Exosomes Released by Corneal Stromal Cells Show Molecular Alterations in Keratoconus Patients and Induce Different Cellular Behavior
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Tissue Samples
2.2. Isolation and Culture of Corneal Stromal Cells from Healthy Human Donor Corneas and Keratoconic Corneas
2.3. Corneal Epithelial Cell Lines
2.4. Exosome Purification
2.5. NanoSight Particle Size Analysis Using Dynamic Light Scattering
2.6. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
2.7. In-Gel Protein Digestion for Proteomic Analysis
2.8. Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometer Analysis (LC-ESI-MS/MS)
2.9. Proteomics Data Analysis and Sequence Search
2.10. Differential Protein Expression and Bioinformatics Analysis
2.11. Small RNA Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
2.12. Differential miRNA Expression and Bioinformatics Analysis
2.13. Cell Migration and Cell Proliferation Assays
2.14. Total RNA Isolation and cDNA Synthesis
2.15. qRT-PCR Reactions
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of Exosomes Derived from Corneal Stromal Cells
3.2. Proteomic Analysis of Normal Versus Keratoconus Stromal Cell Exosomes
3.3. miRNA Profile Analysis of Normal Versus Keratoconus Stromal Cell Exosomes
3.4. Effect of Exosomes on the Expression of Genes of Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans in Corneal Cells
3.5. Effect of Exosomes on Proliferation and Migration of Corneal Epithelial and Stromal Cells
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Protein Symbol | UniPROT | Description/Name | Keratoconus 1 | Normal 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|
A2M | H0YFH1 | Alpha-2-macroglobulin | 0.143755 | 0.117508 |
ACTB | G5E9R0 | Actin, cytoplasmic 1 | 3.044770 | 0.954318 |
ACTBL2 | Q562R1 | Beta-actin-like protein 2 | 0.472427 | 0.416883 |
AFP | J3KMX3 | Alpha-fetoprotein | 0.301108 | 0.197081 |
AHSG | C9JV77 | Alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein | 0.652708 | 0.543988 |
ANXA1 | Q5T3N0 | Annexin A1 | 0.952801 | 0.793662 |
ANXA2 | H0YNB8 | Annexin A2 | 4.321061 | 4.004153 |
ANXA5 | D6RBE9 | Annexin A5 | 1.281670 | 1.428309 |
APOA1 | F8W696 | Apolipoprotein A-I | 0.243717 | 0.184766 |
ART4 | H7C2G2 | NAD(P)(+)--arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase | 0.211927 | 0.191949 |
AZGP1 | H7BZJ8 | Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein | 0.144309 | 0.000000 |
C3 | M0QYC8 | Complement C3 | 0.271774 | 0.252169 |
C4A | A0A140TA32 | Complement C4-A | 0.104644 | 0.090665 |
CD44 | H0YE40 | CD44 antigen | 0.390023 | 0.203275 |
CLEC3B | E9PHK0 | Tetranectin | 0.732630 | 0.423420 |
COL1A2 | A0A087WTA8 | Collagen alpha-2(I) chain | 0.232500 | 0.127181 |
COL5A1 | H7BY82 | Collagen alpha-1(V) chain | 0.028984 | 0.076454 |
COL6A1 | P12109 | Collagen alpha-1(VI) chain | 0.444436 | 0.251104 |
COMP | G3XAP6 | Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein | 0.088188 | 0.056545 |
CTNNB1 | C9IZ65 | Catenin beta-1 | 0.048813 | 0.114816 |
CTSD | A0A7I2V2N3 | Cathepsin D | 0.349379 | 0.472076 |
DCD | P81605 | Dermcidin | 0.819703 | 0.595040 |
DSC1 | Q08554 | Desmocollin-1 | 0.086888 | 0.065345 |
DSG1 | Q02413 | Desmoglein-1 | 0.183173 | 0.328223 |
DSP | P15924 | Desmoplakin | 0.116647 | 0.199771 |
ENO1 | K7ERS8 | Alpha-enolase | 0.684927 | 0.537460 |
FBLN1 | B1AHM9 | Fibulin-1 | 0.114234 | 0.150116 |
FLG2 | Q5D862 | Filaggrin-2 | 0.022611 | 0.028105 |
FN1 | H0Y7Z1 | Fibronectin | 0.553519 | 0.321627 |
GAPDH | P04406 | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase | 1.253172 | 1.073777 |
GC | D6RF35 | Vitamin D-binding protein | 0.421269 | 0.310700 |
GNA13 | Q14344 | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-13 | 0.148349 | 0.108959 |
GNAS | A0A590UJ47 | Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas | 0.583043 | 1.155494 |
GSN | Q5T0H8 | Gelsolin | 0.208645 | 0.369956 |
HBA1 | P69905 | Hemoglobin subunit alpha | 1.045289 | 1.310054 |
HGFAC | D6RAR4 | Hepatocyte growth factor activator | 0.103574 | 0.026398 |
HRNR | Q86YZ3 | Hornerin | 0.013325 | 0.040701 |
HSP90AA1 | G3V2J8 | Heat shock protein HSP 90-alpha | 0.091852 | 0.117342 |
ITIH2 | Q5T987 | Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H2 | 0.190179 | 0.122103 |
ITIH3 | E7ET33 | Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H3 | 0.112654 | 0.136175 |
JUP | C9JPI2 | Junction plakoglobin | 0.342050 | 0.727787 |
LTF | E7EQB2 | Lactotransferrin | 0.227806 | 0.382644 |
LUM | P51884 | Lumican | 0.169542 | 0.164988 |
MFGE8 | H0YKS8 | Lactadherin | 0.516690 | 0.682248 |
MSN | P26038 | Moesin | 0.314202 | 0.178213 |
ODF2 | S4R462 | Outer dense fiber protein 2 | 0.029924 | 0.028792 |
PRDX2 | A6NIW5 | Peroxiredoxin-2 | 0.706698 | 0.840749 |
PRDX4 | A6NG45 | Peroxiredoxin-4 | 0.614590 | 0.491306 |
PTX3 | P26022 | Pentraxin-related protein PTX3 | 0.530573 | 0.309626 |
PZP | P20742 | Pregnancy zone protein | 0.059333 | 0.059923 |
RBP4 | Q5VY30 | Retinol binding protein 4, plasma, isoform CRA_b | 0.242353 | 0.167108 |
RPL4 | P36578 | 60S ribosomal protein L4 | 0.054390 | 0.076779 |
S100A7 | P31151 | Protein S100-A7 | 1.077940 | 1.636534 |
S100A8 | P05109 | Protein S100-A8 | 1.135480 | 1.176553 |
S100A9 | P06702 | Protein S100-A9 | 0.497486 | 1.321336 |
SERPINA7 | P05543 | Thyroxine-binding globulin | 0.210750 | 0.244745 |
SERPINB12 | Q96P63 | Serpin B12 | 0.177998 | 0.291514 |
SERPINB3 | P29508 | Serpin B3 | 0.353509 | 1.231848 |
SERPINC1 | P01008 | Antithrombin-III | 0.581404 | 0.580876 |
SERPINE1 | P05121 | Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 | 0.572236 | 0.286820 |
SERPINF1 | A0A0J9YXF9 | Pigment epithelium-derived factor | 0.270115 | 0.268728 |
SERPINF2 | A0A0J9YY65 | Alpha-2-antiplasmin | 0.137753 | 0.103781 |
SLC1A5 | M0R144 | Neutral amino acid transporter B(0) | 0.266010 | 0.215608 |
SLC3A2 | A0A7P0Z4P5 | 4F2 cell-surface antigen heavy chain | 0.235325 | 0.251178 |
TF | P02787 | Serotransferrin | 0.288676 | 0.193706 |
TGM3 | Q08188 | Protein-glutamine gamma-glutamyltransferase E | 0.303941 | 0.287802 |
THBS1 | A8MZG1 | Thrombospondin-1 | 0.258995 | 0.222754 |
THY1 | J3QRJ3 | Thy-1 membrane glycoprotein | 0.441508 | 0.244056 |
TIMP1 | Q5H9B5 | Metalloproteinase inhibitor 1 | 1.168873 | 0.669724 |
TRAPPC6A | O75865 | Trafficking protein particle complex subunit 6A | 0.000000 | 0.163156 |
TUBA1C | Q9BQE3 | Tubulin alpha-1C chain | 0.470637 | 0.439214 |
TUBB | P07437 | Tubulin beta chain | 0.215058 | 0.256739 |
TXN | P10599 | Thioredoxin | 0.306628 | 0.249533 |
VASH1 | Q7L8A9 | Vasohibin-1 | 0.074175 | 0.067182 |
VIM | B0YJC4 | Vimentin | 0.262035 | 0.516628 |
YWHAE | I3L3T1 | 14-3-3 protein epsilon | 0.250273 | 0.310520 |
miRNA | Protein Symbol | UniPROT | Description/Name |
---|---|---|---|
hsa-miR-2355-3p | ACTN1 | P12814 | Alpha-actinin-1 |
hsa-miR-183-5p | FNDC3B | Q53EP0 | Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 3B |
hsa-miR-455-3p | NFIB | O00712 | Nuclear factor 1 B-type |
hsa-miR-3377 | SORL1 | Q92673 | Sortilin-related receptor |
hsa-miR-3192-5p | TIMP3 | P35625 | Metalloproteinase inhibitor 3 |
hsa-miR-34a-3p | TNF | P01375 | Tumor necrosis factor |
hsa-miR-183-5p | ZEB1 | P37275 | Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 |
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Lozano, V.; Martín, C.; Blanco, N.; Alcalde, I.; Fernandez-Vega Cueto, L.; Merayo-Lloves, J.; Quirós, L.M. Exosomes Released by Corneal Stromal Cells Show Molecular Alterations in Keratoconus Patients and Induce Different Cellular Behavior. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 2348. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102348
Lozano V, Martín C, Blanco N, Alcalde I, Fernandez-Vega Cueto L, Merayo-Lloves J, Quirós LM. Exosomes Released by Corneal Stromal Cells Show Molecular Alterations in Keratoconus Patients and Induce Different Cellular Behavior. Biomedicines. 2022; 10(10):2348. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102348
Chicago/Turabian StyleLozano, Víctor, Carla Martín, Noelia Blanco, Ignacio Alcalde, Luis Fernandez-Vega Cueto, Jesús Merayo-Lloves, and Luis M. Quirós. 2022. "Exosomes Released by Corneal Stromal Cells Show Molecular Alterations in Keratoconus Patients and Induce Different Cellular Behavior" Biomedicines 10, no. 10: 2348. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102348