Size Characterization and Quantification of Exosomes by Asymmetrical-Flow Field-Flow Fractionation

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• 作者：Simona Sitar ; Anja Kej啪ar ; David Pahovnik ; Ksenija Kogej ; Magda Tu拧ek-沤nidari膷 ; Metka Lenassi ; Ema 沤agar
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 15, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：87
• 期：18
• 页码：9225-9233
• 全文大小：520K
• ISSN：1520-6882

文摘

In the past few years extracellular vesicles called exosomes have gained huge interest of scientific community since they show a great potential for human diagnostic and therapeutic applications. However, an ongoing challenge is accurate size characterization and quantification of exosomes because of the lack of reliable characterization techniques. In this work, the emphasis was focused on a method development to size-separate, characterize, and quantify small amounts of exosomes by asymmetrical-flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) technique coupled to a multidetection system (UV and MALS). Batch DLS (dynamic light-scattering) and NTA (nanoparticle tracking analysis) analyses of unfractionated exosomes were also conducted to evaluate their shape and internal structure, as well as their number density. The results show significant influence of cross-flow conditions and channel thickness on fractionation quality of exosomes, whereas the focusing time has less impact. The AF4/UV-MALS and DLS results display the presence of two particles subpopulations, that is, the larger exosomes and the smaller vesicle-like particles, which coeluted in AF4 together with impurities in early eluting peak. Compared to DLS and AF4-MALS results, NTA somewhat overestimates the size and the number density for larger exosome population, but it discriminates the smaller particle population.