发布: 2017年04月05日第7卷第7期 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2216 浏览次数: 11733
评审: Andrea IntroiniAnonymous reviewer(s)
Abstract
Exosomes are membranous extracellular nanovesicles of endocytic origin. Exosomes are known to carry host and pathogen-derived genomic, proteomic, lipidomic cargos and other extraneous molecules. Exosomes are secreted by diverse cell types into the extracellular milieu and are subsequently internalized by recipient neighboring or distal cells. Upon internalization, exosomes condition recipient cells by donating their cargos and/or activating various signal transduction pathways, consequently regulating physiological and pathophysiological processes. Exosomes facilitate intercellular communication, modulate cellular phenotype, and regulate microbial pathogenesis. We have previously shown that semen exosomes (SE) inhibit HIV-1 replication in various cell types. Here, we describe detailed protocols for characterizing SE. This protocol can be adapted or modified and used for evaluation of other extracellular vesicles of interest.
Keywords: Semen (精液)Background
Exosomes are membranous nanovesicles originating as a result of inward budding of endosomal membranes within the late endosomal compartment of a multitude of cell types (Simons and Raposo, 2009). Exosomes are released by many cell types (Iglesias et al., 2012) into the extracellular milieu and are found in biological fluids including blood (Kaur et al., 2014) urine (Li et al., 2013) saliva (Madison et al., 2015) and breast milk (Madison et al., 2014; Naslund et al., 2014). Human semen contains a heterogenous population of nanovesicles (Madison et al., 2014; Madison et al., 2015) produced by tissues of the male genital tract including prostate secretory acinar cells (Sahlen et al., 2002) and epididymal epithelial cells (Frenette et al., 2010) as well as cells of the vasa deferentia, testes, and the vesicular glands (Renneberg et al., 1997; Sullivan et al., 2005). The variability in the cells that secret exosomes is reflected in the composition and function of exosomes. Thus, exosomal cargo composition and function are regulated by many factors including the type and condition of the originating cell (Raposo and Stoorvogel, 2013), cellular environment, and for in vivo derived exosomes; the condition of the donor (Welch et al., 2017). Released exosomes when taken up by target cells transfer their cargo, including proteins (Iglesias et al., 2012; Charrier et al., 2014), miRNA (Shtam et al., 2013; Ong et al., 2014), and mRNA (Tomasoni et al., 2013; Madison et al., 2014; Madison et al., 2015) to the target cells. As a result, exosomes are known to be involved in modulation of host immune response (Kaur et al., 2014; Vojtech et al., 2014), and regulation of microbial pathogenesis (Li et al., 2013; Arenaccio et al., 2014; Madison et al., 2014; Naslund et al., 2014; Vojtech et al., 2014; Madison et al., 2015).
While progress has been made in the field of exosome biology, many protocols are contradictory in the most effective and efficient method of characterizing exosomes (Taylor and Shah, 2015). Here, we provide a detailed protocol for evaluating the function and physical properties of semen exosomes (Madison et al., 2014; Madison et al., 2015). This protocol lays the groundwork for evaluating other functional activities of semen exosomes, and for evaluating exosomes from other sources.
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Madison, M. N., Welch, J. L. and Okeoma, C. M. (2017). Isolation of Exosomes from Semen for in vitro Uptake and HIV-1 Infection Assays. Bio-protocol 7(7): e2216. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2216.
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免疫学 > 宿主防御 > 人
微生物学 > 微生物-宿主相互作用 > 体外实验模型
细胞生物学 > 细胞器分离 > 外来体
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