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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

Cancer Cell-Secreted miR-33a Reduces Stress Granule Formation by Targeting Polyamine Metabolism in Stroma to Promote Tumourigenesis.

Sheng Hu, Xu Li, Qixin Hu, Chenyu Wang, Ao Hua, Gang Deng, Wenda Huang, Xiaoyu Fu, Haifeng Zhou, Xiaohui Zhang and 9 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 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Sheng HuState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xu LiState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qixin HuState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Chenyu WangState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Ao HuaNational Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Gang DengState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wenda HuangState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoyu FuDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Haifeng ZhouState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaohui ZhangState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Meixin LiState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Juan WuDepartment of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Mingzhou ChenState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaolu ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Lianyun LiState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zifu LiNational Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Min WuState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Juanjuan LiDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Wei YanState Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Hubei Provincial Research Center for Basic Biological Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-7675

Funding

National Science and Technology Major Project 2021YFA0804803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumour progression depends on the bidirectional interactions between cancer and stroma in the heterogeneous tumour microenvironment (TME) partially through extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, the secretary mechanism and biological effect of cancer cell derived EVs on tumour survival under starvation is poorly defined. Here, we identify cancer cells selectively secrete miR-33a with the assistance of aconitase 1 (ACO1), an iron-responsive RNA binding protein, under glucose starvation and lower iron level, which affiliates the binding capability of miR-33a and ACO1. Exosomal miR-33a suppresses putrescine biosynthesis by targeting AGMAT in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) from tumour core region, where putrescine inhibits the expression of demethylase KDM5C. TIA1 gene, stress granule (SG) marker, is tightly regulated by miR-33a/KDM5C/H3K4me3 axis and exosomal miR-33a diminishes the formation of stromal SGs in CAFs. Collectively, our study reveals tumour selectively secretes miR-33a-5p through EVs to remodel the stromal SG formation and gain survival possibility for cancer cells in tumour core region, highlighting a novel regulatory mechanism of iron and nutrient level on EV secretion and the function of polyamine metabolism in reshaping epigenetic profiles.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisMicroRNAsPolyaminesStress GranulesAnimalsCancer-Associated FibroblastsCell Line, TumorExosomesExtracellular VesiclesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceTumor MicroenvironmentMicroRNAsMIRN33a microRNA, humanPolyaminesepigenetic reprogrammingextracellular vesiclespolyamine metabolismstress granulestumour microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40903826
PMCPMC12408367

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