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Russell JC et al. (2020) J Vis Exp "Purification and Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans Extracellular Vesicles."

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    PMID:
    32310227
    DOI:
    10.3791/60596
    Status:
    Publication type:
    Journal_article
    WormBase ID:
    WBPaper00059581

    Russell JC, Postupna N, Golubeva A, Keene CD, & Kaeberlein M (2020). Purification and Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans Extracellular Vesicles. J Vis Exp. doi:10.3791/60596

    The secretion of small membrane-bound vesicles into the external environment is a fundamental physiological process of all cells. These extracellular vesicles (EVs) function outside the cell to regulate global physiological processes by transferring proteins, nucleic acids, metabolites, and lipids between tissues. EVs reflect the physiological state of their cells of origin. EVs are implicated to have fundamental roles in virtually every aspect of human health. Thus, EV protein and genetic cargos are being increasingly analyzed for biomarkers of health and disease. However, the EV field still lacks a tractable invertebrate model system that permits the study of EV cargo composition. C. elegans is well suited for EV research because it actively secretes EVs outside of its body into its external environment, permitting facile isolation. This article provides all the necessary information for generating, purifying, and quantifying these environmentally secreted C. elegans EVs including how to work quantitatively with very large populations of age-synchronized worms, purifying EVs, and a flow cytometry protocol that directly measures the number of intact EVs in the purified sample. Thus, the large library of genetic reagents available for C. elegans research can be tapped into for investigating the impacts of genetic pathways and physiological processes on EV cargo composition.


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