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. 2020 Dec 9;21(24):9366. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249366

Table 1.

Overview of revised publications related to adipose tissue EVs protein cargo characterization. Reference, method of EV isolation, type of protein analysis, type of cell/tissue or circulating analysis, species, and propose EVs markers are shown. dUC: differential ultracentrifugation; SDG: Sucrose density grandient; UF: ultrafiltration; TEIR: total exosome isolation reagent; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry; SWATH: sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; MV: microvesicles; EXO: exosomes; CRP: C-reative protein; ICAM-1: intercellular adhesion molecule 1; DDP-4: dipeptidyl peptidase-4; GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; MSCs: mesenchymal stem cells; VAT: visceral adipose tissue; SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue.

Ref Isolation Method Type of Protein Analysis Cell/Tissue Type/Circulating Species EVs Markers
Cultured adipocytes
Kranendonk et al., 2014 [22] dUC Immunoblot + multiplex immunoassay Simpson Golabi Behmel Syndrome (SGBS) adipocytes cell line Human FABP4, adiponectin, TNF-α, MCSF, RBP4, MIF
Hartwing et al., 2019 [42] UF + dUC NanoLC-MS/MS Human primary adipocytes from lean to moderate overweight woman Human Adiponectin, FABP4, metalloproteases
Lazar et al., 2016 [31] SDG NanoLC-MS/MS 3T3-F442A adipocyte cell line Mouse ECHA, HCDH (FAO INVOLVED)
Durcin et al., 2017 [43] dUC NanoLC-MS/MS 3T3-L1 adipocyte cell line Mouse L-Evs: FABP4, 14-3-3, Annexin A2, endoplasmin, actinin-4
sEVs: MVP, FAS, adiponectin
Camino et al., 2020 [15] dUC Nano-LC/MS-MS + SWATH C3H10T1/2 adipocyte cell line: models of IR and lipid hypertrophy Mouse Ceruloplasmin, mimecan, perilipin 1, TFGBI
Lee et al., 2015 [44] dUC NanoLC-MS/MS+ label-free Obese diabetic and obese nondiabetic adipocytes of Otsuka Long-Evans Tokusima Fatty (OLETF) primary cell culture Rat Caveolin, LPL, AQ7
Cultured adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Eirin et al., 2016 [45] dUC LC-MS/MS MSCs from abdominal fat Porcine C2, VEGF, vWF (vonWillebrand factor)
Xing et al., 2020 [46] dUC LC-MS/MS Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) Mouse Tissue repair
Adipose tissue explants
Kranendonk et al., 2014 [22] dUC Adipokine profile array Subjects undergoing surgery for aneurysmatic aortic disease (obese/overweight) Human MCP-1, IL-6, and MIF in omental AT vs. subc
Jayabalan et al., 2019 [47] dUC LC-MS/MS(SWATH) Omental adipose tissue from woman with GDM after baby delivery Human Proteins related to glucose metabolism
Camino et al., 2020 [48] dUC NanoLC-MS/MS (SWATH) Visceral and Subcutaneous whole AT explants from obese Human VAT: TGFBI, CAVN1, CD14, mimecan, thrombospondin-1, FABP-4,AHNAK/↓Syntenin 1
Zhang Y et al., 2020 [49] TEIR LC-MS/MS Inguinal fat pads obese Sprague-Dawley rats Rat NPM3, DAD1and STEAP3
Circulating EVs
Kranendonk et al., 2014 [50] ExoQuick Multiplex immunoassay Circulating:plasma patients with vascular disease Human Cystatin C positive related to obesity metabolic complications/CD14 negative related
Kobayashi et al., 2018 [51] qEV column Immunoblot Circulating: plasma patients with metabolic disease Human Perilipin 1 elevated with metab risk factors
Amosse et al., 2018 [52] dUC Protein arrays/multiplex Circulating MVs and EXO plasma from metabolic syndrome patients Human Adiponectin, adipsin, cathepsin D, CRP, ICAM-1 chemerin, DDP-4 among others.
Witczak et al., 2018 [53] dUC Immunoassay Circulating plasma obese before and after bariatric surgery Human FABP4
Phoonsawat et al., 2014 [54] dUC Immunoblot/ELISA Circulating: serum obese mice Mouse Adiponectin, resistin