Potential targets of natural medicines: preventing lung cancer pre-metastatic niche formation by regulating exosomes

Frontiers in Oncology

Oncology

Jie Li¹  Xiao-yu Zhu¹ 

[1] Department of Oncology, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China;

关键词: lung cancer;    pre-metastatic niche;    natural medicines;    exosomes;    anti-cancer;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fonc.2023.1137007

 received in 2023-01-03, accepted in 2023-08-11,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Lung cancer is one of the most devastating diseases worldwide with high incidence and mortality, and the incidence continues to rise. Metastasis is the leading cause of death in lung cancer patients, yet the molecular effectors underlying tumor dissemination remain poorly defined. Research findings in recent years confirmed primed microenvironment of future metastatic sites, called the pre‐metastatic niche, is a prerequisite for overt metastasis. Exosomes have recently emerged as important players in pre‐metastatic niche formation. Natural medicines have traditionally been rich sources of drug discovery. Some of them exhibit favorable anti-lung cancer activity. The review focused on the latest advances in the regulation of the pre‐metastatic niche formation in lung cancer by the contents of exosomes of representative natural medicines. Additionally, the mechanism of natural medicines was summarized in detail, which would provide new insights for anti-cancer new drug development.

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