Proteomic profiling of subsets of human primary NK cell-derived extracellular vesicles by LC-MS/MS

In this study we have compared the proteomic profile of subsets of extracellular vesicles (EVs) prepared from primary human NK cells cultured for 48hrs in serum-free conditions supplemented with 10 ng/ml human recombinant IL-12, IL-15, and IL-18. The aim was to isolate and define an EV subset with cytolytic activity against tumor cells. For this purpose, bulk EVs were separated according to density (density gradient ultracentrifugation; DG-UC) to yield 3 distinct subsets.