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ArticleJournal of extracellular biology2022

Exomeres and Supermeres: monolithic or diverse?

Juan Pablo Tosar, Alfonso Cayota, Kenneth Witwer

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Article in Journal of extracellular biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Juan Pablo TosarAnalytical Biochemistry Unit, Nuclear Research Center, School of Science, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.ORCID 0000-0002-2021-2479
Alfonso CayotaFunctional Genomics Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID 0000-0003-2597-6010
Kenneth WitwerDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1664-4233

Funding

Next-generation extracellular vesicle biologics to target central nervous system and peripheral reservoirs of HIVR01AI144997 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RAMRATNAM, BHARAT, WITWER, KENNETH W · 2019 to 2023
$4.0M
Extracellular Vesicle and Extracellular RNA Biomarkers of HIV-1 Central Nervous System Pathogenesis and Cigarette UseR01DA047807 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
Novel Approaches to Capture, Sorting, and Characterization of CNS-Origin Extracellular VesiclesR33MH118164 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MACHAIRAKI, VASILIKI, WITWER, KENNETH W · 2020 to 2022
$2.2M
Novel Separation Methods for exRNA Carriers: Extracellular Vesicles, Lipoprotein Particles, and Protein AggregatesUH3CA241694 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2021 to 2022
$1.1M
Novel Separation Methods for exRNA Carriers: Extracellular Vesicles, Lipoprotein Particles, and Protein AggregatesUG3CA241694 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2019 to 2020
$941k
NCI NIH HHS UG3 CA241694NCI NIH HHS UH3 CA241694NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144997NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA047807NIMH NIH HHS R33 MH118164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, are far from being the only RNA-containing extracellular particles (EPs). Recently, new 35 nm-sized EPs were discovered by asymmetric-flow field-flow fractionation and termed "exomeres". Purification of exomeres was later performed by differential ultracentrifugation as well. More recently, the supernatant of the high-speed ultracentrifugation used to collect exomeres was further centrifuged to collect a new class of EP, termed "supermeres". Supermeres contain high quantities of extracellular RNA and are enriched in miR-1246. They are also replete in disease biomarkers and can induce metabolic and adaptive changes in recipient cells. Here, we reanalyzed proteomic and transcriptomic data obtained in this exciting study to obtain further insights into the molecular composition of exomeres and supermeres. We found that the top-ranking RNAs in supermeres correspond to the footprints of extracellular protein complexes. These complexes protect fragments of the small nuclear RNA U2 and the 28S rRNA from extracellular ribonucleases (exRNases). We suggest that intracellular nanoparticles such as the U2 ribonucleoprotein, ribosomes and LGALS3BP ring-like decamers are released into the extracellular space. These heterogeneous EPs might be further processed by exRNases and co-isolate by ultracentrifugation with other components of exomeres and supermeres. We look forward to continuing progress in defining exRNA carriers, bridging process definitions with molecular composition and function.

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