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Wu Y, Zhu L, Li S, Chu H, Wang X, Xu W. High content design of riboswitch biosensors: All-around rational module-by-module design. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 220:114887. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wrist A, Sun W, Summers RM. The Theophylline Aptamer: 25 Years as an Important Tool in Cellular Engineering Research. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:682-697. [PMID: 32142605 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The theophylline aptamer was isolated from an oligonucleotide library in 1994. Since that time, the aptamer has found wide utility, particularly in synthetic biology, cellular engineering, and diagnostic applications. The primary application of the theophylline aptamer is in the construction and characterization of synthetic riboswitches for regulation of gene expression. These riboswitches have been used to control cellular motility, regulate carbon metabolism, construct logic gates, screen for mutant enzymes, and control apoptosis. Other applications of the theophylline aptamer in cellular engineering include regulation of RNA interference and genome editing through CRISPR systems. Here we describe the uses of the theophylline aptamer for cellular engineering over the past 25 years. In so doing, we also highlight important synthetic biology applications to control gene expression in a ligand-dependent manner.
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- Alexandra Wrist
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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Eubanks CS, Zhao B, Patwardhan NN, Thompson RD, Zhang Q, Hargrove AE. Visualizing RNA Conformational Changes via Pattern Recognition of RNA by Small Molecules. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:5692-5698. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Harbaugh SV, Martin JA, Weinstein J, Ingram G, Kelley-Loughnane N. Screening and selection of artificial riboswitches. Methods 2018; 143:77-89. [PMID: 29778645 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Synthetic riboswitches are engineered to regulate gene expression in response to a variety of non-endogenous small molecules, and a challenge to select this engineered response requires robust screening tools. A new synthetic riboswitch can be created by linking an in vitro-selected aptamer library with a randomized expression platform followed by in vivo selection and screening. In order to determine response to analyte, we developed a dual-color reporter comprising elements of the E. coli fimbriae phase variation system: recombinase FimE controlled by a synthetic riboswitch and an invertible DNA segment (fimS) containing a constitutively active promoter placed between two fluorescent protein genes. Without an analyte, the fluorescent reporter constitutively expressed green fluorescent protein (GFPa1). Addition of the analyte initiated translation of fimE causing unidirectional inversion of the fimS segment and constitutive expression of red fluorescent protein (mKate2). The dual color reporter system can be used to select and to optimize artificial riboswitches in E. coli cells. In this work, the enriched library of aptamers incorporated into the riboswitch architecture reduces the sequence search space by offering a higher percentage of potential ligand binders. The study was designed to produce structure switching aptamers, a necessary feature for riboswitch function and efficiently quantify this function using the dual color reporter system.
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- Svetlana V Harbaugh
- Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States
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- Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States
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- Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States
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- Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States
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- Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States.
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Harbaugh SV, Goodson MS, Dillon K, Zabarnick S, Kelley-Loughnane N. Riboswitch-Based Reversible Dual Color Sensor. ACS Synth Biol 2017; 6:766-781. [PMID: 28121427 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Riboswitches are RNA-based "sensors" that utilize chemically induced structural changes in the 5'-untranslated region of mRNA to regulate expression of downstream genes. Coupling a specific riboswitch with a reporter gene system translates chemical detection by the cell into a quantifiable reporter protein signal. For the majority of reporter gene systems, the readout signal is only expressed in the presence of the target analyte. This makes it difficult to determine the viability and localization of the uninduced biosensor when it is used for "real-word" applications. To address this problem, we developed a dual-color reporter comprising elements of the E. coli fimbriae phase variation system: recombinase FimE controlled by a synthetic riboswitch and an invertible DNA segment (fimS) containing a constitutively active promoter placed between two fluorescent protein genes. Without an analyte, the fluorescent reporter constitutively expressed green fluorescent protein (GFPa1). Addition of the analyte initiated translation of fimE causing unidirectional inversion of the fimS segment and constitutive expression of red fluorescent protein (mKate2). Thus, the sensor is always fluorescent, but its color is determined by detection of a specific analyte. We demonstrate that the recombinase-based dual-color reporter can be successfully applied to monitor the activation of a theophylline synthetic riboswitch that was used as our model system. To show the feasibility of the FimE recombinase-based system to serve as a reporter for monitoring activation of multiple synthetic riboswitches and, therefore, expand the applicability of the system, we tested a number of previously developed synthetic riboswitches responsive to different analytes. We show that the dual-color reporter system can be successfully used to monitor activation of M6 and M6″ riboswitches responsive to ammeline and pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diamine, respectively, and a 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-responsive riboswitch developed in this study. We also demonstrate that the system can be reversed by HbiF recombinase-mediated fimS inversion to the initial state of the fluorescent reporter, creating a resettable and reusable cell-based sensor.
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- Svetlana V. Harbaugh
- 711th
Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, 6720A Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, United States
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- 711th
Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton-Xenia
Road, Dayton, Ohio 45432, United States
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- 711th
Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th
Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th
Human Performance Wing, Airman Systems Directorate, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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Yu X, Sun J, Wang W, Jiang L, Wang R, Xiao W, Cheng B, Fan J. Tobacco etch virus protease mediating cleavage of the cellulose-binding module tagged colored proteins immobilized on the regenerated amorphous cellulose. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2017; 40:1101-1110. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-017-1772-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Benito-Peña E, Valdés MG, Glahn-Martínez B, Moreno-Bondi MC. Fluorescence based fiber optic and planar waveguide biosensors. A review. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 943:17-40. [PMID: 27769374 PMCID: PMC7094704 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The application of optical biosensors, specifically those that use optical fibers and planar waveguides, has escalated throughout the years in many fields, including environmental analysis, food safety and clinical diagnosis. Fluorescence is, without doubt, the most popular transducer signal used in these devices because of its higher selectivity and sensitivity, but most of all due to its wide versatility. This paper focuses on the working principles and configurations of fluorescence-based fiber optic and planar waveguide biosensors and will review biological recognition elements, sensing schemes, as well as some major and recent applications, published in the last ten years. The main goal is to provide the reader a general overview of a field that requires the joint collaboration of researchers of many different areas, including chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, and material science.
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- Elena Benito-Peña
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of La Habana, 10400 La Habana, Cuba
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Savage TJ, Dunphy DR, Harbaugh S, Kelley-Loughnane N, Harper JC, Brinker CJ. Influence of Silica Matrix Composition and Functional Component Additives on the Bioactivity and Viability of Encapsulated Living Cells. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2015; 1:1231-1238. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Travis J. Savage
- Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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- Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States
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Drachuk I, Suntivich R, Calabrese R, Harbaugh S, Kelley-Loughnane N, Kaplan DL, Stone M, Tsukruk VV. Printed Dual Cell Arrays for Multiplexed Sensing. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2015; 1:287-294. [DOI: 10.1021/ab500085k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Irina Drachuk
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, Directorate of Human Effectiveness, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, Directorate of Human Effectiveness, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Air
Force Research Laboratory, Directorate of Human Effectiveness, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Drachuk I, Calabrese R, Harbaugh S, Kelley-Loughnane N, Kaplan DL, Stone M, Tsukruk VV. Silk macromolecules with amino acid-poly(ethylene glycol) grafts for controlling layer-by-layer encapsulation and aggregation of recombinant bacterial cells. ACS NANO 2015; 9:1219-35. [PMID: 25588116 DOI: 10.1021/nn504890z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study introduces double-brush designs of functionalized silk polyelectrolytes based upon regenerated silk fibroin (SF), which is modified with poly-L-lysine (SF-PLL), poly-L-glutamic acid (SF-PGA), and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) side chains with different grafting architecture and variable amino acid-PEG graft composition for cell encapsulation. The molecular weight of poly amino acids (length of side chains), molecular weight and degree of PEG grafting (D) were varied in order to assess the formation of cytocompatible and robust layer-by-layer (LbL) shells on two types of bacterial cells (Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria). We observed that shells assembled with charged polycationic amino acids adversely effected the properties of microbial cells while promoting the formation of large cell aggregates. In contrast, hydrogen-bonded shells with high PEG grafting density were the most cytocompatible, while promoting formation of stable colloidal suspensions of individual cell encapsulates. The stability to degradation of silk shells (under standard cell incubation procedure) was related to the intrinsic properties of thermodynamic bonding forces, with shells based on electrostatic interactions having stronger resistance to deterioration compared to pure hydrogen-bonded silk shells. By optimizing the charge density of silk polyelectrolytes brushes, as well as the length and the degree of PEG side grafts, robust and cytocompatible cell coatings were engineered that can control aggregation of cells for biosensor devices and other potential biomedical applications.
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- Irina Drachuk
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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FRET-based optical assay for selection of artificial riboswitches. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1111:77-91. [PMID: 24549613 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-755-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Artificial riboswitches are engineered to regulate gene expression in response to a variety of non-endogenous small molecules and, therefore, can be useful tools to reprogram cellular behavior for different applications. A new synthetic riboswitch can be created by linking an in vitro-selected aptamer with a randomized expression platform followed by in vivo selection and screening. Here, we describe an in vivo selection and screening technique to discover artificial riboswitches in E. coli cells that is based on TEV protease-FRET substrate reporter system.
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Zhou C, Yan Y, Fang J, Cheng B, Fan J. A new fusion protein platform for quantitatively measuring activity of multiple proteases. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:44. [PMID: 24649897 PMCID: PMC4000059 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recombinant proteins fused with specific cleavage sequences are widely used as substrate for quantitatively analyzing the activity of proteases. Here we propose a new fusion platform for multiple proteases, by using diaminopropionate ammonia-lyase (DAL) as the fusion protein. It was based on the finding that a fused His6-tag could significantly decreases the activities of DAL from E. coli (eDAL) and Salmonella typhimurium (sDAL). Previously, we have shown that His6GST-tagged eDAL could be used to determine the activity of tobacco etch virus protease (TEVp) under different temperatures or in the denaturant at different concentrations. In this report, we will assay different tags and cleavage sequences on DAL for expressing yield in E. coli, stability of the fused proteins and performance of substrate of other common proteases. RESULTS We tested seven different protease cleavage sequences (rhinovirus 3C, TEV protease, factor Xa, Ssp DnaB intein, Sce VMA1 intein, thrombin and enterokinase), three different tags (His6, GST, CBD and MBP) and two different DALs (eDAL and sDAL), for their performance as substrate to the seven corresponding proteases. Among them, we found four active DAL-fusion substrates suitable for TEVp, factor Xa, thrombin and DnaB intein. Enterokinase cleaved eDAL at undesired positions and did not process sDAL. Substitution of GST with MBP increase the expression level of the fused eDAL and this fusion protein was suitable as a substrate for analyzing activity of rhinovirus 3C. We demonstrated that SUMO protease Ulp1 with a N-terminal His6-tag or MBP tag displayed different activity using the designed His6SUMO-eDAL as substrate. Finally, owing to the high level of the DAL-fusion protein in E. coli, these protein substrates can also be detected directly from the crude extract. CONCLUSION The results show that our designed DAL-fusion proteins can be used to quantify the activities of both sequence- and conformational-specific proteases, with sufficient substrate specificity.
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- Chengdong Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, 130#, Changjiang West Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230036, PR. China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, 130#, Changjiang West Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230036, PR. China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, 130#, Changjiang West Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230036, PR. China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, 130#, Changjiang West Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230036, PR. China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Biology of Anhui Province, Anhui Agricultural University, 130#, Changjiang West Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230036, PR. China
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Davidson ME, Harbaugh SV, Chushak YG, Stone MO, Kelley-Loughnane N. Development of a 2,4-dinitrotoluene-responsive synthetic riboswitch in E. coli cells. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:234-41. [PMID: 23092157 DOI: 10.1021/cb300274g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Riboswitches are RNA sequences that regulate expression of associated downstream genes in response to the presence or absence of specific small molecules. A novel riboswitch that activates protein translation in E. coli cells in response to 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) has been engineered. A plasmid library was constructed by incorporation of 30 degenerate bases between a previously described trinitrotoluene aptamer and the ribosome binding site. Screening was performed by placing the riboswitch library upstream of the Tobacco Etch Virus (TEV) protease coding sequence in one plasmid; a second plasmid encoded a FRET-based construct linked with a peptide containing the TEV protease cleavage site. Addition of DNT to bacterial culture activated the riboswitch, initiating translation of TEV protease. In turn, the protease cleaved the linker in the FRET-based fusion protein, causing a change in fluorescence. This new riboswitch exhibited a 10-fold increase in fluorescence in the presence of 0.5 mM DNT compared to the system without target.
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- Molly E. Davidson
- 711th Human
Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th Human
Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th Human
Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th Human
Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- 711th Human
Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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Harper JC, Edwards TL, Savage T, Harbaugh S, Kelley-Loughnane N, Stone MO, Brinker CJ, Brozik SM. Orthogonal cell-based biosensing: fluorescent, electrochemical, and colorimetric detection with silica-immobilized cellular communities integrated with an ITO-glass/plastic laminate cartridge. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2012; 8:2743-2751. [PMID: 22684922 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201200343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Revised: 03/31/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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This is the first report of a living cell-based environmental sensing device capable of generating orthogonal fluorescent, electrochemical, and colorimetric signals in response to a single target analyte in complex media. Orthogonality is enabled by use of cellular communities that are engineered to provide distinct signals in response to the model analyte. Coupling these three signal transduction methods provides additional and/or complementary data regarding the sample which may reduce the impact of interferants and increase confidence in the sensor's output. Long-term stability of the cells was addressed via 3D entrapment within a nanostructured matrix derived from glycerated silicate, which allows the device to be sealed and stored under dry, ambient conditions for months with significant retention in cellular activity and viability (40% viability after 60 days). Furthermore, the first co-entrapment of eukaryotic and bacterial cells in a silica matrix is reported, demonstrating multianalyte biodetection by mixing disparate cell lines at intimate proximities which remain viable and responsive. These advances in cell-based biosensing open intriguing opportunities for integrating living cells with nanomaterials and macroscale systems.
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- Jason C Harper
- Biosenors & Nanomaterials, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
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Eby DM, Harbaugh S, Tatum RN, Farrington KE, Kelley-Loughnane N, Johnson GR. Bacterial sunscreen: layer-by-layer deposition of UV-absorbing polymers on whole-cell biosensors. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:10521-10527. [PMID: 22694254 DOI: 10.1021/la3014514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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UV-protective coatings on live bacterial cells were created from the assembly of cationic and UV-absorbing anionic polyelectrolytes using layer-by-layer (LbL) methodology. A cationic polymer (polyallylamine) and three different anionic polymers with varying absorbance in the UV range (poly(vinyl sulfate), poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid), and humic acid) were used to encapsulate Escherichia coli cells with two different green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression systems: constitutive expression of a UV-excitable GFP (GFPuv) and regulated expression of the intensely fluorescent GFP from amphioxus (GFPa1) through a theophylline-inducible riboswitch. Riboswitches activate protein expression after specific ligand-RNA binding events. Hence, they operate as a cellular biosensor that will activate reporter protein synthesis after exposure to a ligand target. E. coli cells coated with UV-absorbing polymers demonstrated enhanced protection of GFP stability, metabolic activity, and viability after prolonged exposure to radiation from a germicidal lamp. The results show the effectiveness of LbL coatings to provide UV protection to living cells for biotechnological applications.
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- D Matthew Eby
- Universal Technology Corporation and Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Tyndall Air Force Base, 139 Barnes Drive, Building 1117, Tyndall AFB, Florida 32403, United States.
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Fruhwirth GO, Fernandes LP, Weitsman G, Patel G, Kelleher M, Lawler K, Brock A, Poland SP, Matthews DR, Kéri G, Barber PR, Vojnovic B, Ameer‐Beg SM, Coolen ACC, Fraternali F, Ng T. How Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Imaging Improves the Understanding of Protein Interaction Networks in Cancer Biology. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:442-61. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Gilbert O. Fruhwirth
- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
- Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
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- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
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- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
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- Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
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- Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
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- Vichem Chemie Research Ltd. Herman Ottó utca 15, Budapest, Hungary and Pathobiochemistry Research Group of Hungarian Academy of Science, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1444 Bp 8. POB 260 (Hungary)
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- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ (UK)
| | - Borivoj Vojnovic
- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ (UK)
| | - Simon M. Ameer‐Beg
- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
- Department of Mathematics, King's College London, Strand Campus, London, WC2R 2LS (UK)
| | - Franca Fraternali
- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
| | - Tony Ng
- Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK), Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 6220, Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7848 8056
- Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
- Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Medical School Campus, NHH, SE1 1UL (UK)
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