Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Isolation of Human Small Extracellular Vesicles and Tracking of Their Uptake by Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells In Vitro
doi: 10.3390/ijms21113799
Figure Lengend Snippet: Isolation, characterization, and labelling of the urinary small extracellular vesicles (EVs). ( A ) TEM images of the small EVs obtained using ultrafiltration (UF). UF samples showed intact cup-shaped double-membrane structures. Scale bar = 0.5 µm. ( B ) Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) showing the size distribution of the urinary small EVs (both unlabelled and BODIPY-labelled). The graph shows the concentration on the Y-axis and size distribution on the X-axis. ( C ) Size-exclusion chromatography of unlabelled urinary small EVs revealed small EVs (peaks in the particle count graph) in fractions 6–8. ( D ) Exo-Check antibody array showing the presence of the following exosomal markers in the ultrafiltrated small EV urinary samples: FLOT1, ICAM, TSG101, CD81, and CD63. ( E ) Immunogold TEM (urinary small EVs) showing the presence of CD63 tetraspanin, an exosomal marker, in vesicles in the UF sample. ( F ) TEM of the ultrafiltrated medium collected from the CD63-GFP transduced human fibroblasts shows some structures displaying typical exosome features. Scale bar = 0.5 µm. ( G ) NTA of the genetically tagged fibroblast-derived small EVs: Analysis displays the light-scatter results (small EV mean size of 146 nm).
Article Snippet: The grids were incubated overnight with a mouse anti-human CD63 antibody (1:100, DSHB hybridoma H5C6, deposited by August, J.T./Hildreth, J.E.K.) as described in [ ].
Techniques: Isolation, Membrane, Concentration Assay, Size-exclusion Chromatography, Ab Array, Marker, Derivative Assay