TY - JOUR
T1 - Cell-to-cell communication
T2 - microRNAs as hormones
AU - Bayraktar, Recep
AU - Van Roosbroeck, Katrien
AU - Calin, George A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Published by FEBS Press and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Mammalian cells can release different types of extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic bodies. Accumulating evidence suggests that EVs play a role in cell-to-cell communication within the tumor microenvironment. EVs’ components, such as proteins, noncoding RNAs [microRNAs (miRNAs), and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)], messenger RNAs (mRNAs), DNA, and lipids, can mediate paracrine signaling in the tumor microenvironment. Recently, miRNAs encapsulated in secreted EVs have been identified in the extracellular space. Mature miRNAs that participate in intercellular communication are released from most cells, often within EVs, and disseminate through the extracellular fluid to reach remote target cells, including tumor cells, whose phenotypes they can influence by regulating mRNA and protein expression either as tumor suppressors or as oncogenes, depending on their targets. In this review, we discuss the roles of miRNAs in intercellular communication, the biological function of extracellular miRNAs, and their potential applications for diagnosis and therapeutics. We will give examples of miRNAs that behave as hormones.
AB - Mammalian cells can release different types of extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic bodies. Accumulating evidence suggests that EVs play a role in cell-to-cell communication within the tumor microenvironment. EVs’ components, such as proteins, noncoding RNAs [microRNAs (miRNAs), and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)], messenger RNAs (mRNAs), DNA, and lipids, can mediate paracrine signaling in the tumor microenvironment. Recently, miRNAs encapsulated in secreted EVs have been identified in the extracellular space. Mature miRNAs that participate in intercellular communication are released from most cells, often within EVs, and disseminate through the extracellular fluid to reach remote target cells, including tumor cells, whose phenotypes they can influence by regulating mRNA and protein expression either as tumor suppressors or as oncogenes, depending on their targets. In this review, we discuss the roles of miRNAs in intercellular communication, the biological function of extracellular miRNAs, and their potential applications for diagnosis and therapeutics. We will give examples of miRNAs that behave as hormones.
KW - cell–cell communication
KW - circulating miRNAs
KW - exosomes
KW - extracellular vesicles
KW - microRNAs
KW - tumor microenvironment
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U2 - 10.1002/1878-0261.12144
DO - 10.1002/1878-0261.12144
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29024380
AN - SCOPUS:85032967117
SN - 1574-7891
VL - 11
SP - 1673
EP - 1686
JO - Molecular oncology
JF - Molecular oncology
IS - 12
ER -