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  • Biotechnology
  • Molecular Imaging

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  • Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are natural nanocarriers with potential in nanomedicine.
  • Current EV characterization methods struggle with complexity and heterogeneity.
  • There is a need for single-particle analysis with molecular specificity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel fluidic super-resolution imaging platform for multiparametric analysis of individual EVs.
  • To investigate glycosylation patterns and membrane polarity of single EVs using multiplexed imaging.
  • To reveal heterogeneity in EVs derived from prostate cancer (PC3) cells.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a fluidic platform combined with spectral point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (sPAINT).
  • Employed Nile Red dye and fluorescent lectin probes for multiplexed single-molecule imaging.
  • Analyzed single extracellular vesicles derived from PC3 prostate cancer cells.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated multiplexed imaging of single EVs, mapping glycosylation and membrane polarity.
  • Revealed significant inter- and intraparticle heterogeneity in EV properties.
  • Observed polarity signatures indicative of ordered lipid domains within EVs.

Conclusions:

  • The developed sPAINT platform enables multiparametric analysis of individual EVs.
  • This approach uncovers EV subpopulations previously indistinguishable by bulk methods.
  • The findings highlight the complex nature of EVs and their potential for targeted nanomedicine applications.