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Tumour exosome integrins determine organotropic metastasis

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Hoshino, Ayuko, Costa-Silva, Bruno, Shen, Tang-Long, Rodrigues, Goncalo, Hashimoto, Ayako, Tesic Mark, Milica, Molina, Henrik, Kohsaka, Shinji +46 more·2015·Nature

Abstract

Ever since Stephen Paget's 1889 hypothesis, metastatic organotropism has remained one of cancer's greatest mysteries. Here we demonstrate that exosomes from mouse and human lung-, liver- and brain-tropic tumour cells fuse preferentially with resident cells at their predicted destination, namely lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells, liver Kupffer cells and brain endothelial cells. We show that tumour-derived exosomes uptaken by organ-specific cells prepare the pre-metastatic niche. Treatment with exosomes from lung-tropic models redirected the metastasis of bone-tropic tumour cells. Exosome proteomics revealed distinct integrin expression patterns, in which the exosomal integrins α6β4 and α6β1 were associated with lung metastasis, while exosomal integrin αvβ5 was linked to liver metastasis. Targeting the integrins α6β4 and αvβ5 decreased exosome uptake, as well as lung and liver metastasis, respectively. We demonstrate that exosome integrin uptake by resident cells activates Src phosphorylation and pro-inflammatory S100 gene expression. Finally, our clinical data indicate that exosomal integrins could be used to predict organ-specific metastasis.

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  • Exosomes from mouse and human lung-, brain-, and liver-tropic tumor cells fuse preferentially with resident cells, namely lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells, brain endothelial cells, and liver Kupffer cells, at their predicted destination.

    “In this perspective, exosomes from mouse and human lung-, brain- and liver-tropic tumor cells fuse preferentially with resident cells namely lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells, brain endothelial cells and liver Kupffer cells at their predicted destination.”

    From Tumor microenvironment complexity and therapeutic implications at a glance (2020) · cites this paper as [176]

    The 'Distinct cells uptake tropic exosomes' section identifies the claimed lung, liver and brain resident-cell targets for exosomes from human tumour cell lines. It describes fusion with Kupffer cells, but only co-localization with lung cells and interaction with brain endothelial cells. The 'Future metastatic sites uptake exosomes' section reports organ-specific uptake for mouse exosomes, not preferential fusion with those particular resident cells. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Uptake of tumor-derived exosomes prepares organ-specific cells to serve as a pre-metastatic niche.

    “Furthermore, uptake of tumor-derived exosomes prepares organ-specific cells to serve as pre-metastatic niche.”

    From Tumor microenvironment complexity and therapeutic implications at a glance (2020) · cites this paper as [176]

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  • Integrin-mediated uptake of exosomes activates Src phosphorylation and pro-inflammatory S100 gene expression in resident cells.

    “Finally, integrin-mediated uptake of exosome activates Src phosphorylation and pro-inflammatory S100 gene expression in resident cells [176].”
  • Exosomes display differential integrin expression, and blockade of integrins αvβ5 and α6β4 dampens exosome uptake and liver and lung metastasis, respectively.

    “Moreover, these exosomes display differential integrin expression, and blockade of integrins αvβ5 and α6β4 dampen exosome uptake, as well as liver and lung metastasis, respectively.”
  • Injection of exosomes from lung-tropic models can redirect the metastasis of bone-tropic tumor cells.

    “Notably, the injection of exosomes from lung-tropic models can redirect the metastasis of bone-tropic tumor cells.”

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Hoshino, A., Costa-Silva, B., Shen, T.-L., Rodrigues, G., Hashimoto, A., Tesic Mark, M., Molina, H., Kohsaka, S., Di Giannatale, A., Ceder, S., Singh, S., Williams, C., Soplop, N., Uryu, K., Pharmer, L., King, T., Bojmar, L., Davies, A. E., Ararso, Y., Zhang, T., Zhang, H., Hernandez, J., Weiss, J. M., Dumont-Cole, V. D., Kramer, K., Wexler, L. H., Narendran, A., Schwartz, G. K., Healey, J. H., Sandstrom, P., Jørgen Labori, K., Kure, E. H., Grandgenett, P. M., Hollingsworth, M. A., de Sousa, M., Kaur, S., Jain, M., Mallya, K., Batra, S. K., Jarnagin, W. R., Brady, M. S., Fodstad, O., Muller, V., Pantel, K., Minn, A. J., Bissell, M. J., Garcia, B. A., Kang, Y., Rajasekhar, V. K., Ghajar, C. M., Matei, I., Peinado, H., Bromberg, J., & Lyden, D.
Affiliations
  • Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation (US)
  • National Taiwan University (TW)
  • Rockefeller University (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Linköping University (SE)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
  • Universität Hamburg (DE)
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Bromberg, Jacqueline
  • Lyden, David
Venue
Nature
Published
2015-10-28
Volume
527
Issue
7578
Pages
329-335
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1950118853
Cited by
5,101
References
51
Citations by year
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FWCI
144.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (P30CA008748, W81XWH, W81XWH-13)
  • Breast Cancer Alliance (P30 CA008748)
  • Ira Sohn Research Conference Foundation
  • Melanoma Research Alliance
  • Hartwell Foundation
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (CA008748, P30 CA008748)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery
  • National Institutes of Health (W81XWH, CA008748)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • National Cancer Institute (CA169416, CA008748, U01CA169538, CA169538, R01CA169416, P30CA008748, R50CA211462)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Keywords
organotropic metastasis, integrins, exosome uptake, pre-metastatic niche, alpha6beta4 integrin, integrin αvβ5, alpha6beta1 integrin, extracellular vesicles, lung metastasis, liver metastasis, brain metastases, Src phosphorylation, integrin-targeted therapy, metastasis prediction
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Epithelial Cells, Female, Fibroblasts, Humans, Kupffer Cells, Liver, Lung, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neoplasm Metastasis, S100 Proteins, Organ Specificity, Phosphorylation, Biomarkers, Integrins, Genes, src, Tropism, Receptors, Vitronectin, Integrin alpha6beta1, Integrin alpha6beta4, Integrin beta Chains, Integrin beta4, Endothelial Cells, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Exosomes

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