Spaull, Robert, McPherson, Bryony, Gialeli, Andriana, Clayton, Aled, Uney, James, Heep, Axel and Cordero-Llana, Óscar
2019.
Exosomes populate the cerebrospinal fluid of preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
73
, pp. 59-65.
10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2019.01.004
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Abstract
Background
Preterm infants are at risk of germinal matrix haemorrhage-intraventricular haemorrhage (GMH-IVH) which leads to post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) in 30% of infants; this is associated with moderate-severe neurodevelopmental impairment and confers significant risk of cerebral palsy. There are however no predictive indicators of the severity or long-term outcome after GMH-IVH. In recent years, endosome-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes have been isolated from biofluids and shown to mediate intercellular communication via selective enrichment in proteins and micro-RNAs.
Methods
This study aimed to isolate and characterise EVs from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 3 preterm infants with PHH using nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with immunogold protein labelling, and micro-RNA analysis.
Results
NTA of unaltered CSF revealed a heterogeneous and dynamic population of EVs. Exosomal-sized EVs were isolated by differential ultracentrifugation and TEM confirmed the presence of CD63+ and CD81+ exosomes. The micro-RNAs miR-9, miR-17, miR-26a, miR-124 and miR-1911 were detected within the exosome-enriched fraction and profiled over time.
Conclusion
This is the first reported characterisation of exosomes from the CSF of preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
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Article
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Date Type: |
Publication |
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Published |
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Medicine |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
ISSN: |
0736-5748 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: |
21 January 2019 |
Date of Acceptance: |
6 January 2019 |
Last Modified: |
11 Mar 2020 17:39 |
URI: |
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/118564 |
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