Image-guided genomics of phenotypically heterogeneous populations reveals vascular signalling during symbiotic collective cancer invasion

J. Konen, E. Summerbell, B. Dwivedi, K. Galior, Y. Hou, L. Rusnak, A. Chen, J. Saltz, W. Zhou, L. H. Boise, P. Vertino, L. Cooper, K. Salaita, J. Kowalski and A. I. Marcus ()
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J. Konen: Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, Emory University
E. Summerbell: Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, Emory University
B. Dwivedi: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
K. Galior: Emory University
Y. Hou: Emory University
L. Rusnak: Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, Emory University
A. Chen: Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, Emory University
J. Saltz: Stony Brook University
W. Zhou: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
L. H. Boise: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
P. Vertino: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
L. Cooper: Emory University
K. Salaita: Emory University
J. Kowalski: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
A. I. Marcus: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract Phenotypic heterogeneity is widely observed in cancer cell populations. Here, to probe this heterogeneity, we developed an image-guided genomics technique termed spatiotemporal genomic and cellular analysis (SaGA) that allows for precise selection and amplification of living and rare cells. SaGA was used on collectively invading 3D cancer cell packs to create purified leader and follower cell lines. The leader cell cultures are phenotypically stable and highly invasive in contrast to follower cultures, which show phenotypic plasticity over time and minimally invade in a sheet-like pattern. Genomic and molecular interrogation reveals an atypical VEGF-based vasculogenesis signalling that facilitates recruitment of follower cells but not for leader cell motility itself, which instead utilizes focal adhesion kinase-fibronectin signalling. While leader cells provide an escape mechanism for followers, follower cells in turn provide leaders with increased growth and survival. These data support a symbiotic model of collective invasion where phenotypically distinct cell types cooperate to promote their escape.

Date: 2017
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