National Health Commission (NHC) Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and Immunology, Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sichuan University-University of Oxford Huaxi Joint Centre for Gastrointestinal Cancer, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Immunol. 2022 Oct 20;13:1042983. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1042983. eCollection 2022.
Organ fibrosis is a serious health challenge worldwide, and its global incidence and medical burden are increasing dramatically each year. Fibrosis can occur in nearly all major organs and ultimately lead to organ dysfunction. However, current clinical treatments cannot slow or reverse the progression of fibrosis to end-stage organ failure, and thus advanced anti-fibrotic therapeutics are urgently needed. As a type of naturally derived nanovesicle, native extracellular vesicles (EVs) from multiple cell types (, stem cells, immune cells, and tissue cells) have been shown to alleviate organ fibrosis in many preclinical models through multiple effective mechanisms, such as anti-inflammation, pro-angiogenesis, inactivation of myofibroblasts, and fibrinolysis of ECM components. Moreover, the therapeutic potency of native EVs can be further enhanced by multiple engineering strategies, such as genetic modifications, preconditionings, therapeutic reagent-loadings, and combination with functional biomaterials. In this review, we briefly introduce the pathology and current clinical treatments of organ fibrosis, discuss EV biology and production strategies, and particularly focus on important studies using native or engineered EVs as interventions to attenuate tissue fibrosis. This review provides insights into the development and translation of EV-based nanotherapies into clinical applications in the future.
器官纤维化是全球范围内的一个严重健康挑战,其全球发病率和医疗负担每年都在急剧增加。纤维化几乎可以发生在所有主要器官中,并最终导致器官功能障碍。然而,目前的临床治疗方法无法减缓或逆转纤维化向终末期器官衰竭的进展,因此迫切需要先进的抗纤维化治疗方法。作为一种天然来源的纳米囊泡,来自多种细胞类型(如干细胞、免疫细胞和组织细胞)的天然细胞外囊泡 (EVs) 通过多种有效的机制,如抗炎、促血管生成、肌成纤维细胞失活和 ECM 成分的纤维溶解,已被证明可以在许多临床前模型中缓解器官纤维化。此外,通过多种工程策略,如基因修饰、预处理、治疗试剂加载以及与功能生物材料的结合,天然 EVs 的治疗效力可以进一步增强。在这篇综述中,我们简要介绍了器官纤维化的病理学和当前的临床治疗方法,讨论了 EV 的生物学和生产策略,特别关注了使用天然或工程 EV 作为干预措施来减轻组织纤维化的重要研究。本文综述为 EV 为基础的纳米疗法未来在临床应用中的开发和转化提供了思路。