Project description:Human saphenous vein perciytes (hSVPs) were proved increase angiogenesis in mouse myocardial infarction model by producing and releasing miR-132, which has proangiogenic, prosurvival, and antifibrotic activity. To investigate whether their exosomes have a role in their proangiogenic activity, we examined exosomes secreted by these cells. Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) results indicated the presence of exosome size particles in the preparations. Experiments performed with hypoxic (1% O2) human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) confirmed that the pericyte exosomes had proangiogenic and anti-apoptotic features. To understand the miRNA cargo of these exosomes that is important in their unique properties, we performed a miRNA array for profiling of 752 miRNAs.
Project description:We hypothesized that miRNAs in the bone maroow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC)-derived exosomes contributed to the phenotype change of breast cancer cells through exosome transfer. We analyzed the miRNA expression signature in BM-MSC-derived exosomes. We compared the miRNA expression levels in exosomes between BM-MSCs and adult fibroblasts (as a control). In this study, miRNA expression including in bone-marrow mesenchymal cell (BM-MSC)-derived exosomes was examined, and compared with that of exosomes derived from adult fibroblast cells or the BM-MSC cells. In addition, miRNA expression of BM-MSC exosomes was also compared with that of breast cancer cells with or without cancer stem cell marker.
Project description:Exosomes were isolated from plasma and saliva of healthy individuals and head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients. miRNA profiling of plasma- and saliva-derived exosomes was performed using nCounter SPRINT system. Diagnostic panels were selected from the exosomal miRNA profile.
Project description:Exosomes were isolared from saliva od healthy individuals and head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients.miRNA profiling of saliva-derived exosomes was perfomred using nCounter SPRINT system. Samples were grouped according to Healthy and Tumor based on their saliva-derived exosomal miRNA profile.
Project description:The role and miRNA expression profile of exosomes in hypertension remain largely unknown, therefore, next generation sequencing was used to define the miRNA expression profile of plasma exosomes in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), the most widely used animal model of human essential hypertension, and their controls, normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYs). Results revealed that percentages of miRNA in the total small RNA isolated from WKYs and SHRs were not significantly different. Twenty-seven miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed (DE) between WKY and SHR exosomes, among which 23 were upregulated and 4 were downregulated in SHR exosomes compared with WKY exosomes. Gene Ontology analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis of top 10 DE miRNAs identified hypertension-specific target genes/signaling pathways. In conclusion, our findings indicate the selective packing of miRNA cargoes into exosomes under hypertensive status, while facilitating the development of potential targets for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hypertension.
Project description:We hypothesized that miRNAs in the bone maroow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC)-derived exosomes contributed to the phenotype change of breast cancer cells through exosome transfer. We analyzed the miRNA expression signature in BM-MSC-derived exosomes. We compared the miRNA expression levels in exosomes between BM-MSCs and adult fibroblasts (as a control).
Project description:C2C12 mouse myoblasts were transduced with either PAX3-FOXO1 expression vector (P3F-C2C12), a system that is commonly used to study the more aggressive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma subtype, or empty vector (Ctrl-C2C12). Exosomes were isolated from both cell lines by differential centrifugation, and exosomal markers were characterized by western blot. Then, the Affymetrix GeneChip miRNA 3.0 array was used to identify the miRNA content of the extracted exosomes where the differentially deregulated miRNA (either enriched or depleted) in P3F-C2C12 exosomes were determined relative to Ctrl-C2C12 exosomes. Results showed that PAX3-FOXO1 fusion gene alters the content of exosomes and that the enriched miR-486-5p is a downstream effector of PAX3-FOXO1 in mediating the oncogenic effects of exosome-mediated paracrine signaling in this setting.
Project description:Proteomics analysis can reveal the differences of protein expression between mural cells (known as pericytes) from normal adjacent tissues (NPC) and tumors (TPC), implying the effectiveness of pericyte to tumor.