Tumor-derived exosomes influence the cell cycle and cell migration of human esophageal cancer cell lines.

ABSTRACT: Our laboratory previously reported the usefulness as biomarkers of exosomes in the plasma of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. However, the influence of tumor-derived exosomes on the tumor itself and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We here report changes in the phenotype and gene expression when cancer cells exist in an environment with tumor-derived exosomes. The exosomes were isolated from the culture medium of human ESCC cells (TE2, T.Tn) by ultracentrifugation; cell proliferation assay, wound-healing assay, and fluorescence imaging of the cell cycle were performed to clarify the phenotypic changes in the high concentration of tumor-derived exosomes. Gene expression changes were also assessed by mRNA microarray, and the data were analyzed by gene set enrichment a

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature