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Tian Z, Shao D, Tang L, Li Z, Chen Q, Song Y, Li T, Simmel FC, Song J. Circular single-stranded DNA as a programmable vector for gene regulation in cell-free protein expression systems. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4635. [PMID: 38821953 PMCID: PMC11143192 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49021-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024] Open
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Cell-free protein expression (CFE) systems have emerged as a critical platform for synthetic biology research. The vectors for protein expression in CFE systems mainly rely on double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA for transcription and translation processing. Here, we introduce a programmable vector - circular single-stranded DNA (CssDNA), which is shown to be processed by DNA and RNA polymerases for gene expression in a yeast-based CFE system. CssDNA is already widely employed in DNA nanotechnology due to its addressability and programmability. To apply above methods in the context of synthetic biology, CssDNA can not only be engineered for gene regulation via the different pathways of sense CssDNA and antisense CssDNA, but also be constructed into several gene regulatory logic gates in CFE systems. Our findings advance the understanding of how CssDNA can be utilized in gene expression and gene regulation, and thus enrich the synthetic biology toolbox.
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- Zhijin Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China
- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China
- Ningbo institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo, 315016, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Bioscience, School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Lee SJ, Kim DM. Cell-Free Synthesis: Expediting Biomanufacturing of Chemical and Biological Molecules. Molecules 2024; 29:1878. [PMID: 38675698 PMCID: PMC11054211 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29081878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The increasing demand for sustainable alternatives underscores the critical need for a shift away from traditional hydrocarbon-dependent processes. In this landscape, biomanufacturing emerges as a compelling solution, offering a pathway to produce essential chemical materials with significantly reduced environmental impacts. By utilizing engineered microorganisms and biomass as raw materials, biomanufacturing seeks to achieve a carbon-neutral footprint, effectively counteracting the carbon dioxide emissions associated with fossil fuel use. The efficiency and specificity of biocatalysts further contribute to lowering energy consumption and enhancing the sustainability of the production process. Within this context, cell-free synthesis emerges as a promising approach to accelerate the shift towards biomanufacturing. Operating with cellular machinery in a controlled environment, cell-free synthesis offers multiple advantages: it enables the rapid evaluation of biosynthetic pathways and optimization of the conditions for the synthesis of specific chemicals. It also holds potential as an on-demand platform for the production of personalized and specialized products. This review explores recent progress in cell-free synthesis, highlighting its potential to expedite the transformation of chemical processes into more sustainable biomanufacturing practices. We discuss how cell-free techniques not only accelerate the development of new bioproducts but also broaden the horizons for sustainable chemical production. Additionally, we address the challenges of scaling these technologies for commercial use and ensuring their affordability, which are critical for cell-free systems to meet the future demands of industries and fully realize their potential.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea;
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Lin L, Kightlinger W, Warfel KF, Jewett MC, Mrksich M. Using High-Throughput Experiments To Screen N-Glycosyltransferases with Altered Specificities. ACS Synth Biol 2024; 13:1290-1302. [PMID: 38526141 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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The important roles that protein glycosylation plays in modulating the activities and efficacies of protein therapeutics have motivated the development of synthetic glycosylation systems in living bacteria and in vitro. A key challenge is the lack of glycosyltransferases that can efficiently and site-specifically glycosylate desired target proteins without the need to alter primary amino acid sequences at the acceptor site. Here, we report an efficient and systematic method to screen a library of glycosyltransferases capable of modifying comprehensive sets of acceptor peptide sequences in parallel. This approach is enabled by cell-free protein synthesis and mass spectrometry of self-assembled monolayers and is used to engineer a recently discovered prokaryotic N-glycosyltransferase (NGT). We screened 26 pools of site-saturated NGT libraries to identify relevant residues that determine polypeptide specificity and then characterized 122 NGT mutants, using 1052 unique peptides and 52,894 unique reaction conditions. We define a panel of 14 NGTs that can modify 93% of all sequences within the canonical X-1-N-X+1-S/T eukaryotic glycosylation sequences as well as another panel for many noncanonical sequences (with 10 of 17 non-S/T amino acids at the X+2 position). We then successfully applied our panel of NGTs to increase the efficiency of glycosylation for three protein therapeutics. Our work promises to significantly expand the substrates amenable to in vitro and bacterial glycoengineering.
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- Liang Lin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Maharjan A, Park JH. Cell-free protein synthesis system: A new frontier for sustainable biotechnology-based products. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2023; 70:2136-2149. [PMID: 37735977 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system is an innovative technology with a wide range of potential applications that could challenge current thinking and provide solutions to environmental and health issues. CFPS system has been demonstrated to be a successful way of producing biomolecules in a variety of applications, including the biomedical industry. Although there are still obstacles to overcome, its ease of use, versatility, and capacity for integration with other technologies open the door for it to continue serving as a vital instrument in synthetic biology research and industry. In this review, we mainly focus on the cell-free based platform for various product productions. Moreover, the challenges in the bio-therapeutic aspect using cell-free systems and their future prospective for the improvement and sustainability of the cell free systems.
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- Anoth Maharjan
- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju 28116, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju 28116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, KRIBB School of Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Stern JA, Free TJ, Stern KL, Gardiner S, Dalley NA, Bundy BC, Price JL, Wingate D, Della Corte D. A probabilistic view of protein stability, conformational specificity, and design. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15493. [PMID: 37726313 PMCID: PMC10509192 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Various approaches have used neural networks as probabilistic models for the design of protein sequences. These "inverse folding" models employ different objective functions, which come with trade-offs that have not been assessed in detail before. This study introduces probabilistic definitions of protein stability and conformational specificity and demonstrates the relationship between these chemical properties and the [Formula: see text] Boltzmann probability objective. This links the Boltzmann probability objective function to experimentally verifiable outcomes. We propose a novel sequence decoding algorithm, referred to as "BayesDesign", that leverages Bayes' Rule to maximize the [Formula: see text] objective instead of the [Formula: see text] objective common in inverse folding models. The efficacy of BayesDesign is evaluated in the context of two protein model systems, the NanoLuc enzyme and the WW structural motif. Both BayesDesign and the baseline ProteinMPNN algorithm increase the thermostability of NanoLuc and increase the conformational specificity of WW. The possible sources of error in the model are analyzed.
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- Jacob A Stern
- Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
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Fochtman TJ, Oza JP. Established and Emerging Methods for Protecting Linear DNA in Cell-Free Expression Systems. Methods Protoc 2023; 6:mps6020036. [PMID: 37104018 PMCID: PMC10146267 DOI: 10.3390/mps6020036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is a method utilized for producing proteins without the limits of cell viability. The plug-and-play utility of CFPS is a key advantage over traditional plasmid-based expression systems and is foundational to the potential of this biotechnology. A key limitation of CFPS is the varying stability of DNA types, limiting the effectiveness of cell-free protein synthesis reactions. Researchers generally rely on plasmid DNA for its ability to support robust protein expression in vitro. However, the overhead required to clone, propagate, and purify plasmids reduces the potential of CFPS for rapid prototyping. While linear templates overcome the limits of plasmid DNA preparation, linear expression templates (LETs) were under-utilized due to their rapid degradation in extract based CFPS systems, limiting protein synthesis. To reach the potential of CFPS using LETs, researchers have made notable progress toward protection and stabilization of linear templates throughout the reaction. The current advancements range from modular solutions, such as supplementing nuclease inhibitors and genome engineering to produce strains lacking nuclease activity. Effective application of LET protection techniques improves expression yields of target proteins to match that of plasmid-based expression. The outcome of LET utilization in CFPS is rapid design–build–test–learn cycles to support synthetic biology applications. This review describes the various protection mechanisms for linear expression templates, methodological insights for implementation, and proposals for continued efforts that may further advance the field.
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Smith SA, Lindgren CM, Ebbert LE, Free TJ, Nelson JAD, Simonson KM, Hunt JP, Bundy BC. "Just add small molecules" cell-free protein synthesis: Combining DNA template and cell extract preparation into a single fermentation. Biotechnol Prog 2023:e3332. [PMID: 36799109 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.3332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Abstract
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is a versatile biotechnology platform enabling a broad range of applications including clinical diagnostics, large-scale production of officinal therapeutics, small-scale on-demand production of personal magistral therapeutics, and exploratory research. The shelf stability and scalability of CFPS systems also have the potential to overcome cost and infrastructure challenges for distributing and using essential medical tests at home in both high- and low-income countries. However, CFPS systems are often more time-consuming and expensive to prepare than traditional in vivo systems, limiting their broader use. Much work has been done to lower CFPS costs by optimizing cell extract preparation, small molecule reagent recipes, and DNA template preparation. In order to further reduce reagent cost and preparation time, this work presents a CFPS system that does not require separately purified DNA template. Instead, a DNA plasmid encoding the recombinant protein is transformed into the cells used to make the extract, and the extract preparation process is modified to allow enough DNA to withstand homogenization-induced shearing. The finished extract contains sufficient levels of intact DNA plasmid for the CFPS system to operate. For a 10 mL scale CFPS system expressing recombinant sfGFP protein for a biosensor, this new system reduces reagent cost by more than half. This system is applied to a proof-of-concept glutamine sensor compatible with smartphone quantification to demonstrate its viability for further cost reduction and use in low-resource settings.
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- Sydney A Smith
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Mathur D, Thakur M, Díaz SA, Susumu K, Stewart MH, Oh E, Walper SA, Medintz IL. Hybrid Nucleic Acid-Quantum Dot Assemblies as Multiplexed Reporter Platforms for Cell-Free Transcription Translation-Based Biosensors. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:4089-4102. [PMID: 36441919 PMCID: PMC9829448 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cell-free synthetic biology has emerged as a valuable tool for the development of rapid, portable biosensors that can be readily transported in the freeze-dried form to the point of need eliminating cold chain requirements. One of the challenges associated with cell-free sensors is the ability to simultaneously detect multiple analytes within a single reaction due to the availability of a limited set of fluorescent and colorimetric reporters. To potentially provide multiplexing capabilities to cell-free biosensors, we designed a modular semiconductor quantum dot (QD)-based reporter platform that is plugged in downstream of the transcription-translation functionality in the cell-free reaction and which converts enzymatic activity in the reaction into distinct optical signals. We demonstrate proof of concept by converting restriction enzyme activity, utilized as our prototypical sensing output, into optical changes across several distinct spectral output channels that all use a common excitation wavelength. These hybrid Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based QD peptide PNA-DNA-Dye reporters (QD-PDDs) are completely self-assembled and consist of differentially emissive QD donors paired to a dye-acceptor displayed on a unique DNA encoding a given enzyme's cleavage site. Three QD-based PDDs, independently activated by the enzymes BamHI, EcoRI, and NcoI, were prototyped in mixed enzyme assays where all three demonstrated the ability to convert enzymatic activity into fluorescent output. Simultaneous monitoring of each of the three paired QD-donor dye-acceptor spectral channels in cell-free biosensing reactions supplemented with added linear genes encoding each enzyme confirmed robust multiplexing capabilities for at least two enzymes when co-expressed. The modular QD-PDDs are easily adapted to respond to other restriction enzymes or even proteases if desired.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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- Jacobs Corporation, Hanover, Maryland 21076, United States; Optical Sciences Division Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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- Optical Sciences Division Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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- Optical Sciences Division Code 5600, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 20375, United States
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Vasilev N. Medicinal Plants: Guests and Hosts in the Heterologous Expression of High-Value Products. PLANTA MEDICA 2022; 88:1175-1189. [PMID: 34521134 DOI: 10.1055/a-1576-4148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Medicinal plants play an important dual role in the context of the heterologous expression of high-value pharmaceutical products. On the one hand, the classical biochemical and modern omics approaches allowed for the discovery of various genes encoding biosynthetic pathways in medicinal plants. Recombinant DNA technology enabled introducing these genes and regulatory elements into host organisms and enhancing the heterologous production of the corresponding secondary metabolites. On the other hand, the transient expression of foreign DNA in plants facilitated the production of numerous proteins of pharmaceutical importance. This review summarizes several success stories of the engineering of plant metabolic pathways in heterologous hosts. Likewise, a few examples of recombinant protein expression in plants for therapeutic purposes are also highlighted. Therefore, the importance of medicinal plants has grown immensely as sources for valuable products of low and high molecular weight. The next step ahead for bioengineering is to achieve more success stories of industrial-scale production of secondary plant metabolites in microbial systems and to fully exploit plant cell factories' commercial potential for recombinant proteins.
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- Nikolay Vasilev
- TU Dortmund University, Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technical Biochemistry, Dortmund, Germany
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Batista AC, Levrier A, Soudier P, Voyvodic PL, Achmedov T, Reif-Trauttmansdorff T, DeVisch A, Cohen-Gonsaud M, Faulon JL, Beisel CL, Bonnet J, Kushwaha M. Differentially Optimized Cell-Free Buffer Enables Robust Expression from Unprotected Linear DNA in Exonuclease-Deficient Extracts. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:732-746. [PMID: 35034449 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The use of linear DNA templates in cell-free systems promises to accelerate the prototyping and engineering of synthetic gene circuits. A key challenge is that linear templates are rapidly degraded by exonucleases present in cell extracts. Current approaches tackle the problem by adding exonuclease inhibitors and DNA-binding proteins to protect the linear DNA, requiring additional time- and resource-intensive steps. Here, we delete the recBCD exonuclease gene cluster from the Escherichia coli BL21 genome. We show that the resulting cell-free systems, with buffers optimized specifically for linear DNA, enable near-plasmid levels of expression from σ70 promoters in linear DNA templates without employing additional protection strategies. When using linear or plasmid DNA templates at the buffer calibration step, the optimal potassium glutamate concentrations obtained when using linear DNA were consistently lower than those obtained when using plasmid DNA for the same extract. We demonstrate the robustness of the exonuclease deficient extracts across seven different batches and a wide range of experimental conditions across two different laboratories. Finally, we illustrate the use of the ΔrecBCD extracts for two applications: toehold switch characterization and enzyme screening. Our work provides a simple, efficient, and cost-effective solution for using linear DNA templates in cell-free systems and highlights the importance of specifically tailoring buffer composition for the final experimental setup. Our data also suggest that similar exonuclease deletion strategies can be applied to other species suitable for cell-free synthetic biology.
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- Angelo Cardoso Batista
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAe, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAe, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAe, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U1054, CNRS UMR 5048, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAe, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Guo S, Wang M, Xu W, Zou F, Lin J, Peng Q, Xu W, Xu S, Shi X. Rapid screening of glycosyltransferases in plants using a linear DNA expression template based cell-free transcription-translation system. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2022; 193:113007. [PMID: 34768185 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.113007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants have an extensively large number of enzymes including glycosyltransferases that are important in the biosynthesis of natural products. However, it is time-consuming and challenging to study these enzymes and only a small percentage of them have been well-characterized. Here, we report a rapid method to screen plant glycosyltransferases using a linear DNA expression template (LET) based cell-free transcription-translation system (TX-TL). As a proof of concept, we amplified and tested glycosyltransferases from Arabidopsis thaliana and showed that the catalytic activity results of these glycosyltransferases from LET-based-TX-TL were consistent with previous studies. We then chose a local medicinal plant Anoectochilus roxburghii, acquired its transcriptome sequences, and applied this method to study its glycosyltransferases. We rapidly expressed all the putative UDP-glucose glycosyltransferases using LET-based-TX-TL and discovered 6 unreported active glycosyltransferases which can catalyze the glycosylation of quercetin into isoquercitrin. Thus, LET-based-TX-TL was shown to be a powerful tool for researchers to rapidly screen plant glycosyltransferases for the first time.
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- Shaobin Guo
- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China.
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- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China
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- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China
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- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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Beabout K, Bernhards CB, Thakur M, Turner KB, Cole SD, Walper SA, Chávez JL, Lux MW. Optimization of Heavy Metal Sensors Based on Transcription Factors and Cell-Free Expression Systems. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:3040-3054. [PMID: 34723503 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Many bacterial mechanisms for highly specific and sensitive detection of heavy metals and other hazards have been reengineered to serve as sensors. In some cases, these sensors have been implemented in cell-free expression systems, enabling easier design optimization and deployment in low-resource settings through lyophilization. Here, we apply the advantages of cell-free expression systems to optimize sensors based on three separate bacterial response mechanisms for arsenic, cadmium, and mercury. We achieved detection limits below the World Health Organization-recommended levels for arsenic and mercury and below the short-term US Military Exposure Guideline levels for all three. The optimization of each sensor was approached differently, leading to observations useful for the development of future sensors: (1) there can be a strong dependence of specificity on the particular cell-free expression system used, (2) tuning of relative concentrations of the sensing and reporter elements improves sensitivity, and (3) sensor performance can vary significantly with linear vs plasmid DNA. In addition, we show that simply combining DNA for the three sensors into a single reaction enables detection of each target heavy metal without any further optimization. This combined approach could lead to sensors that detect a range of hazards at once, such as a panel of water contaminants or all known variants of a target virus. For low-resource settings, such "all-hazard" sensors in a cheap, easy-to-use format could have high utility.
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- Kathryn Beabout
- UES, Inc., Dayton, Ohio 45432, United States
- Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Excet, Inc., 6225 Brandon Avenue #360, Springfield, Virginia 22150, United States
- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, 8198 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States
- College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States
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- Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, 8198 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, 8198 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, United States
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Park YJ, Kim DM. Production of Recombinant Horseradish Peroxidase in an Engineered Cell-free Protein Synthesis System. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:778496. [PMID: 34778239 PMCID: PMC8579056 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.778496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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One of the main advantages of a cell-free synthesis system is that the synthetic machinery of cells can be modularized and re-assembled for desired purposes. In this study, we attempted to combine the translational activity of Escherichia coli extract with a heme synthesis pathway for the functional production of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). We first optimized the reaction conditions and the sequence of template DNA to enhance protein expression and folding. The reaction mixture was then supplemented with 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase to facilitate co-synthesis of the heme prosthetic group from glucose. Combining the different synthetic modules required for protein synthesis and cofactor generation led to successful production of functional HRP in a cell-free synthesis system.
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- Yu-Jin Park
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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From Cell-Free Protein Synthesis to Whole-Cell Biotransformation: Screening and Identification of Novel α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases for Preparative-Scale Synthesis of Hydroxy-l-Lysine. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11091038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The selective hydroxylation of non-activated C-H bonds is still a challenging reaction in chemistry. Non-heme Fe2+/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases are remarkable biocatalysts for the activation of C-H-bonds, catalyzing mainly hydroxylations. The discovery of new Fe2+/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases with suitable reactivity for biotechnological applications is therefore highly relevant to expand the limited range of enzymes described so far. In this study, we performed a protein BLAST to identify homologous enzymes to already described lysine dioxygenases (KDOs). Six novel and yet uncharacterized proteins were selected and synthesized by cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS). The subsequent in vitro screening of the selected homologs revealed activity towards the hydroxylation of l-lysine (Lys) into hydroxy-l-lysine (Hyl), which is a versatile chiral building block. With respect to biotechnological application, Escherichia coli whole-cell biocatalysts were developed and characterized in small-scale biotransformations. As the whole-cell biocatalyst expressing the gene coding for the KDO from Photorhabdus luminescens showed the highest specific activity of 8.6 ± 0.6 U gCDW−1, it was selected for the preparative synthesis of Hyl. Multi-gram scale product concentrations were achieved providing a good starting point for further bioprocess development for Hyl production. A systematic approach was established to screen and identify novel Fe2+/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, covering the entire pathway from gene to product, which contributes to accelerating the development of bioprocesses for the production of value-added chemicals.
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McSweeney MA, Styczynski MP. Effective Use of Linear DNA in Cell-Free Expression Systems. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:715328. [PMID: 34354989 PMCID: PMC8329657 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.715328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cell-free expression systems (CFEs) are cutting-edge research tools used in the investigation of biological phenomena and the engineering of novel biotechnologies. While CFEs have many benefits over in vivo protein synthesis, one particularly significant advantage is that CFEs allow for gene expression from both plasmid DNA and linear expression templates (LETs). This is an important and impactful advantage because functional LETs can be efficiently synthesized in vitro in a few hours without transformation and cloning, thus expediting genetic circuit prototyping and allowing expression of toxic genes that would be difficult to clone through standard approaches. However, native nucleases present in the crude bacterial lysate (the basis for the most affordable form of CFEs) quickly degrade LETs and limit expression yield. Motivated by the significant benefits of using LETs in lieu of plasmid templates, numerous methods to enhance their stability in lysate-based CFEs have been developed. This review describes approaches to LET stabilization used in CFEs, summarizes the advancements that have come from using LETs with these methods, and identifies future applications and development goals that are likely to be impactful to the field. Collectively, continued improvement of LET-based expression and other linear DNA tools in CFEs will help drive scientific discovery and enable a wide range of applications, from diagnostics to synthetic biology research tools.
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- Megan A McSweeney
- Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Norouzi M, Panfilov S, Pardee K. High-Efficiency Protection of Linear DNA in Cell-Free Extracts from Escherichia coli and Vibrio natriegens. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:1615-1624. [PMID: 34161082 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The field of cell-free synthetic biology is an emerging branch of engineered biology that allows for rapid prototyping of biological designs and, in its own right, is becoming a venue for the in vitro operation of gene circuit-based sensors and biomanufacturing. To date, the related DNA encoded tools that operate in cell-free reactions have primarily relied on plasmid DNA inputs, as linear templates are highly susceptible to degradation by exonucleases present in cell-free extracts. This incompatibility has precluded significant throughput, time and cost benefits that could be gained with the use of linear DNA in the cell-free expression workflow. Here to tackle this limitation, we report that terminal incorporation of Ter binding sites for the DNA-binding protein Tus enables highly efficient protection of linear expression templates encoding mCherry and deGFP. In Escherichia coli extracts, our method compares favorably with the previously reported GamS-mediated protection scheme. Importantly, we extend the Tus-Ter system to Vibrio natriegens extracts, and demonstrate that this simple and easily implemented method can enable an unprecedented plasmid-level expression from linear templates in this emerging chassis organism.
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- Masoud Norouzi
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada
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Blum SM, Lee MS, Mgboji GE, Funk VL, Beabout K, Harbaugh SV, Roth PA, Liem AT, Miklos AE, Emanuel PA, Walper SA, Chávez JL, Lux MW. Impact of Porous Matrices and Concentration by Lyophilization on Cell-Free Expression. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:1116-1131. [PMID: 33843211 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cell-free expression systems have drawn increasing attention as a tool to achieve complex biological functions outside of the cell. Several applications of the technology involve the delivery of functionality to challenging environments, such as field-forward diagnostics or point-of-need manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. To achieve these goals, cell-free reaction components are preserved using encapsulation or lyophilization methods, both of which often involve an embedding of components in porous matrices like paper or hydrogels. Previous work has shown a range of impacts of porous materials on cell-free expression reactions. Here, we explored a panel of 32 paperlike materials and 5 hydrogel materials for the impact on reaction performance. The screen included a tolerance to lyophilization for reaction systems based on both cell lysates and purified expression components. For paperlike materials, we found that (1) materials based on synthetic polymers were mostly incompatible with cell-free expression, (2) lysate-based reactions were largely insensitive to the matrix for cellulosic and microfiber materials, and (3) purified systems had an improved performance when lyophilized in cellulosic but not microfiber matrices. The impact of hydrogel materials ranged from completely inhibitory to a slight enhancement. The exploration of modulating the rehydration volume of lyophilized reactions yielded reaction speed increases using an enzymatic colorimetric reporter of up to twofold with an optimal ratio of 2:1 lyophilized reaction to rehydration volume for the lysate system and 1.5:1 for the purified system. The effect was independent of the matrices assessed. Testing with a fluorescent nonenzymatic reporter and no matrix showed similar improvements in both yields and reaction speeds for the lysate system and yields but not reaction speeds for the purified system. We finally used these observations to show an improved performance of two sensors that span reaction types, matrix, and reporters. In total, these results should enhance efforts to develop field-forward applications of cell-free expression systems.
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- Steven M. Blum
- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6209, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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- UES, Inc., Dayton, Ohio 45432, United States
- 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
- DCS Corporation, 4696 Millenium Drive, Suite 450, Belcamp, Maryland 21017, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
- DCS Corporation, 4696 Millenium Drive, Suite 450, Belcamp, Maryland 21017, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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- Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States
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- 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, United States
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- United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center. 8198 Blackhawk Road, APG, Aberdeen, Maryland 21010, United States
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Chen X, Lu Y. In silico Design of Linear DNA for Robust Cell-Free Gene Expression. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:670341. [PMID: 34095101 PMCID: PMC8169995 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.670341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cell-free gene expression systems with linear DNA expression templates (LDETs) have been widely applied in artificial cells, biochips, and high-throughput screening. However, due to the degradation caused by native nucleases in cell extracts, the transcription with linear DNA templates is weak, thereby resulting in low protein expression level, which greatly limits the development of cell-free systems using linear DNA templates. In this study, the protective sequences for stabilizing linear DNA and the transcribed mRNAs were rationally designed according to nucleases' action mechanism, whose effectiveness was evaluated through computer simulation and cell-free gene expression. The cell-free experiment results indicated that, with the combined protection of designed sequence and GamS protein, the protein expression of LDET-based cell-free systems could reach the same level as plasmid-based cell-free systems. This study would potentially promote the development of the LDET-based cell-free gene expression system for broader applications.
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- Xinjie Chen
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Fogeron ML, Lecoq L, Cole L, Harbers M, Böckmann A. Easy Synthesis of Complex Biomolecular Assemblies: Wheat Germ Cell-Free Protein Expression in Structural Biology. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:639587. [PMID: 33842544 PMCID: PMC8027086 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.639587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) systems are gaining more importance as universal tools for basic research, applied sciences, and product development with new technologies emerging for their application. Huge progress was made in the field of synthetic biology using CFPS to develop new proteins for technical applications and therapy. Out of the available CFPS systems, wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis (WG-CFPS) merges the highest yields with the use of a eukaryotic ribosome, making it an excellent approach for the synthesis of complex eukaryotic proteins including, for example, protein complexes and membrane proteins. Separating the translation reaction from other cellular processes, CFPS offers a flexible means to adapt translation reactions to protein needs. There is a large demand for such potent, easy-to-use, rapid protein expression systems, which are optimally serving protein requirements to drive biochemical and structural biology research. We summarize here a general workflow for a wheat germ system providing examples from the literature, as well as applications used for our own studies in structural biology. With this review, we want to highlight the tremendous potential of the rapidly evolving and highly versatile CFPS systems, making them more widely used as common tools to recombinantly prepare particularly challenging recombinant eukaryotic proteins.
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- Marie-Laure Fogeron
- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CellFree Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, Japan
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Colant N, Melinek B, Frank S, Rosenberg W, Bracewell DG. Escherichia Coli-Based Cell-Free Protein Synthesis for Iterative Design of Tandem-Core Virus-Like Particles. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:193. [PMID: 33669126 PMCID: PMC7996620 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9030193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tandem-core hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) virus-like particles (VLPs), in which two HBcAg monomers are joined together by a peptide linker, can be used to display two different antigens on the VLP surface. We produced universal influenza vaccine candidates that use this scaffold in an Escherichia coli-based cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) platform. We then used the CFPS system to rapidly test modifications to the arginine-rich region typically found in wild-type HBcAg, the peptide linkers around the influenza antigen inserts, and the plasmid vector backbone to improve titer and quality. Using a minimal plasmid vector backbone designed for CFPS improved titers by at least 1.4-fold over the original constructs. When the linker lengths for the influenza inserts were more consistent in length and a greater variety of codons for glycine and serine were utilized, titers were further increased to over 70 μg/mL (4.0-fold greater than the original construct) and the presence of lower molecular weight product-related impurities was significantly reduced, although improvements in particle assembly were not seen. Furthermore, any constructs with the C-terminal arginine-rich region removed resulted in asymmetric particles of poor quality. This demonstrates the potential for CFPS as a screening platform for VLPs.
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- Noelle Colant
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (N.C.); (B.M.); (S.F.)
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (N.C.); (B.M.); (S.F.)
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (N.C.); (B.M.); (S.F.)
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- Division of Medicine, UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Campus, London NW3 2PF, UK;
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (N.C.); (B.M.); (S.F.)
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Hershewe J, Kightlinger W, Jewett MC. Cell-free systems for accelerating glycoprotein expression and biomanufacturing. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 47:977-991. [PMID: 33090335 PMCID: PMC7578589 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-020-02321-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Protein glycosylation, the enzymatic modification of amino acid sidechains with sugar moieties, plays critical roles in cellular function, human health, and biotechnology. However, studying and producing defined glycoproteins remains challenging. Cell-free glycoprotein synthesis systems, in which protein synthesis and glycosylation are performed in crude cell extracts, offer new approaches to address these challenges. Here, we review versatile, state-of-the-art systems for biomanufacturing glycoproteins in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell-free systems with natural and synthetic N-linked glycosylation pathways. We discuss existing challenges and future opportunities in the use of cell-free systems for the design, manufacture, and study of glycoprotein biomedicines.
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- Jasmine Hershewe
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA.,Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA.,Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA.,Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA.,Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA. .,Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2170 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA. .,Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Technological Institute E136, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3120, USA. .,Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60611-3068, USA. .,Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, Suite 11-131, Chicago, IL, 60611-2875, USA.
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Colant N, Melinek B, Teneb J, Goldrick S, Rosenberg W, Frank S, Bracewell DG. A rational approach to improving titer in Escherichia coli-based cell-free protein synthesis reactions. Biotechnol Prog 2020; 37:e3062. [PMID: 32761750 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.3062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is an established method for rapid recombinant protein production. Advantages like short synthesis times and an open reaction environment make CFPS a desirable platform for new and difficult-to-express products. Most recently, interest has grown in using the technology to make larger amounts of material. This has been driven through a variety of reasons from making site specific antibody drug conjugates, to emergency response, to the safe manufacture of toxic biological products. We therefore need robust methods to determine the appropriate reaction conditions for product expression in CFPS. Here we propose a process development strategy for Escherichia coli lysate-based CFPS reactions that can be completed in as little as 48 hr. We observed the most dramatic increases in titer were due to the E. coli strain for the cell extract. Therefore, we recommend identifying a high-producing cell extract for the product of interest as a first step. Next, we manipulated the plasmid concentration, amount of extract, temperature, concentrated reaction mix pH levels, and length of reaction. The influence of these process parameters on titer was evaluated through multivariate data analysis. The process parameters with the highest impact on titer were subsequently included in a design of experiments to determine the conditions that increased titer the most in the design space. This proposed process development strategy resulted in superfolder green fluorescent protein titers of 0.686 g/L, a 38% improvement on the standard operating conditions, and hepatitis B core antigen titers of 0.386 g/L, a 190% improvement.
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- Noelle Colant
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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Chiocchini C, Vattem K, Liss M, Ludewig L, Reusch T, Rastogi I, Webb B, Trefzer A. From Electronic Sequence to Purified Protein Using Automated Gene Synthesis and In Vitro Transcription/Translation. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:1714-1724. [PMID: 32502345 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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De novo gene synthesis is the state-of-the-art method used to obtain genetic material adapted to the requirements of the host organism and a cornerstone for modern synthetic biology. Yet, little progress has been made regarding downstream processes of protein production from synthetic genetic material. The production of recombinant proteins traditionally requires extensive preparatory work including gene amplification, cloning, sequencing, transformation or transfection of the expression host, cultivation of living cells, and purification of the overexpressed protein. In this work we describe a fast and automated workflow for cell-free production of proteins starting from an electronic protein sequence or accession number. PRESTO (protein expression starting from oligonucleotides) seamlessly combines a tailored in silico sequence optimization with the assembly of short oligonucleotides into synthetic linear DNA expression cassettes, mammalian in vitro transcription/translation, and protein purification thereof. Integrated on a small liquid handling system it provides a hands-free high throughput source for functional synthetic proteins within 1 day.
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- Claudia Chiocchini
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, GENEART GmbH, Im Gewerbepark B35, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3747 N Meridian Road, Rockford, Illinois 61101, United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, GENEART GmbH, Im Gewerbepark B35, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, GENEART GmbH, Im Gewerbepark B35, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, GENEART GmbH, Im Gewerbepark B35, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3747 N Meridian Road, Rockford, Illinois 61101, United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3747 N Meridian Road, Rockford, Illinois 61101, United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, GENEART GmbH, Im Gewerbepark B35, 93059 Regensburg, Germany
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Zhuang L, Huang S, Liu WQ, Karim AS, Jewett MC, Li J. Total in vitro biosynthesis of the nonribosomal macrolactone peptide valinomycin. Metab Eng 2020; 60:37-44. [PMID: 32224263 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Natural products are important because of their significant pharmaceutical properties such as antiviral, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity. Recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing reveal that a great number of cryptic natural product biosynthetic gene clusters are encoded in microbial genomes, for example, those of Streptomyces species. However, it is still challenging to access compounds from these clusters because many source organisms are uncultivable or the genes are silent during laboratory cultivation. To address this challenge, we develop an efficient cell-free platform for the rapid, in vitro total biosynthesis of the nonribosomal peptide valinomycin as a model. We achieve this goal in two ways. First, we used a cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system to express the entire valinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster (>19 kb) in a single-pot reaction, giving rise to approximately 37 μg/L of valinomycin after optimization. Second, we coupled CFPS with cell-free metabolic engineering system by mixing two enzyme-enriched cell lysates to perform a two-stage biosynthesis. This strategy improved valinomycin production ~5000-fold to nearly 30 mg/L. We expect that cell-free biosynthetic systems will provide a new avenue to express, discover, and characterize natural product gene clusters of interest in vitro.
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- Lei Zhuang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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Ayoubi-Joshaghani MH, Dianat-Moghadam H, Seidi K, Jahanban-Esfahalan A, Zare P, Jahanban-Esfahlan R. Cell-free protein synthesis: The transition from batch reactions to minimal cells and microfluidic devices. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:1204-1229. [PMID: 31840797 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Thanks to the synthetic biology, the laborious and restrictive procedure for producing a target protein in living microorganisms by biotechnological approaches can now experience a robust, pliant yet efficient alternative. The new system combined with lab-on-chip microfluidic devices and nanotechnology offers a tremendous potential envisioning novel cell-free formats such as DNA brushes, hydrogels, vesicular particles, droplets, as well as solid surfaces. Acting as robust microreactors/microcompartments/minimal cells, the new platforms can be tuned to perform various tasks in a parallel and integrated manner encompassing gene expression, protein synthesis, purification, detection, and finally enabling cell-cell signaling to bring a collective cell behavior, such as directing differentiation process, characteristics of higher order entities, and beyond. In this review, we issue an update on recent cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) formats. Furthermore, the latest advances and applications of CFPS for synthetic biology and biotechnology are highlighted. In the end, contemporary challenges and future opportunities of CFPS systems are discussed.
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Techner JM, Kightlinger W, Lin L, Hershewe J, Ramesh A, DeLisa MP, Jewett MC, Mrksich M. High-Throughput Synthesis and Analysis of Intact Glycoproteins Using SAMDI-MS. Anal Chem 2020; 92:1963-1971. [PMID: 31854989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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High-throughput quantification of the post-translational modification of many individual protein samples is challenging with current label-based methods. This paper demonstrates an efficient method that addresses this gap by combining Escherichia coli-based cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) and self-assembled monolayers for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SAMDI-MS) to analyze intact proteins. This high-throughput approach begins with polyhistidine-tagged protein substrates expressed from linear DNA templates by CFPS. Here, we synthesized an 87-member library of the E. coli Immunity Protein 7 (Im7) containing an acceptor sequence optimized for glycosylation by the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae N-glycosyltransferase (NGT) at every possible position along the protein backbone. These protein substrates were individually treated with NGT and then selectively immobilized to self-assembled monolayers presenting nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA) complexes before final analysis by SAMDI-MS to quantify the conversion of substrate to glycoprotein. This method offers new opportunities for rapid synthesis and quantitative evaluation of intact glycoproteins.
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- Feinberg School of Medicine , Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois 60611 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Cornell University , Ithaca , New York 14853 , United States
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Dopp JL, Jo YR, Reuel NF. Methods to reduce variability in E. Coli-based cell-free protein expression experiments. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2019; 4:204-211. [PMID: 31750411 PMCID: PMC6849339 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is an established biotechnology tool that has shown great utility in many applications such as prototyping proteins, building genetic circuits, designing biosensors, and expressing cytotoxic proteins. Although CFPS has been widely deployed, the many, varied methods presented in the literature can be challenging for new users to adopt. From our experience and others who newly enter the field, one of the most frustrating aspects of applying CFPS as a laboratory can be the large levels of variability that are present within experimental replicates. Herein we provide a retrospective summary of CFPS methods that reduce variability significantly. These methods include optimized extract preparation, fully solubilizing the master mix components, and careful mixing of the reaction. These have reduced our coefficient of variation from 97.3% to 1.2%. Moreover, these methods allow complete novices (e.g. semester rotation undergraduate students) to provide data that is comparable to experienced users, thus allowing broader participation in this exciting research area.
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Lee KH, Kim DM. In Vitro Use of Cellular Synthetic Machinery for Biosensing Applications. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:1166. [PMID: 31680954 PMCID: PMC6803485 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The application of biosensors is expanding in diverse fields due to their high selectivity and sensitivity. Biosensors employ biological components for the recognition of target analytes. In addition, the amplifying nature of biosynthetic processes can potentially be harnessed to for biological transduction of detection signals. Recent advances in the development of highly productive and cost-effective cell-free synthesis systems make it possible to use these systems as the biological transducers to generate biosensing signals. This review surveys recent developments in cell-free biosensors, focusing on the newly devised mechanisms for the biological recognition of analytes to initiate the amplification processes of transcription and translation.
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- Kyung-Ho Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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Lee KH, Kim DM. Recent advances in development of cell-free protein synthesis systems for fast and efficient production of recombinant proteins. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 365:5062788. [PMID: 30084930 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cell-free protein synthesis has emerged in recent years as a powerful tool that can potentially transform the production of recombinant proteins. Cell-free protein synthesis harnesses the synthetic power of living cells while eliminating many of the constraints of traditional cell-based gene expression methods. Due to the lack of physical barriers separating the protein synthesis machinery from the surrounding environment, a cell-free protein synthesis reaction mixture can be directly programmed using diverse genetic material for the instant production of recombinant proteins without complicated cloning procedures. However, a number of issues must be addressed for this technology to be widely accepted as an alternative platform for protein production, including quality-control of translation machinery preparations, and high reagent cost. This review describes recent efforts to make cell-free protein synthesis more affordable and more easily accessible for generic applications.
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- Kyung-Ho Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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Cortès S, Hibti FE, Chiraz F, Ezzine S. High-Throughput E. coli Cell-Free Expression: From PCR Product Design to Functional Validation of GPCR. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2025:261-279. [PMID: 31267457 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9624-7_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This chapter outlines a protocol to express GPCRs libraries for screening of targets. High-throughput screening of GPCR expression raised a big interest in the development of proteomic drug candidates, protein engineering, and microarrays. However, GPCRs represent a large family of difficult-to-express proteins which can be successfully produced by cell-free systems in the presence of liposomes. The open and flexible nature of this in vitro expression system allows the manipulation of transcription and translation as well as the modulation of the cell-free reaction environment by the addition of any adjuvant or the incorporation of unnatural amino acid for example.The compatibility of PCR fragments with cell-free protein synthesis and using SPRi as multiplex analytical platform offer an effective method to rapidly select different targets. Large-scale expression and purification of GPCRs into proteoliposome format are discussed at the end of this chapter.
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Liu WQ, Zhang L, Chen M, Li J. Cell-free protein synthesis: Recent advances in bacterial extract sources and expanded applications. Biochem Eng J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Dopp BJL, Tamiev DD, Reuel NF. Cell-free supplement mixtures: Elucidating the history and biochemical utility of additives used to support in vitro protein synthesis in E. coli extract. Biotechnol Adv 2019; 37:246-258. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Soltani M, Davis BR, Ford H, Nelson JAD, Bundy BC. Reengineering cell-free protein synthesis as a biosensor: Biosensing with transcription, translation, and protein-folding. Biochem Eng J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Lu M, Zhao X, Xing H, Xun Z, Yang T, Cai C, Wang D, Ding P. Liposome-chaperoned cell-free synthesis for the design of proteoliposomes: Implications for therapeutic delivery. Acta Biomater 2018; 76:1-20. [PMID: 29625253 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell-free (CF) protein synthesis has emerged as a powerful technique platform for efficient protein production in vitro. Liposomes have been widely studied as therapeutic carriers due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, low toxicity, flexible surface manipulation, easy preparation, and higher cargo encapsulation capability. However, rapid immune clearance, insufficient targeting capacity, and poor cytoplasmic delivery efficiency substantially restrict their clinical application. The incorporation of functional membrane proteins (MPs) or peptides allows the transfer of biological properties to liposomes and imparts them with improved circulation, increased targeting, and efficient intracellular delivery. Liposome-chaperoned CF synthesis enables production of proteoliposomes in one-step reaction, which not only substantially simplifies the production procedure but also keeps protein functionality intact. Building off these observations, proteoliposomes with integrated MPs represent an excellent candidate for therapeutic delivery. In this review, we describe recent advances in CF synthesis with emphasis on detailing key factors for improving CF expression efficiency. Furthermore, we provide insights into strategies for rational design of proteoliposomal nanodelivery systems via CF synthesis. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Liposome-chaperoned CF synthesis has emerged as a powerful approach for the design of recombinant proteoliposomes in one-step reaction. The incorporation of bioactive MPs or peptides into liposomes via CF synthesis can facilitate the development of proteoliposomal nanodelivery systems with improved circulation, increased targeting, and enhanced cellular delivery capacity. Moreover, by adapting lessons learned from natural delivery vehicles, novel bio-inspired proteoliposomes with enhanced delivery properties could be produced in CF systems. In this review, we first give an overview of CF synthesis with focus on enhancing protein expression in liposome-chaperoned CF systems. Furthermore, we intend to provide insight into harnessing CF-synthesized proteoliposomes for efficient therapeutic delivery.
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Jin X, Kightlinger W, Kwon YC, Hong SH. Rapid production and characterization of antimicrobial colicins using Escherichia coli-based cell-free protein synthesis. Synth Biol (Oxf) 2018; 3:ysy004. [PMID: 32995513 PMCID: PMC7445778 DOI: 10.1093/synbio/ysy004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Colicins are antimicrobial proteins produced by Escherichia coli, which, upon secretion from the host, kill non-host E. coli strains by forming pores in the inner membrane and degrading internal cellular components such as DNA and RNA. Due to their unique cell-killing activities, colicins are considered viable alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Recombinant production of colicins requires co-production of immunity proteins to protect host cells; otherwise, the colicins are lethal to the host. In this study, we used cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) to produce active colicins without the need for protein purification and co-production of immunity proteins. Cell-free synthesized colicins were active in killing model E. coli cells with different modes of cytotoxicity. Pore-forming colicins E1 and nuclease colicin E2 killed actively growing cells in a nutrient-rich medium, but the cytotoxicity of colicin Ia was low compared to E1 and E2. Moreover, colicin E1 effectively killed cells in a nutrient-free solution, while the activity of E2 was decreased compared to nutrient-rich conditions. Both colicins E1 and E2 decreased the level of persister cells (metabolically dormant cell populations that are insensitive to antibiotics) by up to six orders of magnitude compared to that of the rifampin pretreated persister cells. This study finds that colicins can eradicate non-growing cells including persisters, and that CFPS is a promising platform for rapid production and characterization of toxic proteins.
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- Xing Jin
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, LSU Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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Panthu B, Ohlmann T, Perrier J, Schlattner U, Jalinot P, Elena-Herrmann B, Rautureau GJP. Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Enhancement from Real-Time NMR Metabolite Kinetics: Redirecting Energy Fluxes in Hybrid RRL Systems. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:218-226. [PMID: 28915016 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A counterintuitive cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) strategy, based on reducing the ribosomal fraction in rabbit reticulocyte lysate (RRL), triggers the development of hybrid systems composed of RRL ribosome-free supernatant complemented with ribosomes from different mammalian cell-types. Hybrid RRL systems maintain translational properties of the original ribosome cell types, and deliver protein expression levels similar to RRL. Here, we show that persistent ribosome-associated metabolic activity consuming ATP is a major obstacle for maximal protein yield. We provide a detailed picture of hybrid CFPS systems energetic metabolism based on real-time nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigation of metabolites kinetics. We demonstrate that protein synthesis capacity has an upper limit at native ribosome concentration and that lower amounts of the ribosomal fraction optimize energy fluxes toward protein translation, consequently increasing CFPS yield. These results provide a rationalized strategy for further mammalian CFPS developments and reveal the potential of real-time NMR metabolism phenotyping for optimization of cell-free protein expression systems.
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- Baptiste Panthu
- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard, CNRS UMR 5239, INSERM U1210, Laboratory of Biology and Modelling of the Cell, 46 allée d’Italie Site Jacques Monod, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ. Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics (LBFA), 38058 Grenoble cedex, France
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard, CNRS UMR 5239, INSERM U1210, Laboratory of Biology and Modelling of the Cell, 46 allée d’Italie Site Jacques Monod, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Wilding KM, Schinn SM, Long EA, Bundy BC. The emerging impact of cell-free chemical biosynthesis. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2018; 53:115-121. [PMID: 29310029 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 12/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Biomanufacturing has emerged as a promising alternative to chemocatalysis for green, renewable, complex synthesis of biofuels, medicines, and fine chemicals. Cell-free chemical biosynthesis offers additional advantages over in vivo production, enabling plug-and-play assembly of separately produced enzymes into an optimal cascade, versatile reaction conditions, and direct access to the reaction environment. In order for these advantages to be realized on the larger scale of industry, strategies are needed to reduce costs of biocatalyst generation, improve biocatalyst stability, and enable economically sustainable continuous cascade operation. Here we overview the advantages and remaining challenges of applying cell-free chemical biosynthesis for commodity production, and discuss recent advances in cascade engineering, enzyme immobilization, and enzyme encapsulation which constitute important steps towards addressing these challenges.
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- Kristen M Wilding
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States.
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Stech M, Nikolaeva O, Thoring L, Stöcklein WFM, Wüstenhagen DA, Hust M, Dübel S, Kubick S. Cell-free synthesis of functional antibodies using a coupled in vitro transcription-translation system based on CHO cell lysates. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12030. [PMID: 28931913 PMCID: PMC5607253 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12364-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Antibodies are indispensable tools for basic research as well as diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Consequently, the development of alternative manufacturing strategies which circumvent the hurdles connected to conventional antibody production technologies is of enormous interest. To address this issue, we demonstrate the synthesis of complex antibody formats, in particular immunoglobulin G (IgG) and single-chain variable fragment Fc fusion (scFv-Fc), in a microsome-containing cell-free system based on translationally active chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lysates. To mimic the environment for antibody folding and assembly present in living cells, antibody genes were fused to an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-specific signal sequence. Signal-peptide induced translocation of antibody polypeptide chains into the lumen of ER microsomes was found to be the prerequisite for antibody chain assembly and functionality. In this context, we show the rapid synthesis of antibody molecules in different reaction formats, including batch and continuous-exchange cell-free (CECF) reactions, depending on the amount of protein needed for further analysis. In addition, we demonstrate site-specific and residue-specific labeling of antibodies with fluorescent non-canonical amino acids. In summary, our study describes a novel antibody production platform which combines the highly efficient mammalian protein folding machinery of CHO cells with the benefits of cell-free protein synthesis.
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- M Stech
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Biotechnologie, Medizinische Biotechnologie, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355, Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Biotechnologie, Medizinische Biotechnologie, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355, Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, Spielmannstr. 7, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology, Spielmannstr. 7, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
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Schinn SM, Bradley W, Groesbeck A, Wu JC, Broadbent A, Bundy BC. Rapid in vitro screening for the location-dependent effects of unnatural amino acids on protein expression and activity. Biotechnol Bioeng 2017; 114:2412-2417. [PMID: 28398594 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The incorporation of unnatural amino acids (uAA) can introduce novel functional groups into proteins site-specifically, with important applications in basic sciences and protein engineering. However, uAA incorporation can impact protein expression and functional activity depending on its location within the protein-a process that is not yet completely understood and difficult to predict. Therefore, practical applications often necessitate a time-consuming optimization of uAA location by individual gene cloning, expressions, purification, and evaluations for each location tested. To address this limitation, we introduce a streamlined and versatile in vitro system to rapidly express and screen uAA-containing proteins without cumbersome cell culturing or purification procedures. We utilized this technology to simultaneously screen 24 different t4-lysozyme mutants with different uAA incorporation sites in a matter of hours, compared to weeks-long workflow of conventional methods. Screening data offered a mechanistic explanation to some effects of uAA incorporation on expression and activity. Despite these insights, rational prediction of such effects remained challenging, further confirming the value of a rapid screening approach. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2017;114: 2412-2417. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Song-Min Schinn
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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Salehi ASM, Smith MT, Schinn S, Hunt JM, Muhlestein C, Diray‐Arce J, Nielsen BL, Bundy BC. Efficient t
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- Amin S. M. Salehi
- Department of Chemical EngineeringBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringBrigham Young UniversityProvo UT84602
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Caschera F. Bacterial cell-free expression technology to in vitro systems engineering and optimization. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2017; 2:97-104. [PMID: 29062966 PMCID: PMC5637228 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Cell-free expression system is a technology for the synthesis of proteins in vitro. The system is a platform for several bioengineering projects, e.g. cell-free metabolic engineering, evolutionary design of experiments, and synthetic minimal cell construction. Bacterial cell-free protein synthesis system (CFPS) is a robust tool for synthetic biology. The bacteria lysate, the DNA, and the energy module, which are the three optimized sub-systems for in vitro protein synthesis, compose the integrated system. Currently, an optimized E. coli cell-free expression system can produce up to ∼2.3 mg/mL of a fluorescent reporter protein. Herein, I will describe the features of ATP-regeneration systems for in vitro protein synthesis, and I will present a machine-learning experiment for optimizing the protein yield of E. coli cell-free protein synthesis systems. Moreover, I will introduce experiments on the synthesis of a minimal cell using liposomes as dynamic containers, and E. coli cell-free expression system as biochemical platform for metabolism and gene expression. CFPS can be further integrated with other technologies for novel applications in environmental, medical and material science.
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Nagamune T. Biomolecular engineering for nanobio/bionanotechnology. NANO CONVERGENCE 2017; 4:9. [PMID: 28491487 PMCID: PMC5401866 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-017-0103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Biomolecular engineering can be used to purposefully manipulate biomolecules, such as peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, within the framework of the relations among their structures, functions and properties, as well as their applicability to such areas as developing novel biomaterials, biosensing, bioimaging, and clinical diagnostics and therapeutics. Nanotechnology can also be used to design and tune the sizes, shapes, properties and functionality of nanomaterials. As such, there are considerable overlaps between nanotechnology and biomolecular engineering, in that both are concerned with the structure and behavior of materials on the nanometer scale or smaller. Therefore, in combination with nanotechnology, biomolecular engineering is expected to open up new fields of nanobio/bionanotechnology and to contribute to the development of novel nanobiomaterials, nanobiodevices and nanobiosystems. This review highlights recent studies using engineered biological molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides, proteins, enzymes, polysaccharides, lipids, biological cofactors and ligands) combined with functional nanomaterials in nanobio/bionanotechnology applications, including therapeutics, diagnostics, biosensing, bioanalysis and biocatalysts. Furthermore, this review focuses on five areas of recent advances in biomolecular engineering: (a) nucleic acid engineering, (b) gene engineering, (c) protein engineering, (d) chemical and enzymatic conjugation technologies, and (e) linker engineering. Precisely engineered nanobiomaterials, nanobiodevices and nanobiosystems are anticipated to emerge as next-generation platforms for bioelectronics, biosensors, biocatalysts, molecular imaging modalities, biological actuators, and biomedical applications.
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- Teruyuki Nagamune
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Salehi ASM, Shakalli Tang MJ, Smith MT, Hunt JM, Law RA, Wood DW, Bundy BC. Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Approach to Biosensing hTRβ-Specific Endocrine Disruptors. Anal Chem 2017; 89:3395-3401. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Amin S. M. Salehi
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, United States
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Hunt JP, Schinn SM, Jones MD, Bundy BC. Rapid, portable detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals through ligand-nuclear hormone receptor interactions. Analyst 2017; 142:4595-4600. [DOI: 10.1039/c7an01540b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Recent advances in biosensing technology are enabling rapid and portable detection of nuclear hormone receptor ligand endocrine disrupting chemicals.
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- J. Porter Hunt
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Brigham Young University
- Provo
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Brigham Young University
- Provo
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Brigham Young University
- Provo
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Brigham Young University
- Provo
- USA
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Hunt JP, Yang SO, Wilding KM, Bundy BC. The growing impact of lyophilized cell-free protein expression systems. Bioengineered 2016; 8:325-330. [PMID: 27791452 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2016.1241925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Recently reported shelf-stable, on-demand protein synthesis platforms are enabling new possibilities in biotherapeutics, biosensing, biocatalysis, and high throughput protein expression. Lyophilized cell-free protein expression systems not only overcome cold-storage limitations, but also enable stockpiling for on-demand synthesis and completely sterilize the protein synthesis platform. Recently reported high-yield synthesis of cytotoxic protein Onconase from lyophilized E. coli extract preparations demonstrates the utility of lyophilized cell-free protein expression and its potential for creating on-demand biotherapeutics, vaccines, biosensors, biocatalysts, and high throughput protein synthesis.
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- J Porter Hunt
- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA
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- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA
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- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA
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- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah , USA
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