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ArticleNature communications2015

Visualization and tracking of tumour extracellular vesicle delivery and RNA translation using multiplexed reporters.

Charles P Lai, Edward Y Kim, Christian E Badr, Ralph Weissleder, Thorsten R Mempel, Bakhos A Tannous, Xandra O Breakefield

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 340 papers.

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340citing papers in PubMed
19.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

340 citing papers in PubMed, 580 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charles P LaiDepartment of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Edward Y KimCenter for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Christian E BadrDepartment of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Ralph WeisslederCenter for Systems Biology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Thorsten R MempelCenter for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Bakhos A TannousDepartment of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Xandra O BreakefieldDepartment of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
The role of microvesicles in giloma virotherapyP01CA069246 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS · 1996 to 2021
$30.9M
Interdepartmental Neuroscience CenterP30NS045776 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, TANNOUS, BAKHOS A · 2003 to 2018
$11.1M
P3: Chemokine-Mediated T Cell Trafficking in HIV Transmission and Immune ResponseP01AI112521 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SHARPE, ARLENE H. · 2014 to 2018
$9.8M
Transfer of microRNA regulators from glioblastoma to brain microenvironment U19CA179563 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, CHAREST, ALAIN · 2013 to 2017
$8.6M
Generation and Function of NK Cell MemoryR01AI111595 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI VON ANDRIAN, ULRICH H · 2013 to 2017
$4.1M
Regulatory Immune Cell Networks in CancerR01CA150975 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
Translational Immunology Core's FACSAria Cell SorterS10RR023440 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PREFFER, FREDERIC IRA · 2008 to 2008
$500k
Local regulation of cytotoxic T cell function in the tumor stromaR00AI073457 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2008 to 2009
$498k
Local regulation of cytotoxic T cell function in the tumor stromaK99AI073457 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2007 to 2007
$90k
CIHRNCI NIH HHS CA069246NCI NIH HHS CA150975NCI NIH HHS CA179563NCI NIH HHS P01 CA069246NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150975NCI NIH HHS U19 CA179563NCI NIH HHS U19CA179563NCRR NIH HHS 1S10RR023440-01A1NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR023440NIAID NIH HHS AI073457NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI073457NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI112521NIAID NIH HHS R00 AI073457NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111595NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045776NINDS NIH HHS P30NS045776
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate spatiotemporal assessment of extracellular vesicle (EV) delivery and cargo RNA translation requires specific and robust live-cell imaging technologies. Here we engineer optical reporters to label multiple EV populations for visualization and tracking of tumour EV release, uptake and exchange between cell populations both in culture and in vivo. Enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) and tandem dimer Tomato (tdTomato) were fused at NH2-termini with a palmitoylation signal (PalmGFP, PalmtdTomato) for EV membrane labelling. To monitor EV-RNA cargo, transcripts encoding PalmtdTomato were tagged with MS2 RNA binding sequences and detected by co-expression of bacteriophage MS2 coat protein fused with EGFP. By multiplexing fluorescent and bioluminescent EV membrane reporters, we reveal the rapid dynamics of both EV uptake and translation of EV-delivered cargo mRNAs in cancer cells that occurred within 1-hour post-horizontal transfer between cells. These studies confirm that EV-mediated communication is dynamic and multidirectional between cells with delivery of functional mRNA.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorExtracellular VesiclesGAP-43 ProteinGene Expression RegulationGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansMiceNeoplasms, ExperimentalRNAenhanced green fluorescent proteinGAP-43 ProteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRNA

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PMID25967391
PMCPMC4435621
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