Research Laboratory on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Departamento de Inmunobiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Blood. 2017 Aug 10;130(6):777-788. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-02-769851. Epub 2017 Jun 8.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable disease characterized by accumulation of clonal B lymphocytes, resulting from a complex balance between cell proliferation and apoptotic death. Continuous crosstalk between cancer cells and local/distant host environment is required for effective tumor growth. Among the main actors of this dynamic interplay between tumoral cells and their microenvironment are the nano-sized vesicles called exosomes. Emerging evidence indicates that secretion, composition, and functional capacity of exosomes are altered as tumors progress to an aggressive phenotype. In CLL, no data exist exploring the specific changes in the proteomic profile of plasma-derived exosomes from patients during disease evolution. We hereby report for the first time different proteomic profiles of plasma exosomes, both between indolent and progressive CLLs as well as within the individual patients at the onset of disease and during its progression. Next, we focus on the changes of the exosome protein cargoes, which are found exclusively in patients with progressive CLL after disease progression. The alterations in the proteomic cargoes underline different networks specific for leukemia progression related to inflammation, oxidative stress, and NF-κB and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway activation. Finally, our results suggest a preponderant role for the protein S100-A9 as an activator of the NFκB pathway during CLL progression and suggest that the leukemic clone can generate an autoactivation loop through S100-A9 expression, NF-κB activation, and exosome secretion. Collectively, our data propose a new pathway for NF-κB activation in CLL and highlight the importance of exosomes as extracellular mediators promoting tumor progression in CLL.
慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL)是一种不可治愈的疾病,其特征是克隆性 B 淋巴细胞的积累,这是细胞增殖和凋亡死亡之间复杂平衡的结果。肿瘤细胞与局部/远处宿主环境之间的持续串扰是有效肿瘤生长所必需的。在肿瘤细胞与其微环境之间的这种动态相互作用的主要参与者中,有纳米大小的囊泡,称为外泌体。新出现的证据表明,随着肿瘤进展为侵袭性表型,外泌体的分泌、组成和功能能力发生改变。在 CLL 中,尚无数据探讨疾病进展过程中患者血浆衍生外泌体的蛋白质组学特征的具体变化。我们首次报道了 CLL 患者在疾病演变过程中外周血外泌体的不同蛋白质组学图谱,包括惰性和进展性 CLL 之间以及个体患者在疾病发病时和进展期间的图谱。接下来,我们重点研究了外泌体蛋白货物的变化,这些变化仅存在于疾病进展后的进展性 CLL 患者中。蛋白质货物的改变强调了与炎症、氧化应激和 NF-κB 以及磷脂酰肌醇 3-激酶/AKT 途径激活相关的白血病进展特异性不同网络。最后,我们的结果表明,蛋白 S100-A9 在 CLL 进展过程中作为 NFκB 途径的激活剂起着主要作用,并表明白血病克隆可以通过 S100-A9 表达、NF-κB 激活和外泌体分泌产生自身激活环。总之,我们的数据提出了 CLL 中 NF-κB 激活的新途径,并强调了外泌体作为促进 CLL 肿瘤进展的细胞外介质的重要性。
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