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Profilin 2 promotes growth, metastasis, and angiogenesis of small cell lung cancer through cancer-derived exosomes.
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- Machine learning-driven identification of exosome- related biomarkers in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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- The SIX2/PFN2 feedback loop promotes the stemness of gastric cancer cells.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Profilin 2 isoform expression is associated with lung metastasis of colorectal cancer according to a comprehensive gene expression study using a mouse model.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- Extracellular vesicles from non-neuroendocrine SCLC cells promote adhesion and survival of neuroendocrine SCLC cells.Proteomics · 2024Article
- Urinary extracellular vesicles prevent di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-induced hypospadias by facilitating epithelial-mesenchymal transition via PFN2 delivery.Cell biology and toxicology · 2023Article
- Potential Avenues for Exosomal Isolation and Detection Methods to Enhance Small-Cell Lung Cancer Analysis.ACS measurement science au · 2023Review
- Recent progress in molecular mechanisms of postoperative recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Review
- NLRP6 is required for cancer-derived exosome-modified macrophage M2 polarization and promotes metastasis in small cell lung cancer.Cell death & disease · 2022Article
- Molecular and Immune Phenotypic Modifications during Metastatic Dissemination in Lung Carcinogenesis.Cancers · 2022Review
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Abstract
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is highly aggressive and prone to hypervascular metastases. Recently, we found profilin 2 (PFN2) expression in SCLC but not in normal tissues. Furthermore, PFN2 expression had been shown to promote angiogenesis through exosomes. However, it remains unclear whether PFN2 contributes to the progression and metastasis of SCLC through angiogenesis. We report here that overexpression (OE) of PFN2 increased, whereas its knockdown (KD) decreased the proliferation, migration, and invasion of SCLC cell H446. The exosomes from OE-H446 (SCLC-OE-exo) exhibited similar effects on H446 properties. Culturing of endothelial cells (ECs) in SCLC-OE conditioned medium (CM) or SCLC-OE-exo increased the migration and tube formation ability of ECs, whereas SCLC-KD-CM and SCLC-KD-exo had inhibitory effects. Interestingly, both SCLC- and EC-derived exosomes were internalized in H446 more rapidly than in ECs. More importantly, OE-PFN2 dramatically elevated SCLC growth and vasculature formation as well as lung metastasis in tumor xenograft models. Finally, we found that PFN2 activated Smad2/3 in H446 and pERK in ECs, respectively. Taken together, our study revealed the role of PFN2 in SCLC development and metastasis, as well as tumor angiogenesis through exosomes, providing a new molecular target for SCLC treatment.
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