Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs

Abstract Extracellular vesicles deliver a variety of cargos to recipient cells, including the delivery of cargos in dietary vesicles from bovine milk to non-bovine species. The rate of discovery in this important line of research is slowed by a controversy whether the delivery and bioactivity of a s...

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Main Author: Janos Zempleni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Genes & Nutrition
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12263-017-0562-6
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description Abstract Extracellular vesicles deliver a variety of cargos to recipient cells, including the delivery of cargos in dietary vesicles from bovine milk to non-bovine species. The rate of discovery in this important line of research is slowed by a controversy whether the delivery and bioactivity of a single class of vesicle cargos, microRNAs, are real or not. This opinion paper argues that the evidence in support of the bioavailability of microRNAs encapsulated in dietary exosomes outweighs the evidence produced by scholars doubting that phenomenon is real. Importantly, this paper posits that the time is ripe to look beyond microRNA cargos and pursue innovative pathways through which dietary exosomes alter metabolism. Here, we highlight potentially fruitful lines of exploration.
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spelling doaj.art-3a4b0b522811491fac4cf0086bd314262022-12-22T03:01:29ZengBMCGenes & Nutrition1555-89321865-34992017-06-011211410.1186/s12263-017-0562-6Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAsJanos Zempleni0Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstract Extracellular vesicles deliver a variety of cargos to recipient cells, including the delivery of cargos in dietary vesicles from bovine milk to non-bovine species. The rate of discovery in this important line of research is slowed by a controversy whether the delivery and bioactivity of a single class of vesicle cargos, microRNAs, are real or not. This opinion paper argues that the evidence in support of the bioavailability of microRNAs encapsulated in dietary exosomes outweighs the evidence produced by scholars doubting that phenomenon is real. Importantly, this paper posits that the time is ripe to look beyond microRNA cargos and pursue innovative pathways through which dietary exosomes alter metabolism. Here, we highlight potentially fruitful lines of exploration.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12263-017-0562-6ExosomesExtracellular vesiclesMilk
spellingShingle Janos Zempleni
Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
Genes & Nutrition
Exosomes
Extracellular vesicles
Milk
title Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
title_full Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
title_fullStr Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
title_full_unstemmed Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
title_short Milk exosomes: beyond dietary microRNAs
title_sort milk exosomes beyond dietary micrornas
topic Exosomes
Extracellular vesicles
Milk
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12263-017-0562-6
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