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Table 1 Extracellular vesicles mediate ovarian cancer metastasis

From: Unraveling the extracellular vesicle network: insights into ovarian cancer metastasis and chemoresistance

EV source

EV type

EV cargo

Mechanism

Function

Refs

Serum of EOC patients

Exosome

LRP1

Via p-ERK/MMP2/MMP9 pathway

Promote migration and invasion

Zhou W et al.

M2 macrophages

Exosome

miR-221-3p

Target CDKN1B

Promote migration and invasion

Li X et al.

OC cell lines

EV

miR-106a-5p

Target KLF6

Promote proliferation, invasion and migration

Zheng Y et al.

TWEAK-stimulated macrophages

Exosome

miR-7

Inhibit the EGFR/AKT/ERK1/2 pathway

Inhibit invasion

Hu Y et al.

OC cell lines

EV

circATP2B4

Via miR-532-3p/SREBF1/PI3Kα/AKT axis

Promote M2 Macrophage Polarization

Wang F et al.

OC cell lines

EV

miR-181c-5p

Via KAT2B/HOXA10 axis and activate the JAK1/STAT3 pathway

Promote M2 Macrophage Polarization

Yang S et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

miR-141

Activate the YAP1/GROα/CXCR pathway

Form tumor-promoting stromal niche

Mo Y et al.

OC cell lines

EV

miR-630

Inhibit KLF6 and activate NF-κB

Promote activation of CAFs

Cui Y et al.

Ascites of OC patients and OC cell lines

EV

LncRNA SPOCD1-AS

Interact with G3BP1

Remodel mesothelial cells

Wang C et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

ANXA2

Via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

Regulate epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity of peritoneal mesothelial cells

Gao L et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

circPUM1

Up-regulate NF-κB and MMP2

Promote MMT of peritoneal mesothelial cells

Guan X et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

miR-99a-5p

Increase fibronectin and vitronectin expression

Regulate peritoneal mesothelial cells

Yoshimura A et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

ETS1

Via integrin αvβ5/AKT/Sp1 pathway

Regulate peritoneal mesothelial cells

Li H et al.

Omental CAFs

Exosome

miR-29c-3p

Target MMP2

Suppress OC cells invasion

Han Q et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

miR-205

Via PTEN-AKT pathway

Induce angiogenesis

He L et al.

OC cell lines

sEV

miR-141-3p

Activate the JAK/STAT3 and NF-κB pathways

Promote endothelial cell angiogenesis

Masoumi-Dehghi S et al.

OC cell lines

Exosome

E-cadherin

Activate the β-catenin and NF-κB pathway

Promote tumor angiogenesis

Tang MKS et al.

MSCs

EV

miR-424

Down-regulate MYB

Inhibit angiogenesis

Li P et al.

OC cell lines

EV

Phosphatidyl- serine

Arrest the T-cell signaling cascade

Inhibit T-cell function

Kelleher RJ Jr et al.

OC cell lines

sEV

Arginase-1

Suppress T-cell responses

Mitigate anti-tumor immune responses

Czystowska-Kuzmicz M et al.

M2-polarized TAMs

EV

NEAT1

Via miR-101-3p/ZEB1/PD-L1 axis

Promote CD8 + T cells apoptosis

Yin L et al.

TAMs

Exosome

miR-29a-3p, miR-21-5p

Target STAT3

Induce a Treg/Th17 cell imbalance

Zhou J et al.

CAFs

Exosome

circ IFNGR2

Via miR-378/ST5 axis

Inhibit EMT of OC cells

Chen X et al.

  1. OC, ovarian cancer; TAM, tumor-associated macrophages; CAF, tumor-associated fibroblast; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell; sEV, small extracellular vesicle; EMT, epithelial-mesenchymal transition; MMT, mesothelial-mesenchymal transition; ADE, ascites-derived exosome