Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39809736›Full record

ArticleCell death & disease2025

PKCα regulates the secretion of PDL1-carrying small extracellular vesicles in a p53-dependent manner.

Ren Zhang, Weilin Liao, Xi Chen, Junyi Wang, Jiaqi Li, Geer Chen, Weiyu Wu, Xiaoxuan Wang, Yao Zhang, Ziyu Chen and 5 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell death & disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Ren Zhang *School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine & State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Weilin Liao *Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Xi ChenDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Junyi WangDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Jiaqi LiDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Geer ChenDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Weiyu WuDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Xiaoxuan WangDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Yao ZhangDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Ziyu ChenDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Xiaoyu ZhuDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Zicong LinDr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Yizhun ZhuSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine & State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
Lijuan MaSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine & State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China. ljma@must.edu.mo.
Haijie YuSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine & State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China. hjyu@must.edu.mo.ORCID 0000-0003-4059-1282

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), carrying PD-L1, have been implicated in immune evasion and tumor progression. However, understanding how PD-L1 sEVs are secreted still needs to be improved. We found that the secretion dynamics of PD-L1 sEVs is similar to that of other sEVs. Intracellular calcium and the associated downstream PKC signaling plays pivotal roles in releasing PD-L1 sEVs in non-small cell lung cancer cells (NSCLC). Particularly, we observed that knocking down PKCα has profound impacts on PD-L1 sEVs secretion, especially in the resting state and in the activated state, when induced by an intracellular calcium rise. Furthermore, our study revealed that PKCα regulates PD-L1 expression and PD-L1 sEVs secretion by influencing STAT1 phosphorylation and nuclear translocation in a p53-dependent manner. Notably, p53 can regulate STAT1 phosphorylation and nuclear localization, but it does not affect PKCα expression. This suggests that PKCα plays a significant role in regulating PD-L1 expression. Our findings suggest that targeting PKCα to modulate PD-L1 dynamics in NSCLC may be a promising therapeutic strategy to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungExtracellular VesiclesLung NeoplasmsProtein Kinase C-alphaTumor Suppressor Protein p53A549 CellsCalciumCell Line, TumorHumansPhosphorylationSignal TransductionSTAT1 Transcription FactorB7-H1 AntigenCalciumCD274 protein, humanPRKCA protein, humanProtein Kinase C-alphaSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription FactorTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID39809736
PMCPMC11733117

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.