Exosomes transmit retroelement RNAs to drive inflammation and immunosuppression in Ewing Sarcoma
Evdokimova, V.; Ruzanov, P.; Gassmann, H.; Zaidi, H. H.; Peltekova, V.; Heisler, L. E.; McPherson, J. D.; Orlic-Milacic, M.; Specht, K.; Steiger, K.; Schober, S. J.; Thiel, U.; McKee, T. D.; Zaidi, M.; Spring, C. M.; Lapouble, E.; Delattre, O.; Burdach, S.; Stein, L. D.; Sorensen, P. H.
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Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is an aggressive childhood malignancy with a high propensity for metastasis. By analyzing cohorts of patients and age-matched healthy donors, we establish that EwS metastatic progression is accompanied by elevated plasma levels of multiple proinflammatory cytokines, interferons and extracellular vesicles (EVs). The latter were enriched with transcripts derived from LINE, SINE and ERV retroelements and from locus-specific pericentromeric regions, including HSAT2. We show that some of these RNAs, including HSAT2 and HERV-K, are selectively transmitted in EwS EVs and taken up by stromal fibroblasts and peripheral blood CD33+ myeloid cells and CD8+ T-cells, inducing immune exhaustion, immunosuppressive phenotypes and proinflammatory responses. Moreover, EwS EV-derived repeat RNAs were propagated and serially transmitted in recipient cell EVs, reminiscent of viral infection. As such, this study uncovers a novel mechanism driving cancer-associated inflammation, immunosuppression and metastatic progression.
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