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Non-reversible tissue fixation retains extracellular vesicles for in situ imaging.

ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted nanosized particles with many biological functions and pathological associations. The inability to image EVs in fixed tissues has been a major limitation to understanding their role in healthy and diseased tissue microenvironments. Here, we show that crosslinking mammalian tissues with formaldehyde results in significant EV loss, which can be prevented by additional fixation with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) for visualization of EVs in a range of normal and cancer tissues.

SUBMITTER: Gupta MP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344330 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Non-reversible tissue fixation retains extracellular vesicles for in situ imaging.

Gupta Mrinali P MP Tandalam Sangeetha S Ostrager Shariss S Lever Alexander S AS Fung Angus R AR Hurley David D DD Alegre Gemstonn B GB Espinal Jasmin E JE Remmel H Lawrence HL Mukherjee Sushmita S Levine Benjamin M BM Robins Russell P RP Molina Henrik H Dill Brian D BD Kenific Candia M CM Tuschl Thomas T Lyden David D D'Amico Donald J DJ Pena John T G JTG

Nature methods 20191111 12

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted nanosized particles with many biological functions and pathological associations. The inability to image EVs in fixed tissues has been a major limitation to understanding their role in healthy and diseased tissue microenvironments. Here, we show that crosslinking mammalian tissues with formaldehyde results in significant EV loss, which can be prevented by additional fixation with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) for visualization of E ...[more]

PMID: 31712780

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Non-reversible tissue fixation retains extracellular vesicles for in situ imaging.

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