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Energy Sources for Exosome Communication in a Cancer Microenvironment

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CANCERS
卷 14, 期 7, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers14071698

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exosome; extracellular vesicle; cancer; energy metabolism; tumor microenvironment

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  1. U.S. National Institute of Health, NCI [R00 CA22635301A1, K99 CA226353-01A1]
  2. Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
  3. Janet D. Rowley Discovery Fund
  4. NETRF pilot grant
  5. Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) [06172956]
  6. Shenzhen Science and Technology Program [JCYJ20210324114606019]
  7. Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Fund (Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre) [5001-4001010]
  8. Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) [T12-703-19R]

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Exosomal communication in the tumor microenvironment is crucial for cancer development, progression, and metastasis. Exosomes can communicate with neighboring cells or distant organs, promoting tumor growth and cancer progression. Recent studies have identified potential energy sources for exosomes, including mitochondria, adenosine triphosphate, and glycolytic enzymes. This review emphasizes the importance of exosome energy sources and how they maintain structural integrity and stability during communication.
Simple Summary Exosomal communication in the tumor microenvironment plays a crucial role in cancer development, progression, and metastasis, and is achieved by either short-distance communication with neighboring cells or long-distance communication with distant organs. Nevertheless, how exosomes gain energy to establish such communication and the different sources of energy are unclear. Recently, a handful of studies have demonstrated the presence of mitochondria, adenosine triphosphate, and glycolytic enzymes, which may serve as potential energy sources for exosomes. This review clarifies how exosomes maintain their structural integrity and stability during their intracellular communication, and reviews evidence of their energy source. Exosomes are crucial extracellular vesicles (EVs) with a diameter of approximately 30-200 nm. They are released by most cell types in their extracellular milieu and carry various biomolecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. Exosomes are increasingly studied in various diseases, including cancer, due to their role in local and distant cell-cell communication in which they can promote tumor growth, cancer progression, and metastasis. Interestingly, a tremendous number of exosomes is released by malignant cancer cells, and these are then taken up by autologous and heterologous recipient stromal cells such as immune cells, cancer stem cells, and endothelial cells. All these events demand an enormous amount of energy and require that exosomes remain stable while having the capacity to reach distant sites and cross physical barriers. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research pertaining to the energy sources of exosomes, and questions remain about how they maintain their motility in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and beyond. Moreover, exosomes can produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), an important energy molecule required by all cells, and mitochondria have been identified as one of the exosomal cargoes. These findings strengthen the prospect of exosomal communication via transfer of mitochondria and the bioenergetics of target recipient cells. In the TME, the accumulation of ATP and lactate may facilitate the entry of exosomes into cancer cells to promote metastasis, as well as help to target cancer cells at the tumor site. This review highlights how exosomes obtain sufficient energy to thrive in the TME and communicate with distant physiological destinations.

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