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Thulasinathan B, D S, Murugan S, Panda SK, Veerapandian M, Manickam P. DNA-functionalized carbon quantum dots for electrochemical detection of pyocyanin: A quorum sensing molecule in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 227:115156. [PMID: 36842368 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The electrochemical biosensing strategy for pyocyanin (PYO), a virulent quorum-sensing molecule responsible for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, was developed by mimicking its extracellular DNA interaction. Calf thymus DNA (ct-DNA) functionalized amine-containing carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were used as a biomimetic receptor for electrochemical sensing of PYO as low as 37 nM in real urine sample. The ct-DNA-based biosensor enabled the selective measurement of PYO in the presence of other interfering species. Calibration and validation of the PYO sensor platform were demonstrated in buffer solution (0-100 μM), microbial culture media (0-100 μM), artificial urine (0-400 μM), and real urine sample (0-250 μM). The sensor capability was successfully implemented for point-of-care (POC) detection of PYO release from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains during lag and stationary phases. Cross-reactivity of the sensing platform was also tested in other bacterial species such as Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Potential clinical implementation of the ct-DNA-based sensor was manifested in detecting the PYO in P. aeruginosa cultured baby diaper and sanitary napkin. Our results highlight that the newly developed ct-DNA-based sensing platform can be used as a potential candidate for real-time POC diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in clinical samples.
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- Boobalan Thulasinathan
- Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Electroplating and Metal Finishing Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Electroplating and Metal Finishing Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Electroplating and Metal Finishing Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India
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- Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR - Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, 630003, India.
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Dhyani R, Srivastava SK, Shankar K, Ghosh T, Beniwal A, Navani NK. A chemical genetic approach using genetically encoded reporters to detect and assess the toxicity of plant secondary metabolites against bacterial pathogens. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 418:126399. [PMID: 34329040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant secondary metabolites are emerging as attractive alternatives in the development of therapeutics against infectious and chronic diseases. Due to the present pandemic, therapeutics showing toxicity against bacterial pathogens and viruses are gaining interest. Plant metabolites of terpenoid and phenylpropanoid categories have known antibacterial and antiviral properties. These metabolites have also been associated with toxicity to eukaryotic cells in terms of carcinogenicity, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. Sensing methods that can report the exact antibacterial dosage, formation, and accumulation of these antibacterial compounds are needed. The whole-cell reporters for such antibacterial metabolites are cost-effective and easy to maintain. In the present study, battery of toxicity sensors containing fluorescent transcriptional bioreporters was constructed, followed by fine-tuning the response using gene-debilitated E. coli mutants. This study shows that by combining regulatory switches with chemical genetics strategy, it may be possible to detect and elucidate the mode of action of effective antibacterial plant secondary metabolites - thymol, cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, and carvacrol in both pure and complex formats. Apart from the detection of adulteration of pure compounds present in complex mixture of essential oils, this approach will be useful to detect authenticity of essential oils and thus reduce unintended harmful effects on human and animal health.
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- Rajat Dhyani
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India.
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Miller IC, Zamat A, Sun LK, Phuengkham H, Harris AM, Gamboa L, Yang J, Murad JP, Priceman SJ, Kwong GA. Enhanced intratumoural activity of CAR T cells engineered to produce immunomodulators under photothermal control. Nat Biomed Eng 2021; 5:1348-1359. [PMID: 34385695 DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00781-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Treating solid malignancies with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells typically results in poor responses. Immunomodulatory biologics delivered systemically can augment the cells' activity, but off-target toxicity narrows the therapeutic window. Here we show that the activity of intratumoural CAR T cells can be controlled photothermally via synthetic gene switches that trigger the expression of transgenes in response to mild temperature elevations (to 40-42 °C). In vitro, heating engineered primary human T cells for 15-30 min led to over 60-fold-higher expression of a reporter transgene without affecting the cells' proliferation, migration and cytotoxicity. In mice, CAR T cells photothermally heated via gold nanorods produced a transgene only within the tumours. In mouse models of adoptive transfer, the systemic delivery of CAR T cells followed by intratumoural production, under photothermal control, of an interleukin-15 superagonist or a bispecific T cell engager bearing an NKG2D receptor redirecting T cells against NKG2D ligands enhanced antitumour activity and mitigated antigen escape. Localized photothermal control of the activity of engineered T cells may enhance their safety and efficacy.
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- Ian C Miller
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.,Department of Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Integrated Cancer Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Georgia Immunoengineering Consortium, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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A micro-level technique so-called “microfluidic technology or simply microfluidic” has gained a special place as a powerful tool in bioengineering and biomedical engineering research due to its core advantages in modern science and engineering. Microfluidic technology has played a substantial role in numerous applications with special reference to bioscience, biomedical and biotechnological research. It has facilitated noteworthy development in various sectors of bio-research and upsurges the efficacy of research at the molecular level, in recent years. Microfluidic technology can manipulate sample volumes with precise control outside cellular microenvironment, at micro-level. Thus, enable the reduction of discrepancies between in vivo and in vitro environments and reduce the overall reaction time and cost. In this review, we discuss various integrations of microfluidic technologies into biotechnology and its paradigmatic significance in bio-research, supporting mechanical and chemical in vitro cellular microenvironment. Furthermore, specific innovations related to the application of microfluidics to advance microbial life, solitary and co-cultures along with a multiple-type cell culturing, cellular communications, cellular interactions, and population dynamics are also discussed.
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Kim S, Chae Y, Kang Y, An YJ, Yoon Y. Assessing the toxicity and the dissolution rate of zinc oxide nanoparticles using a dual-color Escherichia coli whole-cell bioreporter. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 163:429-437. [PMID: 27565310 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Particle toxicity and metal ions from the dissolution of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) can have environmentally toxic effects. Among the diverse metallic NPs, four types of zinc oxide NPs (ZnO-NPs)-two spherical (diameters <50 nm and <100 nm) and two wire (50 nm × 300 nm and 90 nm × 1000 nm) shaped-were examined using dual-color whole-cell bioreporters (WCBs) to elucidate the relationships among size, shape, and toxicity. The amount of Zn(II) ions dissolved from NPs was determined by measuring mCherry expression because the presence of Zn(II) ions induced the expression of mCherry from pZnt-mCherry in dual-color WCBs. The overall toxic effects were assessed by measuring Escherichia coli cell growth. The toxic effect on cell growth was determined by measuring the expression of eGFP from the dual-color WCBs to avoid interferences in the signal acquisition caused by inseparable NPs. The novel approach demonstrated here used dual-color WCBs to simultaneously assess the toxicity of ZnONPs on E. coli and the dissolution rates of ZnO-NPs. Toxicity varied depending upon the size and shape of the ZnONPs. The dissolution rate did not vary significantly according to size and shape; smaller sizes and wire shapes showed higher toxicity. Therefore, the physical properties of ZnONPs play a role in the overall toxic effect as well as dissolved Zn(II) ions.
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- Sunghoon Kim
- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea.
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Dimitrov MD, Pesheva MG, Venkov PV. New cell-based assay indicates dependence of antioxidant biological activity on the origin of reactive oxygen species. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:4344-4351. [PMID: 23586517 DOI: 10.1021/jf401045w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The mobility of the Ty1 transposon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found to vary proportionally with the level of ROS generated in cells, which provides the possibility to determine antioxidant activity by changes in a cellular process instead of using chemical reactions. The study of propolis, royal jelly, and honey with the newly developed Ty1antiROS test reveals an inverse exponential dependence of antioxidant activity on increased concentrations. This dependence can be transformed to proportional by changing the source of ROS: instead of cell-produced to applied as hydrogen peroxide. The different test responses are not due to excess of added hydrogen peroxide, as evidenced by the exponential dependence found by usage of yap1Δ tester cells accumulating cell-generated ROS. Results indicate that the activity of antioxidants to oxidative radicals depends on the origin of ROS, and this activity is elevated for cell-generated ROS compared to ROS added as reagents in the assay.
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- Martin D Dimitrov
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria.
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Hvastkovs EG, Schenkman JB, Rusling JF. Metabolic toxicity screening using electrochemiluminescence arrays coupled with enzyme-DNA biocolloid reactors and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2012; 5:79-105. [PMID: 22482786 PMCID: PMC3399491 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.111808.073659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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New chemicals or drugs must be guaranteed safe before they can be marketed. Despite widespread use of bioassay panels for toxicity prediction, products that are toxic to a subset of the population often are not identified until clinical trials. This article reviews new array methodologies based on enzyme/DNA films that form and identify DNA-reactive metabolites that are indicators of potentially genotoxic species. This molecularly based methodology is designed in a rapid screening array that utilizes electrochemiluminescence (ECL) to detect metabolite-DNA reactions, as well as biocolloid reactors that provide the DNA adducts and metabolites for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. ECL arrays provide rapid toxicity screening, and the biocolloid reactor LC-MS approach provides a valuable follow-up on structure, identification, and formation rates of DNA adducts for toxicity hits from the ECL array screening. Specific examples using this strategy are discussed. Integration of high-throughput versions of these toxicity-screening methods with existing drug toxicity bioassays should allow for better human toxicity prediction as well as more informed decision making regarding new chemical and drug candidates.
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- Eli G. Hvastkovs
- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858;
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06269;
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06269;
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269;
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Lee S, Mitchell RJ. Detection of toxic lignin hydrolysate-related compounds using an inaA::luxCDABE fusion strain. J Biotechnol 2012; 157:598-604. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mitchell RJ, Gu MB. Use of protein stability to develop dual luciferase toxicity bioreporter strains. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-011-0184-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coming of age of whole‐cell biosensors, combined with the continuing advances in array technologies, has prepared the ground for the next step in the evolution of both disciplines – the whole‐cell array. In the present review, we highlight the state‐of‐the‐art in the different disciplines essential for a functional bacterial array. These include the genetic engineering of the biological components, their immobilization in different polymers, technologies for live cell deposition and patterning on different types of solid surfaces, and cellular viability maintenance. Also reviewed are the types of signals emitted by the reporter cell arrays, some of the transduction methodologies for reading these signals and the mathematical approaches proposed for their analysis. Finally, we review some of the potential applications for bacterial cell arrays, and list the future needs for their maturation: a richer arsenal of high‐performance reporter strains, better methodologies for their incorporation into hardware platforms, design of appropriate detection circuits, the continuing development of dedicated algorithms for multiplex signal analysis and – most importantly – enhanced long‐term maintenance of viability and activity on the fabricated biochips.
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- Tal Elad
- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Melamed S, Ceriotti L, Weigel W, Rossi F, Colpo P, Belkin S. A printed nanolitre-scale bacterial sensor array. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:139-146. [PMID: 20978670 DOI: 10.1039/c0lc00243g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in interest in whole-cell biosensors for diverse applications, as well as a rapid and continuous expansion of array technologies. The combination of these two disciplines has yielded the notion of whole-cell array biosensors. We present a potential manifestation of this idea by describing the printing of a whole-cell bacterial bioreporters array. Exploiting natural bacterial tendency to adhere to positively charged abiotic surfaces, we describe immobilization and patterning of bacterial "spots" in the nanolitre volume range by a non-contact robotic printer. We show that the printed Escherichia coli-based sensor bacteria are immobilized on the surface, and retain their viability and biosensing activity for at least 2 months when kept at 4 °C. Immobilization efficiency was improved by manipulating the bacterial genetics (overproducing curli protein), the growth and the printing media (osmotic stress and osmoprotectants) and by a chemical modification of the inanimate surface (self-assembled layers of 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane). We suggest that the methodology presented herein may be applicable to the manufacturing of whole-cell sensor arrays for diverse high throughput applications.
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- Sahar Melamed
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Ghim CM, Lee SK, Takayama S, Mitchell RJ. The art of reporter proteins in science: past, present and future applications. BMB Rep 2010; 43:451-60. [PMID: 20663405 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2010.43.7.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Starting with the first publication of lacZ gene fusion in 1980, reporter genes have just entered their fourth decade. Initial studies relied on the simple fusion of a promoter or gene with a particular reporter gene of interest. Such constructs were then used to determine the promoter activity under specific conditions or within a given cell or organ. Although this protocol was, and still is, very effective, current research shows a paradigm shift has occurred in the use of reporter systems. With the advent of innovative cloning and synthetic biology techniques and microfluidic/nanodroplet systems, reporter genes and their proteins are now finding themselves used in increasingly intricate and novel applications. For example, researchers have used fluorescent proteins to study biofilm formation and discovered that microchannels develop within the biofilm. Furthermore, there has recently been a "fusion" of art and science; through the construction of genetic circuits and regulatory systems, researchers are using bacteria to "paint" pictures based upon external stimuli. As such, this review will discuss the past and current trends in reporter gene applications as well as some exciting potential applications and models that are being developed based upon these remarkable proteins.
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- Cheol-Min Ghim
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
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Shao J, Yu G, Wang Z, Wu Z, Peng X, Li R. Towards clarification of the inhibitory mechanism of wheat bran leachate on Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843 (Cyanobacteria): physiological responses. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2010; 19:1634-1641. [PMID: 20882340 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0549-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Wheat bran leachate (WBL) has been shown to have an inhibitory effect on Microcystis aeruginosa in this study. In order to explore the inhibitory mechanism of WBL on M. aeruginosa, physiological responses of M. aeruginosa NIES-843 under the WBL stress were studied. The expressions of six important genes related to the D1 protein of photosynthetic processes (psbA), synthesis of microcystins (mcyB), antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin (prx), synthesis of fatty acid (fabZ) and the repair of biological macromolecules (recA, grpE) were studied. Under the WBL stress, no significant change was found in expressions of both grpE and recA, but expressions of psbA, fabZ and prx were shown to be down-regulated, and slight up-regulated expression was found in mcyB. It was shown that oxygen evolution of M. aeruginosa NIES-843 was significantly depressed, and intracellular ATP contents became lower, after exposure to WBL. Similarly, maximum electron transport rates of photosynthetic activities decreased significantly, but intracellular reactive oxygen species levels boosted dramatically under the WBL stress, and cell lysis was observed. Therefore, it is suggested that photosynthetic systems and membranes were the potential targets of toxicity of WBL on M. aeruginosa, and the oxidative damage is an important mechanism explaining the inhibitory effect of WBL on M. aeruginosa.
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- Jihai Shao
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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A bacterial biosensor for oxidative stress using the constitutively expressed redox-sensitive protein roGFP2. SENSORS 2010; 10:6290-6306. [PMID: 22163550 PMCID: PMC3231123 DOI: 10.3390/s100706290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A highly specific, high throughput-amenable bacterial biosensor for chemically induced cellular oxidation was developed using constitutively expressed redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein roGFP2 in E. coli (E. coli-roGFP2). Disulfide formation between two key cysteine residues of roGFP2 was assessed using a double-wavelength ratiometric approach. This study demonstrates that only a few minutes were required to detect oxidation using E. coli-roGFP2, in contrast to conventional bacterial oxidative stress sensors. Cellular oxidation induced by hydrogen peroxide, menadione, sodium selenite, zinc pyrithione, triphenyltin and naphthalene became detectable after 10 seconds and reached the maxima between 80 to 210 seconds, contrary to Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and sodium arsenite, which induced the oxidation maximum immediately. The lowest observable effect concentrations (in ppm) were determined as 1.0 × 10−7 (arsenite), 1.0 × 10−4 (naphthalene), 1.0 × 10−4 (Cu2+), 3.8 × 10−4 (H2O2), 1.0 × 10−3 (Cd2+), 1.0 × 10−3 (Zn2+), 1.0 × 10−2 (menadione), 1.0 (triphenyltin), 1.56 (zinc pyrithione), 3.1 (selenite) and 6.3 (Pb2+), respectively. Heavy metal-induced oxidation showed unclear response patterns, whereas concentration-dependent sigmoid curves were observed for other compounds. In vivo GSH content and in vitro roGFP2 oxidation assays together with E. coli-roGFP2 results suggest that roGFP2 is sensitive to redox potential change and thiol modification induced by environmental stressors. Based on redox-sensitive technology, E. coli-roGFP2 provides a fast comprehensive detection system for toxicants that induce cellular oxidation.
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Elad T, Lee JH, Gu MB, Belkin S. Microbial cell arrays. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 117:85-108. [PMID: 20625955 DOI: 10.1007/10_2009_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The coming of age of whole-cell biosensors, combined with the continuing advances in array technologies, has prepared the ground for the next step in the evolution of both disciplines - the whole cell array. In the present chapter, we highlight the state-of-the-art in the different disciplines essential for a functional bacterial array. These include the genetic engineering of the biological components, their immobilization in different polymers, technologies for live cell deposition and patterning on different types of solid surfaces, and cellular viability maintenance. Also reviewed are the types of signals emitted by the reporter cell arrays, some of the transduction methodologies for reading these signals, and the mathematical approaches proposed for their analysis. Finally, we review some of the potential applications for bacterial cell arrays, and list the future needs for their maturation: a richer arsenal of high-performance reporter strains, better methodologies for their incorporation into hardware platforms, design of appropriate detection circuits, the continuing development of dedicated algorithms for multiplex signal analysis, and - most importantly - enhanced long term maintenance of viability and activity on the fabricated biochips.
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- Tal Elad
- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Biran A, Yagur-Kroll S, Pedahzur R, Buchinger S, Reifferscheid G, Ben-Yoav H, Shacham-Diamand Y, Belkin S. Bacterial genotoxicity bioreporters. Microb Biotechnol 2009; 3:412-27. [PMID: 21255340 PMCID: PMC3815808 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00160.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Ever since the introduction of the Salmonella typhimurium mammalian microsome mutagenicity assay (the ‘Ames test’) over three decades ago, there has been a constant development of additional genotoxicity assays based upon the use of genetically engineered microorganisms. Such assays rely either on reversion principles similar to those of the Ames test, or on promoter–reporter fusions that generate a quantifiable dose‐dependent signal in the presence of potential DNA damaging compounds and the induction of repair mechanisms; the latter group is the subject of the present review. Some of these assays were only briefly described in the scientific literature, whereas others have been developed all the way to commercial products. Out of these, only one, the umu‐test, has been fully validated and ISO‐ and OECD standardized. Here we review the main directions undertaken in the construction and testing of bacterial‐based genotoxicity bioassays, including the attempts to incorporate at least a partial metabolic activation capacity into the molecular design. We list the genetic modifications introduced into the tester strains, compare the performance of the different assays, and briefly describe the first attempts to incorporate such bacterial reporters into actual genotoxicity testing devices.
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- Alva Biran
- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Onnis-Hayden A, Weng H, He M, Hansen S, Ilyin V, Lewis K, Guc AZ. Prokaryotic real-time gene expression profiling for toxicity assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:4574-4581. [PMID: 19603679 DOI: 10.1021/es803227z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Examining global effects of toxins on gene expression profiles is proving to be a powerful method for toxicity assessment and for investigating mechanisms of toxicity. This study demonstrated the application of prokaryotic real-time gene expression profiling in Escherichia coli for toxicity assessment of environmental pollutants in water samples, by use of a cell-array library of 93 E. coli K12 strains with transcriptional green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions covering most known stress response genes. The high-temporal-resolution gene expression data, for the first time, revealed complex and time-dependent transcriptional activities of various stress-associated genes in response to mercury and mitomycin (MMC) exposure and allowed for gene clustering analysis based on temporal response patterns. Compound-specific and distinctive gene expression profiles were obtained for MMC and mercury at different concentrations. MMC (genotoxin) induced not only the SOS response, which regulates DNA damage and repair, but also many other stress genes associated with drug resistance/sensitivity and chemical detoxification. A number of genes belonging to the P-type ATPase family and the MerR family were identified to be related to mercury resistance, among which zntA was found to be up-regulated at an increasing level as the mercury concentration increased. A mechanism-based evaluation of toxins based on real-time gene expression profiles promises, to be an efficient and informative method for toxicity assessment in environmental samples.
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- Annalisa Onnis-Hayden
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Shao J, Wu Z, Yu G, Peng X, Li R. Allelopathic mechanism of pyrogallol to Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 (Cyanobacteria): from views of gene expression and antioxidant system. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 75:924-928. [PMID: 19201447 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2008] [Revised: 12/12/2008] [Accepted: 01/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Pyrogallol is a potent allelochemical on Microcystis aeruginosa, but its allelopathic mechanism is not fully known. In order to explore this mechanism, gene expressions for prx, mcyB, psbA, recA, grpE, fabZ under pyrogallol stress were studied, and activities of the main antioxidant enzymes were also measured. The results showed that expression of grpE and recA showed no significant change under pyrogallol stress, while psbA and mcyB were up-regulated at 4 mg L(-1). Both prx and fabZ were up-regulated even under exposure to 1 mg L(-1) pyrogallol concentration. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were enhanced under pyrogallol stress. Levels of malodialdehyde (MDA) at 2 and 4 mg L(-1) pyrogallol were significantly higher than those of the controls. It was concluded that oxidant damage is an important mechanism for the allelopathic effect of pyrogallol on M. aeruginosa.
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- Jihai Shao
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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Genetically Engineered Bacteria for Genotoxicity Assessment. THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36253-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Niazi JH, Kim BC, Ahn JM, Gu MB. A novel bioluminescent bacterial biosensor using the highly specific oxidative stress-inducible pgi gene. Biosens Bioelectron 2008; 24:670-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2008.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Krishnan S, Hvastkovs EG, Bajrami B, Choudhary D, Schenkman JB, Rusling JF. Synergistic metabolic toxicity screening using microsome/DNA electrochemiluminescent arrays and nanoreactors. Anal Chem 2008; 80:5279-85. [PMID: 18563913 PMCID: PMC3483639 DOI: 10.1021/ac800763r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Platforms based on thin enzyme/DNA films were used in two-tier screening of chemicals for reactive metabolites capable of producing toxicity. Microsomes were used for the first time as sources of cytochrome (cyt) P450 enzymes in these devices. Initial rapid screening involved electrochemiluminescent (ECL) arrays featuring spots containing ruthenium poly(vinylpyridine), DNA, and rat liver microsomes or bicistronically expressed human cyt P450 2E1 (h2E1). Cyt P450 enzymes were activated via the NADPH/reductase cycle. When bioactivation of substrates in the films gives reactive metabolites, they are trapped by covalent attachment to DNA bases. The rate of increase in ECL with enzyme reaction time reflects relative DNA damage rates. "Toxic hits" uncovered by the array were studied in structural detail by using enzyme/DNA films on silica nanospheres as "nanoreactors" to provide nucleobase adducts from reactive metabolites. The utility of this synergistic approach was demonstrated by estimating relative DNA damage rates of three mutagenic N-nitroso compounds and styrene. Relative enzyme turnover rates for these compounds using ECL arrays and LC-UV-MS correlated well with TD 50 values for liver tumor formation in rats. Combining ECL array and nanoreactor/LC-MS technologies has the potential for rapid, high-throughput, cost-effective screening for reactive metabolites and provides chemical structure information that is complementary to conventional toxicity bioassays.
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Hwang ET, Ahn JM, Kim BC, Gu MB. Construction of a nrdA::luxCDABE Fusion and Its Use in Escherichia coli as a DNA Damage Biosensor. SENSORS 2008; 8:1297-1307. [PMID: 27879766 PMCID: PMC3927504 DOI: 10.3390/s8021297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The promoter of nrdA gene which is related with DNA synthesis was used to construct a DNA damage sensitive biosensor. A recombinant bioluminescent E. coli strain, BBTNrdA, harboring a plasmid with the nrdA promoter fused to the luxCDABE operon, was successfully constructed. Its response to various chemicals including genotoxic chemicals substantiates it as a DNA damage biosensor. In characterization, three different classes of toxicants were used: DNA damaging chemicals, oxidative stress chemicals, and phenolics. BBTNrdA only responded strongly to DNA damaging chemicals, such as nalidixic acid (NDA), mitomycin C (MMC), 1-methyl-1-nitroso-N-methylguanidine (MNNG), and 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide (4-NQO). In contrast, there were no responses from the oxidative stress chemicals and phenolics, except from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) which is known to cause DNA damage indirectly. Therefore, the results of the study demonstrate that BBTNrdA can be used as a DNA damage biosensor.
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- Ee Taek Hwang
- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Diagnostics Group, Institut Pasteur Korea, Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Girotti S, Ferri EN, Fumo MG, Maiolini E. Monitoring of environmental pollutants by bioluminescent bacteria. Anal Chim Acta 2007; 608:2-29. [PMID: 18206990 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2007.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This review deals with the applications of bioluminescent bacteria to the environmental analyses, published during the years 2000-2007. The ecotoxicological assessment, by bioassays, of the environmental risks and the luminescent approaches are reported. The review includes a brief introduction to the characteristics and applications of bioassays, a description of the characteristics and applications of natural bioluminescent bacteria (BLB), and a collection of the main applications to organic and inorganic pollutants. The light-emitting genetically modified bacteria applications, as well as the bioluminescent immobilized systems and biosensors are outlined. Considerations about commercially available BLB and BLB catalogues are also reported. Most of the environmental applications, here mentioned, of luminescent organisms are on wastewater, seawater, surface and ground water, tap water, soil and sediments, air. Comparison to other bioindicators and bioassay has been also made. Various tables have been inserted, to make easier to take a rapid glance at all possible references concerning the topic of specific interest.
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- Stefano Girotti
- Department of Metallurgic Science, Electrochemistry and Chemical Techniques, University of Bologna, Via S. Donato 15, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
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Urban A, Eckermann S, Fast B, Metzger S, Gehling M, Ziegelbauer K, Rübsamen-Waigmann H, Freiberg C. Novel whole-cell antibiotic biosensors for compound discovery. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:6436-43. [PMID: 17720843 PMCID: PMC2075059 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00586-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cells containing reporters which are specifically induced via selected promoters are used in pharmaceutical drug discovery and in environmental biology. They are used in screening for novel drug candidates and in the detection of bioactive compounds in environmental samples. In this study, we generated and validated a set of five Bacillus subtilis promoters fused to the firefly luciferase reporter gene suitable for cell-based screening, enabling the as yet most-comprehensive high-throughput diagnosis of antibiotic interference in the major biosynthetic pathways of bacteria: the biosynthesis of DNA by the yorB promoter, of RNA by the yvgS promoter, of proteins by the yheI promoter, of the cell wall by the ypuA promoter, and of fatty acids by the fabHB promoter. The reporter cells mainly represent novel antibiotic biosensors compatible with high-throughput screening. We validated the strains by developing screens with a set of 14,000 pure natural products, representing a source of highly diverse chemical entities, many of them with antibiotic activity (6% with anti-Bacillus subtilis activity of </=25 mug/ml]). Our screening approach is exemplified by the discovery of classical and novel DNA synthesis and translation inhibitors. For instance, we show that the mechanistically underexplored antibiotic ferrimycin A1 selectively inhibits protein biosynthesis.
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- Andreas Urban
- Pharma Research & Development, Discovery Europe, Bayer HealthCare AG, D-42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
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Østergaard TG, Hansen LH, Binderup ML, Norman A, Sørensen SJ. The cda GenoTox assay: a new and sensitive method for detection of environmental genotoxins, including nitroarenes and aromatic amines. Mutat Res 2007; 631:77-84. [PMID: 17532255 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Revised: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new bacterial test system for detection of genotoxic compounds was developed, based on two new Salmonella typhimurium tester strains, TGO1 and TGO2. Both strains contain a gene fusion between a strong SOS-promotor, P(cda), and the gfp gene, which allows detection of genotoxic compounds that induce the SOS response. SOS induction was detected by means of flow cytometry. TGO1 showed an increased sensitivity to N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine compared with a previously developed strain, which had an Escherichia coli strain as host instead of S. typhimurium. S9 mix was introduced into the assay, making the test system suitable for detection of indirect mutagens. Furthermore, the genes for bacterial nitro-reductase (NR) and o-acetyl transferase (o-AT) were inserted into TGO2, making it an NR- and o-AT-over-expressing strain. This resulted in an assay that was able to detect the nitroarene 1-nitropyrene and the aromatic amine 2-aminoanthracene with high sensitivity.
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- Trine G Østergaard
- Department of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Sølvgade 83H, 1307 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Niazi JH, Kim BC, Gu MB. Characterization of superoxide-stress sensing recombinant Escherichia coli constructed using promoters for genes zwf and fpr fused to lux operon. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 74:1276-83. [PMID: 17216460 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0758-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2006] [Revised: 11/07/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To measure the toxicity experienced by superoxide-generating compounds, two plasmids were constructed in which the superoxide-inducible fpr and zwf promoters from Escherichia coli were fused to promoterless Vibrio fischeri luxCDABE operon present in plasmid pUCD615. The bioluminescent response of E. coli harboring these constructs was studied as a function of the toxicity and was shown to be specific for superoxide generating chemicals. The two promoters employed, fpr and zwf, responded differentially to the redox-chemicals tested. Furthermore, a DeltamarA strain bearing the fpr::luxCDABE fusion had a weaker response to paraquat (methyl viologen) than its isogenic parent strain, whereas zwf induction was not inhibited in DeltamarA or Deltarob strains. The fpr and zwf promoters were also induced by alkylating agents but were unresponsive in DeltamarA or Deltarob strains. Using optimized assay conditions, the abilities of these strains to differentially respond to superoxide stress and alkylating agents that may be present in contaminants proves them to be good biosensor candidates for monitoring toxicity.
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- Javed H Niazi
- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, 5-1 Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
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Hever N, Belkin S. A Dual-Color Bacterial Reporter Strain for the Detection of Toxic and Genotoxic Effects. Eng Life Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Neufeld T, Biran D, Popovtzer R, Erez T, Ron EZ, Rishpon J. Genetically Engineered pfabA pfabR Bacteria: an Electrochemical Whole Cell Biosensor for Detection of Water Toxicity. Anal Chem 2006; 78:4952-6. [PMID: 16841916 DOI: 10.1021/ac052096r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe here a bacterial sensor for electrochemical detection of toxic chemicals. The sensor constitutes recombinant bacteria harboring plasmids encoding the fabA and fabR genes and has high-resolution amperometric response to membrane-damaging chemicals. For example, it can detect phenol at concentrations ranging between 1.6 and 16 ppm within 20 min. The high sensitivity is achieved by using the fabA promoter fused to a reporter gene-encoded beta-galactosidase on a low copy number plasmid, under the control of the FabR repressor. The use of electrochemical whole cell sensors enables sensitive, fast, easy to operate, and cost-effective detection of water toxicity threats.
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- Tova Neufeld
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel 69978
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Arora K, Chand S, Malhotra BD. Recent developments in bio-molecular electronics techniques for food pathogens. Anal Chim Acta 2006; 568:259-74. [PMID: 17761267 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.03.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2005] [Revised: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Food borne illnesses contribute to the majority of infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms. Detection of these pathogens originating from different sources has led to increased interest of researchers. New bio-molecular techniques for food pathogen detection are being developed to improve the sensor characteristics such as sensitivity, reusability, simplicity and economic viability. Present article deals with the various methods of food pathogen detection with special emphasis on bio-molecular electronics techniques such as biosensors, microarrays, electronic nose, and nano-materials based methods.
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- Kavita Arora
- Biomolecular Electronics and Conducting Polymer Research Group, National Physical Laboratory, K.S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, India.
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