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ArticleOncology research2017

Exosomes Derived From Hypoxic Colorectal Cancer Cells Promote Angiogenesis Through Wnt4-Induced β-Catenin Signaling in Endothelial Cells.

Zhe Huang, Yong Feng

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Article in Oncology research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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104citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhe Huang
Yong Feng
China Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cell-derived exosomes have been actively released into the tumor microenvironment with pleiotropic roles in tumor growth and metastasis, including angiogenesis and immune modulation. However, the functions and underlying mechanisms of exosomes shed by colorectal cancer (CRC) cells under hypoxic conditions remain unknown. Here we found that exosomes derived from hypoxic CRC cells promoted the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells. Suppression of exosome secretion through RAB27a knockdown in CRC cells inhibited exosomal-induced proliferation and migration of endothelial cells. Furthermore, we discovered that these exosomes enriched with Wnt4 were dependent on HIF1α. Exosomal Wnt4 increased β-catenin nuclear translocation in endothelial cells. The induction of β-catenin signaling is critical for the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells, which could be abolished by the inhibitor ICG001. The in vivo animal study further revealed the tumor-promoting effects of CRC cell-derived exosomes with enhanced tumor growth and angiogenesis. Taken together, our study indicates that CRC cells promote angiogenesis through exosome-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling in endothelial cells under hypoxia, which might be a new mechanism in CRC development.

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Wnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsExosomesHumansHypoxiaHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitMiceNeovascularization, Pathologicrab27 GTP-Binding ProteinsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitRAB27A protein, humanrab27 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsWnt4 Protein

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PMID27712599
PMCPMC7841118
OpenAlexW2531719869

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