PMID- 36339649 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221108 IS - 2768-2811 (Electronic) IS - 2768-2811 (Linking) VI - 1 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Apr TI - Single vesicle analysis of aqueous humor in pediatric ocular diseases reveals eye specific CD63-dominant subpopulations. LID - e36 [pii] LID - 10.1002/jex2.36 [doi] AB - Aqueous humor (AH), the clear fluid in front of the eye, maintains the pressure and vitality of ocular tissues. This fluid is accessible via the clear cornea which enables use of AH as a liquid biopsy source of biomarkers for intraocular disease. Extracellular vesicles are detectable in the AH and small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are present in the AH from adults. However, EVs in AH from pediatric eyes in vivo have never previously been explored. We know very little about the heterogeneity of AH EV populations in ocular disease. Twenty-seven processing-free AH samples from 19 patients across four different pediatric ocular diseases were subjected to Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) and Single Particle-Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor (SP-IRIS) analysis. NTA demonstrated the concentration of AH EV/EPs is 3.11 x 10(9)-1.38 x 10(10) particles/ml; the majority sized 76.8-103 nm. SP-IRIS revealed distinct patterns of tetraspanin expression of AH sEVs. An enriched mono-CD63+ sEV subpopulation identified in AH indicates this is a potential AH-specific biomarker. In the setting of retinoblastoma there was a more heterogeneous population of sEVs which normalized with treatment. This suggests a potential clinical application of direct measurement of sEV subpopulations in AH samples to monitor successful tumor response to therapy. FAU - Peng, Chen-Ching AU - Peng CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2703-1275 AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Im, Deborah AU - Im D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7126-4615 AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Sirivolu, Shreya AU - Sirivolu S AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Reiser, Bibiana AU - Reiser B AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Nagiel, Aaron AU - Nagiel A AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Neviani, Paolo AU - Neviani P AD - The Extracellular Vesicle Core at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Xu, Liya AU - Xu L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5501-2039 AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - Berry, Jesse L AU - Berry JL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8907-9100 AD - The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. AD - Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. LA - eng GR - K08 CA232344/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220420 PL - United States TA - J Extracell Biol JT - Journal of extracellular biology JID - 9918382980506676 PMC - PMC9632627 MID - NIHMS1815535 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aqueous humor OT - extracellular vesicles OT - ocular liquid biopsy OT - pediatric ocular disease OT - single vesicle analysis COIS- DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Drs. Berry, Xu have filed a provisional patent application entitled, Aqueous Humor Cell Free DNA for Diagnostic and Prognostic Evaluation of Ophthalmic Disease. Otherwise, the authors declare no potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2022/11/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/08 06:01 PMCR- 2022/11/03 CRDT- 2022/11/07 04:49 PHST- 2022/11/07 04:49 [entrez] PHST- 2022/11/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - e36 [pii] AID - 10.1002/jex2.36 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Extracell Biol. 2022 Apr;1(4):e36. doi: 10.1002/jex2.36. Epub 2022 Apr 20.