PUBLICATION

Radiated glioblastoma cell-derived exosomal circ_0012381 induce M2 polarization of microglia to promote the growth of glioblastoma by CCL2/CCR2 axis

Authors
Zhang, C., Zhou, Y., Gao, Y., Zhu, Z., Zeng, X., Liang, W., Sun, S., Chen, X., Wang, H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-220907-34
Date
2022
Source
Journal of translational medicine   20: 388 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Exosome, Glioblastoma, M2, Microglia, Radiotherapy
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Exosomes*/metabolism
  • Glioblastoma*/genetics
  • Glioblastoma*/metabolism
  • Glioblastoma*/radiotherapy
  • MicroRNAs*/genetics
  • MicroRNAs*/metabolism
  • Microglia/metabolism
  • Tumor Microenvironment
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed
36058942 Full text @ J Transl Med
Abstract
Radiotherapy is the primary therapeutic option for glioblastoma. Some studies proved that radiotherapy increased the release of exosomes from cells. The mechanism by which these exosomes modify the phenotype of microglia in the tumor microenvironment to further determine the fate of irradiated glioblastoma cells remains to be elucidated.
We erected the co-culture system of glioblastoma cells and microglia. After radiation, we analyzing the immunophenotype of microglia and the proliferation of radiated glioblastoma cells. By whole transcriptome sequencing, we analyzed of circRNAs in exosomes from glioblastoma cells and microglia. We used some methods, which included RT-PCR, dual-luciferase reporter, et al., to identify how circ_0012381 from radiated glioblastoma cell-derived exosomes regulated the immunophenotype of microglia to further affect the proliferation of radiated glioblastoma cells.
Radiated glioblastoma cell-derived exosomes markedly induced M2 microglia polarization. These M2-polarized microglia promoted the proliferation of irradiated glioblastoma cells. Circ_0012381 expression was increased in the irradiated glioblastoma cells, and circ_0012381 entered the microglia via exosomes. Circ_0012381 induced M2 microglia polarization by sponging with miR-340-5p to increase ARG1 expression. M2-polarized microglia suppressed phagocytosis and promoted the growth of the irradiated glioblastoma cells by CCL2/CCR2 axis. Compared with the effects of radiotherapy alone, the inhibition of exosomes significantly inhibited the growth of irradiated glioblastoma cells in a zebrafish model.
Our data suggested that the inhibition of exosome secretion might represent a potential therapeutic strategy to increase the efficacy of radiotherapy in patients with glioblastoma.
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