Large extracellular vesicles regulate endothelial angiogenic potential via paracrine and autocrine signaling. (PubMed, bioRxiv)
Despite advancements in anti-angiogenic cancer therapies, such as bevacizumab, late-stage tumors, including advanced melanomas, exhibit mixed clinical responses...This L-EV-mediated increase in endothelial tube formation is sensitive to the effects of sorafenib, a multi-kinase inhibitor, but not SU5416, a selective VEGF-receptor inhibitor...Finally, we show that EV subtypes have distinct effects on the acquisition of angiogenic phenotypes and their roles vary with tumor type. These findings provide new insight into the mechanisms of angiogenic therapy resistance in melanoma and demonstrate the differential functions of EV subtypes in angiogenesis across tumor types.