Review Article

The Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Exosomes in Tumor Development and Targeted Antitumor Therapies

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MSC as delivery of oncolytic virus.

Cancer typesMSC groupsIn vivo/in vitroAgentsRoute of administrationMain resultsReference

Pancreatic tumorBM-MSCsIn vivo and in vitroOADVi.v.Tumor growth inhibition by induction of apoptotic cell death and degradation of tumor extracellular matrix[74]
Hepatocellular carcinomaBM-MSCsIn vivo and in vitroOADVi.v.OADV-MSC resulted in markedly 8.1-fold antitumor activity than OADV alone at 35 days postimplantation[75]
Colorectal cancerMB-MSCsIn vivo and in vitroOADV(CRAd5/F11)Coculture in vitro i.v. in vivoInhibit tumor growth[76]
Lung cancerAT-MSCsIn vivo an in vivoOADV(ICOVIR5)i.t.Inhibit the growth of tumors in vivo[77]
Pancreatic cancerBM-MSCsIn vitroOADVImproved tumor cell killing[78]
Hepatocellular carcinomaUC-MSCsIn vivo and in vitroOADVi.v.Tumor inhibition on both orthotopic and subcutaneous hepatic xenograft tumor model mice[79]
Lung adenocarcinomaMB-MSCsIn vivoOADV(ICOVIR15-cBiTE)i.p.ICOVIR15-cBITE-loaded MB-MSCs enhance antitumor efficacy[80]
Malignant glioblastomaBM-MSCsIn vivo and in vitroOHSVStereotactically implanted into the brainsInduce apoptosis-mediated killing and prolonged median survival[81]
Brain metastatic melanomasMSC and mMSCIn vivo and in vitroOHSVIntracarotidTrack metastatic tumor deposits in the brain, suppress brain tumor growth and prolong survival in mouse models of melanoma brain metastasis[82]
Breast cancer metastases to the brain/ovarian cancer lung metastasesFetal membrane-derived MSCsIn vivoOHSVi.v.Tumor growth inhibition of lung and brain metastases[83]
Liver cancerBM-MSCsIn vivoOMVi.v.Inhibition of tumor growth in both measles antibody-naïve and passively-immunized SCID mice[84]
Acute lymphoblastic leukemiaBM-MSCsIn vivoOMVi.v.Inhibition of cancer development in a murine model of disseminated ALL following MSC-mediated delivery of OMV[85]

MSC: mesenchymal stem cells; UC-MSC: umbilical cord MSC; AT-MSC: adipose tissue MSC; BM-MSC: bone marrow MSC; OV: oncolytic virus; OADV: oncolytic adenovirus; OHSV: oncolytic herpes simplex virus; OMV: oncolytic measles virus.