Sep 15, 2022
  • Silvia Cerri1
  • 11Laboratory of Functional Neurochemistry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Protocol CitationSilvia Cerri 2022. Plasma Exosome Isolation. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.81wgb7xnqvpk/v1
License: This is an open access  protocol  distributed under the terms of the  Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: December 02, 2020
Last Modified: May 31, 2024
Protocol  Integer ID: 45157
Keywords: exosome, isolation, plasma, EV, extracellular vesicles, ASAPCRN, plasma exosome isolation, plasma exosome isolation this protocol details method, isolation of small extracellular vesicle, small extracellular vesicle
Abstract
This protocol details methods for the isolation of small extracellular vesicles from plasma.
Materials
Materials
  • 13mm sterile syringe filters with a 0.8 µm Supor (PES) membrane
  • 13mm sterile syringe filters with 0.2 mm Supor (PES) membrane
  • 1X PBS

Equipment
  • Ultracentrifuge
Safety warnings
Please refer to the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for health and environmental hazards.
Before start
Keep samples On ice during the entire procedure!

Plasma Exosome Isolation
2h 30m
Incubate plasma samples (starting volume: 1-1.5ml) On ice for complete thaw.

Filter samples through a 13mm sterile syringe filters with a 0.8 µm Supor (PES) membrane.
Centrifuge at 20000 x g, 4°C, 01:00:00 to remove large extracellular vesicles.

Collect the supernatant and filter it through 13mm sterile syringe filters with 0.2 mm Supor (PES) membrane.
Centrifuge at 100000 x g, 4°C, 01:00:00 to pellet small extracellular vesicles.

Remove the supernatant, resuspend the pellet in 1 mL 1X PBS and repeat the previous step (repeated again in the next step for convenience).
Note
This step is optional, according the final application of the pellet.

Centrifuge at 100000 x g, 4°C, 01:00:00 to pellet small extracellular vesicles.

Process the pellet according to the type of analysis.