This work has been funded in part by NIH grants 3RF1AG064250 and R44CA239845.

All urine samples were collected from healthy individuals after informed consent. The experiments were compliant with all ethical standards involving human samples and conform to the guidelines from Purdue University Human Research Protection Program.
1. Sample collection
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	<li>Centrifuge 12 mL of urine sample in a 15 mL conical centrifuge tube for 10 min at 2,500 x g, 4 &#176;C to remove cell debris and large apoptotic bodies.</li>
	<li>Transfer 10 mL of the su...

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Effective EV isolation is an essential prerequisite to detecting low-abundant proteins and phosphoproteins in EVs. Despite the development of numerous methods to fulfill this need, the majority still suffer from limitations such as poor recovery or low reproducibility, which impede their utilization in large-scale studies and routine clinical settings. DUC is generally considered as the most common method for EV isolation, and the additional washing steps are normally applied to help increase the purity of target EVs<sup...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-encapsulated nanoparticles secreted by all types of cells and are present in biofluids such as blood, urine, saliva, etc.1,2,3,4. EVs carry a cargo of diverse bioactive molecules which reflect the physiological and pathological state of their host cells and, therefore function as crucial factors in disease progression4,5,6. Moreover, extensive studies have established that EV-based disease markers can be identified prior to the onset of symptoms or the physiological detection of tumors5,6,7.
Phosphorylation acts as a key mechanism in cellular signaling and regulation. Therefore, phosphoproteins provide a valuable source for biomarker discovery as aberrant phosphorylation events are associated with dysregulated cellular signaling pathways and metastatic disease development such as cancer8,9,10. Although profiling phosphorylation dynamics allows for the identification of disease-specific phosphoprotein signatures as potential biomarkers, the low abundance and dynamic nature of phosphoproteins pose major challenges in developing phosphoproteins as biomarkers11,12. Notably, the low-abundant phosphoproteins encapsulated within EVs are protected from external enzymatic digestion in the extracellular environment8. Consequently, EVs and EV-derived phosphoproteins offer an ideal source for biomarker discovery in the early-stage detection of cancer and other diseases.
Although analysis of protein phosphorylation in EVs offers a valuable resource for understanding cancer signaling and early-stage disease diagnosis, the lack of efficient EV isolation methods presents a major barrier. EV isolation is commonly achieved through differential ultracentrifugation (DUC)13. However, this method is time-consuming and is not suitable for clinical implications due to low throughput and poor reproducibility13,14. Alternative EV isolation approaches, such as polymer-induced precipitation15, are limited by low specificity due to co-precipitation of non-EV proteins. Affinity-based approaches, including antibody-based affinity capture16 and affinity filtration17, offer enhanced specificity but are restricted to a relatively low recovery rate due to small volume.
To address the issues in exploring phosphoprotein dynamics in EVs, our group has developed extracellular vesicles total recovery and purification (EVtrap) technique based on chemical affinity to capture EVs onto functionalized magnetic beads18. Previous results have demonstrated that this magnetic bead-based EV isolation method is highly effective in isolating EVs from a wide range of biofluid samples and is able to achieve much higher EV yield while minimizing contamination compared to DUC and other existing isolation methods18,19. We have successfully utilized EVtrap and a titanium-based phosphopeptide enrichment method developed by our group20 to profile the phosphoproteome of EVs derived from diverse biofluids and to detect potential phosphoprotein biomarkers for various diseases19,21,22.
Here, we present a protocol based on EVtrap for the isolation of circulating EVs. The protocol focuses on the urinary EVs. We also demonstrate the characterization of isolated EVs using western blotting. We then detail the sample preparation and mass spectrometry (MS) acquisition for both proteomics and phosphoproteomics analyses. This protocol provides an efficient and reproducible workflow for profiling the urinary EV proteome and phosphoproteome, which will facilitate further studies on EVs and their clinical applications23.

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			<td>1.5 mL microcentrifuge tube</td>
			<td>Life Science Products</td>
			<td>M-1700C-LB</td>
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			<td>1.5 mL tube magnetic separator rack</td>
			<td>Sergi Lab Supplies</td>
			<td>1005</td>
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			<td>15 mL conical centrifuge tube</td>
			<td>Corning&#160;</td>
			<td>352097</td>
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			<td>15 mL tube magnetic separator rack</td>
			<td>Sergi Lab Supplies</td>
			<td>1002</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody</td>
			<td>Cell Signaling Technology</td>
			<td>7074P2</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Benchtop incubated shaker</td>
			<td>Bioer</td>
			<td>DIS-87999-3367802</td>
			<td>Bioer Thermocell Mixing Block MB-101</td>
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			<td>CD9 (D3H4P) Rabbit mAb</td>
			<td>Cell Signaling Technology</td>
			<td>13403S</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Chloroacetamide</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>C0267-100G</td>
			<td>Used for alkylation of reduced sulfide groups. Freshly prepare 400 mM in water as stock solution.</td>
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			<td>Ethyl acetate&#160;</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific&#160;</td>
			<td>E145-4</td>
			<td>Precipitates detergents</td>
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			<td>Evosep One&#160;</td>
			<td>Evosep</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Liquid chromatography system</td>
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			<td>Evotips</td>
			<td>Evosep</td>
			<td>EV2013</td>
			<td>Sample loading for Evosep One system&#160;</td>
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			<td>EVtrap</td>
			<td>Tymora Analytical</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Functionalized magnetic beads, loading buffer, and washing buffer&#160;</td>
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			<td>Immobilon-FL PVDF Membrane</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>IPFL00010</td>
			<td>Blotting membrane&#160;</td>
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			<td>NuPAGE 4-12% Bis-Tris Gel</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>NP0322BOX</td>
			<td>Invitrogen NuPAGE 4 to 12%, Bis-Tris, 1.0 mm, Mini Protein Gel, 12-well</td>
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			<td>NuPAGE LDS Sample Buffer (4X)</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>NP0007</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>PBS</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>10010023</td>
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			<td>Pepsep C18 15 x 75 x 1.9</td>
			<td>Bruker&#160;</td>
			<td>1893473</td>
			<td>Separation column&#160;</td>
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			<td>Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail 2</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>P5726-5ML</td>
			<td>100X, Phosphotase inhibitor.</td>
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			<td>Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail 3</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>P0044-1ML</td>
			<td>100X,&#160; Phosphotase inhibitor.&#160;</td>
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			<td>Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>23225</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Pierce ECL Western Blotting Substrate</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>32106</td>
			<td>HRP substrate&#160;</td>
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			<td>PolyMAC phosphopeptide enrichment kit</td>
			<td>Tymora Analytical</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Polymer-based metal ion affinity capture (PolyMAC) for phosphopeptide enrichment</td>
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			<td>Sodium deoxycholate&#160;</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>D6750-10G</td>
			<td>Detergent for lysis buffer. Prepare 120 mM in water as stock solution.</td>
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			<td>Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate&#160;</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>L9150-50G</td>
			<td>Detergent for lysis buffer. Prepare 120 mM in water as stock solution.</td>
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			<td>timsTOF HT</td>
			<td>Bruker</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Trapped ion-mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry</td>
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			<td>TopTip C-18 (10-200 &#956;L) tips&#160;</td>
			<td>Glygen</td>
			<td>TT2C18.96</td>
			<td>Desalting method</td>
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			<td>Triethylamine</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>471283-100ML</td>
			<td>For EV elution.&#160;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Triethylammonium bicabonate buffer</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>T7408-100ML</td>
			<td>1 M</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Trifluoroacetic acid</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>302031-100ML</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tris-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride</td>
			<td>Sigma -Aldrich</td>
			<td>C4706</td>
			<td>Used for reducion of disulfide bonds. Prepare 200 mM in water as stock solution. Aliquot the stock solution into small volume and store it in at-20&#176;C (avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles).</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Trypsin/Lys-C MIX</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>PIA41007</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

chemical affinity-based isolation of extracellular vesicles from biofluids for proteomics and phosphoproteomics analysis

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) from biofluids have recently gained significant attention in the field of liquid biopsy. Released by almost every type of cell, they provide a real-time snapshot of host cells and contain a wealth of molecular information, including proteins, in particular those with post-translational modifications (PTMs) such as phosphorylation, as the main player of cellular functions and disease onset and progression. However, the isolation of EVs from biofluids remains challenging due to low yields and impurities from current EV isolation methods, making the downstream analysis of EV cargo, such as EV phosphoproteins, difficult. Here, we describe a rapid and effective EV isolation method based on functionalized magnetic beads for EV isolation from biofluids such as human urine and downstream proteomics and phosphoproteomics analysis following EV isolation. The protocol enabled a high recovery yield of urinary EVs and sensitive profiles of EV proteome and phosphoproteome. Furthermore, the versatility of this protocol and relevant technical considerations are also addressed here.

Author Spotlight: Advancing EVtrap for High-Throughput Proteomics in Disease Biomarker Discovery 

Chemical Affinity-Based Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles from Biofluids for Proteomics and Phosphoproteomics Analysis

We are working on extracellular vesicle-based biomarker discovery. One important step is to isolate them efficiently and selectively. EVtrap, which is based on magnetic bead-based separation, can really help us by providing high throughput, easy to use, in particular, easy for clinical applications.We have been using this protocol for discovery in proteins and the phosphoprotein biomarkers for different diseases such as breast cancer, kidney cancers, and Parkinson's Disease. This biomarker is derived from biofluid. EVs can potentially be used for liquid biopsies, which can further improve clinical diagnosis and the treatment.Currently, the most commonly used approach for extracellular vesicle isolation are ultracentrifugation and precipitation, but those methods are limited to co-isolation of contaminants and also low efficiency. So our EVtrap method will provide a more effective way for isolating EVs, which will allow for a more reproducible and sensitive method and also will benefit downstream analysis. We are working on two things.First, we are continue developing the methods and protocols for EV isolation and a downstream analysis, in particular, a mass backup-based analysis. Second one is we are exploring different application in clinical field because of the advantage by the EVtrap.

This protocol demonstrates a comprehensive workflow from the isolation of EVs to downstream proteomics and phosphoproteomics analyses (Figure 1). The triplicate urine samples were subjected to EV isolation. The isolated EVs were characterized by western blotting and subsequently processed for mass spectrometry-based proteomics sample preparation including protein extraction, enzymatic digestion, and peptide cleanup. For phosphoproteomics analysis, the phosphopeptides were further enriched ba...

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The present protocol provides detailed descriptions for the efficient isolation of urinary extracellular vesicles utilizing functionalized magnetic beads. Moreover, it encompasses subsequent analyses, including western blotting, proteomics, and phosphoproteomics.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) from biofluids have recently gained significant attention in the field of liquid biopsy. Released by almost every type of ...

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