Extracellular vesicle RNA signaling in the liver tumor microenvironment

Piyush Gondaliya, Adil Ali Sayyed, Julia Driscoll, Krishna Patel, Tushar Patel

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Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) in liver cancers such as hepatocellular cancer (HCC) consists of a complex milieu of liver tissue-resident cells, infiltrated immune cells, and secreted factors that collectively serve to promote tumor growth and progression. Intercellular crosstalk contributes to tissue homeostasis, and perturbations during injury, inflammation and tumorigenesis that are important for tumor progression. Extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated transfer of a payload of RNA molecules that serve as an intercellular signaling is an important contributor to tissue homeostasis within the TME. Several types of RNA have been implicated in EV-mediated signaling. Biological processes that can be modulated by EV RNA signaling within the liver include tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and modulation of the immune cell activities. This mini-review describes the liver TME, and the biological effects of EV RNA-mediated signaling within the liver to highlight the role of EV RNA in intercellular communication.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number216089
JournalCancer Letters
Volume558
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2023

Keywords

  • Extracellular RNA
  • Extracellular vesicles
  • Liver cancer
  • RNA therapeutics
  • microRNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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