ArticleCells2020
Lung Tumor Cell-Derived Exosomes Promote M2 Macrophage Polarization.
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130 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 195 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Intercellular Horizontal Transfer of TXNDC5 mRNA via Extracellular Vesicles Contributes to Tumor-Associated Macrophage-Mediated Prostate Cancer Metastasis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- Hypoxic tumor exosomes suppress macrophage inflammation and ferroptosis via NDUFV2 to enhance bystander tumor radioresistance.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Absence of BCAP in myeloid cells abrogates M2 macrophage differentiation and promotes anti-tumor immunity.iScience · 2025Article
- Emerging role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the premetastatic niche.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Mouse Tumor Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce Angiogenesis Through VEGF Production From Macrophages.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- Prostate cancer cell-derived exosomes inhibit macrophage phagocytosis through EIF3B-mediated exosomal sorting of miR-100-5p.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Targeting Exosomal PD-L1 as a New Frontier in Cancer Immunotherapy.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Unveiling diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in lung adenocarcinoma using bioinformatics and experimental validation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of lung cancer metastasis by regulating tumor-associated macrophages: a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Review
- Piperlongumine Inhibits Lung Cancer Growth by Inducing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Leading to Suppression of M2 Macrophage Polarization.Biological procedures online · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cellular cross-talk within the tumor microenvironment (TME) by exosomes is known to promote tumor progression. Tumor promoting macrophages with an M2 phenotype are suppressors of anti-tumor immunity. However, the impact of tumor-derived exosomes in modulating macrophage polarization in the lung TME is largely unknown. Herein, we investigated if lung tumor-derived exosomes alter transcriptional and bioenergetic signatures of M0 macrophages and polarize them to an M2 phenotype. The concentration of exosomes produced by p53 null H358 lung tumor cells was significantly reduced compared to A549 (p53 wild-type) lung tumor cells, consistent with p53-mediated regulation of exosome production. In co-culture studies, M0 macrophages internalized tumor-derived exosomes, and differentiated into M2 phenotype. Importantly, we demonstrate that tumor-derived exosomes enhance the oxygen consumption rate of macrophages, altering their bioenergetic state consistent with that of M2 macrophages. In vitro co-cultures of M0 macrophages with H358 exosomes demonstrated that exosome-induced M2 polarization may be p53 independent. Murine bone marrow cells and bone marrow-derived myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) co-cultured with lewis lung carcinoma (LLC)-derived exosomes differentiated to M2 macrophages. Collectively, these studies provide evidence for a novel role for lung tumor-exosomes in M2 macrophage polarization, which then offers new therapeutic targets for immunotherapy of lung cancer.
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