[Mechanisms of Exosomes in Lung Cancer Bone Metastasis and Related Clinical Advances]

Lung cancer is the malignant tumor with the highest morbidity and mortality, and it is usually diagnosed with advanced metastasis. Tumor metastasis is an important factor affecting treatment resistance and poor prognosis of lung cancer, among which bone metastasis is a common metastatic pattern of lung cancer and is associated with a particularly dismal prognosis. Meanwhile, bone metastasis frequently causes skeletal-related events such as bone pain, pathological fractures, nerve compression, and hypercalcemia. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles with a diameter of 40-160 nm that are released from the fusion of intracellular multivesicular bodies and the cell membrane. Carrying proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, they mediate communication between tumor cells and their surrounding matrix, immune cells, and the bone microenvironment. So, it has attracted increasing attention from researchers. This paper aims to summarize and organize the latest research advances on exosomes promoting lung cancer bone metastasis, focusing on their key mechanisms and signaling pathways. These include promoting tumor cells proliferation, invasion and metastasis at the primary lesion, as well as participating in energy metabolism reprogramming, pre-metastatic niche remodeling, immune microenvironment regulation, and interactions with osteocytes, stromal cells, and other cells during distant bone metastasis colonization. In addition, this review analyzes the potential clinical translational value of exosomes in the early diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of lung cancer bone metastasis.