Extracellular vesicles in Inter-Kingdom communication in gastrointestinal cancer

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Extracellular vesicles in Inter-Kingdom communication in gastrointestinal cancer Via American Journal of Cancer Research Am J Cancer Res. 2021 Apr 15;11(4):1087-1103. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT The production and secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs) are common features of cells (including various normal cells, neoplastic cell lines as well as bacteria) that span all domains of life. Tumor-derived exosomes are enriched with kinds of tumorigenesis mediators which are derived from the cytoplasm of cancer cells and fully reflect the tumor conditions. Indeed, the major topics and challenges on current oncological research are the identification of tumorigenic and metastatic molecules in tumor-cell-derived exosomes as well as elucidating the pathways that guarantee these components to be included in exosomes. The bacterial EVs have also been implicated in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal (GI) tumors and chronic inflammatory diseases; however, the possible function of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) in tumorigenesis remains largely underestimated. We su ggest that EVs from both eukaryotic cells and different microbes in GI tract act as regulators of intracellular and cross-species communication, thus particularly facilitate tumor cell survival and multi-drug resistance. Therefore, our review introduces comprehensive knowledge on the promising role of EVs (mainly exosomes and OMVs) production of GI cancer development and gut microbiome, as well as its roles in developing novel therapeutic strategies. PMID:33948347 | PMC:PMC8085842 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.