Journal: Communications Biology
Article Title: Secreted midbody remnants are a class of extracellular vesicles molecularly distinct from exosomes and microparticles
doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01882-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Experimental workflow for purification of sMB-Rs from SW620 cell culture medium (CM). CM was subjected to differential centrifugation to obtain crude sMVs (10,000 × g pellet) and exosomes (100,000 × g pellet) that were further fractionated using isopycnic density gradient centrifugation. Photographic image shows that crude sMVs (10,000 × g pellet) floated in two major fractions: low-density fractions 7/8 (sMV-LD) and high-density fractions 9/10 (sMV-HD/sMB-Rs). b The buoyant densities of twelve 1-mL fractions collected for each preparation were determined by absorbance at 244 nm using a molar extinction coefficient of 320 L g −1 cm −1 . c SDS-PAGE of 12 OptiPrep™ fractions. Protein quantitation was determined by SYPRO Ruby staining and western blot analysis performed using indicated antibodies. d Western blot analysis of SW620 cell-derived Exos, 10,000 × g EVs (crude sMVs), sMV-LD (fractions 7-8) and sMB-R (sMV-HD) (fractions 9-10) using indicated antibodies ( n = 2 biological replicates). e Cryo-electron microscopic analysis of SW620 cell-derived Exos, sMV-LD and sMB-Rs. f Histogram represents the measurements of diameter of Exos, sMV-LD and sMB-R based on cryo-EM images. Data presented as mean ± s.e.m (standard error of mean). g Fluorescence microscopic analysis of Exos, sMVs-LD and sMB-Rs derived from SW620-GAP-GFP cells loaded onto aldehyde sulfate (AS) latex beads and immunostained with anti-MKLP1 antibodies (in red). h Bar plot showing protein yield (based on SYPRO Ruby protein quantitation) of Exos, sMVs-LD and sMB-R (sMVs-HD) secreted from five different cancer cell lines.
Article Snippet: Mouse antibodies against MKLP1 (Santa Cruz), RACGAP1 (Santa Cruz), ALIX (BD Biosciences), TSG101 (BD Biosciences), CD63 (Santa Cruz), CD81 (Santa Cruz), RAB2A (Thermo Fisher), FLOT1 (BD Biosciences), α-actinin (Abcam), CD9 (Santa Cruz) and HSP90 (BD Biosciences) were used.
Techniques: Purification, Cell Culture, Centrifugation, Gradient Centrifugation, SDS Page, Protein Quantitation, Staining, Western Blot, Derivative Assay, Cryo-EM Sample Prep, Fluorescence