Concentrated conditioned media samples were subjected to Western blot to visualize relevant protein markers. First, IP was performed on samples as described above. A Bradford assay was conducted to determine protein concentrations, and 5 μg of each sample was run on an AnykD Mini-PROTEAN TGX Pre-Cast Gel (Bio-Rad) at 135 V for 50 minutes. Protein was transferred to a PVDF membrane using a Bio-Rad Trans-Blot Turbo. Membranes were blocked in 5% skim milk for 1 hour at room temperature and incubated with the following primary antibodies overnight at 4°C: anti-HSP90 (37-9400; mouse monoclonal; Thermo Fisher Scientific), anti-CD63 (25682-1-AP; rabbit polyclonal; Thermo Fisher Scientific), anti-flotillin1 (ab133497; rabbit monoclonal; Abcam), anti-syntenin1 (ab19903; rabbit polyclonal; Abcam), and anti–histone H3 (ab1791; rabbit polyclonal; Abcam); these markers were selected based on the Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles 2018 guidelines (19 (link)) and a recent comprehensive overview of EV protein markers (53 (link)). Following primary antibody incubation, membranes were washed in 1× Tris-buffered saline with Tween 20 (TBS-T) and incubated with the corresponding IRDye 800CW goat anti-mouse or anti-rabbit secondary antibody (LI-COR Biosciences) for 1 hour at room temperature. Membranes were subsequently washed in 1× TBS-T and imaged on a LI-COR Odyssey CLx.
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