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ArticleSmall methods2025

Laminar Flow Alters EV Composition in HUVECs: A Study of Culture Medium Optimization and Molecular Profiling of Vesicle Cargo.

Arefeh Kardani, Jan Hemmer, Britta Diesel, Vida Mashayekhi, Annika Schomisch, Marcus Koch, Claudia Fecher-Trost, Markus R Meyer, Nicole Ludwig, Shusruto Rishik and 4 more

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Article in Small methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Arefeh KardaniDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-5361
Jan HemmerDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Britta DieselDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Vida MashayekhiDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Annika SchomischDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Marcus KochINM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Claudia Fecher-TrostDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Saarland University, Kirrberger Str., Building 46, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Markus R MeyerDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Saarland University, Kirrberger Str., Building 46, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Nicole LudwigCore Facility Molecular Single Cell and Particle Analysis, Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Shusruto RishikChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Andreas KellerChair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Jessica HoppstädterDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Gregor FuhrmannDepartment of Biology, Pharmaceutical Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6688-5126
Alexandra K KiemerDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology Campus C2 3, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7224-9900

Funding

Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftInterdisciplinary TANDEM Graduate School for Drug Research Saarland UniversityState Chancellery Saarland INST 256/551-1 FUGB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cells (ECs) experience shear stress associated with blood flow. Such shear stress regulates endothelial function by altering cell physiology. Since most cell culture protocols and media compositions are designed for static cultures and experiments with ECs are predominantly conducted under these non-physiological conditions, a model for culturing ECs under flow conditions is developed, which more closely mimics their physiological environment. This approach also enables the isolation of EVs while minimizing FCS-derived contaminants. In this study, a comprehensive assessment of how physiologically relevant cultivation conditions influence the vesicle composition and function of ECs is provided. A detailed investigation is conducted for the effect of different cell culture media on morphology and marker expression of human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs) and EVs, and optimize the conditions to culture ECs under flow, tailoring them specifically to facilitate the efficient isolation of EVs using a hollow-fiber system model. These EVs are then characterized and compared to those isolated from traditional static culture conditions. Overall, this study presents a model on isolating EC-derived EVs under conditions that closely mimic physiological environments, and characterization at their proteome, gene expression, and microRNA profile.

Indexed as

Cell Culture TechniquesCulture MediaExtracellular VesiclesHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsCells, CulturedHumansMicroRNAsStress, MechanicalCulture MediaMicroRNAsendothelial cellsextracellular vesiclesmicroRNAsnetwork analysisproteomicsshear stress

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PMID40613356
PMCPMC12391657

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