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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Mapping breast cancer lineage in radiation and immunotherapy using the REMAP mouse.

Abigail C Marshall, Jackie Vahey, Meisam Bagheri, Rachel Saxe, Jennifer Fields, Fred Kolling, Aaron McKenna

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7 authors.

Abigail C MarshallDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Jackie VaheyDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Meisam BagheriDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Rachel SaxeDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Jennifer FieldsDartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Fred KollingDartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Aaron McKennaDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.ORCID 0000-0001-8277-6512

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Zhao - Proj 2P20GM130454 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Lauren J Walker · 2019 to 2026
$27.2M
Annotated lineage trees of murine developmentDP2GM149750 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI MCKENNA, AARON H · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
Acquisition of the NextSeq2000 Sequencing platform to Increase Next Generation Sequencing Throughput While Reducing Costs at DartmouthS10OD030242 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KOLLING IV, FRED W · 2021 to 2021
$321k
10X Genomics Chromium Single-cell Sequencing to Expand Research At DartmouthS10OD025235 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI TOMLINSON, CRAIG R · 2018 to 2018
$125k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM149750NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130454NIH HHS S10 OD025235NIH HHS S10 OD030242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present REMAP (Recording Evolution in Mammary tumors via Active PyMT), a lineage-tracing mouse model that integrates inducible CRISPR recording with the MMTV-PyMT model of hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer. Inducible Cas9 drives editing of MARC1 homing guide RNAs (hgRNAs), generating heritable lineage marks, and enables reconstruction of clonal relationships. Using REMAP, we profiled tumor evolution and response to radiation combined with anti-PD1 immunotherapy. Treatment reduced tumor burden locally and systemically, and single-cell RNA sequencing revealed remodeling of the tumor microenvironment (TME). We identified metastatic clones present across primary tumors and distant sites, which exhibited elevated epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) programs as a heritable clonal state. Treatment reduced EMT-associated transcriptional programs and reshaped immune composition, with radiation driving clonal expansion of T cells and reduced repertoire diversity. In contrast, cancer-associated fibroblast clones spanned multiple transcriptional states, indicating substantial stromal plasticity. Together, REMAP enables high-resolution coupling of clonal history and cellular state in vivo, revealing that tumor progression, metastasis, and therapeutic response are governed by heritable lineage programs.

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PMCPMC13105012

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