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ArticleCell communication and signaling : CCS2026

Long non-coding RNA H19 transported by colorectal cancer small extracellular vesicles promotes alternative splicing in healthy hepatocytes: new insights on liver pre-metastatic niche formation.

Marco Loria, Denise Anello, Aurora Cordaro, Chiara Zichittella, Simona Fontana, Riccardo Alessandro, Alice Conigliaro

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Article in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Marco LoriaDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Denise AnelloDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Aurora CordaroDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Chiara ZichittellaDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Simona FontanaDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Riccardo AlessandroDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy.
Alice ConigliaroDepartment of Biomedicine Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Section of Biology and Genetics, Palermo, 90133, Italy. alice.conigliaro@unipa.it.

Funding

Fondazione AIRC per la ricerca sul cancro ETS ID 19982University of Palermo Bando EUROSTART 2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most lethal cancer and metastatic dissemination of CRC cells, which predominantly occurs to the liver, is the principal cause of death. Many studies have highlighted the role of CRC-derived small extracellular vesicles (CRC-sEVs) in priming the pre-metastatic niche (PMN) in the liver, promoting morpho-functional alterations which pave the way for the establishment of a favourable microenvironment for future organ colonization by metastatic cells. Our research group demonstrated the effects of CRC-sEVs in promoting the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of healthy human hepatocytes. In this study, we focused our attention on the long non-coding RNA H19 (lncH19), an oncogenic non-coding RNA whose role in CRC progression has been widely documented. Our data demonstrated that lncH19 is specifically loaded inside CRC-sEVs, carrying with it the RNA binding Fox-1 Homolog 2 (RBFOX2). The treatment of healthy human hepatocytes with CRC-sEVs allows the horizontal transfer of the complex that conveys a pro-EMT post-transcriptional modulation of RBFOX2 target genes.

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Alternative SplicingColorectal NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesHepatocytesLiver NeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansH19 long non-coding RNARNA, Long NoncodingAlternative splicingColorectal cancerExtracellular vesiclesNon-coding RNA

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PMID41699698
PMCPMC13015049

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