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- Title
Pancreatic cancer exosomes initiate pre-metastatic niche formation in the liver.
- Authors
Costa-Silva, Bruno; Aiello, Nicole M.; Ocean, Allyson J.; Singh, Swarnima; Zhang, Haiying; Thakur, Basant Kumar; Becker, Annette; Hoshino, Ayuko; Mark, Milica Tešić; Molina, Henrik; Xiang, Jenny; Zhang, Tuo; Theilen, Till-Martin; García-Santos, Guillermo; Williams, Caitlin; Ararso, Yonathan; Huang, Yujie; Rodrigues, Gonçalo; Shen, Tang-Long; Labori, Knut Jørgen
- Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) are highly metastatic with poor prognosis, mainly due to delayed detection. We hypothesized that intercellular communication is critical for metastatic progression. Here, we show that PDAC-derived exosomes induce liver pre-metastatic niche formation in naive mice and consequently increase liver metastatic burden. Uptake of PDAC-derived exosomes by Kupffer cells caused transforming growth factor β secretion and upregulation of fibronectin production by hepatic stellate cells. This fibrotic microenvironment enhanced recruitment of bone marrow-derived macrophages. We found that macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was highly expressed in PDAC-derived exosomes, and its blockade prevented liver pre-metastatic niche formation and metastasis. Compared with patients whose pancreatic tumours did not progress, MIF was markedly higher in exosomes from stage I PDAC patients who later developed liver metastasis. These findings suggest that exosomal MIF primes the liver for metastasis and may be a prognostic marker for the development of PDAC liver metastasis.
- Subjects
PANCREATIC cancer; EXOSOMES; METASTASIS; LIVER diseases; GROWTH factors; KUPFFER cells; FIBRONECTINS
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2015, Vol 17, Issue 6, p816
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb3169