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Exosomes

Exosomes are small membrane vesicles of endocytic origin secreted by most cell types in vitro. Cells continuously secrete a large number of microvesicles, exosomes and small molecules into the extracellular space. Exosomes have been shown to contain mRNA and miRNA and they are able to mediate communication between cells, by transport of RNA and proteins which can be functionalized in the recipient cell. The ability to transport bioactive cargoes, gives exosomes innate therapeutic potential as a natural drug carrier. Efficient techniques for loading drugs into exosomes to utilize the natural carrier capabilities of these vesicles remains to be elucidated.

Applications of Exosomes

The presence exosomes in blood, saliva, and urine paves the way for the possible application of exosomes as a diagnostic marker for diseases. Many diseases are difficult to detect by the methods and equipment available today and there is a growing demand for development of new non‐invasive methods to detect diseases in early stages. The use of exosomes as markers of disease is being investigated to cement their potential as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early detection of many diseases, in particular cancers. This, however, relies on thorough characterisation of exosomes in both healthy and diseased states

An important factor to understanding the roles of exosomes is knowledge of their biodistribution. Currently, the number of publications describing the biodistribution of exosomes is limited. The main reason being the lack of a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo. Mapping the specific cell type derived exosomes can increase our knowledge on the roles of exosomes in the organism, as well as help to identify natural targeting systems.

Isolation, Characterisation and Fluorescent Labelling

The most common isolation protocol uses a differential centrifugation to fractionate cells, microvesicles, and exosomes, which are pelleted by ultracentrifugation. After vesicles are secreted from cells into the extracellular environment, it difficult to separate the different subpopulations of vesicles to obtain a pure sample. We have developed methods to optimise isolation and thorough characterisation procedures to obtain pure and well-characterised exosomes. Furthermore, we have developed a simple method for labelling of exosomes with a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo, allowing investigation of the biodistribution of different cell derived exosomes.

Collaborators:

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Dan Peer, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Moein Moghimi, school of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, UK

Recent Publications

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Zollmann, S, Langlotz, T, Loos, M, Lo, WH & Baker, L 2019, Arspectator: Exploring augmented reality for sport events. in SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Technical Briefs, SA 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 75-78, SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Technical Briefs - International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SA 2019, Brisbane, Australia, 17/11/2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3355088.3365162
Eriksson, B 2019, Art and local communities: inclusion, interests and ownership in participatory art projects with embroiderers and billiard players. in B Eriksson, C Stage & B Valtysson (eds), Cultures of participation: arts, digital media and cultural institutions. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 71-89. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266454-5
Touzot, M, Teulier, L, Lengagne, T, Secondi, J, Théry, M, Libourel, P-A, Guillard, L & Mondy, N 2019, 'Artificial light at night disturbs the activity and energy allocation of the common toad during the breeding period', Conservation Physiology, vol. 7, no. 1, coy002, pp. coz002. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz002
Holgersen, S-E 2019, 'Arts based research of participation in music education', European Journal of the Philosophy of Arts Education, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 27-53. <http://www.ejpae.com/index.php/EJPAE/issue/view/5>
Norup, L 2019, 'Arven: om Joris-Karl Huysmans' Et Dilemma', Litteraturmagasinet Standart, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 23.
Ma, D, Qunhui Xie, H, Zhang, W, Xue, Q, Liu, X, Xu, L, Ma, Y, Bonefeld-Jørgensen, EC, Long, M, Zhang, A & Zhao, B 2019, 'Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity of polyhalogenated carbazoles and the molecular mechanism', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 687, pp. 516-526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.406
Chen, P, Dong, S, Katz, B, Kochanek, CS, Kollmeier, JA, Maguire, K, Phillips, MM, Prieto, JL, Shappee, BJ, Stritzinger, MD, Bose, S, Brown, PJ, Holoien, TW-S, Galbany, L, Milne, PA, Morrell, N, Piro, AL, Stanek, KZ, Thompson, TA & Young, DR 2019, 'ASASSN-15pz: Revealing Significant Photometric Diversity among 2009dc-like, Peculiar SNe Ia', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 880, no. 1, 35, pp. 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab2630
Vallely, PJ, Fausnaugh, M, Jha, SW, Tucker, MA, Eweis, Y, Shappee, BJ, Kochanek, CS, Stanek, KZ, Chen, P, Dong, S, Prieto, JL, Sukhbold, T, Thompson, TA, Brimacombe, J, Stritzinger, MD, Holoien, TW-S, Buckley, DAH, Gromadzki, M & Bose, S 2019, 'ASASSN-18tb: a most unusual Type Ia supernova observed by TESS and SALT', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 487, no. 2, pp. 2372-2384. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1445
Alinaghihossein, M, Duc Ninh Nguyen, Torp Sangild, P, Bertram, HCS & Westerhuis, JA 2019, 'ASCA-fusion of NMR metabolomics data reveals metabolic alternations in response to bioactive milk ingredients in preterm piglets with intra-amniotic inflammation', 15th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, The Hague, Netherlands, 23/06/2019 - 27/06/2019.
Alinaghihossein, M, Duc Ninh Nguyen, Torp Sangild, P, Bertram, HCS & Westerhuis, JA 2019, 'ASCA-fusion of NMR metabolomics data reveals metabolic alternations in response to bioactive milk ingredients in preterm piglets with intra-amniotic inflammation', 15th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, The Hague, Netherlands, 23/06/2019 - 27/06/2019.
Friese, W, Handberg, S & Kristensen, TM (eds) 2019, Ascending and Descending the Acropolis: Movement in Athenian Religion. Aarhus Universitetsforlag, Aarhus.
Skoda, U 2019, A scholarly community around the Lord: The Orissa research projects. in J Tripathy & U Skoda (eds), Bonding with the Lord : Jagannath, popular culture and community formation. Bloomsbury Academic, New Delhi, pp. 227-266.
Wu, P, Ata-Ul-Karim, ST, Singh, BP, Wang, H, Wu, T, Liu, C, Fang, G, Zhou, D, Wang, Y & Chen, W 2019, 'A scientometric review of biochar research in the past 20 years (1998–2018)', Biochar, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-019-00002-9
Hon, M, Stello, D, García, RA, Mathur, S, Sharma, S, Colman, IL & Bugnet, L 2019, 'A search for red giant solar-like oscillations in all Kepler data', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 485, no. 4, pp. 5616-5630. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz622
Patil, J, Bokde, N, Mishra, S & Kulat, K 2019, A segmentation approach to optimize spectrum allocation for secondary user in a cognitive network. in 10th international conference on computing, communication and networking technologies (icccnt). S.l., A segmentation approach to optimize
spectrum allocation for secondary user in a cognitive network., Kanpur, India, 06/07/2019. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334573267_A_segmentation_approach_to_optimize_spectrum_allocation_for_secondary_user_in_a_cognitive_network>
Bellinger, EP 2019, 'A seismic scaling relation for stellar age', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 486, no. 4, pp. 4612-4621. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz714
Liu, Q, Cui, X, Chen, W, Liu, C, Bai, J, Zhang, Y, Zhou, Y, Liu, Z, Xu, P, Che, H & Liu, D 2019, 'A semianalytic Monte Carlo radiative transfer model for polarized oceanic lidar: Experiment-based comparisons and multiple scattering effects analyses', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 237, 106638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106638
Mortensen, LH, Cruz-Paredes, C, Schmidt, O, Rønn, R & Madsen, MV 2019, 'Ash application enhances decomposition of recalcitrant organic matter', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, vol. 135, pp. 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.05.021
Raskin, R 2019, 'A shot-by-shot breakdown of CLASS 15', Short Film Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 82-95. https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.9.1.82_7
Raskin, R 2019, 'A shot-by-shot breakdown of The Goodbye', Short Film Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 116-123. https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.9.2.116_7
Marlton, FP, Ivashko, O, v. Zimmermann, M, Gutowski, O, Dippel, A-C & Jørgensen, MRV 2019, 'A simple correction for the parallax effect in X-ray pair distribution function measurements', Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 1072-1076. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576719011580
Tarp, S 2019, Asistentes de escritura: un nuevo y urgente desafío para el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua. in MR Álvarez Silva, A Muñoz Alvarado & L Ruiz Miyares (eds), Comunicación Social: Lingüística, Medios Masivos, Arte, Etnología, Folclor y otras ciencias afines. vol. 1, Ediciones Centro de Linguistica Aplicada, Santiago de Cuba, pp. 169-173.
Zehtabiyan-Rezaie, N, Alvandifar, N, Saffaraval, F, Makkiabadi, M, Rahmati, N & Saffar-Avval, M 2019, 'A solar-powered solution for water shortage problem in arid and semi-arid regions in coastal countries', Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 35, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.05.015
Volosniev, AG, Jensen, AS, Harshman, NL, Armstrong, JR & Zinner, NT 2019, 'A solvable model for decoupling of interacting clusters', Europhysics Letters, vol. 125, no. 2, 20003. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/125/20003
Rank, CU, Wolthers, BO, Grell, K, Albertsen, BK, Frandsen, TL, Overgaard, UM, Toft, N, Juul-Jensen, O, Wehner, PS, Harila-Saari, A, Heyman, M, Abrahamsson, J, Flink, M, Norén-Nyström, U, Jarvis, KB, Lund, B, Vaitkeviciene, G, Griskevicius, L, Taskinen, M, Lepik, K, Punab, M, Jónsson, ÓG & Schmiegelow, K 2019, 'Asparaginase-associated Pancreatitis in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Results from the NOPHO ALL2008 Treatment of Patients 1–45 Years', American Society of Hematology 2019, Orlando, United States, 07/12/2019 - 10/12/2019.
Albertsen, BK, Harila-Saari, A, Jahnukainen, K, Lähteenmäki, P, Riikonen, P, Möttönen, M & Lausen, B 2019, 'Asparaginase treatment in infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; pharmacokinetics and asparaginase hypersensitivity in Interfant-06', Leukemia & Lymphoma, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 1469-1475. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2018.1538507