Small extracellular vesicles secreted from senescent cells promote cancer cell proliferation through EphA2.
Small extracellular vesicles secreted from senescent cells promote cancer cell proliferation through EphA2.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms15728
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发表时间:
2017-06-06
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Hara E
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作者:
Takasugi M;Okada R;Takahashi A;Virya Chen D;Watanabe S;Hara E
Cellular senescence prevents the proliferation of cells at risk for neoplastic transformation. However, the altered secretome of senescent cells can promote the growth of the surrounding cancer cells. Although extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as new players in intercellular communication, their role in the function of senescent cell secretome has been largely unexplored. Here, we show that exosome-like small EVs (sEVs) are important mediators of the pro-tumorigenic function of senescent cells. sEV-associated EphA2 secreted from senescent cells binds to ephrin-A1, that is, highly expressed in several types of cancer cells and promotes cell proliferation through EphA2/ephrin-A1 reverse signalling. sEV sorting of EphA2 is increased in senescent cells because of its enhanced phosphorylation resulting from oxidative inactivation of PTP1B phosphatase. Our results demonstrate a novel mechanism of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-regulated cargo sorting into sEVs, which is critical for the potentially deleterious growth-promoting effect of the senescent cell secretome. Although senescent cell secretome can promote the growth of surrounding cancer cells, the role of extracellular vesicles in this process has not been well understood. Here the authors show that ROS increase the sorting of EphA2 into extracellular vesicles in senescent cells, which promotes proliferation of cancer cells.