PMID- 37502906 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231113 DP - 2023 Jul 19 TI - Analysis of small EV proteomes reveals unique functional protein networks regulated by VAP-A. LID - 2023.07.18.549588 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2023.07.18.549588 [doi] AB - Extracellular vesicles (EVs) influence cell phenotypes and functions via protein, nucleic acid and lipid cargoes. EVs are heterogeneous, due to diverse biogenesis mechanisms that remain poorly understood. Our previous study revealed that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane contact site (MCS) linker protein VAP-A drives biogenesis of a subset of RNA-enriched EVs. Here, we examine the protein content of VAP-A-regulated EVs. Using label-free proteomics, we identified down- and up-regulated proteins in sEVs purified from VAP-A knockdown (KD) colon cancer cells. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) of the data revealed protein classes that are differentially sorted to SEVs dependent on VAP-A. STRING protein-protein interaction network analysis of the RNA-binding protein (RBP) gene set identified several RNA functional machineries that are downregulated in VAP-A KD EVs, including ribosome, spliceosome, mRNA surveillance, and RNA transport proteins. We also observed downregulation of other functionally interacting protein networks, including cadherin-binding, unfolded protein binding, and ATP-dependent proteins. FAU - Barman, Bahnisikha AU - Barman B AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. AD - Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. FAU - Ramirez, Marisol AU - Ramirez M AD - Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. FAU - Dawson, T Renee AU - Dawson TR AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. AD - Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. FAU - Liu, Qi AU - Liu Q AD - Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. FAU - Weaver, Alissa M AU - Weaver AM AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. AD - Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. LA - eng GR - P01 CA229123/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Preprint DEP - 20230719 PL - United States TA - bioRxiv JT - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology JID - 101680187 UIN - Proteomics. 2023 Nov 5;:e2300099. PMID: 37926697 PMC - PMC10370063 COIS- Conflict of interest statement: The authors have declared no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/07/28 06:43 MHDA- 2023/07/28 06:44 PMCR- 2023/07/26 CRDT- 2023/07/28 04:24 PHST- 2023/07/28 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/28 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/28 04:24 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2023.07.18.549588 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2023.07.18.549588 [doi] PST - epublish SO - bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jul 19:2023.07.18.549588. doi: 10.1101/2023.07.18.549588.