Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments

Exosomes are a subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are released by cells and play a variety of physiological roles including regulation of the immune system. Exosomes are heterogeneous and present in vast numbers in tumor microenvironments. A large subset of these vesicles has been demonstra...

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Autores principales: Gautam N. Shenoy, Maulasri Bhatta, Richard B. Bankert
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cedcc5d4d6e04b1396b7cce86f5b50d92021-11-25T17:12:04ZTumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments10.3390/cells101131552073-4409https://doaj.org/article/cedcc5d4d6e04b1396b7cce86f5b50d92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3155https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409Exosomes are a subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are released by cells and play a variety of physiological roles including regulation of the immune system. Exosomes are heterogeneous and present in vast numbers in tumor microenvironments. A large subset of these vesicles has been demonstrated to be immunosuppressive. In this review, we focus on the suppression of T cell function by exosomes in human tumor microenvironments. We start with a brief introduction to exosomes, with emphasis on their biogenesis, isolation and characterization. Next, we discuss the immunosuppressive effect of exosomes on T cells, reviewing in vitro studies demonstrating the role of different proteins, nucleic acids and lipids known to be associated with exosome-mediated suppression of T cell function. Here, we also discuss initial proof-of-principle studies that established the potential for rescuing T cell function by blocking or targeting exosomes. In the final section, we review different in vivo models that were utilized to study as well as target exosome-mediated immunosuppression, highlighting the Xenomimetic mouse (X-mouse) model and the Omental Tumor Xenograft (OTX) model that were featured in a recent study to evaluate the efficacy of a novel phosphatidylserine-binding molecule for targeting immunosuppressive tumor-associated exosomes.Gautam N. ShenoyMaulasri BhattaRichard B. BankertMDPI AGarticleexosomesT cell responsestumor microenvironmentphosphatidylserinePD-L1immune checkpointsBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCells, Vol 10, Iss 3155, p 3155 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic exosomes
T cell responses
tumor microenvironment
phosphatidylserine
PD-L1
immune checkpoints
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle exosomes
T cell responses
tumor microenvironment
phosphatidylserine
PD-L1
immune checkpoints
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Gautam N. Shenoy
Maulasri Bhatta
Richard B. Bankert
Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
description Exosomes are a subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are released by cells and play a variety of physiological roles including regulation of the immune system. Exosomes are heterogeneous and present in vast numbers in tumor microenvironments. A large subset of these vesicles has been demonstrated to be immunosuppressive. In this review, we focus on the suppression of T cell function by exosomes in human tumor microenvironments. We start with a brief introduction to exosomes, with emphasis on their biogenesis, isolation and characterization. Next, we discuss the immunosuppressive effect of exosomes on T cells, reviewing in vitro studies demonstrating the role of different proteins, nucleic acids and lipids known to be associated with exosome-mediated suppression of T cell function. Here, we also discuss initial proof-of-principle studies that established the potential for rescuing T cell function by blocking or targeting exosomes. In the final section, we review different in vivo models that were utilized to study as well as target exosome-mediated immunosuppression, highlighting the Xenomimetic mouse (X-mouse) model and the Omental Tumor Xenograft (OTX) model that were featured in a recent study to evaluate the efficacy of a novel phosphatidylserine-binding molecule for targeting immunosuppressive tumor-associated exosomes.
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author Gautam N. Shenoy
Maulasri Bhatta
Richard B. Bankert
author_facet Gautam N. Shenoy
Maulasri Bhatta
Richard B. Bankert
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title Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
title_short Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
title_full Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
title_fullStr Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
title_full_unstemmed Tumor-Associated Exosomes: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Restoring Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses in Human Tumor Microenvironments
title_sort tumor-associated exosomes: a potential therapeutic target for restoring anti-tumor t cell responses in human tumor microenvironments
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/cedcc5d4d6e04b1396b7cce86f5b50d9
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