Frontiers in Pharmacology (Apr 2022)

Engineered Exosomes-Mediated Transfer of hsa-miR-320a Overcomes Chemoresistance in Cervical Cancer Cells via Targeting MCL1

  • Jinling Zhou,
  • Yuanhe Wang,
  • Lizhu Zhang,
  • Qin Chen,
  • Xiaojun Zhu,
  • Peiyue Jiang,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Wei Zhao,
  • Baohua Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.883445
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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In cervical cancer (CC), cisplatin resistance greatly restricts the application in clinical. Here, we report that engineered exosomes-mediated transfer of hsa-miR-320a overcomes chemoresistance in cervical cancer cells via targeting Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 (MCL1). In DDP resistant CC tissues, as well as cell lines, it was found that miR-320a expression is lower, engineered miR-320a exosomes were used to attenuate DDP resistance in Hela/DDP and Caski/DDP cells. Mechanistically, we find that MCL1, which is a target of miR-320a, overcomes DDP resistance in Hela/DDP cells and in mice. In conclusion, we report that the engineered miR-320a exosomes is proved to be effective and safe.

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