Yin Fei, He Yangfang, Qiao Yue, Yan Yan
Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Front Immunol. 2025 May 15;16:1581964. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1581964. eCollection 2025.
Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (TDEVs) represent a heterogeneous population of extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic bodies, which are essential for tumor growth. EVs function as natural carriers of bioactive molecules, including lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, enabling them to influence and regulate complex cellular interactions within the tumor microenvironment (TME). The TDEVs mainly have immunosuppressive functions as a result of the inhibitory signals disrupting the immune cell anti-tumor activity. They enhance tumor progression and immune evasion by inhibiting the effector function of immune cells and by altering critical processes of immune cell recruitment, polarization, and functional suppression by different signaling pathways. In this sense, TDEVs modulate the NF-κB pathway, promoting inflammation and inducing immune evasion. The Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling is required for TDEV-mediated immune suppression and the manifestation of tumor-supporting features. The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, necessary for metabolic reprogramming, is orchestrated by TDEV to abrogate immune response and drive cancer cell proliferation. Finally, exosomal cargo can modulate the NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, activating pro-inflammatory responses that influence tumor development and immunomodulation. In this review, we take a deep dive into how TDEVs affect the immune cells by altering key signaling pathways. We also examine emerging therapeutic approaches aimed at disrupting EV-mediated pathways, offering promising avenues for the development of novel EV-based cancer immunotherapy.
肿瘤来源的细胞外囊泡(TDEVs)代表了细胞外囊泡(EVs)的异质群体,包括外泌体、微囊泡和凋亡小体,它们对肿瘤生长至关重要。EVs作为生物活性分子的天然载体,包括脂质、蛋白质和核酸,使其能够影响和调节肿瘤微环境(TME)内复杂的细胞相互作用。由于抑制信号破坏免疫细胞的抗肿瘤活性,TDEVs主要具有免疫抑制功能。它们通过抑制免疫细胞的效应功能以及通过不同信号通路改变免疫细胞募集、极化和功能抑制的关键过程,增强肿瘤进展和免疫逃逸。从这个意义上说,TDEVs调节核因子κB(NF-κB)途径,促进炎症并诱导免疫逃逸。Janus激酶(JAK)-信号转导子和转录激活子(STAT)信号传导是TDEV介导的免疫抑制和肿瘤支持特征表现所必需的。磷酸肌醇3-激酶(PI3K)/蛋白激酶B(Akt)/哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mTOR)信号传导是代谢重编程所必需的,由TDEV精心编排以消除免疫反应并驱动癌细胞增殖。最后,外泌体货物可以调节含NOD、LRR和pyrin结构域的蛋白3(NLRP3)炎性小体,激活影响肿瘤发展和免疫调节的促炎反应。在这篇综述中,我们深入探讨了TDEVs如何通过改变关键信号通路影响免疫细胞。我们还研究了旨在破坏EV介导途径的新兴治疗方法,为基于EV的新型癌症免疫疗法的开发提供了有希望的途径。
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