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Abstract Evaluating the metastatic potential and the molecular heterogeneity of patient-derived orthotopic xenograft models of triple-negative breast cancer Vishnu C. Ramani 1 , Rakhi Gupta 1 , Gerald Quon 2 , Melanie Triboulet 1 , Clementine Lemaire 3 , Corinne Renier 3 , Kerriann Casey 4 , Cassandra Greene 5 , Chad Sanada 5 , Tracy Lu 5 , Lukasz Szpankowski 5 , Naveen Ramalingam 5 , Ameen A. Salahudeen 6 , Sean de La O 6 , Ranjani Rajapaksa 6 , Shoshana Levy 6 , Anne A. Leyrat 5 , Jay A. West 5 , Elodie Sollier-Christen 3 , Calvin J. Kuo 6 , George W. Sledge 6 , Stefanie S. Jeffrey 1 1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; 2. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA; 3. Vortex Biosciences, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; 4. Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 5. New Technologies Research Department, Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA; 6. Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. We report an in-depth characterization of patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) models of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) regarding their molecular profile at the single cell level, tumor heterogeneity, 3D organoid generation, and ability to generate circulating tumor cells (CTCs). A panel of seven TNBC PDOX tumors were grown orthotopically in NOD SCID gamma mice and used in this study. Blood obtained via cardiac puncture from tumor bearing animals was processed on the Vortex microfluidic platform, for label-free, size-based enrichment of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Enriched cell populations were stained for human-specific cytokeratin (CK) and Vimentin (Vim), mouse-specific CD45, and DAPI; CTCs were identified as cells that were CD45 negative and positive for CK or Vim. Bulk tumor growing in the mammary fat pads was dissociated to single cells and characterized using Fluidigm’s® PolarisTM platform for single cell biological experimentation and cDNA generation within an integrated fluidic circuit (IFC). From the cell suspension, Polaris identified single cells that were then processed for mRNA-seq. The resulting cDNA libraries were then multiplexed using Nextera XT® (Illumina®) and sequenced on Illumina systems. Data generated from mRNA-seq was processed to correct for confounding factors such as cell size, cell cycle and read depth and then analyzed to screen for heterogeneity between different populations of cells. Tumors were analyzed by flow cytometry for both tumor and immune cells and additionally the single cell suspension was seeded into 3-D culture to generate organoids. Finally, organs from tumor bearing animals were analyzed for metastases. With the Vortex platform, we detected CTCs from a majority of our PDOX tumor-bearing mice. The total number of CTCs varied over a wide range between different PDOX tumors. There was a clear heterogeneity in CTCs in terms of CK and Vim expression. In CTCs from one of the PDOX tumors, we detected a small population of CTCs that were either CK+ or Vim+ but the major fraction that was double positive (Vim+ CK+). Probing the bulk tumor from different PDOX models revealed heterogeneity in the levels and number of cells positive for cell surface markers like EpCAM and a difference in the levels of infiltrating myeloid cells (CD11b+). mRNA-seq analyses of individual tumor cells from the bulk tumor belonging to different PDOX models will be described. Additionally, lung and brain metastases were identified. 3D organoid cultures from our PDOX models were successfully grown and their gene expression profiles will be analyzed. In summary, PDOX models of TNBC will help advance our understanding of the molecular basis of this deadly cancer. Conclusions Funding This work was funded by the Susan Komen Foundation SAB1500003 (GWS), the Andrew and Debra Rachleff Cancer Research Fund (SSJ), John and Marva Warnock Research Fund (SSJ), DOD grant Awards W81XWH-14-1-0397 (SL) and W81XWH-14-1-0398 (SSJ), and a Vortex Biosciences Industrial Research Contract to Stanford University (SSJ). SUTI 333 SUTI 319 SUTI 215 SUTI 110 SUTI 368 SUBRTU 1 SUBRTU 2 SUBRTU1 Lung SUBRTU2 Lung SUTI 319 Lung SUTI 333 M5 Lung Our patient-derived orthotopic xenograft models of breast cancer generate CTCs and metastasize to distant organs. Using label-free technology, Vortex Biosciences, CTCs were isolated in various stages of EMT from mouse blood in our PDOX models of triple-negative breast cancer. Altering the immune microenvironment does not significantly impact PDOX tumor growth, CTC generation, and metastases, but does affect myeloid cell recruitment. Single cell suspensions of PDOX tumors are easily processed by the MagSweeper to isolate specific subpopulations of cells from PDOX tumor models. Tumor cells from PDOX models generate 3D organoid structures ex vivo. RNA-seq analyses at a single cell resolution reveals very low intra-mice heterogeneity and a high level of intra-tumor heterogeneity in our PDOX models. CTCs and metastases in PDOX models of breast cancer SUTI 151 NSG lung SUTI 151 NSG liver 151 SCID lung 151 SCID liver Impact of immune cells on CTCs and metastases in PDOX models of breast cancer Mesenchymal (Vimentin pos ) Epithelial ( Cytokeratin pos ) 0 20 40 60 80 % of CTCs CK + Vim + CK+, Vim+ Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in CTCs from PDOX models Workflow 30 - 210 days Surgically excised primary breast tumor Cardiac blood NSG mouse A. C. D. Single cell tumor suspension PDOX tumor POLARIS TM Chamber bearing stained tumor cell inside Polaris TM B. Single Cell RNA Seq, Analyses 3D Organoid Cultures Circulating Tumor Cells Flow Cytometry and H&E Staining for Metastases A) Images of CTCs from PDOX tumors. Live CTCs were isolated from individual PDOX tumor bearing animals by label-free Vortex technology. Cells captured were then stained for cytokeratin, vimentin, DAPI, and mouse CD45. CTCs were identified as cells positive for either cytokeratin or vimentin and negative for CD45. B) Animals bearing PDOX tumors were euthanized and individual organs were collected, fixed in formalin followed by 70% ethanol, sectioned and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and identified by an expert veterinary pathologist. We successfully characterized the presence of CTCs in TNBC PDOX models. Not surprisingly, CTC numbers varied between different PDOX tumors. In addition, we detected the presence of metastases in lung and liver by H&E staining in many of our PDOX models. Representative growth curves for different PDOX models growing in NOD SCID gamma animals. For all the models shown here, small pieces of patient-derived tumor were implanted orthotopically into the 4 th mammary fat pad of female NSG mice, monitored and tumors were measured weekly twice. PC2 PC1 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUBRTU2 Brain MagSweeper PDOX tumor suspension EpCAM+ tumor cells A. B. Expression (log2) 0 5 10 15 CALCA COL1A2 IGFBP4 NDUFA4L2 TFPI2 SPHK1 SPINK6 GNG11 GPX3 CBR1 0 5 10 15 CLU RAMP1 CD24 ITM2B CTSL1 RFX4 NUCB2 FGFR1 MBOAT1 PTGS2 0 5 10 15 PON3 BHLHE40 SLC10A4 LOXL2 ARMCX2 GPX2 PDE11A KRT19 CRABP2 AARD 0 5 10 15 TKT MAFF DAPP1 PROCR CLDN4 UCHL1 KRT81 CLCF1 RNH1 B4GALT1 0 5 10 15 CD320 ILVBL MGP MUC16 ACOT7 PRDX2 PPIC PIR HSPB1 TNFRSF11B 0 5 10 15 ISG15 AZGP1 SOX11 CALML5 COL6A1 TECR BCAP31 PADI2 IFI6 LOC650226 0 5 10 15 GABRP SLC25A6 NQO1 RRM1 KRT15 APOA1BP KRT86 IGF1R S100A16 MDM2 0 5 10 15 LDHB TEKT3 ACTG2 TACSTD2 EBP PKM DLD GAPDH EDN1 COL2A1 0 5 10 15 ID4 DNAJA1 TALDO1 NDUFA13 GLT25D1 TFAP2C LDHA ITGB8 ENO1 SLC25A5 0 5 10 15 ID2 MFAP2 C10orf10 MIA KRT23 SH3BGRL3 FGD2 TXN GSTP1 KRT17 MFGE8 F3 ARHGAP29 RPPH1 MDH1 NGFRAP1 CDH1 ALDOA ERBB3 KRTCAP2 COX8A S100A6 CLDN11 SPARC SSR4 PRDX4 BAMBI COX6A1 PLP2 ATP5C1 CHD7 EIF4G2 TMED9 HMGA1 PRDX5 SORBS2 TMEM59 SOX4 ANXA5 ATP6V0B PLK2 SERPINB6 TM4SF1 FBLN2 RAN UQCRH H1F0 VDAC2 PARK7 AIF1L CRABP1 PROM1 TUBA1B GADD45B SHC4 CTGF AMOTL2 PRDX1 MARCKSL1 B2M BST2 ANAPC11 HIST1H2BG TPI1 PSMD4 CCT3 ATP5B ELF3 CD63 SOX10 ATP5J CTTN RAB25 MORF4L2 COTL1 HIST1H2AE DNAJB6 COX7C PDGFA TUBB ANPEP ARPC4 TAGLN2 NEDD9 AP1G2 COX7B ISLR NUDT5 CLDN3 SSR2 NDUFB2 MYO5B RND3 FDPS TNF PPAP2C IFITM2 CAPS ROPN1B C11orf10 LAMP2 S100A14 JARID2 FXYD6 HBEGF ACTG1 NDUFV2 ARPC2 Expression (log2) 0 5 10 15 BRK1 NDUFA12 DUSP10 ST6GAL1 SLIRP NDRG2 PART1 CSRP2 HAPLN3 MDH2 0 5 10 15 ABCF2 ART3 MAL2 FAU SPCS1 PPIB DYNLL1 CYR61 TRMT112 FAM96A 0 5 10 15 HSPA8 RIPK2 BTNL8 STEAP4 CLIC1 RPLP0 FAM60A TUBG1 PSMB4 NDUFA1 0 5 10 15 ANXA2 PXDC1 GNG5 MYL6 CLDN7 PMAIP1 PEBP1 KRT18 S100P GDI2 0 5 10 15 ETV6 OAZ1 MIF MEA1 SLC29A1 EEF1G HIST1H2BD C9orf3 B3GNT7 0 5 10 15 NDUFB8 TPM1 CRISPLD1 TP53 HIST1H2BC PDZK1IP1 CLIC4 FMO2 ATP5A1 RASSF3 0 5 10 15 TAGLN UQCRC1 ZNFX1-AS1 S100A11 HINT1 HIST1H3D TUBA1A CALM2 TPT1 THBS1 0 5 10 15 TRPS1 LIF TRIM16 FXYD3 COX4I1 RPL38 ARF1 YWHAE COX5B PTTG1IP 0 5 10 15 AK1 H2AFZ NDUFB4 RPL24 AEN RPL8 LGALS3 PTPRF ATG12 PSMB3 0 5 10 15 RPL5 C6orf62 RAD21 PDCD4 PPP1CB EPCAM TPD52 NET1 SUN1 MORF4L1 DEGS1 MYL12A SRP9 NDUFB9 KRT8 HNRNPH1 TFRC HIST1H2AC HIST1H2BK RPS13 SUMO3 NFIB PLAUR FEZ1 SNHG8 COX7A2 SNX27 HMGN1 C17orf76-AS DDX39B RPL35A LINC00152 CDC42 MAGI2-AS3 FOS PSMB6 PSMB5 FTL TMSB10 TRA2A PMP22 RPL30 PTMA NPM1 FXYD5 WTAP LY6E GADD45A PAICS RPS25 DBI KRT7 RPS14 TNFRSF12A C2orf18 CHCHD2 CAPG GABARAP MRPL14 RPL27 RPS27 RPL21 TMEM33 RAP2B ANKRD10 RPS5 SNHG6 SAR1A RPL23A MSMO1 SLFN13 RPS19 CNN3 UBB TSTD1 TOMM22 ATP5F1 MRPL49 RPS3 RPS16 MICA RPS11 TMSB4X GNB2L1 RPS12 RPLP1 SNRPD2 RPL7 OC10050724 ANXA1 UQCR10 ZNF562 MORC2-AS1 RPL29 EIF3H RPL37A CDC6 HIGD1A MPC2 RPS18 IFITM3 RPL3 SLC48A1 SARS RPL41 RPL23 ASPH SKA2 CDKN1A SUBRTU2 10/19 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/19 SUBRTU2 10/26 SUTI 151 SUBRTU2 10/26 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 500 1000 1500 2000 SUTI110 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 0 50 100 150 200 0 500 1000 1500 SUBRTU2P2 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 M4 0 50 100 150 0 200 400 600 800 1000 SUBRTU1P2 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 0 30 60 90 120 150 0 1000 2000 3000 SUTI333 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 0 30 60 90 120 150 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SUTI368 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SUTI319 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 190 200 210 220 230 240 0 200 400 600 SUTI215 Days Tumor volume (mm 3 ) Growth curves of PDOX tumors Single cells RNA-seq analyses of PDOX tumors A) CTCs from an individual mouse bearing PDOX tumor SUTI 151 were captured using Vortex and probed epithelial markers (cytokeratin cocktail, CK) and a mesenchymal marker (Vimentin, Vim). CTCs were identified as expressing either CK and/or Vim and negative for CD45. B) Percentage of CTCs staining positive for CK and/or Vim from two individual mice bearing PDOX SUTI 151 tumors. A major fraction of CTCs expressed both markers, showing epithelial to mesenchymal transition in CTCs isolated from PDOX models of TNBC. A. B. SUTI 151 SCID SUTI 151 NSG #1847 Single cell suspensions of PDOX tumors # Mouse 1 # Mouse 2 A. B. A. B. 14 18 28 32 35 38 41 44 49 54 0 500 1000 1500 Days after implantation Tumor volume (mm 3 ) SUTI 151 SCID SUTI 151 NSG SUTI 151 SCID - Spleen SUTI 151 SCID - Tumor SUTI 151 NSG - Tumor SUTI 151 NSG - Spleen A) Single cell suspension of PDOX tumor cells purified with the MagSweeper using magnetic beads coated with anti-human EpCAM. Image shows tumor cells bearing the EpCAM magnetic beads after enrichment. B) Images of 3D organoids generated from single cell suspension of PDOX tumors SUBRTU2 (top panel) and SUTI 151 (bottom panel). A) Single cell RNA-seq analyses of tumor cells generated from PDOX tumors, SUBRTU2 (isolated on 10/19 and 10/26) and SUTI 151. B) Principal component analysis of RNA-seq data from the PDOX tumors SUBRTU2 (10/19, 10/26) and SUTI151 reveals that the same tumor growing in two different animals (SUBRTU2) and excised at different times demonstrates a high level of transcriptional similarity, as expected, and is distinct from another PDOX tumor, SUTI 151. A. B. C. D. A) Growth curves for SUTI I51 PDOX tumors implanted in either SCID mice, which lack functional T and B cells, but express natural killer (NK) cells, or in NOD SCID gamma (NSG) mice, which lack functional T cells, B cells, and NK cells. B) Examples of images of CTCs captured using Vortex from SCID and NSG mice bearing SUTI 151 PDOX tumors. C) FACS images of cells from primary tumors and spleens obtained from SUTI 151 PDOX models implanted in SCID or NSG mice and probed for different human and mouse cell surface tumor markers. Note similarity in levels of tumor markers between SCID and NSG mice, but differences in myeloid cell levels (CD11b), especially in the spleen, between tumor-bearing SCID and NSG mice. Red curves = stained with specific antibodies; blue curves = cells stained by isotype control (representing non-specific antibody binding). D) H&E staining of metastases to distant organs present in both SUTI 151 tumor-bearing SCID and NSG mice.

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Abstract

Evaluating the metastatic potential and the molecular heterogeneity of patient-derived

orthotopic xenograft models of triple-negative breast cancerVishnu C. Ramani1, Rakhi Gupta1, Gerald Quon2, Melanie Triboulet1, Clementine Lemaire3, Corinne Renier3, Kerriann Casey4, Cassandra Greene5, Chad Sanada5, Tracy Lu5, Lukasz Szpankowski5, Naveen

Ramalingam5, Ameen A. Salahudeen6, Sean de La O6, Ranjani Rajapaksa6, Shoshana Levy6, Anne A. Leyrat5, Jay A. West5, Elodie Sollier-Christen3, Calvin J. Kuo6, George W. Sledge6, Stefanie S. Jeffrey1

1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; 2. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA; 3. Vortex Biosciences, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; 4. Department of Comparative

Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 5. New Technologies Research Department, Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA; 6. Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

We report an in-depth characterization of patient-derived orthotopic xenograft

(PDOX) models of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) regarding their molecular

profile at the single cell level, tumor heterogeneity, 3D organoid generation, and

ability to generate circulating tumor cells (CTCs). A panel of seven TNBC PDOX

tumors were grown orthotopically in NOD SCID gamma mice and used in this study.

Blood obtained via cardiac puncture from tumor bearing animals was processed on

the Vortex microfluidic platform, for label-free, size-based enrichment of circulating

tumor cells (CTCs). Enriched cell populations were stained for human-specific

cytokeratin (CK) and Vimentin (Vim), mouse-specific CD45, and DAPI; CTCs were

identified as cells that were CD45 negative and positive for CK or Vim. Bulk tumor

growing in the mammary fat pads was dissociated to single cells and characterized

using Fluidigm’s® PolarisTM platform for single cell biological experimentation and

cDNA generation within an integrated fluidic circuit (IFC). From the cell suspension,

Polaris identified single cells that were then processed for mRNA-seq. The resulting

cDNA libraries were then multiplexed using Nextera XT® (Illumina®) and sequenced

on Illumina systems. Data generated from mRNA-seq was processed to correct for

confounding factors such as cell size, cell cycle and read depth and then analyzed to

screen for heterogeneity between different populations of cells. Tumors were

analyzed by flow cytometry for both tumor and immune cells and additionally the

single cell suspension was seeded into 3-D culture to generate organoids. Finally,

organs from tumor bearing animals were analyzed for metastases. With the Vortex

platform, we detected CTCs from a majority of our PDOX tumor-bearing mice. The

total number of CTCs varied over a wide range between different PDOX tumors.

There was a clear heterogeneity in CTCs in terms of CK and Vim expression. In

CTCs from one of the PDOX tumors, we detected a small population of CTCs that

were either CK+ or Vim+ but the major fraction that was double positive (Vim+ CK+).

Probing the bulk tumor from different PDOX models revealed heterogeneity in the

levels and number of cells positive for cell surface markers like EpCAM and a

difference in the levels of infiltrating myeloid cells (CD11b+). mRNA-seq analyses of

individual tumor cells from the bulk tumor belonging to different PDOX models will be

described. Additionally, lung and brain metastases were identified. 3D organoid

cultures from our PDOX models were successfully grown and their gene expression

profiles will be analyzed. In summary, PDOX models of TNBC will help advance our

understanding of the molecular basis of this deadly cancer.

Conclusions

FundingThis work was funded by the Susan Komen Foundation SAB1500003 (GWS), the Andrew and Debra Rachleff Cancer

Research Fund (SSJ), John and Marva Warnock Research Fund (SSJ), DOD grant Awards W81XWH-14-1-0397 (SL)

and W81XWH-14-1-0398 (SSJ), and a Vortex Biosciences Industrial Research Contract to Stanford University (SSJ).

SUTI 333

SUTI 319

SUTI 215

SUTI 110

SUTI 368

SUBRTU 1

SUBRTU 2

SUBRTU1 Lung

SUBRTU2 Lung

SUTI 319 Lung

SUTI 333 M5 Lung

PCA score plot

➢ Our patient-derived orthotopic xenograft models of breast cancer generate CTCs and

metastasize to distant organs.

➢ Using label-free technology, Vortex Biosciences, CTCs were isolated in various stages of

EMT from mouse blood in our PDOX models of triple-negative breast cancer.

➢ Altering the immune microenvironment does not significantly impact PDOX tumor growth,

CTC generation, and metastases, but does affect myeloid cell recruitment.

➢ Single cell suspensions of PDOX tumors are easily processed by the MagSweeper to

isolate specific subpopulations of cells from PDOX tumor models.

➢ Tumor cells from PDOX models generate 3D organoid structures ex vivo.

➢ RNA-seq analyses at a single cell resolution reveals very low intra-mice heterogeneity and

a high level of intra-tumor heterogeneity in our PDOX models.

CTCs and metastases in PDOX models of breast cancer

SUTI 151 NSG lung SUTI 151 NSG liver

151 SCID lung 151 SCID liver

Impact of immune cells on CTCs and metastases

in PDOX models of breast cancer

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Single Cell RNA Seq, Analyses

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Flow Cytometry and H&E Staining for Metastases

A) Images of CTCs from PDOX tumors. Live CTCs were isolated from individual PDOX tumor bearing animals by label-free Vortex technology.

Cells captured were then stained for cytokeratin, vimentin, DAPI, and mouse CD45. CTCs were identified as cells positive for either cytokeratin or

vimentin and negative for CD45. B) Animals bearing PDOX tumors were euthanized and individual organs were collected, fixed in formalin

followed by 70% ethanol, sectioned and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and identified by an expert veterinary pathologist. We

successfully characterized the presence of CTCs in TNBC PDOX models. Not surprisingly, CTC numbers varied between different PDOX tumors.

In addition, we detected the presence of metastases in lung and liver by H&E staining in many of our PDOX models.

Representative growth curves for different PDOX models growing in NOD SCID gamma animals. For all the models

shown here, small pieces of patient-derived tumor were implanted orthotopically into the 4th mammary fat pad of

female NSG mice, monitored and tumors were measured weekly twice.

PC

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R1

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9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

HBEGF

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

ACTG1

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

NDUFV2

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

051015

ARPC2Violin Plot of Gene Expression By the Order of PCA Gene Scores (3 of 4)

Exp

ressio

n (

log

2)

051015

BRK1 NDUFA12 DUSP10 ST6GAL1 SLIRP NDRG2 PART1 CSRP2 HAPLN3

051015

MDH2

051015

ABCF2 ART3 MAL2 FAU SPCS1 PPIB DYNLL1 CYR61 TRMT112

051015

FAM96A

051015

HSPA8 RIPK2 BTNL8 STEAP4 CLIC1 RPLP0 FAM60A TUBG1 PSMB4

051015

NDUFA1

051015

ANXA2 PXDC1 GNG5 MYL6 CLDN7 PMAIP1 PEBP1 KRT18 S100P

051015

GDI2

051015

ETV6 OAZ1 MIF MEA1 SLC29A1 EEF1G MYL12B HIST1H2BD C9orf3

051015

B3GNT7

051015

NDUFB8 TPM1 CRISPLD1 TP53 HIST1H2BCPDZK1IP1 CLIC4 FMO2 ATP5A1

051015

RASSF3

051015

TAGLN UQCRC1 ZNFX1-AS1 S100A11 HINT1 HIST1H3D TUBA1A CALM2 TPT1

051015

THBS1

051015

TRPS1 LIF TRIM16 FXYD3 COX4I1 RPL38 ARF1 YWHAE COX5B

051015

PTTG1IP

051015

AK1 H2AFZ NDUFB4 RPL24 AEN RPL8 LGALS3 PTPRF ATG12

051015

PSMB3

051015

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RPL5

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

C6orf62

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RAD21

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

PDCD4

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

PPP1CB

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

EPCAM

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

TPD52

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

NET1

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

SUN1

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

051015

MORF4L1

Violin Plot of Gene Expression By the Order of PCA Gene Scores (4 of 4)

Exp

ressio

n (

log

2)

051015

DEGS1 MYL12A SRP9 NDUFB9 KRT8 HNRNPH1 TFRC HIST1H2ACHIST1H2BK

051015

RPS13

051015

SUMO3 NFIB PLAUR FEZ1 SNHG8 COX7A2 SNX27 HMGN1C17orf76-AS1

051015

DDX39B

051015

RPL35A LINC00152 CDC42 MAGI2-AS3 FOS PSMB6 PSMB5 FTL TMSB10

051015

TRA2A

051015

PMP22 RPL30 PTMA NPM1 FXYD5 WTAP LY6E GADD45A PAICS

051015

RPS25

051015

DBI KRT7 RPS14 TNFRSF12A C2orf18 CHCHD2 CAPG GABARAP MRPL14

051015

RPL27

051015

RPS27 RPL21 TMEM33 RAP2B ANKRD10 RPS5 SNHG6 SAR1A RPL23A

051015

MSMO1

051015

SLFN13 RPS19 CNN3 UBB TSTD1 TOMM22 ATP5F1 MRPL49 RPS3

051015

RPS16

051015

MICA RPS11 TMSB4X GNB2L1 RPS12 RPLP1 SNRPD2 ATP5O RPL7

051015

LOC100507246

051015

ANXA1 UQCR10 ZNF562 MORC2-AS1 RPL29 EIF3H RPL37A CDC6 HIGD1A

051015

MPC2

051015

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RPS18

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

IFITM3

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RPL3

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

SLC48A1

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

SARS

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RPL41

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

RPL23

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

ASPH

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

SKA2

PD

X1

51

No

v3

0S

UB

R1

01

9S

UB

RT

U2

Oct2

6

051015

CDKN1A

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9

SU

TI 15

1

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/2

6S

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BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/2

6

SU

TI 15

1

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9S

UB

RT

U2 1

0/2

6

SU

TI 15

1

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9S

UB

RT

U2 1

0/2

6S

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TU

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9

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/2

6S

UT

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1

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9S

UB

RT

U2 1

0/2

6

SU

TI 15

1

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9

SU

BR

TU

2 1

0/2

6S

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TU

2 1

0/1

9S

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RT

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0/2

6

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TI 15

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BR

TU

2 1

0/1

9S

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RT

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6

SU

TI 15

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BR

TU

2 1

0/2

6

SU

BR

TU

2 1

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2 1

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TU

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2 1

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RT

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6

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2 1

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2 1

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RT

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2 1

0/1

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RT

U2 1

0/2

6

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TU

2 1

0/2

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0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 1 0 0

0

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M 3

M 4

M 5

0 3 0 6 0 9 0 1 2 0 1 5 0

0

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1 0 0 0

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M 2

M 3

M 4

M 5

0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 1 0 0

0

5 0 0

1 0 0 0

1 5 0 0

2 0 0 0

2 5 0 0

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0

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Growth curves of PDOX tumors

Single cells RNA-seq analyses of PDOX tumors

A) CTCs from an individual mouse bearing PDOX tumor SUTI 151 were captured using Vortex and probed epithelial markers (cytokeratin cocktail,

CK) and a mesenchymal marker (Vimentin, Vim). CTCs were identified as expressing either CK and/or Vim and negative for CD45. B) Percentage

of CTCs staining positive for CK and/or Vim from two individual mice bearing PDOX SUTI 151 tumors. A major fraction of CTCs expressed both

markers, showing epithelial to mesenchymal transition in CTCs isolated from PDOX models of TNBC.

A.

B.

SUTI 151 SCID

SUTI 151 NSG

#1847

Single cell suspensions of PDOX tumors

# Mouse 1 # Mouse 2

A. B.

A. B.

14

18

28

32

35

38

41

44

49

54

0

5 0 0

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1 5 0 0

D a y s a f t e r i m p la n t a t io n

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(m

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S U T I 1 5 1 S C I D S U T I 1 5 1 N S G

SUTI 151 SCID - SpleenSUTI 151 SCID - Tumor

SUTI 151 NSG - Tumor SUTI 151 NSG - Spleen

A) Single cell suspension of PDOX tumor cells purified with the MagSweeper using magnetic beads coated with anti-human

EpCAM. Image shows tumor cells bearing the EpCAM magnetic beads after enrichment. B) Images of 3D organoids generated

from single cell suspension of PDOX tumors SUBRTU2 (top panel) and SUTI 151 (bottom panel).

A) Single cell RNA-seq analyses of tumor cells generated from PDOX tumors, SUBRTU2 (isolated on 10/19 and 10/26) and

SUTI 151. B) Principal component analysis of RNA-seq data from the PDOX tumors SUBRTU2 (10/19, 10/26) and SUTI151

reveals that the same tumor growing in two different animals (SUBRTU2) and excised at different times demonstrates a high level

of transcriptional similarity, as expected, and is distinct from another PDOX tumor, SUTI 151.

A. B.

C. D.

A) Growth curves for SUTI I51 PDOX tumors implanted in either SCID mice, which lack functional T and B cells, but express natural killer (NK)

cells, or in NOD SCID gamma (NSG) mice, which lack functional T cells, B cells, and NK cells. B) Examples of images of CTCs captured using

Vortex from SCID and NSG mice bearing SUTI 151 PDOX tumors. C) FACS images of cells from primary tumors and spleens obtained from SUTI

151 PDOX models implanted in SCID or NSG mice and probed for different human and mouse cell surface tumor markers. Note similarity in levels

of tumor markers between SCID and NSG mice, but differences in myeloid cell levels (CD11b), especially in the spleen, between tumor-bearing

SCID and NSG mice. Red curves = stained with specific antibodies; blue curves = cells stained by isotype control (representing non-specific

antibody binding). D) H&E staining of metastases to distant organs present in both SUTI 151 tumor-bearing SCID and NSG mice.