Open AccessThe impact of disparate isolation methods for extracellular vesicles on downstream RNA profiling
Author(s) -
Van Deun Jan,
Mestdagh Pieter,
Sormunen Raija,
Cocquyt Veronique,
Vermaelen Karim,
Vandesompele Jo,
Bracke Marc,
De Wever Olivier,
Hendrix An
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of extracellular vesicles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.94
H-Index - 68
ISSN - 2001-3078
DOI - 10.3402/jev.v3.24858
Subject(s) - exosome , microvesicles , extracellular vesicles , proteomics , biology , computational biology , rna , rna extraction , nanoparticle tracking analysis , ultracentrifuge , microbiology and biotechnology , translation (biology) , ribosome , messenger rna , chemistry , biochemistry , microrna , gene
Despite an enormous interest in the role of extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, in cancer and their use as biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, drug response and recurrence, there is no consensus on dependable isolation protocols. We provide a comparative evaluation of 4 exosome isolation protocols for their usability, yield and purity, and their impact on downstream omics approaches for biomarker discovery. OptiPrep density gradient centrifugation outperforms ultracentrifugation and ExoQuick and Total Exosome Isolation precipitation in terms of purity, as illustrated by the highest number of CD63‐positive nanovesicles, the highest enrichment in exosomal marker proteins and a lack of contaminating proteins such as extracellular Argonaute‐2 complexes. The purest exosome fractions reveal a unique mRNA profile enriched for translation, ribosome, mitochondrion and nuclear lumen function. Our results demonstrate that implementation of high purification techniques is a prerequisite to obtain reliable omics data and identify exosome‐specific functions and biomarkers.