Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles from Dried Blood Spots

Overview

Journal Front Med Technol

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2025 Feb 11

PMID 39931421

Authors

Rikke Baek

Jenni Kathrine Sloth

Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

Getnet Midekessa

Malene Moller Jorgensen

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Abstract

This protocol paper describes how to extract small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from dried blood spots (DBS). The methodology is described in detail and offers further evidence that the extracted particles are sEVs using western blotting (anti-CD9, CD63 and CD81) and fluorescence nanoparticle tracking analysis (fNTA). In addition, we present evidence that approximately 40% of the sEVs were recovered from DBS compared with EVs analyzed from plasma directly. The protocol proves to be robust, reliable and displays very interesting performances even after several weeks (up to 3 weeks) of storage of the DBS when analyzing the sEVs using protein microarray for the presence of the markers CD9, CD63, CD81, EpCAM, Flotilin-1, CD62E/P, CD142 and CD235a. These findings have important implications for using sEVs as future potential diagnostic tools by supporting the validity of less-invasive methods that can be implemented within vulnerable populations or in the field.

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