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ArticleJournal of extracellular biology2025

Mechanistic insight into human milk extracellular vesicle-intestinal barrier interactions.

Xiang Luo, Yunyue Zhang, Ning Ding, Jana Javorovic, Bahijja Tolulope Raimi-Abraham, Steven Lynham, Xiaoping Yang, Natalie Shenker, Driton Vllasaliu

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Article in Journal of extracellular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and microRNAs: Potential Modulators of Intestinal Homeostasis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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9 authors.

Xiang LuoInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.
Yunyue ZhangInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.
Ning DingInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.
Jana JavorovicInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.
Bahijja Tolulope Raimi-AbrahamInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.
Steven LynhamCentre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry, The James Black Centre King's College London London UK.
Xiaoping YangCentre of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry, The James Black Centre King's College London London UK.
Natalie ShenkerInstitute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology Imperial College London UK.
Driton VllasaliuInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King's College London London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4379-6171

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human milk extracellular vesicles (EVs) are crucial mother-to-baby messengers that transfer biological signals. These EVs are reported to survive digestion and transport across the intestine. The mechanisms of interaction between human milk EVs and the intestinal mucosa, including epithelial uptake remain unclear. Here, we studied the interaction of human milk EVs with the gut barrier components, including intestinal biofluids, enzymes, mucus and epithelium. Additionally, we probed the endocytic mechanisms mediating the EV intestinal uptake. Finally, using proteomic analysis, we determined the existence and identification of proteins enriched in the EV fraction transported across the intestinal epithelium. We show that human milk EVs are largely stable in the biochemical gut barriers and demonstrate high mucus diffusivity. EVs show a high level of epithelial cell uptake (∼70%) and efficient transport across Caco-2 monolayers. Whilst cell uptake of EVs was mediated by multiple routes, none of the pathway-specific inhibitors inhibited their epithelial translocation. Proteomic analysis of EVs transported across Caco-2 monolayers identified 14 enriched EV proteins that may facilitate intestinal transport. These findings significantly expand our understanding of the interactions between human milk EVs and the gut barriers, including their intestinal uptake.

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EV cell uptakeEV intestinal translocationEV proteomicshuman milk EVs

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PMID39790178
PMCPMC11714171

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