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Mishra S, Tejesvi MV, Hekkala J, Turunen J, Kandikanti N, Kaisanlahti A, Suokas M, Leppä S, Vihinen P, Kuitunen H, Sunela K, Koivunen J, Jukkola A, Kalashnikov I, Auvinen P, Kääriäinen OS, Peñate Medina T, Peñate Medina O, Saarnio J, Meriläinen S, Rautio T, Aro R, Häivälä R, Suojanen J, Laine M, Erawijattari PP, Lahti L, Karihtala P, Ruuska TS, Reunanen J. Gut microbiome-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles in patients with solid tumours. J Adv Res 2024:S2090-1232(24)00090-0. [PMID: 38458256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2024.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Gut microbiome-derived nanoparticles, known as bacterial extracellular vesicles (bEVs), have garnered interest as promising tools for studying the link between the gut microbiome and human health. The diverse composition of bEVs, including their proteins, mRNAs, metabolites, and lipids, makes them useful for investigating diseases such as cancer. However, conventional approaches for studying gut microbiome composition alone may not be accurate in deciphering host-gut microbiome communication. In clinical microbiome research, there is a gap in the knowledge on the role of bEVs in solid tumor patients. OBJECTIVES Analyzing the functionality of bEVs using (meta)genomics and proteomics could highlight the unique aspects of host-gut microbiome interactions in solid tumor patients. Therefore, we performed a comparative analysis of the proteome and microbiota composition of gut microbiome-derived bEVs isolated from patients with solid tumors and healthy controls. METHODS After isolating bEVs from the feces of solid tumor patients and healthy controls, we performed spectrometry analysis of their proteomes and next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the 16S gene. We also investigated the gut microbiomes of feces from patients and controls using 16S sequencing and used machine learning to classify the samples into patients and controls based on their bEVs and fecal microbiomes. RESULTS Solid tumor patients showed decreased microbiota richness and diversity in both the bEVs and feces. However, the bEV proteomes were more diverse in patients than in the controls and were enriched with proteins associated with the metabolism of amino acids and carbohydrates, nucleotide binding, and oxidoreductase activity. Metadata classification of samples was more accurate using fecal bEVs (100%) compared with fecal samples (93%). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that bEVs are unique functional entities. There is a need to explore bEVs together with conventional gut microbiome analysis in functional cancer research to decipher the potential of bEVs as cancer diagnostic or therapeutic biomarkers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Surbhi Mishra
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- FICAN West Cancer Centre and Department of Oncology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy and Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Tampere Cancer Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Research Program Unit, Applied Tumor Genomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Northern Savonia Healthcare Municipality, Kuopio, Finland
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- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Northern Savonia Healthcare Municipality, Kuopio, Finland
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology and Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Kiel University, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology and Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Kiel University, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Lonza Netherlands B.V., 6167 RB Geleen, the Netherlands
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- Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lahti Central Hospital, 15850 Lahti, Finland; Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Abdominal Surgery, Porvoo Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Porvoo, Finland
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- Department of Computing, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Zhyvolozhnyi A, Samoylenko A, Bart G, Kaisanlahti A, Hekkala J, Makieieva O, Pratiwi F, Miinalainen I, Kaakinen M, Bergman U, Singh P, Nurmi T, Khosrowbadi E, Abdelrady E, Kellokumpu S, Kosamo S, Reunanen J, Röning J, Hiltunen J, Vainio SJ. Enrichment of sweat-derived extracellular vesicles of human and bacterial origin for biomarker identification. Nanotheranostics 2024; 8:48-63. [PMID: 38164498 PMCID: PMC10750121 DOI: 10.7150/ntno.87822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Sweat contains biomarkers for real-time non-invasive health monitoring, but only a few relevant analytes are currently used in clinical practice. In the present study, we investigated whether sweat-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) can be used as a source of potential protein biomarkers of human and bacterial origin. Methods: By using ExoView platform, electron microscopy, nanoparticle tracking analysis and Western blotting we characterized EVs in the sweat of eight volunteers performing rigorous exercise. We compared the presence of EV markers as well as general protein composition of total sweat, EV-enriched sweat and sweat samples collected in alginate skin patches. Results: We identified 1209 unique human proteins in EV-enriched sweat, of which approximately 20% were present in every individual sample investigated. Sweat derived EVs shared 846 human proteins (70%) with total sweat, while 368 proteins (30%) were captured by medical grade alginate skin patch and such EVs contained the typical exosome marker CD63. The majority of identified proteins are known to be carried by EVs found in other biofluids, mostly urine. Besides human proteins, EV-enriched sweat samples contained 1594 proteins of bacterial origin. Bacterial protein profiles in EV-enriched sweat were characterized by high interindividual variability, that reflected differences in total sweat composition. Alginate-based sweat patch accumulated only 5% proteins of bacterial origin. Conclusion: We showed that sweat-derived EVs provide a rich source of potential biomarkers of human and bacterial origin. Use of commercially available alginate skin patches selectively enrich for human derived material with very little microbial material collected.
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- Artem Zhyvolozhnyi
- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Biocenter of Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Biocenter of Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Biocenter of Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Kaisanlahti A, Turunen J, Byts N, Samoylenko A, Bart G, Virtanen N, Tejesvi MV, Zhyvolozhnyi A, Sarfraz S, Kumpula S, Hekkala J, Salmi S, Will O, Korvala J, Paalanne N, Erawijantari PP, Suokas M, Medina TP, Vainio S, Medina OP, Lahti L, Tapiainen T, Reunanen J. Maternal microbiota communicates with the fetus through microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles. Microbiome 2023; 11:249. [PMID: 37953319 PMCID: PMC10642029 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01694-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reports regarding the presence of bacteria in the fetal environment remain limited and controversial. Recently, extracellular vesicles secreted by the human gut microbiota have emerged as a novel mechanism for host-microbiota interaction. We aimed to investigate the presence of bacterial extracellular vesicles in the fetal environment during healthy pregnancies and determine whether extracellular vesicles derived from the gut microbiota can cross biological barriers to reach the fetus. RESULTS Bacterial extracellular vesicles were detectable in the amniotic fluid of healthy pregnant women, exhibiting similarities to extracellular vesicles found in the maternal gut microbiota. In pregnant mice, extracellular vesicles derived from human maternal gut microbiota were found to reach the intra-amniotic space. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reveal maternal microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles as an interaction mechanism between the maternal microbiota and fetus, potentially playing a pivotal role in priming the prenatal immune system for gut colonization after birth. Video Abstract.
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- Anna Kaisanlahti
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland.
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland.
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, 90570, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel University, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel University, 24105, Kiel, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Kiel University, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Kvantum Institute, University of Oulu, 90570, Oulu, Finland
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- Section Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel University, 24105, Kiel, Germany
- Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Kiel University, 24105, Kiel, Germany
- Lonza Netherlands B.V., 6167 RB, Geleen, Netherlands
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- Department of Computing, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Translational Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220, Oulu, Finland
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Byts N, Makieieva O, Zhyvolozhnyi A, Bart G, Korvala J, Hekkala J, Salmi S, Samoylenko A, Reunanen J. Purification of Bacterial-Enriched Extracellular Vesicle Samples from Feces by Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2668:211-226. [PMID: 37140799 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3203-1_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Commensal microbiota has huge impact on the maintenance of human health, its dysregulation being associated with the development of a plethora of diseases. Release of bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) is a fundamental mechanism of systemic microbiome influence on the host organism. Nevertheless, due to the technical challenges of isolation methods, BEV composition and functions remain poorly characterized. Hereby, we describe the up-to-date protocol for isolation of BEV-enriched samples from human feces. Fecal extracellular vesicles (EVs) are purified through the orthogonal implementation of filtration, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), and density gradient ultracentrifugation. EVs are first separated from bacteria, flagella, and cell debris by size. In the next steps, BEVs are separated from host-derived EVs by density. The quality of vesicle preparation is estimated via immuno-TEM (transmission electron microscopy) for the presence of vesicle-like structures expressing EV markers and via NTA (nanoparticle tracking analysis) for assaying particle concentration and size. Distribution of EVs of human origin in gradient fractions is estimated using antibodies against human exosomal markers with Western blot and ExoView R100 imaging platform. The enrichment for BEVs in vesicle preparation is estimated by Western blot for the presence of bacterial OMVs (outer membrane vesicles) marker and OmpA (outer membrane protein A). Taken together, our study describes a detailed protocol for EV preparation with enrichment for BEVs from feces with a purity level suitable for bioactivity functional assays.
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- Nadiya Byts
- Biocenter Oulu & Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu and Kvantum Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu and Kvantum Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu and Kvantum Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu & Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu & Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu & Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu and Kvantum Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Disease Networks Research Unit, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu and Kvantum Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu & Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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Turunen J, Tejesvi MV, Paalanne N, Hekkala J, Lindgren O, Kaakinen M, Pokka T, Kaisanlahti A, Reunanen J, Tapiainen T. Presence of distinctive microbiome in the first-pass meconium of newborn infants. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19449. [PMID: 34593932 PMCID: PMC8484610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98951-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
We critically evaluated the fetal microbiome concept in 44 neonates with placenta, amniotic fluid, and first-pass meconium samples. Placental histology showed no signs of inflammation. Meconium samples were more often bacterial culture positive after vaginal delivery. In next-generation sequencing of the bacterial 16S gene, before and after removal of extracellular and PCR contaminant DNA, the median number of reads was low in placenta (48) and amniotic fluid (46) and high in meconium samples (14,556 C-section, 24,860 vaginal). In electron microscopy, meconium samples showed extracellular vesicles. Utilizing the analysis of composition of microbiomes (ANCOM) against water, meconium samples had a higher relative abundance of Firmicutes, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, and Escherichia-Shigella. Our results did not support the existence of the placenta and amniotic fluid microbiota in healthy pregnancies. The first-pass meconium samples, formed in utero, appeared to harbor a microbiome that may be explained by perinatal colonization or intrauterine colonization via bacterial extracellular vesicles.
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- Jenni Turunen
- Medical Research Center and PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. .,Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Center and PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Pathology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Center and PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Center and PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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