bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/545228; this version posted February 11, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. A shared pathway of exosome biogenesis operates at plasma and endosome membranes Francis K. Fordjour1, George G. Daaboul2, and Stephen J. Gould1* 1Department of Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD USA 2Nanoview Biosciences Boston, MA USA Corresponding author: Stephen J. Gould, Ph.D. Department of Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD USA Email:
[email protected] Tel (01) 443 847 9918 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/545228; this version posted February 11, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Summary: This study of exosome cargo protein budding reveals that cells use a common pathway for budding exosomes from plasma and endosome membranes, providing a new mechanistic explanation for exosome heterogeneity and a rational roadmap for exosome engineering. Keywords: Protein budding, tetraspanin, endosome, plasma membrane, extracellular vesicle, CD9, CD63, CD81, SPIR, interferometry Abbreviations: EV, extracellular vesicles; IB, immunoblot; IFM, immunofluorescence microscopy; IPMC, intracellular plasma membrane-connected compartment; MVB, multivesicular body; SPIR, single-particle interferometric reflectance; SPIRI, single-particle interferometric reflectance imaging 2 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/545228; this version posted February 11, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved.