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Recombinant Protein Production and Recovery from Bacteria-Derived Vesicles
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2025
Source: Streather, B. R., et al. Optimized Production and Analysis of Recombinant Protein-Filled Vesicles from E. coli. J. Vis. Exp. (2023)This video demonstrates the production and isolation of recombinant proteins tagged with Vesicle Nucleating Peptide (VNp) from bacterial vesicles. An inducer triggers VNp-tagged protein expression, driving vesicle formation and encapsulation, followed by centrifugation and sonication for efficient protein recovery without cell...
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Directed Protein Packaging within Outer Membrane Vesicles from Escherichia coli: Design, Production and Purification
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2016
A protocol for the production, purification, and use of enzyme packaged outer membrane vesicles (OMV) providing for enhanced enzyme stability for implementation across diverse applications is presented.
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FM Dyes in Vesicle Recycling
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2023
FM dyes are a class of fluorescent molecules that has found important use in studying the vesicle recycling process. By virtue of a chemical structure, these molecules can insert themselves into the outer leaflet of phospholipid bilayer membranes. After membrane insertion, they are internalized into the cell via endocytosed vesicles, and released when these vesicles recycle back to the membrane. Since, these dyes fluoresce strongly in the hydrophobic environment within membranes and weakly in...
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F1FO ATPase Vesicle Preparation and Technique for Performing Patch Clamp Recordings of Submitochondrial Vesicle Membranes
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2013
A method to isolate submitochondrial vesicles enriched in F1FO ATP synthase complexes from rat brain is described. These vesicles allow the study of the activity of F1FO ATPase complex and its modulation using the technique of patch clamp recording.
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Optimized Production and Analysis of Recombinant Protein-Filled Vesicles from E. coli
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2023
The present protocol describes a detailed method for the bacterial production of recombinant proteins, including typically insoluble or disulfide-bond containing proteins, packaged inside extracellular membrane-bound vesicles. This has the potential to be applied to versatile areas of scientific research, including applied biotechnology and medicine.
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Cargo selection determines which proteins, lipids, and other materials enter a budding compartment rather than being transported indiscriminately. At the donor membrane, selective sorting concentrates appropriate cargo before the membrane bends. This organization links the contents of each vesicle to its eventual trafficking role, helping cells direct materials toward secretion, endocytosis, organelle maintenance, or cellular communication.
Coat proteins shape the donor membrane into a bud, creating the membrane structure that will become a released transport compartment. Their role is distinct from cargo sorting: sorting determines what is captured, whereas coating helps organize the membrane during budding. Examining both steps can reveal whether a trafficking problem concerns cargo selection or membrane remodeling.
Membrane scission releases the vesicle from its donor membrane, while docking positions the released vesicle near its target. Fusion then connects the vesicle membrane with that target membrane, allowing transport to proceed. Separating these stages clarifies whether a defect prevents vesicle release, target recognition, or delivery of cargo into the destination compartment.
Correct delivery depends on more than producing a vesicle. The cargo must first be sorted at the donor membrane, and the released vesicle must later encounter a target membrane with complementary docking and fusion proteins. These linked requirements explain how cells preserve trafficking specificity while moving materials between distinct cellular locations.
A useful analysis follows cargo sorting at the donor membrane, coat-driven budding, membrane scission, docking with a target, and membrane fusion. Treating these as sequential checkpoints helps distinguish problems in cargo capture from defects in vesicle release or delivery. This workflow also connects the physical stages of production with their effects on intracellular transport.
Vesicle production provides a framework for studying secretion, endocytosis, organelle maintenance, and communication between cells. Researchers can ask how materials are selected, moved, and delivered in each setting while comparing the trafficking requirements of different cellular pathways. These applications connect membrane dynamics with the organization and continued function of eukaryotic cells.
Eukaryotic cells rely on membrane-bound compartments to keep transport organized across distinct cellular locations. Vesicle production helps explain how proteins, lipids, and other materials move between those compartments without losing pathway-specific direction. Studying this process therefore links molecular events at membranes to broader questions about intracellular organization, organelle maintenance, and cellular communication.
Defects in cargo sorting, membrane dynamics, scission, docking, or fusion can disrupt the movement of cellular materials. Such failures may interfere with secretion, endocytosis, organelle maintenance, or communication between cells. Studying these defects helps connect abnormal transport mechanisms with disorders associated with defective intracellular trafficking or membrane dynamics.