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ArticlePloS one2014

Rapid isolation of extracellular vesicles from cell culture and biological fluids using a synthetic peptide with specific affinity for heat shock proteins.

Anirban Ghosh, Michelle Davey, Ian C Chute, Steven G Griffiths, Scott Lewis, Simi Chacko, David Barnett, Nicolas Crapoulet, Sébastien Fournier, Andrew Joy and 6 more

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anirban GhoshAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Michelle DaveyAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Ian C ChuteAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Steven G GriffithsAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Scott LewisNew England Peptide Inc., Gardner, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Simi ChackoAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
David BarnettAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
Nicolas CrapouletAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Sébastien FournierAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Andrew JoyAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Michelle C CaissieAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Amanda D FergusonAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Melissa DaigleAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
M Vicki MeliDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
Stephen M LewisAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Rodney J OuelletteAtlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Atlantic Cancer Research Institute · CADalhousie University · CAMount Allison University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies indicate that extracellular vesicles are an important source material for many clinical applications, including minimally-invasive disease diagnosis. However, challenges for rapid and simple extracellular vesicle collection have hindered their application. We have developed and validated a novel class of peptides (which we named venceremin, or Vn) that exhibit nucleotide-independent specific affinity for canonical heat shock proteins. The Vn peptides were validated to specifically and efficiently capture HSP-containing extracellular vesicles from cell culture growth media, plasma, and urine by electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, sequencing of nucleic acid cargo, proteomic profiling, immunoblotting, and nanoparticle tracking analysis. All of these analyses confirmed the material captured by the Vn peptides was comparable to those purified by the standard ultracentrifugation method. We show that the Vn peptides are a useful tool for the rapid isolation of extracellular vesicles using standard laboratory equipment. Moreover, the Vn peptides are adaptable to diverse platforms and therefore represent an excellent solution to the challenge of extracellular vesicle isolation for research and clinical applications.

Indexed as

Blotting, WesternCell Line, TumorHeat-Shock ProteinsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMass SpectrometryMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, ElectronPeptidesProteomicsTransport VesiclesUltracentrifugationHeat-Shock ProteinsPeptides

Identifiers

PMID25329303
PMCPMC4201556
OpenAlexW2021065026

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