CRISPR/Cas13a-Based MicroRNA Detection in Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in extracellular vesicles (EVs) play essential roles in cancer initiation and progression. Quantitative measurements of EV miRNAs are critical for cancer diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring. Traditional PCR-based methods, however, require multi-step procedures and remain as bulk analysis. Here, the authors introduce an amplification-free and extraction-free EV miRNA detection method using a CRISPR/Cas13a sensing system. CRISPR/Cas13a sensing components are encapsulated in liposomes and delivered them into EVs through liposome-EV fusion. This allows for accurately quantify specific miRNA-positive EV counts using 1 × 108  EVs. The authors show that miR-21-5p-positive EV counts are in the range of 2%-10% in ovarian cancer EVs, which is significantly higher than the positive EV counts from the benign cells (<0.65%). The result show an excellent correlation between bulk analysis with the gold-standard method, RT-qPCR. The authors also demonstrate multiplexed protein-miRNA analysis in tumor-derived EVs by capturing EpCAM-positive EVs and quantifying miR-21-5p-positive ones in the subpopulation, which show significantly higher counts in the plasma of cancer patients than healthy controls. The developed EV miRNA sensing system provides the specific miRNA detection method in intact EVs without RNA extraction and opens up the possibility of multiplexed single EV analysis for protein and RNA markers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) - 10(2023), 24 vom: 20. Aug., Seite e2301766

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hong, Jae-Sang [VerfasserIn]
Son, Taehwang [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Cesar M [VerfasserIn]
Im, Hyungsoon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CRISPR
Cas13a
Extracellular vesicle
Journal Article
Liposome
MicroRNA
MicroRNAs
Ovarian cancer
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 29.08.2023

Date Revised 30.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/advs.202301766

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358420946