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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2021

Fourier-Transform InfraRed (FT-IR) spectroscopy to show alterations in molecular composition of EV subpopulations from melanoma cell lines in different malignancy.

Ewa Ł Stępień, Agnieszka Kamińska, Magdalena Surman, Dagmara Karbowska, Andrzej Wróbel, Małgorzata Przybyło

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ewa Ł StępieńDepartment of Medical Physics, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-348, Kraków, Poland.
Agnieszka KamińskaDepartment of Medical Physics, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-348, Kraków, Poland.
Magdalena SurmanDepartment of Glycoconjugate Biochemistry, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
Dagmara KarbowskaDepartment of Medical Physics, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-348, Kraków, Poland.
Andrzej WróbelDepartment of Medical Physics, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-348, Kraków, Poland.
Małgorzata PrzybyłoDepartment of Glycoconjugate Biochemistry, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMelanoma cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs) subpopulations which differ in size, phenotype and molecular content. Melanoma derived EVs play a role in the development and progression of cancer by delivering surface receptors and bioactive (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids) or signaling molecules to target cells.

methodsWe applied Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to compare infrared spectra of absorption for different subpopulations of EVs originating from normal human melanocytes, primary cutaneous melanoma (WM115) and metastatic cutaneous melanoma (WM266-4).

resultsFTIR results showed that exosome and ectosome populations differ in content of protein and lipid components. We obtained higher lipid to protein ratio for ectosomes in comparison with exosomes what confirms that exosomes are very densely packed with protein cargo. We identified the lowest value of saturated fatty acids/unsaturated fatty acids parameter in the metastatic WM266-4 cell line and ectosomes derived from WM266-4 cell line in comparison with normal melanocytes and the primary WM115 cell line. We identified the alterations in the content of secondary structures of proteins present in EV subpopulations originating from melanocytes and melanoma cells in different malignancy.

conclusionsObtained results revealed differences in the molecular composition of melanoma derived EVs subtypes, including protein secondary structure, and showed progressive structural changes during cancer development.

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Extracellular vesiclesFourier transform infrared spectroscopyMelanomaProtein secondary structure

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