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Soares RRG, Varela JC, Neogi U, Ciftci S, Ashokkumar M, Pinto IF, Nilsson M, Madaboosi N, Russom A. Sub-attomole detection of HIV-1 using padlock probes and rolling circle amplification combined with microfluidic affinity chromatography. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 166:112442. [PMID: 32755809 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Despite significant progress in diagnostics and disease management during the past decades, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are still responsible for nearly 1 million deaths every year, mostly in resource-limited settings. Thus, novel, accurate and cost-effective tools for viral load monitoring become crucial to allow specific diagnostics and the effective monitoring of the associated antiviral therapies. Herein, we report an effective combination of a (1) padlock probe (PLP)-mediated rolling circle amplification (RCA) bioassay and an (2) agarose bead-based microfluidic device for the affinity chromatography-based capture and detection of RCA products (RCPs) pre-labelled simultaneously with biotin and an organic fluorophore. This method allowed the efficient capture of ~1 μm-sized RCPs followed by their quantification either as discrete signals or an average fluorescence signal, thus being compatible with both high-resolution imaging for maximum sensitivity as well as simpler optical detection setups. A limit of detection < 30 fM was obtained for HIV-1 synthetic target with just a single round of RCA, comparable to recently reported procedures requiring technically complex amplification strategies such as hyperbranching and/or enzymatic digestion/amplification. Furthermore, targeting a set of five conserved regions in the HIV-1 gag gene, the method could specifically detect HIV-1 in 293T cell culture supernatants, as well as a set of 11 HIV-1 NIH reference samples with four different subtypes. The reported method provides simplicity of operation, unique versatility of signal transduction (i.e. average or discrete signals), and potential coupling with previously reported miniaturized photodetectors. These combined features hold promise for bringing RCA-based molecular diagnostics closer to the point-of-care.
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- Ruben R G Soares
- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Department of Protein Science, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Department of Protein Science, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.
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- Division of Nanobiotechnology, Department of Protein Science, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden.
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Varela JC, Pereira H, Vila M, León R. Erratum to: Production of carotenoids by microalgae: achievements and challenges. Photosynth Res 2016; 127:285-286. [PMID: 26238524 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0183-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- João C Varela
- Centre of Marine Science, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre of Marine Science, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Huelva, Marine International Campus of Excellence (CEIMAR), Huelva, Spain
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Huelva, Marine International Campus of Excellence (CEIMAR), Huelva, Spain
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Huelva, Marine International Campus of Excellence (CEIMAR), Huelva, Spain.
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Varela JC, Pereira H, Vila M, León R. Production of carotenoids by microalgae: achievements and challenges. Photosynth Res 2015; 125:423-36. [PMID: 25921207 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0149-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Carotenoids are a wide group of lipophylic isoprenoids synthesized by all photosynthetic organisms and also by some non-photosynthetic bacteria and fungi. Animals, which cannot synthesize carotenoids de novo, must include them in their diet to fulfil essential provitamin, antioxidant, or colouring requirements. Carotenoids are indispensable in light harvesting and energy transfer during photosynthesis and in the protection of the photosynthetic apparatus against photooxidative damage. In this review, we outline the factors inducing carotenoid accumulation in microalgae, the knowledge acquired on the metabolic pathways responsible for their biosynthesis, and the recent achievements in the genetic engineering of this pathway. Despite the considerable progress achieved in understanding and engineering algal carotenogenesis, many aspects remain to be elucidated. The increasing number of sequenced microalgal genomes and the data generated by high-throughput technologies will enable a better understanding of carotenoid biosynthesis in microalgae. Moreover, the growing number of industrial microalgal species genetically modified will allow the production of novel strains with enhanced carotenoid contents.
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- João C Varela
- Centre of Marine Science, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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Ramos AA, Marques AR, Rodrigues M, Henriques N, Baumgartner A, Castilho R, Brenig B, Varela JC. Molecular and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase from Dunaliella salina. J Plant Physiol 2009; 166:968-77. [PMID: 19155093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In green algae, the final step of the plastidial methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway is catalyzed by 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase (HDR; EC: 1.17.1.2), an enzyme proposed to play a key role in the regulation of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Here we report the isolation and functional characterization of a 1959-bp Dunaliella salina HDR (DsHDR) cDNA encoding a deduced polypeptide of 474 amino acid residues. Phylogenetic analysis implied a cyanobacterial origin for plant and algal HDR genes. Steady-state DsHDR transcript levels were higher in D. salina cells submitted to nutritional depletion, high salt and/or high light, suggesting that DsHDR may respond to the same environmental cues as genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis.
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- Ana A Ramos
- Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro 8005-139, Portugal
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Varela JC, Praekelt UM, Meacock PA, Planta RJ, Mager WH. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae HSP12 gene is activated by the high-osmolarity glycerol pathway and negatively regulated by protein kinase A. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:6232-45. [PMID: 7565776 PMCID: PMC230875 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.11.6232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The HSP12 gene encodes one of the two major small heat shock proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Hsp12 accumulates massively in yeast cells exposed to heat shock, osmostress, oxidative stress, and high concentrations of alcohol as well as in early-stationary-phase cells. We have cloned an extended 5'-flanking region of the HSP12 gene in order to identify cis-acting elements involved in regulation of this highly expressed stress gene. A detailed analysis of the HSP12 promoter region revealed that five repeats of the stress-responsive CCCCT motif (stress-responsive element [STRE]) are essential to confer wild-type induced levels on a reporter gene upon osmostress, heat shock, and entry into stationary phase. Disruption of the HOG1 and PBS2 genes leads to a dramatic decrease of the HSP12 inducibility in osmostressed cells, whereas overproduction of Hog1 produces a fivefold increase in wild-type induced levels upon a shift to a high salt concentration. On the other hand, mutations resulting in high protein kinase A (PKA) activity reduce or abolish the accumulation of the HSP12 mRNA in stressed cells. Conversely, mutants containing defective PKA catalytic subunits exhibit high basal levels of HSP12 mRNA. Taken together, these results suggest that HSP12 is a target of the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) response pathway under negative control of the Ras-PKA pathway. Furthermore, they confirm earlier observations that STRE-like sequences are responsive to a broad range of stresses and that the HOG and Ras-PKA pathways have antagonistic effects upon CCCCT-driven transcription.
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- J C Varela
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Instituut voor Moleculair Biologische Wetenschappen, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
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Mager WH, Varela JC. Osmostress response of the yeast Saccharomyces. Mol Microbiol 1993; 10:253-8. [PMID: 7934816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Exposure of yeast cells to high osmolarities leads to dehydration, collapse of ion gradients over the plasma membrane and decrease in cell viability. The response of yeast cells to high external osmolarities is designated osmostress response. It is likely that both osmoregulatory and general stress reactions are involved in this so far poorly understood process. Part of the response aims at raising the internal osmotic potential, i.e. the production of osmolytes such as glycerol, and exclusion of toxic solutes. In addition, heat-shock proteins and trehalose are synthesized, probably to protect cellular components and to facilitate repair and recovery. Recent analyses of osmosensitive yeast mutants strongly suggest the involvement of protein kinase-mediated signal-transduction pathways in the maintenance of the osmotic integrity of the cell. This has stimulated interesting hypotheses as to the actual osmosensing mechanism.
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- W H Mager
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biological Sciences, Biocentrum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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When Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells are exposed to high concentration of NaCl, they show reduced viability, methionine uptake and protein biosynthesis. Cells can acquire tolerance against a severe salt shock (up to 1.4 M NaCl) by a previous treatment with 0.7 M NaCl, but not by a previous heat shock. Two-dimensional analysis of [3H]-leucine-labelled proteins from salt-shocked cells (0.7 M NaCl) revealed the elevated rate of synthesis of nine proteins, among which were the heat-shock proteins hsp12 and hsp26. Northern analysis using gene-specific probes confirmed the identity of the latter proteins and, in addition, demonstrated the induction of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression. The synthesis of the same set of proteins is induced or enhanced upon exposure of cells to 0.8 M sucrose, although not as dramatically as in an iso-osmolar NaCl concentration (0.7 M).
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- J C Varela
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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