Effects of lysate/tissue storage at −80°C on subsequently extracted EVs of epithelial ovarian cancer tissue origins
Shizhen Shen,
Zhangjin Shen,
Conghui Wang,
Xiaodong Wu,
Lingfang Wang,
Lele Ye,
Songfa Zhang,
Xiaodong Cheng
Affiliations
Shizhen Shen
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Zhangjin Shen
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Conghui Wang
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Xiaodong Wu
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Lingfang Wang
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Lele Ye
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Songfa Zhang
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Corresponding author
Xiaodong Cheng
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Therapy for Major Gynecological Diseases, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Corresponding author
Summary: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) and large extracellular vesicles (lEVs), play vital roles in intercellular communication. We optimized a method that extracts EVs from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) tissues for the purpose of investigating whether cryopreservation of EOC tissues affects the phenotypes, contents, and biological functions of extracted EVs. EV morphology, the number and size distribution of EVs, and EV-related markers were analyzed. Storage of lysates at −80°C decreased lEV yield and increased sEV yield, whereas storage of tissues at −80°C increased both sEV and lEV yields; neither changed the morphology or particle mass ratio of EVs. The two cryopreservation groups retained over 90% of proteins and 80% of miRNAs detected in the “fresh” group. EVs extracted following lysate/tissue storage at −80°C could also promote angiogenesis and invasive migration ability in human endothelial cells. Cryopreserved EOC tissue may benefit clinical applications for studies of tissue-derived EVs, especially EV proteins-related ones.
