Monitoring glioblastoma extracellular vesicle evolution using a nanodiagnostic platform to detect glioma stem cells driving recurrent disease
Menée à l'aide de lignées cellulaires ainsi que d'échantillons sanguins et tumoraux prélevés sur des patients atteints d'un glioblastome, cette étude met en évidence l'intérêt d'un panel de 6 biomarqueurs (sous-unité bêta-2 de l'ATPase, transporteur 2 des acides aminés excitateurs, CD24, CD44, CD133 et récepteur du facteur de croissance épidermique) pour suivre la réponse thérapeutique via l'analyse des marqueurs des cellules souches cancéreuses sur les petites vésicules extracellulaires
Assessing therapeutic response in glioblastoma (GBM) is a major factor limiting the clinical development of effective therapies. The intracranial location limits serial biopsies and only provides an intermittent view of the tumor molecular profile from the initial resection. Liquid biopsy techniques, specifically small extracellular vesicle (sEV) analysis, have the potential to overcome these limitations by providing a window into the brain using peripheral blood. To address the need for monitoring tumor evolution and therapeutic resistance, we developed a GBM biomarker panel (ATPase subunit beta-2, excitatory amino acid transporter 2, CD24, CD44, CD133, and epidermal growth factor receptor) for multiplexed profiling of sEVs using an advanced GBM Extracellular Vesicle Monitoring Phenotypic Analyzer Chip. We successfully tracked patient response to treatment by monitoring changes in glioma stem cell markers on circulating sEVs. We propose that these results provide a strong rationale for using GBM sEVs as a serial monitoring tool in the future clinical management of patients with GBM. GEMPAC enables noninvasive glioblastoma treatment monitoring by analyzing glioma stem cell markers on circulating sEVs.
Science Advances , article en libre accès, 2026