Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: CD81-guided heterologous EVs present heterogeneous interactions with breast cancer cells
doi: 10.1101/2024.02.06.579138
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Representative immunoblotting of cell and EV lysates (1 μg proteins/well). EVs are positive to transmembrane (CD9) and cytosolic proteins (SYNTENIN, TSG101), while negative to CALNEXIN, and with low detectable levels of GAPDH compared to cell lysates. B) . Dot plots of imaging flow cytometry to detect GFP-positive EVs. The green fluorescent signal (Ch 2, 488 nm laser) was detected as sub-gating of EVs labeled with Cell Mask Deep Red (CMDR, in orange, Ch 11, 635 nm) to side-scatter (Ch 6). Non-fluorescent, calibrator SpeedBeads, Amnis (1 µm) were continuously run during acquisitions. The graph shows the quantification of double-positive particles. Mean and error bars derive from three independent experiments. C) Sandwich designed for the AlphaLISA competitive assay. CD81-GFP and antiHER2 EVs were tested for competition with HER2-DDK. Image created with BioRender.com. The graph shows the measured alpha counts normalized to the GFP-positive EV population as calculated by NTA and imaging flow cytometry. Mean and SD derive from three independent experiments (significance is **** P<0.0001). D) Representative western blotting of recombinant EVs immunoprecipitation with HER2-DDK or anti-GFP antibody in serum-free DMEM. GFP-positive fusion proteins are enclosed in the yellow box above the antibody heavy chains (black arrow), SYNTENIN, and HER2-DDK. Controls of beads flow through with HER2-DDK (*) or anti-GFP antibody (**) are shown on the right, indicating saturation of the beads’ surface to avoid non-specific binding. The graph shows the densitometric quantification of antiHER2 EVs captured by both HER2-DDK and anti-GFP Ab, with a competition effect of Trastuzumab. Mean and SD refer to two independent experiments.
Article Snippet: The resulting product was pre-incubated with 30 nM HER2-DDK (TP322909, OriGene) for 30 min before addition to the other components: 10 nM tGFP Ab (TA150041, OriGene), anti-FLAG donor and protein G coated acceptor beads (10 ng/μl final concentration; AS103D and AL102C, PerkinElmer).
Techniques: Western Blot, Imaging, Flow Cytometry, Labeling, Recombinant, Immunoprecipitation, Binding Assay