Itraconazole inhibits nuclear delivery of extracellular vesicle cargo by disrupting the entry of late endosomes into the nucleoplasmic reticulum

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Beitragende

  • Mark F Santos - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)
  • Germana Rappa - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)
  • Jana Karbanová - , Forschungsgruppe Tissue Engineering, Gewebe Engineering (FoG) (Autor:in)
  • Simona Fontana - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Maria Antonietta Di Bella - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Marshall R Pope - , University of Iowa (Autor:in)
  • Barbara Parrino - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Stella Maria Cascioferro - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Giulio Vistoli - , Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (Autor:in)
  • Patrizia Diana - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Girolamo Cirrincione - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Goffredo O Arena - , Centre Universitaire de Sante McGill (Autor:in)
  • Gyunghwi Woo - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)
  • Kevin Huang - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)
  • Tony Huynh - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)
  • Marta Moschetti - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Riccardo Alessandro - , Università degli Studi di Palermo (Autor:in)
  • Denis Corbeil - , Forschungsgruppe Tissue Engineering, Gewebe Engineering (FoG) (Autor:in)
  • Aurelio Lorico - , Touro University - Nevada (Autor:in)

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are mediators of intercellular communication under both healthy and pathological conditions, including the induction of pro-metastatic traits, but it is not yet known how and where functional cargoes of EVs are delivered to their targets in host cell compartments. We have described that after endocytosis, EVs reach Rab7+ late endosomes and a fraction of these enter the nucleoplasmic reticulum and transport EV biomaterials to the host cell nucleoplasm. Their entry therein and docking to outer nuclear membrane occur through a tripartite complex formed by the proteins VAP-A, ORP3 and Rab7 (VOR complex). Here, we report that the antifungal compound itraconazole (ICZ), but not its main metabolite hydroxy-ICZ or ketoconazole, disrupts the binding of Rab7 to ORP3-VAP-A complexes, leading to inhibition of EV-mediated pro-metastatic morphological changes including cell migration behaviour of colon cancer cells. With novel, smaller chemical drugs, inhibition of the VOR complex was maintained, although the ICZ moieties responsible for antifungal activity and interference with intracellular cholesterol distribution were removed. Knowing that cancer cells hijack their microenvironment and that EVs derived from them determine the pre-metastatic niche, small-sized inhibitors of nuclear transfer of EV cargo into host cells could find cancer therapeutic applications, particularly in combination with direct targeting of cancer cells.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummere12132
FachzeitschriftJournal of extracellular vesicles
Jahrgang10
Ausgabenummer10
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Aug. 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC8363911
Scopus 85112853594
ORCID /0000-0003-1181-3659/work/142252255
ORCID /0000-0001-7687-0983/work/142253732

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Schlagwörter

  • Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Antifungal Agents/pharmacology, Cell Line, Cell Movement/drug effects, Cholestenones/pharmacology, Endocytosis, Endosomes/metabolism, Extracellular Vesicles/drug effects, Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/chemistry, Humans, Itraconazole/pharmacology, Ketoconazole/pharmacology, Models, Molecular, Nuclear Envelope/metabolism, Saponins/pharmacology, Vesicular Transport Proteins/chemistry, rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry