Department of Biochemistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, United States.
FEBS Lett. 2012 Sep 21;586(19):3458-63. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.071. Epub 2012 Aug 8.
Our goal in this study was to define the mechanisms by which fetuin-A mediates the adhesion of tumor cells. The data show that in the absence of fetuin-A, detached tumor cells secrete exosomes that contain most of the known exosomal associated proteins but lack the capacity to mediate cellular adhesion. In the presence of fetuin-A, the cells secrete exosomes, which contain, in addition to the other exosomal proteins, fetuin-A, plasminogen and histones. These exosomes mediate adhesion and cell spreading. Plasminogen is a participant in this novel adhesion mechanism. The data suggest that these exosomes play a role in tumor progression.
我们这项研究的目的是确定胎球蛋白 A 介导肿瘤细胞黏附的机制。数据表明,在没有胎球蛋白 A 的情况下,分离的肿瘤细胞分泌含有大多数已知的外泌体相关蛋白的外泌体,但缺乏介导细胞黏附的能力。在胎球蛋白 A 的存在下,细胞分泌外泌体,除了其他外泌体蛋白外,还含有胎球蛋白 A、纤溶酶原和组蛋白。这些外泌体介导黏附和细胞铺展。纤溶酶原是这种新的黏附机制的参与者。这些数据表明这些外泌体在肿瘤进展中发挥作用。