Harnessing extracellular vesicle heterogeneity for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Autor: Carney RP; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. rcarney@ucdavis.edu., Mizenko RR; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Bozkurt BT; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Lowe N; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Henson T; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.; Center for Surgical Bioengineering, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA., Arizzi A; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Wang A; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.; Center for Surgical Bioengineering, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA., Tan C; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA., George SC; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. scgeorge@ucdavis.edu.; Center for Surgical Bioengineering, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA. scgeorge@ucdavis.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature nanotechnology [Nat Nanotechnol] 2024 Oct 28. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 28.
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01774-3
Abstrakt: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are diverse nanoparticles with large heterogeneity in size and molecular composition. Although this heterogeneity provides high diagnostic value for liquid biopsy and confers many exploitable functions for therapeutic applications in cancer detection, wound healing and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, it has also impeded their clinical translation-hence heterogeneity acts as a double-edged sword. Here we review the impact of subpopulation heterogeneity on EV function and identify key cornerstones for addressing heterogeneity in the context of modern analytical platforms with single-particle resolution. We outline concrete steps towards the identification of key active biomolecules that determine EV mechanisms of action across different EV subtypes. We describe how such knowledge could accelerate EV-based therapies and engineering approaches for mimetic artificial nanovesicle formulations. This approach blunts one edge of the sword, leaving only a single razor-sharp edge on which EV heterogeneity can be exploited for therapeutic applications across many diseases.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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