa and 43 more

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Ryosuke JikuyaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-6293
Todd A JohnsonLaboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3377-6692
Erika MuraokaDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Go NoguchiDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-0391
Shigekatsu MaekawaDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4620-2831
Wataru ObaraDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan.
Kazuyuki NumakuraDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Tomonori HabuchiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Kazuhiro MaejimaLaboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shota SasagawaLaboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yuki KanazashiLaboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Hwajin LeeDepartment of Biomedical Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Woo Jeung SongDepartment of Biomedical Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hajime SasagawaLaboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Taku MitomeDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shinji OhtakeDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Sachi KawauraDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yasuhiro IribeDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kota AomoriDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Hirotaka NagasakaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Tomoyuki TatenumaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Daiki UenoDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Mitsuru KomeyaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Hiroki ItoDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yusuke ItoDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kentaro MuraokaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Takashi KawaharaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Mitsuko FuruyaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Ikuma KatoDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Haruka HamanoueClinical Genetics Department, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-4002
Akira NishiyamaDepartment of Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8802-3770
Tomohiko TamuraDepartment of Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9664-1747
Masaya BabaLaboratory of Cancer Metabolism, International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5308-6683
Toshio SudaLaboratory of Cancer Metabolism, International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-1771
Tatsuhiko KodamaLaboratory for Systems Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Takehiko OgawaDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-0317
Hiroji UemuraDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Masahiro YaoDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Toyonori TsuzukiDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-4366
Yoji NagashimaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuji MiuraDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Go KimuraDepartment of Urology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-9324
Seiya ImotoHuman Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukihide MomozawaLaboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-3504
Satoshi FujiiDepartment of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kazuhide MakiyamaDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Takanori HasegawaM&D Data Science Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Brian M ShuchInstitute of Urologic Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Christopher J RickettsUrologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-7207
Laura S SchmidtUrologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-5491
W Marston LinehanUrologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7983-3109
Hidewaki NakagawaLaboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. hidewaki@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1807-772X
Hisashi HasumiDepartment of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. hasumi@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-8835

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23K08717NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500001CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500001GNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500001W
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Abstract

There is a great unmet medical need for development of molecularly characterizing modalities to assist in the complex classification of rare kidney cancers, some of which are diagnosed as unclassified renal cell carcinoma (unclassified RCC) due to complex histology. Here we show utility of the comparative transcriptome atlas as an assistive modality for complex classification of rare kidney cancers. Whereas whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 52 rare kidney cancers identifies very few clinically significant variants in a subset of cases, unsupervised clustering results of RNA-seq data from 219 renal tumors including 140 rare kidney cancers are largely consistent with the histological classification based on WHO2022 classification. Additionally, the comparative transcriptome atlas may provide an opportunity to define the molecular characteristics of unclassified RCC and might predict patient outcome. These findings support the comparative transcriptome atlas as an assistive modality for complex classification of rare kidney cancers.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsRare DiseasesTranscriptomeFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleWhole Genome Sequencing

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