scholarly journals Comparative Evaluation of Methods for Isolating Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Pancreatic Cells

Author(s):  
Jie-Min Wang ◽  
Yong-Jiang Li ◽  
Jun-Yong Wu ◽  
Jia-Xin Cai ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are nanosized vesicles involved in cell-to-cell communication. sEVs have been widely studied for clinical applications such as early detection of diseases and as therapeutics. Various methods for sEVs isolation have been using, but different methods may result in different qualities of sEVs and impact downstream analysis and applications. Here, we compared current isolation methods and performed a comparative analysis of sEVs derived from pancreatic cancer cells.Results: Ultracentrifugation, ultrafiltration and co-precipitation as concentration methods were firstly evaluated for yield, size, morphology and protein level of pellets. Then, isolate sEVs obtained by four different purification methods: size exclusion chromatography, density gradient ultracentrifugation, ultracentrifugation, and immunoaffinity capturing, were analysed and compared. For the concentration process, ultracentrifugation method obtained high quality and concentration pellets. For the purification process, immunoaffinity capturing method obtained the purest sEVs with less contaminants, while density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method obtained sEVs with the smallest size. Proteomic analysis revealed distinct protein contents of purified sEVs. Conclusions: For isolating sEVs derived from pancreatic cancer cells, ultracentrifugation-based method is recommended for concentration of sEVs, density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method may be suitable for isolation of sEVs for therapeutic study, immunoaffinity capturing may be applied for studies exploring sEVs as biomarkers.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-Min Wang ◽  
Yong-Jiang Li ◽  
Jun-Yong Wu ◽  
Jia-Xin Cai ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are nanosized vesicles involved in cell-to-cell communication. sEVs have been widely studied for clinical applications such as early detection of diseases and as therapeutics. Various methods for sEVs isolation are been using, but different methods may result in different qualities of sEVs and impact downstream analysis and applications. Here, we compared current isolation methods and performed a comparative analysis of sEVs from supernatant of cultured pancreatic cancer cells.Methods: Ultracentrifugation, ultrafiltration and co-precipitation as concentration methods were firstly evaluated for yield, size, morphology and protein level of pellets. Then, isolate sEVs obtained by four different purification methods: size exclusion chromatography, density gradient ultracentrifugation, ultracentrifugation, and immunoaffinity capturing, were analysed and compared.Results: For the concentration process, ultracentrifugation method obtained high quality and high concentration of pellets. For the purification process, immunoaffinity capturing method obtained the purest sEVs with less contaminants, while density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method obtained sEVs with the smallest size. Proteomic analysis revealed distinct protein contents of purified sEVs from different methods. Conclusions: For isolating sEVs derived from supernatant of cultured pancreatic cancer cell line, ultracentrifugation-based method is recommended for concentration of sEVs, density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method may be applied for obtaining purified sEVs with controlled size, immunoaffinity capturing may be suitable for studies requiring sEVs with high purity but may loss subtypes of sEVs without specific protein marker.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-Min Wang ◽  
Yong-Jiang Li ◽  
Jun-Yong Wu ◽  
Jia-Xin Cai ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are nanosized vesicles involved in cell-to-cell communication. sEVs have been widely studied for clinical applications such as early detection of diseases and as therapeutics. Various methods for sEVs isolation are been using, but different methods may result in different qualities of sEVs and impact downstream analysis and applications. Here, we compared current isolation methods and performed a comparative analysis of sEVs from supernatant of cultured pancreatic cancer cells. Methods Ultracentrifugation, ultrafiltration and co-precipitation as concentration methods were firstly evaluated for yield, size, morphology and protein level of pellets. Then, isolate sEVs obtained by four different purification methods: size exclusion chromatography, density gradient ultracentrifugation, ultracentrifugation, and immunoaffinity capturing, were analysed and compared. Results For the concentration process, ultracentrifugation method obtained high quality and high concentration of pellets. For the purification process, immunoaffinity capturing method obtained the purest sEVs with less contaminants, while density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method obtained sEVs with the smallest size. Proteomic analysis revealed distinct protein contents of purified sEVs from different methods. Conclusions For isolating sEVs derived from supernatant of cultured pancreatic cancer cell line, ultracentrifugation-based method is recommended for concentration of sEVs, density gradient ultracentrifugation-based method may be applied for obtaining purified sEVs with controlled size, immunoaffinity capturing may be suitable for studies requiring sEVs with high purity but may loss subtypes of sEVs without specific protein marker.


2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Zhang ◽  
Juan Xing ◽  
Tian Liu ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Zhujiang Dai ◽  
...  

AbstractPancreatic cancer is a highly malignant tumor and, is extremely difficult to diagnose and treat. Metastasis is one of the critical steps in the development of cancer and uses cell to cell communication to mediate changes in the microenvironment. Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs)-carry proteins, nucleic acids and other bioactive substances, and are important medium for communication between cells. There are two primary steps in sVEs-mediated metastasis: communication between pancreatic cancer cells and their surrounding microenvironment; and the communication between primary tumor cells and distant organ cells in distant organs that promotes angiogenesis, reshaping extracellular matrix, forming immunosuppressive environment and other ways to form appropriate pre-metastasis niche. Here, we explore the mechanism of localization and metastasis of pancreatic cancer and use sEVs as early biomarkers for the detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Graphical Abstract


Oncotarget ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 5764-5777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Han ◽  
David H. Gonzalo ◽  
Michael Feely ◽  
Carlos Rinaldi ◽  
Sayali Belsare ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 828-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Patton ◽  
Haseeb Zubair ◽  
Mohammad Aslam Khan ◽  
Seema Singh ◽  
Ajay P. Singh

2020 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 170-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rania AmraneDjedidi ◽  
Aurélie Rousseau ◽  
Annette K. Larsen ◽  
Ismail Elalamy ◽  
Patrick Van Dreden ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Liu ◽  
Lingming Kong ◽  
Keke Liang ◽  
Yunhao Wu ◽  
Haoyi Jin ◽  
...  

Abstract Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant tumor of the digestive system. This secretome of pancreatic cancer is key to its progression and metastasis. In this study, different protein pretreatment methods were used to analyze the secretome, furthermore to identify dissociation factors in pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer cells were cultured in serum-containing or serum-free medium, and the corresponding supernatants were extracted as samples. Subsequently, the above samples were separated by size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and peptide segments were identified by LC-MS/MS. The final results were identified via the hamster secreted protein database and a public database. Although the number of identified proteins in the serum-free medium group was high, the real secretion of proteins in pancreatic cancer cells was changed. There were six significant secreted proteins in the serum-containing medium group. Survival analysis via the TCGA database suggested that patients with higher expression levels of YWHAG showed a worse overall survival rate than those with lower YWHAG expression. YWHAG could be used as a prognostic indicator for pancreatic cancer. Finally, the results in the serum-containing medium group were more similar to the real secretome of pancreatic cancer cells, and the results might be used to identify biomarkers in liquid biopsy.


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