Kristan E van der Vos1, Erik R Abels1, Xuan Zhang1, Charles Lai1, Esteban Carrizosa1, Derek Oakley1, Shilpa Prabhakar1, Osama Mardini1, Matheus H W Crommentuijn1, Johan Skog1, Anna M Krichevsky1, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov1, Thorsten R Mempel1, Joseph El Khoury1, Suzanne E Hickman1, Xandra O Breakefield1. 1. Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (K.E.v.d.V., E.R.A., X.Z., C.L., S.P., O.M., M.H.W.C., J.S., X.O.B.); Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (E.C., T.R.M., J.E.K., S.E.H.); Neuropathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.O., A.S-R.); Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (A.M.K.); Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (K.E.v.d.V.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To understand the ability of gliomas to manipulate their microenvironment, we visualized the transfer of vesicles and the effects of tumor-released extracellular RNA on the phenotype of microglia in culture and in vivo. METHODS: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from primary human glioblastoma (GBM) cells were isolated and microRNAs (miRNAs) were analyzed. Primary mouse microglia were exposed to GBM-EVs, and their uptake and effect on proliferation and levels of specific miRNAs, mRNAs, and proteins were analyzed. For in vivo analysis, mouse glioma cells were implanted in the brains of mice, and EV release and uptake by microglia and monocytes/macrophages were monitored by intravital 2-photon microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis, as well as RNA and protein levels. RESULTS: Microglia avidly took up GBM-EVs, leading to increased proliferation and shifting of their cytokine profile toward immune suppression. High levels of miR-451/miR-21 in GBM-EVs were transferred to microglia with a decrease in the miR-451/miR-21 target c-Myc mRNA. In in vivo analysis, we directly visualized release of EVs from glioma cells and their uptake by microglia and monocytes/macrophages in brain. Dissociated microglia and monocytes/macrophages from tumor-bearing brains revealed increased levels of miR-21 and reduced levels of c-Myc mRNA. CONCLUSIONS: Intravital microscopy confirms the release of EVs from gliomas and their uptake into microglia and monocytes/macrophages within the brain. Our studies also support functional effects of GBM-released EVs following uptake into microglia, associated in part with increased miRNA levels, decreased target mRNAs, and encoded proteins, presumably as a means for the tumor to manipulate its environs.
BACKGROUND: To understand the ability of gliomas to manipulate their microenvironment, we visualized the transfer of vesicles and the effects of tumor-released extracellular RNA on the phenotype of microglia in culture and in vivo. METHODS: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from primary humanglioblastoma (GBM) cells were isolated and microRNAs (miRNAs) were analyzed. Primary mouse microglia were exposed to GBM-EVs, and their uptake and effect on proliferation and levels of specific miRNAs, mRNAs, and proteins were analyzed. For in vivo analysis, mouseglioma cells were implanted in the brains of mice, and EV release and uptake by microglia and monocytes/macrophages were monitored by intravital 2-photon microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis, as well as RNA and protein levels. RESULTS: Microglia avidly took up GBM-EVs, leading to increased proliferation and shifting of their cytokine profile toward immune suppression. High levels of miR-451/miR-21 in GBM-EVs were transferred to microglia with a decrease in the miR-451/miR-21 target c-Myc mRNA. In in vivo analysis, we directly visualized release of EVs from glioma cells and their uptake by microglia and monocytes/macrophages in brain. Dissociated microglia and monocytes/macrophages from tumor-bearing brains revealed increased levels of miR-21 and reduced levels of c-Myc mRNA. CONCLUSIONS: Intravital microscopy confirms the release of EVs from gliomas and their uptake into microglia and monocytes/macrophages within the brain. Our studies also support functional effects of GBM-released EVs following uptake into microglia, associated in part with increased miRNA levels, decreased target mRNAs, and encoded proteins, presumably as a means for the tumor to manipulate its environs.
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