2023年6月30日
This protocol describes a procedure to isolate small extracellular vesicles from macrophages by differential ultracentrifugation and extract the peptidome for identification by mass spectrometry.
We explore the functional roles of extracellular vesicles in innate immunity. We have developed a protocol to isolate small extracellular vesicles, or sEVs, via differential ultracentrifugation and identify the peptidome by LC-MS/MS, revealing the key biological functions of the peptides in sEVs. The extracellular vesicles have been shown to mediate intercellular communication by transporting cargo to recipient cells, such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
By releasing antimicrobial components, they act the first line of defense against invading microbes in innate immunity. While differential ultracentrifugation yields highly pure small extracellular sEVs, it can be time-consuming and often results in low yields. In our study, these are major challenges for the stable identification of low-abundance peptides in the sEVs.
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本研究介绍了一种利用差速超速离心法从巨噬细胞中分离小细胞外囊泡(sEVs)的实验方案。随后通过质谱技术提取并鉴定这些囊泡的肽组,揭示其在天然免疫中的作用。
系统鉴定骨髓来源巨噬细胞的小细胞外囊泡(sEVs)中的肽组,有助于深入理解先天免疫信号传导及细胞间通讯的分子机制。该实验流程旨在解决发现阶段的一项关键挑战:分离并表征丰度较低但具有生物活性的肽段,这些肽段可能作为功能性效应分子或生物标志物。该方法可提高靶点验证的预测可信度,并为免疫学及细胞治疗研发管线中的风险调整型决策提供依据。
该方案通过实现对sEVs的稳健肽组学分析,融入从发现到临床前研究的连续过程,支持免疫学领域的机制研究和转化研究。