Journal
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 342-350Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12730
Keywords
extracellular vesicles; extracellular matrix remodelling; lysyl oxidase
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- Netherlands Institute for Regenerative Medicine (NIRM) [FES0908]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, ZonMw Translational Adult Stem Cell Research grant [116001026]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [016.096.359]
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Exosomes are important mediators of intercellular communication. Additionally, they contain a variety of components capable of interacting with the extracellular matrix (ECM), including integrins, matrix metalloproteinases and members of the immunoglobin superfamily. Despite these observations, research on exosome-ECM interactions is limited. Here, we investigate whether the exosome-associated lysyl oxidase family member lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) is involved in ECM remodelling. We found that LOXL2 is present on the exterior of endothelial cell (EC)-derived exosomes, placing it in direct vicinity of the ECM. It is up-regulated twofold in EC-derived exosomes cultured under hypoxic conditions. Intact exosomes from hypoxic EC and LOXL2 overexpressing EC show increased activity in a fluorometric lysyl oxidase enzymatic activity assay as well as in a collagen gel contraction assay. Concordantly, knockdown of LOXL2 in exosome-producing EC in both normal and hypoxic conditions reduces activity of exosomes in both assays. Our findings show for the first time that ECM crosslinking by EC-derived exosomes is mediated by LOXL2 under the regulation of hypoxia, and implicate a role for exosomes in hypoxia-regulated focal ECM remodelling, a key process in both fibrosis and wound healing.
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