PMID- 27725845 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 9 DP - 2016 TI - Exosome mediated growth effect on the non-growing pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells at low starting cell density. PG - 3614-3629 AB - Tumors contain heterogeneous cell populations and achieve dominance by functioning as collective systems. The mechanisms underlying the aberrant growth and interactions between cells are not very well understood. The pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells we studied were obtained directly from a patient with Ph+ ALL. A new Ph+ ALL cell line (ALL3) was established from the leukemic cells growing as ascitic cells in his pleural fluid. The patient died of his disease shortly after the cells were obtained. ALL3 cells grow well at high cell densities (HD), but not at low cell densities. ALL3 cells are very sensitive to potent tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) such as Dasatinib and PD166325, but less sensitive to AMN 107, Imatinib, and BMS 214662 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor). Here, we show that the growth of the LD ALL3 cells can be stimulated to grow in the presence of diffusible, soluble factors secreted by ALL3 cells themselves growing at high density. We also show that exosomes, part of the secretome components, are also able to stimulate the growth of the non-growing LD ALL3 cells and modulate their proliferative behavior. Characterization of the exosome particles also showed that the HD ALL3 cells are able to secret them in large quantities and that they are capable of inducing the growth of the LD ALL3 cells without which they will not survive. Direct stimulation of non-growing LD ALL3 cells using purified exosomes shows that the ALL3 cells can also communicate with each other by means of exchange of exosomes independently of direct cell-cell contacts or diffusible soluble stimulatory factors secreted by HD ALL3 cells. FAU - Patel, Sapan J AU - Patel SJ AD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Pharmacology Program1275 York Avenue, Box #96, New York, NY 10065, USA; Clarkson University, Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, Department of Chemistry and Bio-molecular Science, Clarkson University8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5810, USA. FAU - Darie, Costel C AU - Darie CC AD - Clarkson University, Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, Department of Chemistry and Bio-molecular Science, Clarkson University 8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5810, USA. FAU - Clarkson, Bayard D AU - Clarkson BD AD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Pharmacology Program 1275 York Avenue, Box #96, New York, NY 10065, USA. LA - eng GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160915 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC5040663 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lymphoblastic leukemia OT - collective behavior OT - exosome OT - proliferation OT - quorum sensing OT - tyrosine kinase inhibitor EDAT- 2016/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/12 06:01 PMCR- 2016/09/15 CRDT- 2016/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2016 Sep 15;8(9):3614-3629. eCollection 2016.