Authors: | Lucotti, S.; Ogitani, Y.; Kenific, C. M.; Geri, J.; Kim, Y. H.; Gu, J.; Balaji, U.; Bojmar, L.; Shaashua, L.; Song, Y.; Cioffi, M.; Lauritzen, P.; Joseph, O. M.; Asao, T.; Grandgenett, P. M.; Hollingsworth, M. A.; Peralta, C.; Pagano, A. E.; Molina, H.; Lengel, H. B.; Dunne, E. G.; Jing, X.; Schmitter, M.; Borriello, L.; Miller, T.; Zhang, H.; Romin, Y.; Manova, K.; Paul, D.; Remmel, H. L.; O'Reilly, E. M.; Jarnagin, W. R.; Kelsen, D.; Castellino, S. M.; Giulino-Roth, L.; Jones, D. R.; Condeelis, J. S.; Pascual, V.; Bussel, J. B.; Boudreau, N.; Matei, I.; Entenberg, D.; Bromberg, J. F.; Simeone, D. M.; Lyden, D. |
Article Title: | Extracellular vesicles from the lung pro-thrombotic niche drive cancer-associated thrombosis and metastasis via integrin beta 2 |
Abstract: | Cancer is a systemic disease with complications beyond the primary tumor site. Among them, thrombosis is the second leading cause of death in patients with certain cancers (e.g., pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [PDAC]) and advanced-stage disease. Here, we demonstrate that pro-thrombotic small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are secreted by C-X-C motif chemokine 13 (CXCL13)-reprogrammed interstitial macrophages in the non-metastatic lung microenvironment of multiple cancers, a niche that we define as the pro-thrombotic niche (PTN). These sEVs package clustered integrin β2 that dimerizes with integrin αX and interacts with platelet-bound glycoprotein (GP)Ib to induce platelet aggregation. Blocking integrin β2 decreases both sEV-induced thrombosis and lung metastasis. Importantly, sEV-β2 levels are elevated in the plasma of PDAC patients prior to thrombotic events compared with patients with no history of thrombosis. We show that lung PTN establishment is a systemic consequence of cancer progression and identify sEV-β2 as a prognostic biomarker of thrombosis risk as well as a target to prevent thrombosis and metastasis. © 2025 Elsevier Inc. |
Keywords: | platelets; cancer metastasis; cancer; extracellular vesicles; cancer-associated thrombosis; integrin beta 2; pro-thrombotic niche |
Journal Title: | Cell |
Volume: | 188 |
Issue: | 6 |
ISSN: | 0092-8674 |
Publisher: | Cell Press |
Date Published: | 2025-03-20 |
Start Page: | 1642 |
End Page: | 1661.e24 |
Language: | English |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.025 |
PUBMED: | 39938515 |
PROVIDER: | scopus |
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Notes: | Article -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PDF -- MSK corresponding author is Jaqueline Bromberg -- Source: Scopus |