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Adiponectin is partially associated with exosomes in mouse serum

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Phoonsawat, Worrawalan, Aoki-Yoshida, Ayako, Tsuruta, Takeshi, Sonoyama, Kei·2014·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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Exosomes are membrane vesicles 30-120 nm in diameter that are released by many cell types and carry a cargo of proteins, lipids, mRNA, and microRNA. Cultured adipocytes reportedly release exosomes that may play a role in cell-to-cell communication during the development of metabolic diseases. However, the characteristics and function of exosomes released from adipocytes in vivo remain to be elucidated. Clearly, adipocyte-derived exosomes could exist in the circulation and may be associated with adipocyte-specific proteins such as adipocytokines. We isolated exosomes from serum of mice by differential centrifugation and analyzed adiponectin, leptin, and resistin in the exosome fraction. Western blotting detected adiponectin but no leptin and only trace amounts of resistin in the exosome fraction. The adiponectin signal in the exosome fraction was decreased by proteinase K treatment and completely quenched by a combination of proteinase K and Triton X-100. Quantitative ELISA showed that the exosome fraction contains considerable amounts of adiponectin, but not leptin or resistin. The concentration of adiponectin in the serum and the ratio of adiponectin to total protein in the exosome fraction were lower in obese mice than in lean mice. These results suggest that a portion of adiponectin exists as a transmembrane protein in the exosomes in mouse serum. We propose adiponectin as a marker of exosomes released from adipocytes in vivo.

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  • Cartonectin is a new cytokine, a paralog of adiponectin, contained as a transmembrane protein in adipocyte-released EVs and in EVs isolated from serum.

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Authors
Phoonsawat, W., Aoki-Yoshida, A., Tsuruta, T., & Sonoyama, K.
Affiliations
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (JP)
Corresponding author
Sonoyama, Kei
Venue
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-06
Volume
448
Issue
3
Pages
261-266
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2063546021
Cited by
99
References
31
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FWCI
3.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion)
  • Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (23380069)
  • Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
adiponectin, exosomes, adipocytes, serum exosomes, leptin, resistin, adipokines, transmembrane proteins, obesity, mouse serum
MeSH terms
Animals, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Obese, Molecular Weight, Obesity, Biomarkers, Adipocytes, Leptin, Mice, Adiponectin, Resistin, Exosomes, Tetraspanin 30

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