A Simple Benchtop Filtration Method to Isolate Small Extracellular Vesicles from Human Mesenchymal Stem CellsBenson Koh 1,2, Kian Leong Tan 3, Hong Hao Chan 4, Qi Hao Daniel Looi 2, Moon Nian Lim 5, Chee Wun How 4, Jia Xian Law 1, Jhi Biau Foo 6,7
1Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, 2My CytoHealth Sdn. Bhd., 3School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, 4School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, 5Haematology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research (IMR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, 6School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, 7Centre for Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology (CDDMP), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University
This protocol demonstrates how to isolate human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells' small extracellular vesicles (hUC-MSC-sEVs) with a simple lab-scale benchtop setting. The size distribution, protein concentration, sEVs markers, and morphology of isolated hUC-MSC-sEVs are characterized by nanoparticle tracking analysis, BCA protein assay, western blot, and transmission electron microscope, respectively.