Integrative analysis of multiple genomic data from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma organoids enables tumor subtyping

Hee Seung Lee, Dai Hoon Han, Kyungjoo Cho, Soo Been Park, Chanyang Kim, Galam Leem, Dawoon E. Jung, Soon Sung Kwon, Chul Hoon Kim, Jung Hyun Jo, Hye Won Lee, Si Young Song, Jun Yong Park

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Abstract

As genomic analysis technology has advanced, it has become possible to sub-classify intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) at the histological or molecular level. Here, we verify the recently suggested two subgroups of ICC in the organoids model, compare the characteristics between types. ICC patients are subclassified into small-duct (SD) and large-duct (LD) subtype according to histological characteristics. ICC organoids are established, and unsupervised principal component analysis clustering separates each type of ICC. Differential gene expression reveals enrichment on KRAS, TGFβ and ERBB2 signaling pathways in LD-type compared with SD-type (P < 0.05). Gene set enrichment analysis demonstrates that the cholangiocarcinoma class 2 signature, defined by Andersen et al., is enriched in the LD-type (enrichment Score = 2.19, P < 0.001). A protein-protein interaction network analysis identifies ZNF217 as a significant hub protein (odds ratio = 4.96, P = 0.0105). We perform prospective modeling of histological subtype using patient-derived organoids. Moreover, gene expression profiling of ICC organoids enables identification of type-specific targetable pathways.

Original languageEnglish
Article number237
JournalNature communications
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Dec

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Meritxell Huch (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics) for her kind share the organoid culture protocol, review and comments for this study results. We thank Dong-Su Jang (Medical Research Support Section, Yonsei University College of Medicine) for help with the illustrations, and Hyun-Yi Kim (NGenes Inc., Asan-si, Republic of Korea) for help with bioinformatical analysis. We also thank the Bioinformatics Collaboration Unit (BICU) in the Department of Biomedical System Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine. This study was supported by a Faculty Research Grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine grant no. 6-2016-0122 to H.D.H., and a Severance Surgeon’s Alumni Research Grant grant no. 2016-02 to H.D.H. This study was supported by a faculty research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine (6-2020-0079 to H.S.L.). This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (NRF-2021R1A2C1008898 to H.S.L.). This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI14C1324 to S.Y.S.).

Funding Information:
We thank Meritxell Huch (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics) for her kind share the organoid culture protocol, review and comments for this study results. We thank Dong-Su Jang (Medical Research Support Section, Yonsei University College of Medicine) for help with the illustrations, and Hyun-Yi Kim (NGenes Inc., Asan-si, Republic of Korea) for help with bioinformatical analysis. We also thank the Bioinformatics Collaboration Unit (BICU) in the Department of Biomedical System Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine. This study was supported by a Faculty Research Grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine grant no. 6-2016-0122 to H.D.H., and a Severance Surgeon’s Alumni Research Grant grant no. 2016-02 to H.D.H. This study was supported by a faculty research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine (6-2020-0079 to H.S.L.). This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (NRF-2021R1A2C1008898 to H.S.L.). This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI14C1324 to S.Y.S.).

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  • Chemistry(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • General
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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