Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading

Cell therapies for myocardial infarction, including cardiac ckit+ progenitor cell (CPC) therapies, have been promising, with clinical trials underway. Recently, paracrine signaling, specifically through small extracellular vesicle (sEV) release, was implicated in cell-based cardiac repair. sEVs carr...

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Autores principales: Sruti Bheri, Brandon P. Kassouf, Hyun-Ji Park, Jessica R. Hoffman, Michael E. Davis
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:424be981ee8249c899480c50ab1d6afd2021-11-25T18:00:11ZEngineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading10.3390/jcdd81101352308-3425https://doaj.org/article/424be981ee8249c899480c50ab1d6afd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/11/135https://doaj.org/toc/2308-3425Cell therapies for myocardial infarction, including cardiac ckit+ progenitor cell (CPC) therapies, have been promising, with clinical trials underway. Recently, paracrine signaling, specifically through small extracellular vesicle (sEV) release, was implicated in cell-based cardiac repair. sEVs carry cardioprotective cargo, including microRNA (miRNA), within a complex membrane and improve cardiac outcomes similar to that of their parent cells. However, miRNA loading efficiency is low, and sEV yield and cargo composition vary with parent cell conditions, minimizing sEV potency. Synthetic mimics allow for cargo-loading control but consist of much simpler membranes, often suffering from high immunogenicity and poor stability. Here, we aim to combine the benefits of sEVs and synthetic mimics to develop sEV-like vesicles (ELVs) with customized cargo loading. We developed a modified thin-film hydration (TFH) mechanism to engineer ELVs from CPC-derived sEVs with pro-angiogenic miR-126 encapsulated. Characterization shows miR-126+ ELVs are similar in size and structure to sEVs. Upon administration to cardiac endothelial cells (CECs), ELV uptake is similar to sEVs too. Further, when functionally validated with a CEC tube formation assay, ELVs significantly improve tube formation parameters compared to sEVs. This study shows TFH-ELVs synthesized from sEVs allow for select miRNA loading and can improve in vitro cardiac outcomes.Sruti BheriBrandon P. KassoufHyun-Ji ParkJessica R. HoffmanMichael E. DavisMDPI AGarticleextracellular vesiclevesicle engineeringexosomecardiac ckit+ progenitor cellcardiac repairthin-film hydrationDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Vol 8, Iss 135, p 135 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic extracellular vesicle
vesicle engineering
exosome
cardiac ckit+ progenitor cell
cardiac repair
thin-film hydration
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
spellingShingle extracellular vesicle
vesicle engineering
exosome
cardiac ckit+ progenitor cell
cardiac repair
thin-film hydration
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Sruti Bheri
Brandon P. Kassouf
Hyun-Ji Park
Jessica R. Hoffman
Michael E. Davis
Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
description Cell therapies for myocardial infarction, including cardiac ckit+ progenitor cell (CPC) therapies, have been promising, with clinical trials underway. Recently, paracrine signaling, specifically through small extracellular vesicle (sEV) release, was implicated in cell-based cardiac repair. sEVs carry cardioprotective cargo, including microRNA (miRNA), within a complex membrane and improve cardiac outcomes similar to that of their parent cells. However, miRNA loading efficiency is low, and sEV yield and cargo composition vary with parent cell conditions, minimizing sEV potency. Synthetic mimics allow for cargo-loading control but consist of much simpler membranes, often suffering from high immunogenicity and poor stability. Here, we aim to combine the benefits of sEVs and synthetic mimics to develop sEV-like vesicles (ELVs) with customized cargo loading. We developed a modified thin-film hydration (TFH) mechanism to engineer ELVs from CPC-derived sEVs with pro-angiogenic miR-126 encapsulated. Characterization shows miR-126+ ELVs are similar in size and structure to sEVs. Upon administration to cardiac endothelial cells (CECs), ELV uptake is similar to sEVs too. Further, when functionally validated with a CEC tube formation assay, ELVs significantly improve tube formation parameters compared to sEVs. This study shows TFH-ELVs synthesized from sEVs allow for select miRNA loading and can improve in vitro cardiac outcomes.
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author Sruti Bheri
Brandon P. Kassouf
Hyun-Ji Park
Jessica R. Hoffman
Michael E. Davis
author_facet Sruti Bheri
Brandon P. Kassouf
Hyun-Ji Park
Jessica R. Hoffman
Michael E. Davis
author_sort Sruti Bheri
title Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
title_short Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
title_full Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
title_fullStr Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
title_full_unstemmed Engineering Cardiac Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles with Thin-Film Hydration for Customized microRNA Loading
title_sort engineering cardiac small extracellular vesicle-derived vehicles with thin-film hydration for customized microrna loading
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/424be981ee8249c899480c50ab1d6afd
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