The development of drug resistance is a nearly universal phenomenon in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumors. Upon treatment, GBM cancer cells may initially undergo a drug-induced cell-state change to a drug-tolerant, slow-cycling state. The kinetics of that process are not well understood, in part due to the heterogeneity of GBM tumors and tumor models, which can confound the interpretation of kinetic data. Here, we resolve drug-adaptation kinetics in a patient-derived in vitro GBM tumor model characterized by the epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) variant(v)III oncogene treated with an EGFR inhibitor. We use radiolabeled 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to monitor the glucose uptake trajectories of single GBM cancer cells over a 12 h period of drug treatment. Autocorrelation analysis of the single-cell glucose uptake trajectories reveals evidence of a drug-induced cell-state change from a high- to low-glycolytic phenotype after 5-7 h of drug treatment. Information theoretic analysis of a bulk transcriptome kinetic series of the GBM tumor model delineated the underlying molecular mechanisms driving the cellular state change, including a shift from a stem-like mesenchymal state to a more differentiated, slow-cycling astrocyte-like state. Our results demonstrate that complex drug-induced cancer cell-state changes of cancer cells can be captured via measurements of single cell metabolic trajectories and reveal the extremely facile nature of drug adaptation.
There is a rapidly growing interest by resource managers to utilize environmental DNA technology (eDNA) as a tool to enhance current management efforts. However, the technology remains relatively specialized, since it requires specific expertise and equipment to perform. To begin to overcome some of the obstacles restricting the widespread, routine adoption of eDNA technology, we evaluated the use of CRISPR Cas12a detection technology for in-the-field eDNA detection using Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as a target species. By targeting a highly variable region in the salmonid mitochondrial DNA D-loop, we were able to demonstrate that CRISPR Cas12a detection technology is both sensitive and specific for Chinook salmon eDNA. Engineering of the technology to work in the field was accomplished by employing rapid eDNA purification and visual readout of results using visual lateral flow or fluorescent detection methods. The technology was piloted on the fall Chinook salmon run in the Snake River of Washington State, USA, and proved to be a viable approach for streamside eDNA monitoring. With the improvement of the technology, CRISPR eDNA detection methods hold great promise in expanding the reach of eDNA as a commonly used resource management tool.
Supplementary Figures 1-4 from <sup>18</sup>F-Fluorodeoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography Marks MYC-Overexpressing Human Basal-Like Breast Cancers
Supplementary Figures 1-4 from 18F-Fluorodeoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography Marks MYC-Overexpressing Human Basal-Like Breast Cancers
Supplementary Figures 1-4 from <sup>18</sup>F-Fluorodeoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography Marks MYC-Overexpressing Human Basal-Like Breast Cancers
Supplementary Video legend from Integrated Microfluidic and Imaging Platform for a Kinase Activity Radioassay to Analyze Minute Patient Cancer Samples
Supplementary Methods, Figures 1-14 from A Microfluidic Platform for Systems Pathology: Multiparameter Single-Cell Signaling Measurements of Clinical Brain Tumor Specimens