Abstract

Metastatic cancers produce exosomes that condition pre-metastatic niches in remote microenvironments to favor metastasis. In contrast, here we show that exosomes from poorly metastatic melanoma cells can potently inhibit metastasis to the lung. These “non-metastatic” exosomes stimulate an innate immune response through the expansion of Ly6Clow patrolling monocytes (PMo) in the bone marrow, which then cause cancer cell clearance at the pre-metastatic niche, via the recruitment of NK cells and TRAIL-dependent killing of melanoma cells by macrophages. These events require the induction of the Nr4a1 transcription factor and are dependent on pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) on the outer surface of exosomes. Importantly, exosomes isolated from patients with non-metastatic primary melanomas have a similar ability to suppress lung metastasis. This study thus demonstrates that pre-metastatic tumors produce exosomes, which elicit a broad range of PMo-reliant innate immune responses via trigger(s) of immune surveillance, causing cancer cell clearance at the pre-metastatic niche.

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Title
Pre-metastatic cancer exosomes induce immune surveillance by patrolling monocytes at the metastatic niche
Author
Plebanek, Michael P 1 ; Angeloni, Nicholas L 1 ; Vinokour, Elena 2 ; Li, Jia 2 ; Henkin, Anna 3 ; Martinez-Marin, Dalia 4 ; Filleur, Stephanie 4 ; Bhowmick, Reshma 5 ; Henkin, Jack 6 ; Miller, Stephen D 7 ; Ifergan, Igal 7 ; Lee, Yesung 8 ; Osman, Iman 8 ; C Shad Thaxton 9 ; Volpert, Olga V 5 

 Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Simpson-Querrey Institute for Bionantechnology in Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA 
 Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA 
 The Department for Health and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 
 Department of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA 
 Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA 
 Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 
 Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA 
 The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA 
 Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Simpson-Querrey Institute for Bionantechnology in Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Northwestern University International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, IL, USA 
Pages
1-12
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Nov 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1960511649
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.