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  1. Article: Physics-driven structural docking and protein language models accelerate antibody screening and design for broad-spectrum antiviral therapy.

    Almubarak, Hannah Faisal / Tan, Wuwei / Hoffmann, Andrew D / Wei, Juncheng / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Squires, Joshua R / Sun, Yuanfei / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Simonton, Brooke / Jia, Yuzhi / Iyer, Radhika / Xu, Yanan / Nicolaescu, Vlad / Elli, Derek / Randall, Glenn C / Schipma, Matthew J / Swaminathan, Suchitra / Ison, Michael G / Liu, Huiping /
    Fang, Deyu / Shen, Yang

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2024  

    Abstract: Therapeutic antibodies have become one of the most influential therapeutics in modern medicine to fight against infectious pathogens, cancer, and many other diseases. However, experimental screening for highly efficacious targeting antibodies is labor- ... ...

    Abstract Therapeutic antibodies have become one of the most influential therapeutics in modern medicine to fight against infectious pathogens, cancer, and many other diseases. However, experimental screening for highly efficacious targeting antibodies is labor-intensive and of high cost, which is exacerbated by evolving antigen targets under selective pressure such as fast-mutating viral variants. As a proof-of-concept, we developed a machine learning-assisted antibody generation pipeline that greatly accelerates the screening and re-design of immunoglobulins G (IgGs) against a broad spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant strains. These viruses infect human host cells via the viral spike protein binding to the host cell receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Using over 1300 IgG sequences derived from convalescent patient B cells that bind with spike's receptor binding domain (RBD), we first established protein structural docking models in assessing the RBD-IgG-ACE2 interaction interfaces and predicting the virus-neutralizing activity of each IgG with a confidence score. Additionally, employing Gaussian process regression (also known as Kriging) in a latent space of an antibody language model, we predicted the landscape of IgGs' activity profiles against individual coronaviral variants of concern. With functional analyses and experimental validations, we efficiently prioritized IgG candidates for neutralizing a broad spectrum of viral variants (wildtype, Delta, and Omicron) to prevent the infection of host cells
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2024.03.01.582176
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  2. Article ; Online: ITGA2

    Adorno-Cruz, Valery / Hoffmann, Andrew D / Liu, Xia / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Taftaf, Rokana / Wray, Brian / Keri, Ruth A / Liu, Huiping

    Genes & diseases

    2020  Volume 8, Issue 4, Page(s) 493–508

    Abstract: Cancer metastasis is largely incurable and accounts for 90% of breast cancer deaths, especially for the aggressive basal-like or triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Combining patient database analyses and functional studies, we examined the association ...

    Abstract Cancer metastasis is largely incurable and accounts for 90% of breast cancer deaths, especially for the aggressive basal-like or triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Combining patient database analyses and functional studies, we examined the association of integrin family members with clinical outcomes as well as their connection with previously identified microRNA regulators of metastasis, such as miR-206 that inhibits stemness and metastasis of TNBC. Here we report that the integrin receptor CD49b-encoding
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-02-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2821806-1
    ISSN 2352-3042 ; 2352-3042
    ISSN (online) 2352-3042
    ISSN 2352-3042
    DOI 10.1016/j.gendis.2020.01.015
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  3. Article ; Online: EGFR inhibition blocks cancer stem cell clustering and lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer.

    Liu, Xia / Adorno-Cruz, Valery / Chang, Ya-Fang / Jia, Yuzhi / Kawaguchi, Madoka / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Taftaf, Rokana / Ramos, Erika K / Schuster, Emma J / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Patel, Dhwani / Zhang, Youbin / Cristofanilli, Massimo / Liu, Huiping

    Theranostics

    2021  Volume 11, Issue 13, Page(s) 6632–6643

    Abstract: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and metastatic breast cancer subtypes lacking targeted therapy. Our recent work demonstrated that circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters and polyclonal metastasis of TNBC are driven by ... ...

    Abstract Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and metastatic breast cancer subtypes lacking targeted therapy. Our recent work demonstrated that circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters and polyclonal metastasis of TNBC are driven by aggregation of CD44
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/immunology ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/therapeutic use ; Cell Aggregation/drug effects ; ErbB Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors ; ErbB Receptors/immunology ; ErbB Receptors/physiology ; Erlotinib Hydrochloride/therapeutic use ; Female ; Genes, Reporter ; Humans ; Hyaluronan Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors ; Hyaluronan Receptors/physiology ; Lung Neoplasms/prevention & control ; Lung Neoplasms/secondary ; Mice ; MicroRNAs/genetics ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Neoplasm Proteins/physiology ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/drug effects ; Neoplastic Stem Cells/drug effects ; RNA/genetics ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/pathology ; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological ; CD44 protein, human ; Hyaluronan Receptors ; MIRN30b microRNA, human ; MicroRNAs ; Neoplasm Proteins ; RNA, recombinant ; RNA (63231-63-0) ; Erlotinib Hydrochloride (DA87705X9K) ; EGFR protein, human (EC 2.7.10.1) ; ErbB Receptors (EC 2.7.10.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-30
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2592097-2
    ISSN 1838-7640 ; 1838-7640
    ISSN (online) 1838-7640
    ISSN 1838-7640
    DOI 10.7150/thno.57706
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  4. Article ; Online: Unique molecular signatures sustained in circulating monocytes and regulatory T cells in convalescent COVID-19 patients.

    Hoffmann, Andrew D / Weinberg, Sam E / Swaminathan, Suchitra / Chaudhuri, Shuvam / Almubarak, Hannah Faisal / Schipma, Matthew J / Mao, Chengsheng / Wang, Xinkun / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Wei, Juncheng / Mehl, Paul J / Shihadah, Laura J / Wai, Ching Man / Ostiguin, Carolina / Jia, Yuzhi / D'Amico, Paolo / Wang, Neale R / Luo, Yuan /
    Demonbreun, Alexis R / Ison, Michael G / Liu, Huiping / Fang, Deyu

    Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)

    2023  Volume 252, Page(s) 109634

    Abstract: Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and ... ...

    Abstract Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19-associated long-term complications, remains largely unknown. Herein, we characterized single-cell profiles of circulating immune cells in the peripheral blood of 100 patients, including convalescent COVID-19 and sero-negative controls. Flow cytometry analyses revealed reduced frequencies of both short-lived monocytes and long-lived regulatory T (Treg) cells within the patients who have recovered from severe COVID-19. sc-RNA seq analysis identifies seven heterogeneous clusters of monocytes and nine Treg clusters featuring distinct molecular signatures in association with COVID-19 severity. Asymptomatic patients contain the most abundant clusters of monocytes and Tregs expressing high CD74 or IFN-responsive genes. In contrast, the patients recovered from a severe disease have shown two dominant inflammatory monocyte clusters featuring S100 family genes: one monocyte cluster of S100A8 & A9 coupled with high HLA-I and another cluster of S100A4 & A6 with high HLA-II genes, a specific non-classical monocyte cluster with distinct IFITM family genes, as well as a unique TGF-β high Treg Cluster. The outpatients and seronegative controls share most of the monocyte and Treg clusters patterns with high expression of HLA genes. Surprisingly, while presumably short-lived monocytes appear to have sustained alterations over 4 months, the decreased frequencies of long-lived Tregs (high HLA-DRA and S100A6) in the outpatients restore over the tested convalescent time (≥ 4 months). Collectively, our study identifies sustained and dynamically altered monocytes and Treg clusters with distinct molecular signatures after recovery, associated with COVID-19 severity.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Monocytes ; COVID-19/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1459903-x
    ISSN 1521-7035 ; 1521-6616
    ISSN (online) 1521-7035
    ISSN 1521-6616
    DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109634
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  5. Article ; Online: Physics-driven structural docking and protein language models accelerate antibody screening and design for broad-spectrum antiviral therapy

    Mubarak, Hannah Faisal / Tan, Wuwei / Hoffmann, Andrew Daniel / Wei, Juncheng / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Squires, Joshua R. / Sun, Yuanfei / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K. / Simonton, Brooke / Jia, Yuzhi / Iyer, Radhika / Xu, Yanan / Nicolaescu, Vlad / Elli, Derek / Randall, Glenn C. / Schipma, Matthew J. / Swaminathan, Suchitra / Ison, Michael G. / Liu, Huiping /
    Fang, Deyu / Shen, Yang

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: Therapeutic antibodies have become one of the most influential therapeutics in modern medicine to fight against infectious pathogens, cancer, and many other diseases. However, experimental screening for highly efficacious targeting antibodies is labor- ... ...

    Abstract Therapeutic antibodies have become one of the most influential therapeutics in modern medicine to fight against infectious pathogens, cancer, and many other diseases. However, experimental screening for highly efficacious targeting antibodies is labor-intensive, which is exacerbated by evolving antigen targets under selective pressure such as fast-mutating viral variants. As a proof-of-concept, we developed a machine learning-assisted antibody generation pipeline that greatly accelerates the screening and re-design of immunoglobulins G (IgGs) against a broad spectrum of coronavirus variants. Using over 1300 IgG sequences derived from patient B cells bound with the viral spike9s receptor binding domain (RBD), we first established protein structural docking models in assessing the IgG-RBD-ACE2 interaction interfaces and predicting their viral neutralizing activities with a confidence score. The confidence score is calculated as a fraction of IgG-blocking RBD binding sites versus all ACE2-interacting sites. Additionally, employing Gaussian process regression (also known as Kriging) in a latent space of an antibody language model, we predicted the IgGs9 activity profiles against viral strains. Using functional analyses and experimental validations, we subsequently prioritized IgG candidates for neutralizing a broad spectrum of viral variants (wildtype, Delta, and Omicron) and preventing the infection of host cells in vitro and hACE2 transgenic mice in vivo. To further improve the blockade efficacy for the Delta strain (B.1.617), we rationally redesigned the IgG clones with single amino acid substitutions at the RBD-binding interface. Our work expedites applications of artificial intelligence in low-data regimes when limited data is available, including protein language models (using unlabeled data) and Kriging (using few labeled data) for antibody sequence analysis, activity prediction, and efficacy improvement, which are aided by physics-driven protein docking models for antibody-antigen interface structure analyses.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-04
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2024.03.01.582176
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  6. Article: Unique molecular signatures sustained in circulating monocytes and regulatory T cells in Convalescent COVID-19 patients.

    Hoffmann, Andrew D / Weinberg, Sam E / Swaminathan, Suchitra / Chaudhuri, Shuvam / Mubarak, Hannah Faisal / Schipma, Matthew J / Mao, Chengsheng / Wang, Xinkun / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Wei, Juncheng / Mehl, Paul J / Shihadah, Laura J / Wai, Ching Man / Ostiguin, Carolina / Jia, Yuzhi / D'Amico, Paolo / Wang, Neale R / Luo, Yuan /
    Demonbreun, Alexis R / Ison, Michael G / Liu, Huiping / Fang, Deyu

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2022  

    Abstract: Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and ... ...

    Abstract Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19-associated long-term complications, remains largely unknown. Herein, we characterized multi-omic single-cell profiles of circulating immune cells in the peripheral blood of 100 patients, including covenlesent COVID-19 and sero-negative controls. The reduced frequencies of both short-lived monocytes and long-lived regulatory T (Treg) cells are significantly associated with the patients recovered from severe COVID-19. Consistently, sc-RNA seq analysis reveals seven heterogeneous clusters of monocytes (M0-M6) and ten Treg clusters (T0-T9) featuring distinct molecular signatures and associated with COVID-19 severity. Asymptomatic patients contain the most abundant clusters of monocyte and Treg expressing high CD74 or IFN-responsive genes. In contrast, the patients recovered from a severe disease have shown two dominant inflammatory monocyte clusters with S100 family genes: S100A8 & A9 with high HLA-I whereas S100A4 & A6 with high HLA-II genes, a specific non-classical monocyte cluster with distinct IFITM family genes, and a unique TGF-β high Treg Cluster. The outpatients and seronegative controls share most of the monocyte and Treg clusters patterns with high expression of HLA genes. Surprisingly, while presumably short-ived monocytes appear to have sustained alterations over 4 months, the decreased frequencies of long-lived Tregs (high HLA-DRA and S100A6) in the outpatients restore over the tested convalescent time (>= 4 months). Collectively, our study identifies sustained and dynamically altered monocytes and Treg clusters with distinct molecular signatures after recovery, associated with COVID-19 severity.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2022.03.26.485922
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  7. Article ; Online: Dynamic Glycoprotein Hyposialylation Promotes Chemotherapy Evasion and Metastatic Seeding of Quiescent Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters in Breast Cancer.

    Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Jia, Yuzhi / Zhang, Youbin / Gerratana, Lorenzo / Patel, Priyam / Shajahan, Asif / Dandar, Tsogbadrakh / Ramos, Erika K / Almubarak, Hannah F / Adorno-Cruz, Valery / Taftaf, Rokana / Schuster, Emma J / Scholten, David / Sokolowski, Michael T / Reduzzi, Carolina / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Hoffmann, Andrew D / Manai, Maroua / Zhang, Qiang /
    D'Amico, Paolo / Azadi, Parastoo / Colley, Karen J / Platanias, Leonidas C / Shah, Ami N / Gradishar, William J / Cristofanilli, Massimo / Muller, William A / Cobb, Brian A / Liu, Huiping

    Cancer discovery

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 9, Page(s) 2050–2071

    Abstract: Most circulating tumor cells (CTC) are detected as single cells, whereas a small proportion of CTCs in multicellular clusters with stemness properties possess 20- to 100-times higher metastatic propensity than the single cells. Here we report that CTC ... ...

    Abstract Most circulating tumor cells (CTC) are detected as single cells, whereas a small proportion of CTCs in multicellular clusters with stemness properties possess 20- to 100-times higher metastatic propensity than the single cells. Here we report that CTC dynamics in both singles and clusters in response to therapies predict overall survival for breast cancer. Chemotherapy-evasive CTC clusters are relatively quiescent with a specific loss of ST6GAL1-catalyzed α2,6-sialylation in glycoproteins. Dynamic hyposialylation in CTCs or deficiency of ST6GAL1 promotes cluster formation for metastatic seeding and enables cellular quiescence to evade paclitaxel treatment in breast cancer. Glycoproteomic analysis reveals newly identified protein substrates of ST6GAL1, such as adhesion or stemness markers PODXL, ICAM1, ECE1, ALCAM1, CD97, and CD44, contributing to CTC clustering (aggregation) and metastatic seeding. As a proof of concept, neutralizing antibodies against one newly identified contributor, PODXL, inhibit CTC cluster formation and lung metastasis associated with paclitaxel treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.
    Significance: This study discovers that dynamic loss of terminal sialylation in glycoproteins of CTC clusters contributes to the fate of cellular dormancy, advantageous evasion to chemotherapy, and enhanced metastatic seeding. It identifies PODXL as a glycoprotein substrate of ST6GAL1 and a candidate target to counter chemoevasion-associated metastasis of quiescent tumor cells. This article is featured in Selected Articles from This Issue, p. 1949.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/metabolism ; Paclitaxel/therapeutic use ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms ; Glycoproteins ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; Neoplasm Metastasis
    Chemical Substances Paclitaxel (P88XT4IS4D) ; Glycoproteins ; Biomarkers, Tumor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2625242-9
    ISSN 2159-8290 ; 2159-8274
    ISSN (online) 2159-8290
    ISSN 2159-8274
    DOI 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-0644
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  8. Article ; Online: ICAM1 initiates CTC cluster formation and trans-endothelial migration in lung metastasis of breast cancer.

    Taftaf, Rokana / Liu, Xia / Singh, Salendra / Jia, Yuzhi / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Hoffmann, Andrew D / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Ramos, Erika K / Adorno-Cruz, Valery / Schuster, Emma J / Scholten, David / Patel, Dhwani / Zhang, Youbin / Davis, Andrew A / Reduzzi, Carolina / Cao, Yue / D'Amico, Paolo / Shen, Yang / Cristofanilli, Massimo /
    Muller, William A / Varadan, Vinay / Liu, Huiping

    Nature communications

    2021  Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 4867

    Abstract: Circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters mediate metastasis at a higher efficiency and are associated with lower overall survival in breast cancer compared to single cells. Combining single-cell RNA sequencing and protein analyses, here we report the ... ...

    Abstract Circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters mediate metastasis at a higher efficiency and are associated with lower overall survival in breast cancer compared to single cells. Combining single-cell RNA sequencing and protein analyses, here we report the profiles of primary tumor cells and lung metastases of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). ICAM1 expression increases by 200-fold in the lung metastases of three TNBC patient-derived xenografts (PDXs). Depletion of ICAM1 abrogates lung colonization of TNBC cells by inhibiting homotypic tumor cell-tumor cell cluster formation. Machine learning-based algorithms and mutagenesis analyses identify ICAM1 regions responsible for homophilic ICAM1-ICAM1 interactions, thereby directing homotypic tumor cell clustering, as well as heterotypic tumor-endothelial adhesion for trans-endothelial migration. Moreover, ICAM1 promotes metastasis by activating cellular pathways related to cell cycle and stemness. Finally, blocking ICAM1 interactions significantly inhibits CTC cluster formation, tumor cell transendothelial migration, and lung metastasis. Therefore, ICAM1 can serve as a novel therapeutic target for metastasis initiation of TNBC.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics ; Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism ; Cell Aggregation ; Cell Cycle ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism ; Lung Neoplasms/metabolism ; Lung Neoplasms/secondary ; Mice ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/metabolism ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/pathology ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs ; Signal Transduction ; Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/metabolism ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/pathology
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers, Tumor ; ICAM1 protein, human ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (126547-89-5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-25189-z
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  9. Article ; Online: Machine learning-assisted elucidation of CD81-CD44 interactions in promoting cancer stemness and extracellular vesicle integrity.

    Ramos, Erika K / Tsai, Chia-Feng / Jia, Yuzhi / Cao, Yue / Manu, Megan / Taftaf, Rokana / Hoffmann, Andrew D / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Gritsenko, Marina A / Adorno-Cruz, Valery / Schuster, Emma J / Scholten, David / Patel, Dhwani / Liu, Xia / Patel, Priyam / Wray, Brian / Zhang, Youbin / Zhang, Shanshan / Moore, Ronald J /
    Mathews, Jeremy V / Schipma, Matthew J / Liu, Tao / Tokars, Valerie L / Cristofanilli, Massimo / Shi, Tujin / Shen, Yang / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K / Liu, Huiping

    eLife

    2022  Volume 11

    Abstract: Tumor-initiating cells with reprogramming plasticity or stem-progenitor cell properties (stemness) are thought to be essential for cancer development and metastatic regeneration in many cancers; however, elucidation of the underlying molecular network ... ...

    Abstract Tumor-initiating cells with reprogramming plasticity or stem-progenitor cell properties (stemness) are thought to be essential for cancer development and metastatic regeneration in many cancers; however, elucidation of the underlying molecular network and pathways remains demanding. Combining machine learning and experimental investigation, here we report CD81, a tetraspanin transmembrane protein known to be enriched in extracellular vesicles (EVs), as a newly identified driver of breast cancer stemness and metastasis. Using protein structure modeling and interface prediction-guided mutagenesis, we demonstrate that membrane CD81 interacts with CD44 through their extracellular regions in promoting tumor cell cluster formation and lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) in human and mouse models. In-depth global and phosphoproteomic analyses of tumor cells deficient with CD81 or CD44 unveils endocytosis-related pathway alterations, leading to further identification of a quality-keeping role of CD44 and CD81 in EV secretion as well as in EV-associated stemness-promoting function. CD81 is coexpressed along with CD44 in human circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and enriched in clustered CTCs that promote cancer stemness and metastasis, supporting the clinical significance of CD81 in association with patient outcomes. Our study highlights machine learning as a powerful tool in facilitating the molecular understanding of new molecular targets in regulating stemness and metastasis of TNBC.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Humans ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Tetraspanins ; Extracellular Vesicles/metabolism ; Machine Learning ; Hyaluronan Receptors/genetics ; Tetraspanin 28
    Chemical Substances Tetraspanins ; CD44 protein, human ; Hyaluronan Receptors ; CD81 protein, human ; Tetraspanin 28
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.82669
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  10. Article ; Online: Unique molecular signatures sustained in circulating monocytes and regulatory T cells in Convalescent COVID-19 patients

    Hoffmann, Andrew D. / Weinberg, Sam E. / Swaminathan, Suchitra / Chaudhuri, Shuvam / Mubarak, Hannah Faisal / Schipma, Matthew J. / Mao, Chengsheng / Wang, Xinkun / El-Shennawy, Lamiaa / Dashzeveg, Nurmaa K. / Wei, Juncheng / Mehl, Paul J. / Shihadah, Laura J. / Wai, Ching Man / Ostiguin, Carolina / Jia, Yuzhi / D’Amico, Paolo / Wang, Neale R. / Luo, Yuan /
    Demonbreun, Alexis R. / Ison, Michael G. / Liu, Huiping / Fang, Deyu

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and ... ...

    Abstract Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 during the active disease phase has been extensively studied. However, the long-term impact after recovery, which is critical to advance our understanding SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19-associated long-term complications, remains largely unknown. Herein, we characterized multi-omic single-cell profiles of circulating immune cells in the peripheral blood of 100 patients, including covenlesent COVID-19 and sero-negative controls. The reduced frequencies of both short-lived monocytes and long-lived regulatory T (Treg) cells are significantly associated with the patients recovered from severe COVID-19. Consistently, sc-RNA seq analysis reveals seven heterogeneous clusters of monocytes (M0-M6) and ten Treg clusters (T0-T9) featuring distinct molecular signatures and associated with COVID-19 severity. Asymptomatic patients contain the most abundant clusters of monocyte and Treg expressing high CD74 or IFN-responsive genes. In contrast, the patients recovered from a severe disease have shown two dominant inflammatory monocyte clusters with S100 family genes: S100A8 & A9 with high HLA-I whereas S100A4 & A6 with high HLA-II genes, a specific non-classical monocyte cluster with distinct IFITM family genes, and a unique TGF-b; high Treg Cluster. The outpatients and seronegative controls share most of the monocyte and Treg clusters patterns with high expression of HLA genes. Surprisingly, while presumably short-ived monocytes appear to have sustained alterations over 4 months, the decreased frequencies of long-lived Tregs (high HLA-DRA and S100A6) in the outpatients restore over the tested convalescent time (>= 4 months). Collectively, our study identifies sustained and dynamically altered monocytes and Treg clusters with distinct molecular signatures after recovery, associated with COVID-19 severity.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-28
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2022.03.26.485922
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