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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2024

Extracellular vesicles, including large translating vesicles called midbody remnants, are released during the cell cycle.

Smit A Patel, Sungjin Park, Dantong Zhu, Elizabeth E Torr, Ashley-Grace Dureke, Alina McIntyre, Nadiya Muzyka, Jackson Severson, Ahna R Skop

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Condensates on the Move: Midbody Remnants as Large, Translation-Competent Extracellular Vesicles.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Smit A PatelLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Sungjin ParkLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Dantong ZhuLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Elizabeth E TorrLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Ashley-Grace DurekeLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Alina McIntyreLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Nadiya MuzykaLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Jackson SeversonLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Ahna R SkopLaboratory of Genetics, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.ORCID 0000-0003-3522-4939

Funding

Functional analysis of mammalian midbody RNA in post-mitotic signaling functionsR01GM139695 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SKOP, AHNA RENEE · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM139695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play crucial roles in cell-cell communication, but the biogenesis of large EVs has remained elusive. Here, we show that the biogenesis of large EVs (>800 nm-2 µm) occurs predominantly through the completion of successful cytokinesis, and the majority of large EVs are midbody remnants (MBRs) with translation activity, and the unique marker MKLP1. Blocking the cell cycle or cytokinesis, genetically or chemically, significantly decreases MBRs and large (800 nm-2 µm), medium (500-800 nm), and small (<300 nm) EVs, suggesting that proliferative cells can also generate all sizes of EVs. The canonical EV markers including CD9, CD63, CD81 localize to the spindle midzone, midbody, and MBRs, suggesting that these markers are not specific for detecting EVs exclusively. Importantly, all commonly used EV isolation methods isolate MBRs, confounding previous EV research. Last, isolated MBRs maintain translation activity regardless of the isolation method. We propose a model for the biogenesis of EVs throughout the cell cycle and suggest that some large EVs are primarily generated from mitotic cells. The discovery of MBRs as a unique class of large, translating EVs has implications for using them as cancer diagnostic markers and for engineering them for therapeutic cargo delivery during mitosis.

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Cell CycleCytokinesisExtracellular VesiclesBiomarkersCell CommunicationHeLa CellsHumansSpindle ApparatusTetraspanin 29Tetraspanin 30BiomarkersTetraspanin 29Tetraspanin 30

Identifiers

PMID39535882
PMCPMC11656471

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