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ArticleCell death & disease2021

Proteomic analysis of necroptotic extracellular vesicles.

Inbar Shlomovitz, Ziv Erlich, Gali Arad, Liat Edry-Botzer, Sefi Zargarian, Hadar Cohen, Tal Manko, Yifat Ofir-Birin, Tomer Cooks, Neta Regev-Rudzki and 1 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Inbar Shlomovitz *Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ziv Erlich *Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gali AradDepartment of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-5997
Liat Edry-BotzerDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sefi ZargarianDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hadar CohenDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tal MankoThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Yifat Ofir-BirinDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Tomer CooksThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Neta Regev-RudzkiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Motti GerlicDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. mgerlic@tauex.tau.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-1833
Tel Aviv University · ILBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILWeizmann Institute of Science · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necroptosis is a regulated and inflammatory form of cell death. We, and others, have previously reported that necroptotic cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs). We have found that necroptotic EVs are loaded with proteins, including the phosphorylated form of the key necroptosis-executing factor, mixed lineage kinase domain-like kinase (MLKL). However, neither the exact protein composition, nor the impact, of necroptotic EVs have been delineated. To characterize their content, EVs from necroptotic and untreated U937 cells were isolated and analyzed by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. A total of 3337 proteins were identified, sharing a high degree of similarity with exosome proteome databases, and clearly distinguishing necroptotic and control EVs. A total of 352 proteins were significantly upregulated in the necroptotic EVs. Among these were MLKL and caspase-8, as validated by immunoblot. Components of the ESCRTIII machinery and inflammatory signaling were also upregulated in the necroptotic EVs, as well as currently unreported components of vesicle formation and transport, and necroptotic signaling pathways. Moreover, we found that necroptotic EVs can be phagocytosed by macrophages to modulate cytokine and chemokine secretion. Finally, we uncovered that necroptotic EVs contain tumor neoantigens, and are enriched with components of antigen processing and presentation. In summary, our study reveals a new layer of regulation during the early stage of necroptosis, mediated by the secretion of specific EVs that influences the microenvironment and may instigate innate and adaptive immune responses. This study sheds light on new potential players in necroptotic signaling and its related EVs, and uncovers the functional tasks accomplished by the cargo of these necroptotic EVs.

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Cell DeathExtracellular VesiclesHumansImmunityNecroptosisProteomics

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PMID34750357
PMCPMC8575773
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