Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Publication Date
1-17-2025
Journal
iScience
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2024.111564
PMID
39811647
PMCID
PMC11731617
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
12-10-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) in gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) is the most common metastatic site and leads to a short median survival. Exosomes have been shown to remodel the microenvironment, facilitating tumor metastases. However, the functional component in GAC cell-derived exosomes that remodel the landscape in the peritoneal cavity remains unclear. To address this, we performed in-depth proteomic profiling of ascites-derived exosomes from patients with PC, and we found that Galectin-3 was highly enriched in exosomes derived from malignant ascites. exosomal Galectin-3 was the crucial regulator of PC. Blockage of exosomal Galectin-3 significantly inhibited tumor metastases and prolonged overall survival. Exosomal Galectin-3 activated cancer-associated fibroblasts through integrin α1β1/FAK/Akt/mTOR/CXCL12 signaling. Combined inhibition of the CXCL12-CXCR4 axis and exosomal Galectin-3 enhanced the efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, leading to significantly diminished PC progression and durable antitumor responses. These findings provide a rationale for clinical strategy of targeting exosomal Galectin-3 to treat PC.
Keywords
Microenvironment, Cell biology, Cancer
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Fan, Yibo; Song, Shumei; Pizzi, Melissa Pool; et al., "Exosomal Galectin-3 Promotes Peritoneal Metastases in Gastric Adenocarcinoma via Microenvironment Alterations" (2025). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 2686.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthgsbs_docs/2686
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