Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, 'G. d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Via Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), 'G d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Via L Polacchi 13, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Cells. 2024 Mar 25;13(7):571. doi: 10.3390/cells13070571.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted from many tumors, including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and lethal brain tumor in adults, which shows high resistance to current therapies and poor patient prognosis. Given the high relevance of the information provided by cancer cell secretome, we performed a proteomic analysis of microvesicles (MVs) and exosomes (EXOs) released from GBM-derived stem cells (GSCs). The latter, obtained from the brain of GBM patients, expressed P2X7 receptors (P2X7Rs), which positively correlate with GBM growth and invasiveness. P2X7R stimulation of GSCs caused significant changes in the EV content, mostly ex novo inducing or upregulating the expression of proteins related to cytoskeleton reorganization, cell motility/spreading, energy supply, protection against oxidative stress, chromatin remodeling, and transcriptional regulation. Most of the induced/upregulated proteins have already been identified as GBM diagnostic/prognostic factors, while others have only been reported in peripheral tumors. Our findings indicate that P2X7R stimulation enhances the transport and, therefore, possible intercellular exchange of GBM aggressiveness-increasing proteins by GSC-derived EVs. Thus, P2X7Rs could be considered a new druggable target of human GBM, although these data need to be confirmed in larger experimental sets.
细胞外囊泡(EVs)是由多种肿瘤分泌的,包括胶质母细胞瘤(GBM),这是成人中最常见和致命的脑肿瘤,对目前的治疗方法具有高度抗性和较差的患者预后。鉴于癌细胞分泌组提供的信息非常重要,我们对源自 GBM 源性干细胞(GSCs)的微泡(MVs)和外泌体(EXOs)进行了蛋白质组分析。后者是从 GBM 患者的大脑中获得的,表达 P2X7 受体(P2X7Rs),与 GBM 的生长和侵袭性呈正相关。P2X7R 对 GSCs 的刺激导致 EV 内容物发生显著变化,主要是从头诱导或上调与细胞骨架重排、细胞运动/扩散、能量供应、抗氧化应激保护、染色质重塑和转录调节相关的蛋白质的表达。诱导/上调的大多数蛋白质已被确定为 GBM 的诊断/预后因素,而其他蛋白质仅在周围肿瘤中报道过。我们的研究结果表明,P2X7R 刺激增强了由 GSC 衍生的 EV 运输,从而增强了 GBM 侵袭性增加蛋白的细胞间交换。因此,P2X7R 可以被认为是人类 GBM 的一个新的可药物靶标,尽管这些数据需要在更大的实验中得到证实。