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Abstract
Tumor cells are constantly confronted with nutrient deprivation; however, the effect of serum starvation on the remodeling of endosomal compartments and extracellular vesicles (EVs) in tumor cells remains unclear. Here, we found that serum starvation pronouncedly promotes multivesicular body (MVB) biogenesis, EV formation, and cargo selection. Specifically, by generating a constitutively active Rab5Q79L mutant to induce the enlargement of MVB, we revealed for the first time to our knowledge that ANXA3 is sorted into intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) of MVB. Mechanistically, we confirmed that serum starvation regulates the endosomal sorting complex required for transport–associated (ESCRT-associated) protein ALG-2 interacting protein X (ALIX), which recruits ESCRT-III to MVB and binds to annexin A3 (ANXA3) to mediate its sorting into ILVs of MVB. Our study highlights that serum starvation promotes an ALIX-dependent ESCRT-III recruitment pathway, which loads protumor ANXA3 cargo to exert a profound effect on tumor progression.
Authors
Xueqiang Peng, Jiaxing Liu, Guolong Zeng, Yafei Xiao, Zhixiong Hao, Guangpeng He, Hongyuan Jin, Yu Gao, Shilei Tang, Shibo Wei, Yan Li, Yifan Yu, Liang Yang, Hangyu Li
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