Altered cargo proteins of human plasma endothelial cell–derived exosomes in atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease

Edward J. Goetzl, J. B. Schwartz, Maja Mustapic, Iryna V. Lobach, Richard Daneman, Erin L. Abner, Gregory A. Jicha

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Abstract

Plasma endothelial cell–derived exosomes (EDEs) and platelet-derived exosomes (PDEs) were precipitated and enriched separately by immunospecific absorption procedures for analyses of cargo proteins relevant to atherosclerosis. EDEs had usual exosome size and marker protein content, and significantly higher levels than PDEs of the endothelial proteins vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase, whereas PDEs had significantly higher levels of platelet glycoprotein VI. EDE levels of VCAM-1, von Willebrand factor, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB, angiopoietin-1, and lysyl oxidase-2 and the cerebrovascular-selective proteins glucose transporter 1, permeability-glycoprotein, and large neutral amino acid transporter 1 were significantly higher for 18 patients with cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) than for 18 age- and gender-matched control subjects. PDE levels of PDGF-AA, platelet glycoprotein VI, integrin-linked kinase-1, high mobility group box-1 protein, chemokine CXCL4, and thrombospondin-1 were significantly higher in patients with CeVD than in control subjects, but differences were less with greater overlaps than for EDE proteins. EDE levels of Yes-associated protein (YAP) were higher and of P(S127)-YAP lower in patients with CeVD than in control subjects, consistent with heightened activity of this mechanical force–sensitive system in atherosclerosis. Elevated EDE and PDE levels of atherosclerosis-promoting proteins in CeVD justify clinical studies of their potential value as biomarkers.—Goetzl, E. J., Schwartz, J. B., Mustapic, M., Lobach, I. V., Daneman, R., Abner, E. L., Jicha, G. A. Altered cargo proteins of human plasma endothelial cell–derived exosomes in atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease. FASEB J. 31, 3689–3694 (2017). www.fasebj.org

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3689-3694
Number of pages6
JournalFASEB Journal
Volume31
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Biomarkers Across Neurodegenerative Diseases 2 (BAND2) Program of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Weston Brain Institute (to E.J.G.), and by Grant R01 NR014189 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute for Nursing Research (to G.A.J.). M.M. was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH National Institute on Aging. The authors thank Judith H. Goetzl (Jewish Home of San Francisco) for expert preparation of the illustrations. E.J.G. has filed an application with the U.S. Patent Office for the platform and methodologies described in this report. All remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest

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Keywords

  • Angiogenesis
  • Blood biomarkers
  • Cellular adhesion
  • Platelets
  • Stroke

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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