Journal: PLOS One
Article Title: Exosomal miR-320b regulates cardiomyocyte FOXM1 expression and may serve as an early-stage compensatory mechanism in obstructive sleep apnea
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332862
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Representative transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of exosomes isolated from plasma samples. The images depict the cup-shaped morphology of Ctrl -exo (left panel) and OSA-exo (right panel). Scale bars = 100 nm. (b) WB analysis showing the presence of the exosomal markers TSG101 and CD9 and the absence of Calnexin, a common exosomal contaminant, indicating high purity of the exosomes. HEK293T cell lysate was used as a control to verify the specificity of exosomal markers and rule out contamination. (c) Nano-flow cytometry (nFCM) analysis showing the presence of the exosome surface markers CD9 and CD81 and the absence of IgG, a negative control, in both Ctrl-exo (upper panel) and OSA-exo (lower panel). (d) Particle size distribution of exosomes as determined by nFCM. Both Ctrl-exo (left panel) and OSA-exo (right panel) displayed a typical size range of 30–150 nm.
Article Snippet: After blocking in 5% non-fat dry milk in TBST for 30 min, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies (1:1000, Abcam) toward TSG101 (ab125011), CD9 (BOSTER, BM4212), Calnexin (ab22595), FOXM1 (ab207298), and β-Tubulin (Sinobiological, 100109-MM05T), respectively.
Techniques: Transmission Assay, Electron Microscopy, Isolation, Clinical Proteomics, Control, Flow Cytometry, Negative Control