Figure 4.
Isolation of syncytiotrophoblast extracellular vesicles (STB-EVs) from venous plasma. A, Diagram summarizing protocol for STB-EV isolation: plasma preparation, 10 000g centrifugation to isolate medium-large extracellular vesicles (MLEVs), immuno-isolation using magnetic beads coated with antibody to placental alkaline phosphatase (NDOG2). B, Relative expression of miR518 in EVs isolated from 3 samples using above technique (from left to right: pregnant plasma using beads coated with NDOG2; nonpregnant plasma spiked with perfusion STB-EVs using beads coated with NDOG2; pregnant plasma using beads without NDOG2 coating). Bars represent median, error bars represent interquartile range. C, Relative expression of 5′-tRF-Glu-CTC (tRF-A) in perfusion-derived STB-EVs (not gestation-matched, reproduced from Figure 2B for comparison) and gestation-matched peripheral venous plasma STB-EVs from women with early onset preeclampsia (n=14) and normotensive pregnancies (n=12).