Exosomes offer ideal biomarkers for liquid biopsies. However, high-efficient capture of exosomes has been proven to be extreme challenging. Here, we report a soluble pH-responsive host-guest-based nanosystem (pH-HGN) for homogeneous isolation of exosomes around physiological pH. The pH-HGN consists of two specifically functionalized modules. First, a pH-responsive module, poly-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, provides homogeneous capture circumstances and sharp pH-triggered self-assembly separation in aqueous solution to improve capture efficiency and reduce nonspecific adsorption. Second, a host-guest module, poly-acrylamide azobenzene and β-cyclodextrin linked with exosomes-specific antibody, could act as the "cleavable bridge" to specific capture and subsequent rapid release of captured exosomes through host-guest interaction between β-cyclodextrin and AAAB moieties. The pH-HGN offered high capture efficiencies for exosomes from two different cell lines, which were 90.2% ± 0.28% and 87.0% ± 4.6% for H1299 and MCF-7 cell-derived exosomes, respectively. The purity of isolated exosomes was (1.49 ± 0.71) × 1011 particles/μg, which was 4.1 times higher compared with the gold standard ultracentrifugation (UC) method. Furthermore, the isolated exosomes via the pH-HGN can preserve well integrity and biological activity. The developed pH-HGN was further successfully applied to differentiate lung cancer patients from healthy persons. These findings indicated that pH-HGN is a promising strategy in exosomes-based research and downstream applications.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |