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ArticleCancers2020

Microenvironmental Hypoxia Induces Dynamic Changes in Lung Cancer Synthesis and Secretion of Extracellular Vesicles.

Shun Wilford Tse, Chee Fan Tan, Jung Eun Park, JebaMercy Gnanasekaran, Nikhil Gupta, Jee Keem Low, Kheng Wei Yeoh, Wee Joo Chng, Chor Yong Tay, Neil E McCarthy and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Shun Wilford TseSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
Chee Fan TanSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
Jung Eun ParkSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
JebaMercy GnanasekaranSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
Nikhil GuptaSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
Jee Keem LowDepartment of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
Kheng Wei YeohDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 169610, Singapore.
Wee Joo ChngDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
Chor Yong TaySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
Neil E McCarthyCentre for Immunobiology, The Blizard Institute, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4330-4747
Sai Kiang LimInstitute of Medical Biology, Singapore 138648, Singapore.
Siu Kwan SzeSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-5652-1687
Nanyang Technological University · SGInstitute of Medical Biology · SGNational Cancer Centre Singapore · SGNational University Cancer Institute, Singapore · SGQueen Mary University of London · GBTan Tock Seng Hospital · SG

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R008302/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate critical intercellular communication within healthy tissues, but are also exploited by tumour cells to promote angiogenesis, metastasis, and host immunosuppression under hypoxic stress. We hypothesize that hypoxic tumours synthesize hypoxia-sensitive proteins for packing into EVs to modulate their microenvironment for cancer progression. In the current report, we employed a heavy isotope pulse/trace quantitative proteomic approach to study hypoxia sensitive proteins in tumour-derived EVs protein. The results revealed that hypoxia stimulated cells to synthesize EVs proteins involved in enhancing tumour cell proliferation (NRSN2, WISP2, SPRX1, LCK), metastasis (GOLM1, STC1, MGAT5B), stemness (STC1, TMEM59), angiogenesis (ANGPTL4), and suppressing host immunity (CD70). In addition, functional clustering analyses revealed that tumour hypoxia was strongly associated with rapid synthesis and EV loading of lysosome-related hydrolases and membrane-trafficking proteins to enhance EVs secretion. Moreover, lung cancer-derived EVs were also enriched in signalling molecules capable of inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in recipient cancer cells to promote their migration and invasion. Together, these data indicate that lung-cancer-derived EVs can act as paracrine/autocrine mediators of tumorigenesis and metastasis in hypoxic microenvironments. Tumour EVs may, therefore, offer novel opportunities for useful biomarkers discovery and therapeutic targeting of different cancer types and at different stages according to microenvironmental conditions.

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epithelial–mesenchymal transitionextracellular vesicleshypoxiapulsed-SILACquantitative proteomicstumorigenesistumour microenvironment

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PMID33050615
PMCPMC7601203
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