Laboratory of Molecular Angiogenesis, GIGA-R, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
RNA. 2018 Mar;24(3):423-435. doi: 10.1261/rna.064352.117. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles of around 100 nm of diameter produced by most cell types. These vesicles carry nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and other biomolecules and function as carriers of biological information in processes of extracellular communication. The content of exosomes is regulated by the external and internal microenvironment of the parent cell, but the intrinsic mechanisms of loading of molecules into exosomes are still not completely elucidated. In this study, by the use of next-generation sequencing we have characterized in depth the RNA composition of healthy endothelial cells and exosomes and provided an accurate profile of the different coding and noncoding RNA species found per compartment. We have also discovered a set of unique genes preferentially included (or excluded) into vesicles. Moreover, after studying the enrichment of RNA motifs in the genes unequally distributed between cells and exosomes, we have detected a set of enriched sequences for several classes of RNA. In conclusion, our results provide the basis for studying the involvement of RNA-binding proteins capable of recognizing RNA sequences and their role in the export of RNAs into exosomes.
外泌体是直径约 100nm 的小细胞外囊泡,由大多数细胞类型产生。这些囊泡携带核酸、蛋白质、脂质和其他生物分子,并在细胞外通讯过程中充当生物信息的载体。外泌体的内容受亲代细胞的内外微环境调节,但分子加载到外泌体中的内在机制仍不完全清楚。在这项研究中,我们通过使用下一代测序技术,深入描述了健康内皮细胞和外泌体的 RNA 组成,并提供了每个隔室中发现的不同编码和非编码 RNA 种类的准确图谱。我们还发现了一组优先包含(或排除)在囊泡中的独特基因。此外,在研究了在细胞和外泌体之间不均匀分布的基因中的 RNA 基序富集后,我们检测到了几类 RNA 的一组富集序列。总之,我们的结果为研究能够识别 RNA 序列的 RNA 结合蛋白的参与及其在将 RNA 输出到外泌体中的作用提供了基础。