Review Article

Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Compromising Cellular Resilience to Environmental Stressors

Table 2

EV contents help target cell against stressors.

StressorCell of originEV cargo contentsTarget cellReference

PhysicalGamma ray-irradiated lymphocytesPI3K/AKTLymphocytes[113]
X-ray-irradiated human neuroblastoma SY5YAKT pathwayNonirradiated SH-SY5Y[164]
Heat-shocked MCF-7 & K562UnknownNonheat-shocked MCF-7 & K562[1]
Heat-shocked bovine granulosamiRNAsNonheat-shocked bovine granulosa[121]
Heat-shocked bone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsHSP90 and HSP70Granulosa cells[155]
Heat-shocked Sca-1(+) stem cellsHSF1, HSP70, and miR-34aCardiomyocytes[154]
Heat-treated gastric cancerHsp70 and Hsp60Dendritic cells & cytotoxic T lymphocytes[127]
Heat-shocked colon adenocarcinomaHSP70Dendritic cells and regulatory T lymphocytes[128]
Lung carcinoma and melanomaCCL2, CCL3, CCL4, CCL5, and CCL20, HSPs, and tumor antigensDendritic cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes[132]

ChemicalOxidative bovine granulosaNrf2 (mRNA and protein) and antioxidant molecules (CAT, PRDX1, and TXN1)Normal granulosa cells[136]

PhysiochemicalHeat stress+doxorubicin treated MCF-7 breast cancerCaspase 3 and caspase 8MCF-7 & in vivo (inhibited the growth of implanted breast tumors in mice)[107]