title: Detection of exosomal biomarker by electric field-induced release and measurement (EFIRM).
abstract: Exosomes are microvesicular structures that play a mediating role in intercellular communication. It is of interest to study the internal cargo of exosomes to determine if they carry disease discriminatory biomarkers. For performing exosomal analysis, it is necessary to develop a method for extracting and analyzing exosomes from target biofluids without damaging the internal content. Electric field-induced release and measurement (EFIRM) is a method for specifically extracting exosomes from biofluids, unloading their cargo, and testing their internal RNA/protein content. Using an anti-human CD63 specific antibody magnetic microparticle, exosomes are first precipitated from biofluids. Following extraction, low-voltage electric cyclic square waves (CSW) are applied to disrupt the vesicular membrane and cause cargo unloading. The content of the exosome is hybridized to DNA primers or antibodies immobilized on an electrode surface for quantification of molecular content. The EFIRM method is advantageous for extraction of exosomes and unloading cargo for analysis without lysis buffer. This method is capable of performing specific detection of both RNA and protein biomarker targets in the exosome. EFIRM extracts exosomes specifically based on their surface markers as opposed to size-based techniques. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and assay demonstrate the functionality of the method for exosome capture and analysis. The EFIRM method was applied to exosomal analysis of 9 mice injected with human lung cancer H640 cells (a cell line transfected to express the exosome marker human CD63-GFP) in order to test their exosome profile against 11 mice receiving saline controls. Elevated levels of exosomal biomarkers (reference gene GAPDH and protein surface marker human CD63-GFP) were found for the H640 injected mice in both serum and saliva samples. Furthermore, saliva and serum samples were demonstrated to have linearity (R = 0.79). These results are suggestive for the viability of salivary exosome biomarkers for detection of distal diseases.
authors: School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Tu
authors: School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: Wei
authors: School of Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors: Jieping
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles; dtww@ucla.edu.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055354:Exosomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D064593:Heterografts; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis*; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D060149:Tetraspanin 30 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C554586:CD63 protein, human; D011506:Proteins; D060149:Tetraspanin 30; D012313:RNA
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