Flow Cytometric Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from Cell-conditioned MediaCarolina Balbi *1, Sara Bolis *1, Giuseppe Vassalli 1,2,3, Lucio Barile 1
1Cellular and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation, Switzerland, 2Molecular Cardiology Institute, Dept. of Cardiology, University of Zürich, 3Faculty of Biomedical Science, Università Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
The protocol describes a reproducible method designed for use with cell culture supernatants to detect surface epitopes on small extracellular vesicles (EV). It utilizes specific EV immunoprecipitation using beads coupled with antibodies that recognize surface antigen CD9, CD63, and CD81. The method is optimized for downstream flow cytometry analysis.
