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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

Cancer-Specific RNA Modifications in Tumour-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Tumour Growth.

Yuya Monoe, Kentaro Jingushi, Kohei Taniguchi, Kensuke Hirosuna, Jun Arima, Yosuke Inomata, Yoshiaki Takano, Hiroki Hamamoto, Kazumasa Komura, Tomohito Tanaka and 3 more

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yuya MonoeLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2274-4962
Kentaro JingushiLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Kohei TaniguchiCenter for Medical Research & Development, Division of Translational Research, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Kensuke HirosunaDepartment of Regenerative Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Jun ArimaDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Yosuke InomataDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshiaki TakanoDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroki HamamotoDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Kazumasa KomuraCenter for Medical Research & Development, Division of Translational Research, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Tomohito TanakaCenter for Medical Research & Development, Division of Translational Research, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroaki HaseLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Sang-Woong LeeDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
Kazutake TsujikawaLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP24ama121052Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP24ama121054Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K09021Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K06575Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K18248Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23KJ1463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA modifications are crucial in cellular processes, and their dysregulation is linked to diseases like cancer. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain various RNAs and might be susceptible to modifications, but detecting these modifications has been challenging due to the small amount of RNA in EVs. We successfully detected 22 RNA modifications in EVs using a proprietary ultra-HPLC MS/MS system. We identified reduced levels of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in EVs derived from colon cancer tissues, which correlated with cancer recurrence. Increasing m6A levels via m6A demethylase Alkbh5 knockout suppressed the tumour-promoting effects of colorectal cancer EVs. Mechanistically, colorectal cancer-derived EVs increased tumour necrotic factor α and interleukin-6 secretion by macrophages via Toll-like receptor 8 in an m6A-dependent manner, promoting cancer cell proliferation. RNA-sequencing analysis showed that the levels of 5'-half-tRNA fragment (5'-half)-GlyGCC as well as those of m6A-modified 5'-half-GlyGCC were higher and lower, respectively, in colorectal cancer EVs than in normal colon tissue EVs. Cancer-derived EVs containing 5'-half-GlyGCC significantly promoted tumour growth, which was impeded by macrophage depletion. These findings provide evidence that cancer-specific RNA modifications are present in EVs, promoting tumour progression by regulating immune cells.

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalAdenosineAlkB Homolog 5, RNA DemethylaseAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMacrophagesMaleMiceAdenosineALKBH5 protein, humanAlkB Homolog 5, RNA DemethylaseN-methyladenosine5′‐half‐GlyGCCcolorectal cancerextracellular vesiclesinflammatory cytokinesRNA modification

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PMID40326665
PMCPMC12053886

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