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Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) stage-dependent analysis uncovers oncogenes and potential immunotherapeutic targets in multiple myeloma

  1. Bo Gong  Is a corresponding author
  2. Ling Zhong
  3. Peng Hao
  4. Qian Zhang
  5. Tao Jiang
  6. Huan Li
  7. Jialing Xiao
  8. Chenglong Li
  9. Lan Luo
  10. Ping Shuai
  11. Liang Wang
  12. Yuping Liu
  13. Yi Shi
  14. Wei Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
  2. Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75340
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  1. Bo Gong
  2. Ling Zhong
  3. Peng Hao
  4. Qian Zhang
  5. Tao Jiang
  6. Huan Li
  7. Jialing Xiao
  8. Chenglong Li
  9. Lan Luo
  10. Ping Shuai
  11. Liang Wang
  12. Yuping Liu
  13. Yi Shi
  14. Wei Zhang
(2022)
Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) stage-dependent analysis uncovers oncogenes and potential immunotherapeutic targets in multiple myeloma
eLife 11:e75340.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75340
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Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) accounts for ~10% of all haematologic malignancies. Little is known about high intratumour heterogeneities in patients stratified by the Revised International Staging System (R-ISS). Herein, we constructed a single-cell transcriptome atlas to compare differential expression patterns among stages. We found that a novel cytotoxic plasma cell (PC) population exhibited with NKG7 positive was obviously enriched in stage II patients. Additionally, a malignant plasma cell population with significantly elevated expression of MKI67 and PCNA was associated with unfavourable prognosis and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in our collected samples. Moreover, Ribonucleotide Reductase Regulatory Subunit M2 (RRM2) was found and verified to promote proliferation of MM cell lines, suggesting RRM2 may serve as a detrimental marker in MM. The percentages of CD8+ T cells and NKT cells decreased along with R-ISS stages, reflecting the plasticity of the tumour immune microenvironment. Importantly, their crosstalks with myeloid cells and PC identified several potential immunotargets such as SIRPA-CD47, and CD74-MIF, respectively. Collectively, this study provided an R-ISS-related single-cell MM atlas and revealed the clinical significance of novel PC clusters, as well as potential immunotargets in MM progression.

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  1. Bo Gong

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  2. Ling Zhong

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  3. Peng Hao

    Department of Orthopaedics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  4. Qian Zhang

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  5. Tao Jiang

    Department of Hematology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  6. Huan Li

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  7. Jialing Xiao

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  8. Chenglong Li

    Department of Hematology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  9. Lan Luo

    Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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  10. Ping Shuai

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  11. Liang Wang

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  12. Yuping Liu

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  13. Yi Shi

    Department of Health Management, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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  14. Wei Zhang

    Department of Orthopaedics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Funds,82002212)

  • Ling Zhong

Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province (Applied Basic Research,2022YFS0100)

  • Peng Hao

Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau (Applied Basic Research,2019-YF05-00572-SN)

  • Ling Zhong

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (general program，2019M663567)

  • Ling Zhong

UESTC (Basic scientific research,ZYGX2020J024)

  • Ling Zhong

UESTC (Medicine-engineering interdisciplinary,ZYGX2021YGLH006)

  • Ling Zhong

Science &Technology Department of Sichuan Province (Outstanding Youth Fund，2022JDTD0024)

  • Bo Gong

Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau (Applied Basic Research,2022-YF05-01625-SN)

  • Bo Gong

Sichuan cadre health care project (Sichuan cadre health care project,2022-216)

  • Wei Zhang

UESTC (Medicine-engineering interdisciplinary,ZYGX2021YGLH204)

  • Wei Zhang

The roles of the funders were to do single cell sequence, analysis data, and verify the conclusions.

Ethics

Human subjects: Written informed consents were obtained from all subjects. All experimental procedures were approved by the Medical ethics committee of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital and carried out in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. ALL of the patients signed the informed consent containing contact Information, the purpose of the study, risks and benefits from this study, consent to publish the manuscript. The protocol numbers was 2020-240.

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  1. Bo Gong
  2. Ling Zhong
  3. Peng Hao
  4. Qian Zhang
  5. Tao Jiang
  6. Huan Li
  7. Jialing Xiao
  8. Chenglong Li
  9. Lan Luo
  10. Ping Shuai
  11. Liang Wang
  12. Yuping Liu
  13. Yi Shi
  14. Wei Zhang
(2022)
Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) stage-dependent analysis uncovers oncogenes and potential immunotherapeutic targets in multiple myeloma
eLife 11:e75340.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75340

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