Extracellular Vesicles from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (imEVs) Improve Cold Preservation of Isolated Mitochondria

Jiang, Xianpeng and Rodin, Sergey and Braesch-Andersen, Ken and Baucom, Catherine C. and Grinnemo, Karl-Henrik and Segal, Brent (2024) Extracellular Vesicles from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (imEVs) Improve Cold Preservation of Isolated Mitochondria. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 12 (01). pp. 52-63. ISSN 2327-5081

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Abstract

Mitochondrial organelle transplantation (MOT) is an innovative strategy for the treatment of mitochondrial dysfunction such as cardiac ischemic reperfusion injuries, Parkinson’s diseases, brain and spinal cord injuries, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, one of the major challenges for widespread usage is a methodology for preservation of isolated mitochondria. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are phospholipid bilayer-enclosed vesicles released from cells. EVs carry a cargo of proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, metabolites, and even organelles such as mitochondria. Purpose: To test if EVs enhance the stability of isolated mitochondria. Methods: We mixed isolated mitochondria of fibroblasts with EVs of mesenchymal stromal cells (imEVs) (9:1 in volume) and stored the mixture at 2°C - 6°C for different time periods. We measured morphology, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and mitochondrial ATP content at 0, 2, 5 days. Key findings: After 2 days of storage, the mito-chondria without imEVs lost approximate 70% MMP (RFU: 1822 ± 68), compared to the fresh mitochondria (RFU: 5458 ± 52) (p < 0.01). However, MMP of the mitochondria mixed with imEVs (RFU: 6786 ± 291) was even slightly higher than MMP of the fresh mitochondria (RFU: 5962 ± 222) (p > 0.05). In agreement with MMP, mitochondria without imEVs lost significant mitochondrial ATP content (p < 0.01), but the mitochondria with imEVs addi-tion preserved at least 90% mitochondrial ATP (p > 0.05), after 2 days of cold storage, compared to fresh mitochondria. Microscopy showed that imEVs promoted aggregation of isolated mitochondria. Summary: The preliminary data showed that imEVs enhanced the stability of isolated mitochondria in cold storage.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Institute Archives > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2024 04:20
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2024 04:20
URI: http://eprint.subtopublish.com/id/eprint/3988

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