Multiple Myeloma-Derived Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Affect Normal Human Stromal Cell Behaviour and Promote Tumor Progression: A Multi-Omic Approach

Antonia Reale; Irena Carmichael; Rong Xu; Haoyun Fang; Jaynish Shah; Tiffany Khong; Nicholas Bingham; Malarmathy Ramachandran; Maoshan Chen; David W Greening; Andrew Spencer
Abstract
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted in the extracellular space, can travel through the blood stream and are transferred to target (stromal) cells. This makes EVs an important means of cell-to-cell communication both at local and distant sites (metastasis). EVs can reprogram signalling pathways in stromal cells promoting the formation of a supportive tumour microenvironment (TME) and pre-metastatic sites/niches. The mechanisms that drive the formation of 'defined’ pre-metastatic sites and promote metastasis formation with associated cancer cells growth and drug resistance is still poorly understood in multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable blood cancer.
Journal BLOOD
ISSN 1528-0020
Published 15 Nov 2022
Volume 140
Issue Supplement 1
Pages 7080–7081
DOI 10.1182/blood-2022-168440
Type Conference Paper
Sponsorship PanKind Aust.: Innovation Grant