期刊
JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
卷 -, 期 142, 页码 -出版社
JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS
DOI: 10.3791/58814
关键词
Cancer Research; Issue 142; Exosome; Isolation; Characterization; siRNA Delivery; Cellular Uptake; Nanocarrier
资金
- Malaysian government agency Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (Horizon 2020) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016)
- BBSRC [BB/J008656/1]
- Wellcome Trust [WT103913]
- BBSRC [BB/J008656/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Extracellular vesicles, in particular exosomes, have recently gained interest as novel drug delivery vectors due to their biological origin, abundance, and intrinsic capability in intercellular delivery of various biomolecules. This work establishes an isolation protocol to achieve high yield and high purity of exosomes for siRNA delivery. Human Embryonic Kidney cells (HEK-293 cells) are cultured in bioreactor flasks and the culture supernatant (hereon referred to as conditioned medium) is harvested on a weekly basis to allow for enrichment of HEK-293 exosomes. The conditioned medium (CM) is pre-cleared of dead cells and cellular debris by differential centrifugation and is subjected to ultracentrifugation onto a sucrose cushion followed by a washing step, to collect the exosomes. Isolated HEK-293 exosomes are characterized for yield, morphology and exosomal marker expression by nanoparticle tracking analysis, protein quantification, electron microscopy and flow cytometry, respectively. Small interfering RNA (siRNA), fluorescently labeled with Atto655, is loaded into exosomes by electroporation and excess siRNA is removed by gel filtration. Cell uptake in PANC-1 cancer cells, after 24 h incubation at 37 degrees C, is confirmed by flow cytometry. HEK-293 exosomes are 107.0 +/- 8.2 nm in diameter. The exosome yield and particle-to-protein ratio (P:P) ratio are 6.99 +/- 0.22 x 10(12) particle/mL and 8.3 +/- 1.7 x 10(10) particle/mu g, respectively. The encapsulation efficiency of siRNA in exosomes is similar to 10-20%. Forty percent of the cells show positive signals for Atto655 at 24 h post-incubation. In conclusion, exosome isolation by ultracentrifugation onto sucrose cushion offers a combination of good yield and purity. siRNA could be successfully loaded into exosomes by electroporation and subsequently delivered into cancer cells in vitro. This protocol offers a standard procedure for developing siRNA-loaded exosomes for efficient delivery to cancer cells.
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