Table 1.

Differences between migrasomes and exosomes

PropertyMigrasomeExosome
Diameter ∼500–3,000 nm ∼30–150 nm 
Cargoes Secretory vesicles
Damaged mitochondria
mRNA, protein, lipid, etc. 
DNA
mRNA, miRNA, Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA)
Protein, lipid, etc. 
Biogenesis Migration-dependent
ECM-dependent
At the junctions or tips of RFs 
Migration-independent
ECM-independent
Multivesicular body 
Regulators Sphingomyelin (SM), SM synthase2 (SMS2)
Integrins, PI(4,5)P2, PIP5K, Rab35
Tetraspanins, cholesterol, Syt1, etc. 
ESCRTs, tetraspanins, ceramide, cholesterol, flotillins
Rab7, Rab31, TBC1D2B
Rab27, Synaptotagmin-7
Exocyst, etc. 
Markers NDST1, PIGK, CPQ, EOGT, etc. CD9, CD63, TSG101, Syntenin 1, etc. 
PropertyMigrasomeExosome
Diameter ∼500–3,000 nm ∼30–150 nm 
Cargoes Secretory vesicles
Damaged mitochondria
mRNA, protein, lipid, etc. 
DNA
mRNA, miRNA, Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA)
Protein, lipid, etc. 
Biogenesis Migration-dependent
ECM-dependent
At the junctions or tips of RFs 
Migration-independent
ECM-independent
Multivesicular body 
Regulators Sphingomyelin (SM), SM synthase2 (SMS2)
Integrins, PI(4,5)P2, PIP5K, Rab35
Tetraspanins, cholesterol, Syt1, etc. 
ESCRTs, tetraspanins, ceramide, cholesterol, flotillins
Rab7, Rab31, TBC1D2B
Rab27, Synaptotagmin-7
Exocyst, etc. 
Markers NDST1, PIGK, CPQ, EOGT, etc. CD9, CD63, TSG101, Syntenin 1, etc. 

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