Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Pancreas Section, University Hospital of Surgery, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, D69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Mar 19;38(1):132. doi: 10.1186/s13046-019-1129-8.
Cancer-initiating cell (CIC) exosomes (CIC-TEX) are suggested reprogramming Non-CIC. Mode of message transfer and engagement of CIC-markers being disputed, we elaborated the impact of CD44v6 and Tspan8 on the response of Non-CIC.
Non-metastasizing CD44v6- and Tspan8-knockdown (kd) pancreatic cancer cells served as Non-CIC. CIC-TEX coculture-induced changes were evaluated by deep-sequencing and functional assays. Tumor progression was surveyed during in vivo CIC-TEX treatment.
Deep-sequencing of CIC-TEX-cocultured CD44v6kd-Non-CIC revealed pronounced mRNA changes in signaling, transport, transcription and translation; altered miRNA affected metabolism, signaling and transcription. CIC-TEX coculture-induced changes in Tspan8kd-Non-CIC mostly relied on CIC-TEX-Tspan8 being required for targeting. CIC-TEX transfer supported apoptosis resistance and significantly promoted epithelial mesenchymal transition, migration, invasion and (lymph)angiogenesis of the kd Non-CIC in vitro and in vivo, deep-sequencing allowing individual mRNA and miRNA assignment to altered functions. Importantly, CIC-TEX act as a hub, initiated by CD44v6-dependent RTK, GPCR and integrin activation and involving CD44v6-assisted transcription and RNA processing. Accordingly, a kinase inhibitor hampered CIC-TEX-fostered tumor progression, which was backed by an anti-Tspan8 blockade of CIC-TEX binding.
This in depth report on the in vitro and in vivo impact of CIC-TEX on CD44v6kd and Tspan8kd Non-CIC unravels hub CIC-TEX activity, highlighting a prominent contribution of the CIC-markers CD44v6 to signaling cascade activation, transcription, translation and miRNA processing in Non-CIC and of Tspan8 to CIC-TEX targeting. Blocking CIC-TEX binding/uptake and uptake-initiated target cell activation significantly mitigated the deleterious CIC-TEX impact on CD44v6kd and Tspan8kd Non-CIC.
癌症起始细胞(CIC)外泌体(CIC-TEX)被认为可以重新编程非 CIC。消息传递模式和 CIC 标志物的参与仍存在争议,我们详细阐述了 CD44v6 和 Tspan8 对非 CIC 反应的影响。
非转移性 CD44v6 和 Tspan8 敲低(kd)胰腺癌细胞作为非 CIC。通过深度测序和功能测定评估 CIC-TEX 共培养诱导的变化。在体内 CIC-TEX 治疗期间调查肿瘤进展。
深度测序显示,CIC-TEX 共培养的 CD44v6kd-非 CIC 中,信号转导、运输、转录和翻译的 mRNA 变化明显;改变的 miRNA 影响代谢、信号转导和转录。Tspan8kd-非 CIC 中 CIC-TEX 共培养诱导的变化主要依赖于 CIC-TEX-Tspan8 靶向。CIC-TEX 转移支持凋亡抵抗,并显著促进体外和体内 kd 非 CIC 的上皮间质转化、迁移、侵袭和(淋巴)血管生成,深度测序允许将单个 mRNA 和 miRNA 分配到改变的功能上。重要的是,CIC-TEX 作为一个枢纽,由 CD44v6 依赖性 RTK、GPCR 和整合素激活启动,并涉及 CD44v6 辅助的转录和 RNA 加工。相应地,一种激酶抑制剂阻碍了 CIC-TEX 促进的肿瘤进展,这得到了抗 Tspan8 阻断 CIC-TEX 结合的支持。
本研究深入报道了 CIC-TEX 对 CD44v6kd 和 Tspan8kd 非 CIC 的体外和体内影响,揭示了枢纽 CIC-TEX 活性,突出了 CIC 标志物 CD44v6 在非 CIC 中信号级联激活、转录、翻译和 miRNA 处理中的重要作用,以及 Tspan8 在 CIC-TEX 靶向中的作用。阻断 CIC-TEX 结合/摄取和摄取引发的靶细胞激活显著减轻了 CIC-TEX 对 CD44v6kd 和 Tspan8kd 非 CIC 的有害影响。