Journal
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 319, Issue 17, Pages 2747-2757Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.08.003
Keywords
Cancer; Extracellular vesicles; EMT; Oncogenes; EGFR; E-cadherin; Cancer stem cells; Proteome; Exosomes
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [MOP 102736, MOP 111119]
- MCH Foundation
- Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ)
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Transitions of the cancer cell phenotype between epithelial and mesenchymal states (EMT) are likely to alter the patterns of intercellular communication. In this regard we have previously documented that EMT-like changes trigger quantitative rearrangements in exosomal vesicle emission in A431 cancer cells driven by oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Here we report that extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by these cancer cells in their epithelial and mesenchymal states exhibit profound qualitative differences in their proteome. Thus, induction of the EMT-like state through blockade of E-cadherin and EGFR stimulation provoked a mesenchymal shift in cellular morphology and enrichment in the CD44-high/CD24-low immunophenotype, often linked to cellular stemness. This change also resulted in reprogramming of the EV-related proteome (distinct from that of corresponding cells), which contained 30 unique protein signals, and revealed enrichment in pathways related to cellular growth, cell-to-cell signaling, and cell movement. Some of the most prominent EV-related proteins were validated, including integrin alpha 42 and tetraspanin CD9. We propose that changes in cellular differentiation status translate into unique qualitative rearrangements in the cargo of EVs, a process that may have implications for intercellular communication and could serve as source of new biomarkers to detect EMT-like processes in cancer. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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