Abstract
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in blood have emerged as the most promising biomarkers for clinical diagnostics and prognostics. However, isolation and identification of intact sEVs from blood are the major obstacles for basic research and clinical translations. Here, we report rapid isolation and sensitive detection of plasma sEVs by an integrative platform of sEV detection via the ultrafast-isolation system (EXODUS) and the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). We can achieve label-free isolation of sEVs with relatively high recovery and purity by the EXODUS purification method from 20 μL of plasma, which was compared with polyethylene glycol-based precipitation and ultracentrifugation methods. We have profiled the fingerprints of the intact sEVs isolated from the different volumes of plasma using MALDI-TOF MS within 1 h. Further, we have evaluated the reproducibility and identified the metabolomic biomarkers of plasma sEVs via LC-ESI-MS/MS. We believe the combination of rapid EXODUS isolation and MALDI-TOF MS detection may serve as a clinical translation method for fast and high-throughput biomarker detection and screening.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 100099 |
Journal | Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X |
Volume | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work was primarily supported by research funding provided by the Zhenan Technology City Research Fund , the Zhejiang Provincial and Ministry of Health Research Fund for Medical Sciences ( WKJ-ZJ-1910 ), the Wenzhou Medical University (89218012 , 89219012 ), the Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ( WIBEZD2017006-05 ).
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Label-free
- MALDI-TOF MS
- Plasma
- Quantitative analysis
- Rapid isolation
- Small extracellular vesicles