In-depth patient-specific analysis of tumor heterogeneity in melanoma brain metastasis: Insights from spatial transcriptomics and multi-region bulk sequencingShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Translational Oncology, ISSN 1944-7124, E-ISSN 1936-5233, Vol. 59, article id 102468
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Abstract [en]
Melanoma brain metastases (MBM) exhibit extensive intertumor and intratumor heterogeneity (ITH), driven by a complex tumor microenvironment. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed analysis of individual MBM patient tumors using a multiomics approach, integrating spatial transcriptomics with multi-region bulk exome, proteome, and transcriptome profiling for a small group of four patient samples. We identified significant patient-specific variations in immune cell infiltration, particularly in B/plasma cells, myeloid cells, and cancerassociated fibroblasts (CAFs). Notably, immunotherapy-treated patients showed enriched pathways related to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) signaling, oxidative phosphorylation, T-cell signaling, inflammation and DNA damage, which aligned with distinct cellular compositions observed in the spatial analysis. We also uncovered considerable ITH, especially at the protein level, revealing differential
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 59, article id 102468
Keywords [en]
Melanoma brain metastases, Immunotherapy, PD-1, Targeted therapy, Immune signaling, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, Multiomics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-371889DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2025.102468ISI: 001532294100001PubMedID: 40669378Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010601570OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-371889DiVA, id: diva2:2007932
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QC 20251021
2025-10-212025-10-212025-10-21Bibliographically approved