PMID- 36941633 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230323 IS - 2045-3701 (Print) IS - 2045-3701 (Electronic) IS - 2045-3701 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Mar 20 TI - The versatile roles of testrapanins in cancer from intracellular signaling to cell-cell communication: cell membrane proteins without ligands. PG - 59 LID - 10.1186/s13578-023-00995-8 [doi] LID - 59 AB - The tetraspanins (TSPANs) are a family of four-transmembrane proteins with 33 members in mammals. They are variably expressed on the cell surface, various intracellular organelles and vesicles in nearly all cell types. Different from the majority of cell membrane proteins, TSPANs do not have natural ligands. TSPANs typically organize laterally with other membrane proteins to form tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs) to influence cell adhesion, migration, invasion, survival and induce downstream signaling. Emerging evidence shows that TSPANs can regulate not only cancer cell growth, metastasis, stemness, drug resistance, but also biogenesis of extracellular vesicles (exosomes and migrasomes), and immunomicroenvironment. This review summarizes recent studies that have shown the versatile function of TSPANs in cancer development and progression, or the molecular mechanism of TSPANs. These findings support the potential of TSPANs as novel therapeutic targets against cancer. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Zhou, Zhihang AU - Zhou Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1356-9872 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. zhouzhihang@cqmu.edu.cn. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Tung Biomedical Sciences Center, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. zhouzhihang@cqmu.edu.cn. FAU - Yang, Zihan AU - Yang Z AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Tung Biomedical Sciences Center, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. AD - Department of Precision Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology, City University of Hong Kong Futian Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. FAU - Zhou, Li AU - Zhou L AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Tung Biomedical Sciences Center, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Mengsu AU - Yang M AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Tung Biomedical Sciences Center, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. AD - Department of Precision Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology, City University of Hong Kong Futian Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. FAU - He, Song AU - He S AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. hedoctor65@cqmu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 81972285/National Natural Science Fund/ GR - CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX1038/the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing/ GR - CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX0775/the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing/ GR - 13-004-009/Senior Medical Talents Program of Chongqing for Young and Middle-aged and Kuanren Talents Program of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University/ GR - 13-002-011/Senior Medical Talents Program of Chongqing for Young and Middle-aged and Kuanren Talents Program of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University/ GR - HZQB-KCZYZ-2021017/Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone Shenzhen Park Project/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230320 PL - England TA - Cell Biosci JT - Cell & bioscience JID - 101561195 PMC - PMC10025802 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer OT - Extracellular vesicles OT - Immunonology OT - Metastasis OT - Tetraspanin COIS- The authors declare that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. EDAT- 2023/03/22 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/22 06:01 PMCR- 2023/03/20 CRDT- 2023/03/21 00:38 PHST- 2023/01/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/21 00:38 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13578-023-00995-8 [pii] AID - 995 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13578-023-00995-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Biosci. 2023 Mar 20;13(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13578-023-00995-8.