Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1S 4L8, Canada.
Cells. 2022 Nov 29;11(23):3828. doi: 10.3390/cells11233828.
Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor and often spreads to the liver. Intercellular communication though extracellular vesicles (EVs) plays an important role in several oncogenic processes, including metastasis, therapeutic resistance, and immune escape. This study examines how EVs released by UM cells modify stellate and endothelial cells in the tumor microenvironment. The surface markers, and the concentration and size of EVs derived from UM cells or choroidal melanocytes were characterized by high-resolution flow cytometry, electron microscopy, and Western blotting. The selective biodistribution of EVs was studied in mice by fluorescence imaging. The activation/contractility of stellate cells and the tubular organization of endothelial cells after exposure to melanomic EVs were determined by traction force microscopy, collagen gel contraction, or endothelial tube formation assays. We showed that large EVs from UM cells and healthy melanocytes are heterogenous in size, as well as their expression of phosphatidylserine, tetraspanins, and Tsg101. Melanomic EVs mainly accumulated in the liver and lungs of mice. Hepatic stellate cells with internalized melanomic EVs had increased contractility, whereas EV-treated endothelial cells developed more capillary-like networks. Our study demonstrates that the transfer of EVs from UM cells leads to a pro-fibrotic and pro-angiogenic phenotype in hepatic stellate and endothelial cells.
葡萄膜黑色素瘤 (UM) 是最常见的眼内原发性肿瘤,常转移至肝脏。细胞间通过细胞外囊泡 (EVs) 进行通讯,在包括转移、治疗抵抗和免疫逃逸在内的多个致癌过程中发挥重要作用。本研究探讨了 UM 细胞释放的 EVs 如何改变肿瘤微环境中的星状细胞和内皮细胞。通过高分辨率流式细胞术、电子显微镜和 Western blot 对源自 UM 细胞或脉络膜黑素细胞的 EVs 的表面标志物、浓度和大小进行了表征。通过荧光成像研究了 EVs 在小鼠中的选择性分布。通过牵引力显微镜、胶原凝胶收缩或内皮管形成测定法,确定暴露于黑色素瘤 EV 后星状细胞的激活/收缩性和内皮细胞的管状组织。我们表明,UM 细胞和健康黑素细胞的大 EV 在大小以及磷脂酰丝氨酸、四跨膜蛋白和 Tsg101 的表达上存在异质性。黑色素瘤 EV 主要在小鼠的肝脏和肺部蓄积。内化黑色素瘤 EV 的肝星状细胞收缩性增加,而经 EV 处理的内皮细胞形成更多毛细血管样网络。我们的研究表明,UM 细胞的 EV 转移导致肝星状细胞和内皮细胞向促纤维化和促血管生成表型的转变。
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