Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography

Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are valuable targets for liquid biopsy. However, attempts to introduce EV‐based biomarkers into clinical practice have not been successful to the extent expected. One of the reasons for this failure is the lack of reliable methods for EV baseline purification fr...

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Main Authors: Jerome Nouvel, Gonzalo Bustos‐Quevedo, Tony Prinz, Ramsha Masood, George Daaboul, Tanja Gainey‐Schleicher, Uwe Wittel, Sophia Chikhladze, Bence Melykuti, Martin Helmstaedter, Karl Winkler, Irina Nazarenko, Gerhard Pütz
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Published: Wiley 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.70008
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Gonzalo Bustos‐Quevedo
Tony Prinz
Ramsha Masood
George Daaboul
Tanja Gainey‐Schleicher
Uwe Wittel
Sophia Chikhladze
Bence Melykuti
Martin Helmstaedter
Karl Winkler
Irina Nazarenko
Gerhard Pütz
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Tony Prinz
Ramsha Masood
George Daaboul
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Sophia Chikhladze
Bence Melykuti
Martin Helmstaedter
Karl Winkler
Irina Nazarenko
Gerhard Pütz
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description Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are valuable targets for liquid biopsy. However, attempts to introduce EV‐based biomarkers into clinical practice have not been successful to the extent expected. One of the reasons for this failure is the lack of reliable methods for EV baseline purification from complex biofluids, such as cell‐free plasma or serum. Because available one‐step approaches for EV isolation are insufficient to purify EVs, the majority of studies on clinical samples were performed either on a mixture of EVs and lipoproteins, whilst the real number of EVs and their individual specific biomarker content remained elusive, or on a low number of samples of sufficient volume to allow elaborate 2‐step EV separation by size and density, resulting in a high purity but utmost low recovery. Here we introduce Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) using Superose 6 as a matrix to obtain small EVs from biofluids that are almost free of soluble proteins and lipoproteins. Along with the estimation of a realistic number of small EVs in human samples, we show temporal resolution of the effect of the duration of postprandial phase on the proportion of lipoproteins in purified EVs, suggesting acceptable time frames additionally to the recommendation to use fasting samples for human studies. Furthermore, we assessed a potential value of pure EVs for liquid biopsy, exemplarily examining EV‐ and tumour‐biomarkers in pure FPLC‐derived fractions isolated from the serum of patients with pancreatic cancer. Consistent among different techniques, showed the presence of diseases‐associated biomarkers in pure EVs, supporting the feasibility of using single‐vesicle analysis for liquid biopsy.
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spelling doaj-art-588507e5d9a54be8a0d1eefab47b65732024-12-18T07:26:42ZengWileyJournal of Extracellular Vesicles2001-30782024-10-011310n/an/a10.1002/jev2.70008Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatographyJerome Nouvel0Gonzalo Bustos‐Quevedo1Tony Prinz2Ramsha Masood3George Daaboul4Tanja Gainey‐Schleicher5Uwe Wittel6Sophia Chikhladze7Bence Melykuti8Martin Helmstaedter9Karl Winkler10Irina Nazarenko11Gerhard Pütz12Institute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyNanoView Biosciences Boston Massachusetts USAInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyInstitute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Freiburg GermanyMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyAbstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are valuable targets for liquid biopsy. However, attempts to introduce EV‐based biomarkers into clinical practice have not been successful to the extent expected. One of the reasons for this failure is the lack of reliable methods for EV baseline purification from complex biofluids, such as cell‐free plasma or serum. Because available one‐step approaches for EV isolation are insufficient to purify EVs, the majority of studies on clinical samples were performed either on a mixture of EVs and lipoproteins, whilst the real number of EVs and their individual specific biomarker content remained elusive, or on a low number of samples of sufficient volume to allow elaborate 2‐step EV separation by size and density, resulting in a high purity but utmost low recovery. Here we introduce Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) using Superose 6 as a matrix to obtain small EVs from biofluids that are almost free of soluble proteins and lipoproteins. Along with the estimation of a realistic number of small EVs in human samples, we show temporal resolution of the effect of the duration of postprandial phase on the proportion of lipoproteins in purified EVs, suggesting acceptable time frames additionally to the recommendation to use fasting samples for human studies. Furthermore, we assessed a potential value of pure EVs for liquid biopsy, exemplarily examining EV‐ and tumour‐biomarkers in pure FPLC‐derived fractions isolated from the serum of patients with pancreatic cancer. Consistent among different techniques, showed the presence of diseases‐associated biomarkers in pure EVs, supporting the feasibility of using single‐vesicle analysis for liquid biopsy.https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.70008biomarkerextracellular vesiclesfast protein liquid chromatographyliquid biopsypancreatic cancersingle particle interferometric imaging
spellingShingle Jerome Nouvel
Gonzalo Bustos‐Quevedo
Tony Prinz
Ramsha Masood
George Daaboul
Tanja Gainey‐Schleicher
Uwe Wittel
Sophia Chikhladze
Bence Melykuti
Martin Helmstaedter
Karl Winkler
Irina Nazarenko
Gerhard Pütz
Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
biomarker
extracellular vesicles
fast protein liquid chromatography
liquid biopsy
pancreatic cancer
single particle interferometric imaging
title Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
title_full Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
title_fullStr Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
title_full_unstemmed Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
title_short Separation of small extracellular vesicles (sEV) from human blood by Superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
title_sort separation of small extracellular vesicles sev from human blood by superose 6 size exclusion chromatography
topic biomarker
extracellular vesicles
fast protein liquid chromatography
liquid biopsy
pancreatic cancer
single particle interferometric imaging
url https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.70008
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