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Author Spotlight: Standardizing and Improving the Extraction and Purification of Extracellular Vesicles from Human ADSCs
Published on: May 3, 2024
Extracellular vesicles are carriers of adiponectin with insulin-sensitizing and anti-inflammatory properties
Alexia Blandin1, Jérémy Amosse2, Josy Froger3
1L'Institut du Thorax, CNRS, INSERM, Nantes Université, 44000 Nantes, France; Université Angers, SFR ICAT, 49000 Angers, France; L'institut du Thorax, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Nantes, Nantes Université, 44000 Nantes, France.
Abstract:
Recent evidence supporting that adipose tissue (AT)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry an important part of the AT secretome led us to characterize the EV-adipokine profile. In addition to evidencing a high AT-derived EV secretion ability that is further increased by obesity, we identify enrichment of oligomeric forms of adiponectin in small EVs (sEVs). This adipokine is mainly distributed at the EV external surface as a result of nonspecific adsorption of soluble adiponectin. EVs also constitute stable conveyors of adiponectin in the blood circulation. Adiponectin-enriched sEVs display in vitro insulin-sensitizing effects by binding to regular adiponectin receptors. Adoptive transfer of adiponectin-enriched sEVs in high-fat-diet-fed mice prevents animals from gaining weight and ameliorated insulin resistance and tissue inflammation, with major effects observed in the AT and liver. Our results therefore provide information regarding adiponectin-related metabolic responses by highlighting EVs as delivery platforms of metabolically active forms of adiponectin molecules.
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