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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2024

A novel multi-stage enrichment workflow and comprehensive characterization for HEK293F-derived extracellular vesicles.

Nhan Vo, Chau Tran, Nam H B Tran, Nhat T Nguyen, Thieu Nguyen, Duyen T K Ho, Diem D N Nguyen, Tran Pham, Tien Anh Nguyen, Hoa T N Phan and 2 more

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Nhan VoMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Chau TranMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Nam H B TranMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Nhat T NguyenMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Thieu NguyenMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Duyen T K HoMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Diem D N NguyenMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Tran PhamMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Tien Anh NguyenMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Hoa T N PhanMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-9789
Hoai-Nghia NguyenMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Lan N TuMedical Genetics Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6362-8554

Funding

NexCalibur Therapeutics, Corp
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as a promising drug delivery vehicle as they are biocompatible and capable of targeted delivery. However, clinical translation of EVs remains challenging due to the lack of standardized and scalable manufacturing protocols to consistently isolate small EVs (sEVs) with both high yield and high purity. The heterogenous nature of sEVs leading to unknown composition of biocargos causes further pushback due to safety concerns. In order to address these issues, we developed a robust quality-controlled multi-stage process to produce and isolate sEVs from human embryonic kidney HEK293F cells. We then compared different 2-step and 3-step workflows for eliminating protein impurities and cell-free nucleic acids to meet acceptable limits of regulatory authorities. Our results showed that sEV production was maximized when HEK293F cells were grown at high-density stationary phase in semi-continuous culture. The novel 3-step workflow combining tangential flow filtration, sucrose-cushion ultracentrifugation and bind-elute size-exclusion chromatography outperformed other methods in sEV purity while still preserved high yield and particle integrity. The purified HEK293F-derived sEVs were thoroughly characterized for identity including sub-population analysis, content profiling including proteomics and miRNA sequencing, and demonstrated excellent preclinical safety profile in both in-vitro and in-vivo testing. Our rigorous enrichment workflow and comprehensive characterization will help advance the development of EVs, particularly HEK293F-derived sEVs, to be safe and reliable drug carriers for therapeutic applications.

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Extracellular VesiclesHEK293 CellsHumansMicroRNAsProteomicsUltracentrifugationWorkflowMicroRNAsdrug deliveryexosomesextracellular vesiclesHEK293preclinical safetypurification

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PMID38760878
PMCPMC11101607

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