Onyiba Cosmos Ifeanyi, Kumar Niwasini Krishna, Scarlett Christopher J, Weidenhofer Judith
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW 2258, Australia.
Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW 2305, Australia.
Cells. 2025 Mar 21;14(7):468. doi: 10.3390/cells14070468.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-bound cargoes secreted by normal and pathological cells. Through their protein, nucleic acid, and lipid cargoes, EVs mediate several cellular processes, such as cell-cell communication, cell development, immune response, and tissue repair. Most importantly, through their enzyme cargo, EVs mediate pathophysiological processes, including the pathogenesis of cancer. In this review, we enumerate several enzymes secreted in EVs (EV enzyme cargo) from cells and patient clinical samples of breast and prostate cancers and detail their contributions to the progression and survival of both cancers. Findings in this review reveal that the EV enzyme cargo could exert cell progression functions via adhesion, proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis. The EV enzyme cargo might also influence cell survival functions of chemoresistance, radioresistance, angiogenesis, cell death inhibition, cell colony formation, and immune evasion. While the current literature provides evidence of the possible contributions of the EV enzyme cargo to the progression and survival mechanisms of breast and prostate cancers, future studies are required to validate that these effects are modified by EVs and provide insights into the clinical applications of the EV enzyme cargo in breast and prostate cancer.
细胞外囊泡(EVs)是由正常细胞和病理细胞分泌的膜结合性囊泡。通过其携带的蛋白质、核酸和脂质,EVs介导多种细胞过程,如细胞间通讯、细胞发育、免疫反应和组织修复。最重要的是,通过其携带的酶,EVs介导病理生理过程,包括癌症的发病机制。在本综述中,我们列举了从乳腺癌和前列腺癌的细胞及患者临床样本中分泌到EVs中的几种酶(EV酶载物),并详细阐述了它们对这两种癌症进展和生存的作用。本综述的研究结果表明,EV酶载物可通过黏附、增殖、迁移、侵袭和转移发挥细胞进展功能。EV酶载物还可能影响化学抗性、放射抗性、血管生成、细胞死亡抑制、细胞集落形成和免疫逃逸等细胞生存功能。虽然目前的文献提供了EV酶载物对乳腺癌和前列腺癌进展及生存机制可能作用的证据,但未来的研究需要验证这些作用是否由EVs介导,并深入了解EV酶载物在乳腺癌和前列腺癌中的临床应用。