Exosomes released from tumor cells treated with cancer-targeting drugs reflect altered metabolic processes within the cells. Therefore, metabolites in exosomes can be used as markers to predict the therapeutic response or identify therapeutic targets. In this study, metabolite changes in exosomes were investigated by co-administration of the herbal extract SH003 and docetaxel (DTX), which exert a synergistic anti-cancer effect on lung cancer cells. Exosomes released from cells treated with SH003 and DTX were purified, and untargeted metabolic profiling was performed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analysis of altered metabolic-based pathways showed that the combined treatment synergistically increased pyrimidine metabolism compared with single-drug treatment. Additionally, xenobiotic metabolism by cytochrome P450 was specifically increased in cells treated with the combination. However, the released exosomes and increased metabolites in exosomes did not affect the anti-cancer effect of SH003 and DTX. Therefore, our study suggests that metabolite profiling can be used to evaluate the efficacy of combined treatments. Furthermore, such exosome-based metabolism may facilitate understanding the physiological endpoints of combination therapy in human biofluids.
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