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Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Platelets play a critical role in coagulation and fibrinolysis processes, but recent literature also indicates their central involvement in immune response, cancer progression and metastasis. During platelet activation, small extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released. The ascites are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36077635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14174100 |
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author | Bortot, Barbara Mangogna, Alessandro Peacock, Ben Lees, Rebecca Valle, Francesco Brucale, Marco Tassinari, Sara Romano, Federico Ricci, Giuseppe Biffi, Stefania |
author_facet | Bortot, Barbara Mangogna, Alessandro Peacock, Ben Lees, Rebecca Valle, Francesco Brucale, Marco Tassinari, Sara Romano, Federico Ricci, Giuseppe Biffi, Stefania |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Platelets play a critical role in coagulation and fibrinolysis processes, but recent literature also indicates their central involvement in immune response, cancer progression and metastasis. During platelet activation, small extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released. The ascites are a fluid developing in the peritoneum of ovarian cancer patients in an advanced stage. This study analysed the expression of platelet markers GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in small-EVs populations isolated from the ascitic fluid of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The percentage of platelet-derived small-EVs was positively correlated with platelet distribution width to platelet count in sera (PDW/PLT), a surrogate indicator of platelet activation. Overall, we presented a method that can be helpful in future studies to determine the correlation between the extent of platelet activation in ascites and disease status. ABSTRACT: In ovarian cancer, ascites represent the microenvironment in which the platelets extravasate to play their role in the disease progression. We aimed to develop an assay to measure ascites’ platelet activation. We enriched small extracellular vesicles (EVs) (40–200 nm) from ascites of high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer patients (n = 12) using precipitation with polyethylene glycol, and we conducted single-particle phenotyping analysis by nano-flow cytometry after labelling and ultra-centrifugation. Atomic force microscopy single-particle nanomechanical analysis showed heterogeneous distributions in the size of the precipitated particles and their mechanical stiffness. Samples were fluorescently labelled with antibodies specific to the platelet markers GPIIb/IIIa and PF4, showing 2.6 to 18.16% of all particles stained positive for the biomarkers and, simultaneously, the EV membrane labelling. Single-particle phenotyping analysis allowed us to quantify the total number of non-EV particles, the number of small-EVs and the number of platelet-derived small-EVs, providing a platelet activation assessment independent of the ascites volume. The percentage of platelet-derived small-EVs was positively correlated with platelet distribution width to platelet count in sera (PDW/PLT). Overall, we presented a high-throughput method that can be helpful in future studies to determine the correlation between the extent of platelet activation in ascites and disease status. |
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spelling | pubmed-94546702022-09-09 Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis Bortot, Barbara Mangogna, Alessandro Peacock, Ben Lees, Rebecca Valle, Francesco Brucale, Marco Tassinari, Sara Romano, Federico Ricci, Giuseppe Biffi, Stefania Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Platelets play a critical role in coagulation and fibrinolysis processes, but recent literature also indicates their central involvement in immune response, cancer progression and metastasis. During platelet activation, small extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released. The ascites are a fluid developing in the peritoneum of ovarian cancer patients in an advanced stage. This study analysed the expression of platelet markers GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in small-EVs populations isolated from the ascitic fluid of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The percentage of platelet-derived small-EVs was positively correlated with platelet distribution width to platelet count in sera (PDW/PLT), a surrogate indicator of platelet activation. Overall, we presented a method that can be helpful in future studies to determine the correlation between the extent of platelet activation in ascites and disease status. ABSTRACT: In ovarian cancer, ascites represent the microenvironment in which the platelets extravasate to play their role in the disease progression. We aimed to develop an assay to measure ascites’ platelet activation. We enriched small extracellular vesicles (EVs) (40–200 nm) from ascites of high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer patients (n = 12) using precipitation with polyethylene glycol, and we conducted single-particle phenotyping analysis by nano-flow cytometry after labelling and ultra-centrifugation. Atomic force microscopy single-particle nanomechanical analysis showed heterogeneous distributions in the size of the precipitated particles and their mechanical stiffness. Samples were fluorescently labelled with antibodies specific to the platelet markers GPIIb/IIIa and PF4, showing 2.6 to 18.16% of all particles stained positive for the biomarkers and, simultaneously, the EV membrane labelling. Single-particle phenotyping analysis allowed us to quantify the total number of non-EV particles, the number of small-EVs and the number of platelet-derived small-EVs, providing a platelet activation assessment independent of the ascites volume. The percentage of platelet-derived small-EVs was positively correlated with platelet distribution width to platelet count in sera (PDW/PLT). Overall, we presented a high-throughput method that can be helpful in future studies to determine the correlation between the extent of platelet activation in ascites and disease status. MDPI 2022-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9454670/ /pubmed/36077635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14174100 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bortot, Barbara Mangogna, Alessandro Peacock, Ben Lees, Rebecca Valle, Francesco Brucale, Marco Tassinari, Sara Romano, Federico Ricci, Giuseppe Biffi, Stefania Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title | Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title_full | Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title_fullStr | Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title_short | Platelet Activation in Ovarian Cancer Ascites: Assessment of GPIIb/IIIa and PF4 in Small Extracellular Vesicles by Nano-Flow Cytometry Analysis |
title_sort | platelet activation in ovarian cancer ascites: assessment of gpiib/iiia and pf4 in small extracellular vesicles by nano-flow cytometry analysis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9454670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36077635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14174100 |
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