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Vol 59(2025) N 6 p. 1073-1084; DOI 10.1134/S0026893325700499 A.V. Snezhkina1*, M.S. Fedorova1, V.S. Pavlov1, E.A. Pudova1, I.V. Katunina1, D.V. Kalinin2, A.A. Kobelyatskaya1, A.V. Kudryavtseva1 Molecular and Genetic Analysis of a Rare Primary Culture of Head and Neck Paraganglioma 1Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia2Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 115093 Russia *leftger@rambler.ru Received - 2025-04-24; Revised - 2025-07-01; Accepted - 2025-07-16 Head and neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that originate in the parasympathetic paraganglia of the head and neck. The diagnosis of these tumors is challenging, and the therapeutic options are limited. The study of HNPGLs is fraught with challenges at every stage. One of the main problems is the absence of HNPGL cell lines in cell repositories, which is associated with the difficulty of their culturing and low division rate. In this regard, neither functional nor preclinical studies are available for this category of tumors. This significantly slows down the study of the molecular mechanisms of HNPGL pathogenesis and the development of effective therapeutic approaches. Here, we investigated the molecular genetic characteristics of the primary HNPGL culture. Using the single-cell RNA sequencing method, expression patterns were analyzed, and cell types were annotated. The results demonstrated that the HNPGL primary culture cells were optimally divided into three clusters and had different degrees of differentiation, expressing neural tissue cell and stem cell markers. Exome sequencing revealed genetic abnormalities in the HNPGL culture, including mutations in the IGSF3, DHH, EXOSC8, SERPINA1, TYR, and NQO1 genes, aneuploidy, as well as multiple chromosomal duplications and deletions. These results enhance our knowledge of the molecular genetic features of successfully cultured HNPGL tumor cells. head and neck paraganglioma, cell culture, single cells, transcriptome, chromosomal aberrations |
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