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Huang Z, Han X, Zhao Z, Yang H, Chen H, Gao HJ. Formation and Manipulation of Diatomic Rotors at the Symmetry-Breaking Surfaces of a Kagome Superconductor. Nano Lett 2024. [PMID: 38739284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Construction of diatomic rotors, which is crucial for artificial nanomachines, remains challenging due to surface constraints and limited chemical design. Here we report the construction of diatomic Cr-Cs and Fe-Cs rotors where a Cr or Fe atom switches around a Cs atom at the Sb surface of the newly discovered kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5. The switching rate is controlled by the bias voltage between the rotor and scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip. The spatial distribution of rates exhibits C2 symmetry, possibly linked to the symmetry-breaking charge orders of CsV3Sb5. We have expanded the rotor construction to include different transition metals (Cr, Fe, V) and alkali metals (Cs, K). Remarkably, designed configurations of rotors are achieved through STM manipulation. Rotor orbits and quantum states are precisely controlled by tuning the inter-rotor distance. Our findings establish a novel platform for the controlled fabrication of atomic motors on symmetry-breaking quantum materials, paving the way for advanced nanoscale devices.
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- Zihao Huang
- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing National Center for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Liu X, Tachiyama S, Zhou X, Mathias RA, Bonny SQ, Khan MF, Xin Y, Roujeinikova A, Liu J, Ottemann KM. Bacterial flagella hijack type IV pili proteins to control motility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2317452121. [PMID: 38236729 PMCID: PMC10823254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317452121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Bacterial flagella and type IV pili (TFP) are surface appendages that enable motility and mechanosensing through distinct mechanisms. These structures were previously thought to have no components in common. Here, we report that TFP and some flagella share proteins PilO, PilN, and PilM, which we identified as part of the Helicobacter pylori flagellar motor. H. pylori mutants lacking PilO or PilN migrated better than wild type in semisolid agar because they continued swimming rather than aggregated into microcolonies, mimicking the TFP-regulated surface response. Like their TFP homologs, flagellar PilO/PilN heterodimers formed a peripheral cage that encircled the flagellar motor. These results indicate that PilO and PilN act similarly in flagella and TFP by differentially regulating motility and microcolony formation when bacteria encounter surfaces.
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- Xiaolin Liu
- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA95064
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06536
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT06516
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06536
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT06516
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA95064
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Zhang P, Tong Y, Huang X, Chen Y, Li Y, Luan D, Li J, Wang C, Li P, Du L, Wang J. The Dual-Response-Single-Amplification Fluorescent Nanomachine for Tumor Imaging and Gastric Cancer Diagnosis. ACS Nano 2023; 17:16553-16564. [PMID: 37527488 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common tumors worldwide and is the leading cause of tumor-related mortality. Traditional biomarkers and screening methods cannot meet the clinical demands. There is an urgent need for highly sensitive diagnostic markers as well as accurate quantification methods for early gastric cancer (EGC) screening. Here a dual-target cooperatively responsive fluorescent nanomachine by the innovative application of two targets─responsive strand migration system with a single-amplification-cycle element was developed for the simultaneous detection of GC biomarkers miR-5585-5p and PLS3 mRNA, which were selected by next-generation sequencing and RT-qPCR. It was also an RNA extraction-free, PCR-free, and nonenzymatic biosensor to achieve tumor cell imaging and serum diagnosis. Requiring only a 20 μL serum sample and 20 min incubation time, the nanomachine achieved an ultrasensitive detection limit of fM level with a broad linear range from fM to nM. More importantly, a higher AUC value (0.884) compared to the clinically used biomarker CA 72-4 was obtained by the nanomachine to distinguish GC patients successfully. Notably, for the key concerns of diagnosis of EGC patients, the nanomachine also achieved a satisfactory AUC value of 0.859. Taken together, this work has screened and obtained multiple biomarkers and developed a fluorescent nanomachine for combination diagnosis of GC, providing an ingenious design of a functionalized DNA nanomachine and a feasible strategy for the transformation of serum biomarkers into clinical diagnosis.
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- Peng Zhang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Department of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250300, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Clinical Laboratory, Jinan 250033, China
- Shandong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Tumor Marker Detection, Jinan 250033, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
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Pan Y, Luan X, Gao Y, Zeng F, Wang X, Zhou D, Li W, Wang Y, He B, Song Y. In-Tumor Biosynthetic Construction of Upconversion Nanomachines for Precise Near-Infrared Phototherapy. ACS Nano 2023; 17:4515-4525. [PMID: 36847587 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Targeted construction of therapeutic nanoplatforms in tumor cells with specific activation remains appealing but challenging. Here, we design a cancer-motivated upconversion nanomachine (UCNM) based on porous upconversion nanoparticles (p-UCNPs) for precise phototherapy. The nanosystem is equipped with a telomerase substrate (TS) primer and simultaneously encapsulates 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and d-arginine (d-Arg). After coating with hyaluronic acid (HA), it can readily get into tumor cells, where 5-ALA induces efficient accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) via the inherent biosynthetic pathway, and the overexpressed telomerase prolonged the TS to form G-quadruplexes (G4) for binding the resulting PpIX as a nanomachine. This nanomachine can respond to near-infrared (NIR) light and promote the active singlet oxygen (1O2) production due to the efficiency of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between p-UCNPs and PpIX. Intriguingly, such oxidative stress can oxidize d-Arg into nitric oxide (NO), which relieves the tumor hypoxia and in turn improves the phototherapy effect. This in situ assembly approach significantly enhances targeting in cancer therapy and might be of considerable clinical value.
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- Yongchun Pan
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 211816 Nanjing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 210006 Nanjing, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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Liu X, Roujeinikova A, Ottemann KM. FliL Functions in Diverse Microbes to Negatively Modulate Motor Output via Its N-Terminal Region. mBio 2023;:e0028323. [PMID: 36852985 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00283-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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The flagellar motor protein FliL is conserved across many microbes, but its exact role has been obscured by varying fliL mutant phenotypes. We reanalyzed results from fliL studies and found they utilized alleles that differed in the amount of N- and C-terminal regions that were retained. Alleles that retain the N-terminal cytoplasmic and transmembrane helix (TM) regions in the absence of the C-terminal periplasmic domain result in loss of motility, while alleles that completely lack the N-terminal region, independent of the periplasmic domain, retain motility. We then tested this prediction in Helicobacter pylori fliL and found support for the idea. This analysis suggests that FliL function may be more conserved across bacteria than previously thought, that it is not essential for motility, and that the N-terminal region has the negative ability to regulate motor function. IMPORTANCE FliL is a protein found in the flagellar motor of bacteria, but what it does was not clear. To study FliL function, scientists often remove it and see what happens. Loss of FliL was thought to have different effects depending on the microbe. We uncovered, however, that part of the confusion arose because scientists inadvertently removed different parts of the protein. Our analysis and data suggest that leaving the N-terminal regions blocks motility, while fully removing FliL allows normal motility. This finding will help scientists understand FliL because it clarifies what needs to be removed to fully eliminate the protein, and also that the N-terminal region can block motility.
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Wang J, Zhang X, Shi P, Cao B, Wang B. A DNA Finite-State Machine Based on the Programmable Allosteric Strategy of DNAzyme. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043588. [PMID: 36834996 PMCID: PMC9963683 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Living organisms can produce corresponding functions by responding to external and internal stimuli, and this irritability plays a pivotal role in nature. Inspired by such natural temporal responses, the development and design of nanodevices with the ability to process time-related information could facilitate the development of molecular information processing systems. Here, we proposed a DNA finite-state machine that can dynamically respond to sequential stimuli signals. To build this state machine, a programmable allosteric strategy of DNAzyme was developed. This strategy performs the programmable control of DNAzyme conformation using a reconfigurable DNA hairpin. Based on this strategy, we first implemented a finite-state machine with two states. Through the modular design of the strategy, we further realized the finite-state machine with five states. The DNA finite-state machine endows molecular information systems with the ability of reversible logic control and order detection, which can be extended to more complex DNA computing and nanomachines to promote the development of dynamic nanotechnology.
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- Jun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Intelligent Computing, Ministry of Education, School of Software Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-0411-87402106
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Chang J, Zhang Y, Li Y, Han Z, Tian F, Liu C, Feng Q, Wang Y, Sun J, Zhang L. Multilayer Ratiometric Fluorescent Nanomachines for Imaging mRNA in Live Cells. Small Methods 2021; 5:e2001047. [PMID: 34927842 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202001047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Detection of mRNA expression in live cells during treatment is a challenging task, despite its importance in tumor biology and potential therapeutic leads. Here a multilayer ratiometric fluorescent nanomachine for live-cell perturbation and imaging of mRNA at single cell resolution is reported. The nanomachines fabricated by microfluidic approaches consist of fluorescent polymeric cores and multiple lipid layers, which can efficiently deliver siRNA and molecular beacons (MBs) to cytosol and then release the cargo in a sequential way. The siRNA molecules released from the outer lipid layers lead to silencing of multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene, and the MBs from the middle lipid layers detect the presence of MDR1 mRNA. The fluorescent ratio of MBs to fluorescent polymeric cores positively correlates with the expression level of MDR1 mRNA in MCF-7/ADR cells during siRNA treatment. The nanomachines provide comparable results with traditional qPCR for quantifying mRNA, showing great potential for modulation and imaging of intratumoral mRNA in vitro and in vivo.
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- Jianqiao Chang
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Radiation Sickness, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Center of Digital Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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Bayoumi M, Nomidis SK, Willems K, Carlon E, Maglia G. Autonomous and Active Transport Operated by an Entropic DNA Piston. Nano Lett 2021; 21:762-768. [PMID: 33342212 PMCID: PMC7809690 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We present a synthetic nanoscale piston that uses chemical energy to perform molecular transport against an applied bias. Such a device comprises a 13 by 5 nm protein cylinder, embedded in a biological membrane enclosing a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) rod. Hybridization with DNA cargo rigidifies the rod, allowing for transport of a selected DNA molecule across the nanopore. A strand displacement reaction from ssDNA fuel on the other side of the membrane then liberates the DNA cargo back into solution and regenerates the initial configuration. The entropic penalty of ssDNA confinement inside the nanopore drives DNA transport regardless of the applied bias. Multiple automated and reciprocating cycles are observed, in which the DNA piston moves through the 10 nm length of the nanopore. In every cycle, a single DNA molecule is transported across the nanopore against an external bias force, which is the hallmark of biological transporters.
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- Mariam Bayoumi
- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G, Leuven 3001, Belgium
- Center for
Brain & Disease Research, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Flemish
Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Boeretang 200, Mol B-2400, Belgium
- KU Leuven, Soft Matter and Biophysics Unit,
Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Celestijnenlaan
200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Soft Matter and Biophysics Unit,
Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Celestijnenlaan
200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG , The Netherlands
- Department
of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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Carroll BL, Nishikino T, Guo W, Zhu S, Kojima S, Homma M, Liu J. The flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus undergoes major structural remodeling during rotational switching. eLife 2020; 9:61446. [PMID: 32893817 PMCID: PMC7505661 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The bacterial flagellar motor switches rotational direction between counterclockwise (CCW) and clockwise (CW) to direct the migration of the cell. The cytoplasmic ring (C-ring) of the motor, which is composed of FliG, FliM, and FliN, is known for controlling the rotational sense of the flagellum. However, the mechanism underlying rotational switching remains elusive. Here, we deployed cryo-electron tomography to visualize the C-ring in two rotational biased mutants in Vibrio alginolyticus. We determined the C-ring molecular architectures, providing novel insights into the mechanism of rotational switching. We report that the C-ring maintained 34-fold symmetry in both rotational senses, and the protein composition remained constant. The two structures show FliG conformational changes elicit a large conformational rearrangement of the rotor complex that coincides with rotational switching of the flagellum. FliM and FliN form a stable spiral-shaped base of the C-ring, likely stabilizing the C-ring during the conformational remodeling.
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- Brittany L Carroll
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
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Blagotinsek V, Schwan M, Steinchen W, Mrusek D, Hook JC, Rossmann F, Freibert SA, Kratzat H, Murat G, Kressler D, Beckmann R, Beeby M, Thormann KM, Bange G. An ATP-dependent partner switch links flagellar C-ring assembly with gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:20826-35. [PMID: 32788349 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006470117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial flagella differ in their number and spatial arrangement. In many species, the MinD-type ATPase FlhG (also YlxH/FleN) is central to the numerical control of bacterial flagella, and its deletion in polarly flagellated bacteria typically leads to hyperflagellation. The molecular mechanism underlying this numerical control, however, remains enigmatic. Using the model species Shewanella putrefaciens, we show that FlhG links assembly of the flagellar C ring with the action of the master transcriptional regulator FlrA (named FleQ in other species). While FlrA and the flagellar C-ring protein FliM have an overlapping binding site on FlhG, their binding depends on the ATP-dependent dimerization state of FlhG. FliM interacts with FlhG independent of nucleotide binding, while FlrA exclusively interacts with the ATP-dependent FlhG dimer and stimulates FlhG ATPase activity. Our in vivo analysis of FlhG partner switching between FliM and FlrA reveals its mechanism in the numerical restriction of flagella, in which the transcriptional activity of FlrA is down-regulated through a negative feedback loop. Our study demonstrates another level of regulatory complexity underlying the spationumerical regulation of flagellar biogenesis and implies that flagellar assembly transcriptionally regulates the production of more initial building blocks.
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Peng H, Le C, Wu J, Li XF, Zhang H, Le XC. A Genome-Editing Nanomachine Constructed with a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats System and Activated by Near-Infrared Illumination. ACS Nano 2020; 14:2817-2826. [PMID: 32048826 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful genome-editing technology with broad applications. Improving delivery efficiency and controllable activity of the CRISPR/Cas9 system is an area of intense research. We report the design, construction, and application of a CRISPR/Cas9 nanomachine (LACM), activated by a near-infrared (NIR) laser, which enables efficient delivery of single-guide RNA (sgRNA) into living cells and achieves controlled release of the sgRNA for the CRISPR/Cas9 activity. The LACM was constructed using a gold nanorod (AuNR) as a carrier that was decorated with dozens of protector DNAs stably hybridizing with the target binding domain of sgRNA. The DNA assembly on the AuNR protected the sgRNA. Irradiation with a NIR laser generated heat on the AuNR, resulting in controlled release of sgRNA, which guided the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Successful editing of the EGFP and EMX1 genes in A549 and HEK293T cells, as well as knocking down of the PLK1 gene to induce apoptosis of the target cells, highlights the promising potential of the LACM for diverse applications.
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- Hanyong Peng
- Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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- Division of Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
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Park D, Chetrit D, Hu B, Roy CR, Liu J. Analysis of Dot/Icm Type IVB Secretion System Subassemblies by Cryoelectron Tomography Reveals Conformational Changes Induced by DotB Binding. mBio 2020; 11:e03328-19. [PMID: 32071271 PMCID: PMC7029142 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03328-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are sophisticated nanomachines used by many bacterial pathogens to translocate protein and DNA substrates across a host cell membrane. Although T4SSs have important roles in promoting bacterial infections, little is known about the biogenesis of the apparatus and the mechanism of substrate transfer. Here, high-throughput cryoelectron tomography (cryo-ET) was used to visualize Legionella pneumophila T4SSs (also known as Dot/Icm secretion machines) in both the whole-cell context and at the cell pole. These data revealed the distribution patterns of individual Dot/Icm machines in the bacterial cell and identified five distinct subassembled intermediates. High-resolution in situ structures of the Dot/Icm machine derived from subtomogram averaging revealed that docking of the cytoplasmic DotB (VirB11-related) ATPase complex onto the DotO (VirB4-related) ATPase complex promotes a conformational change in the secretion system that results in the opening of a channel in the bacterial inner membrane. A model is presented for how the Dot/Icm apparatus is assembled and for how this machine may initiate the transport of cytoplasmic substrates across the inner membrane.IMPORTANCE Many bacteria use type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) to translocate proteins and nucleic acids into target cells, which promotes DNA transfer and host infection. The Dot/Icm T4SS in Legionella pneumophila is a multiprotein nanomachine that is known to translocate over 300 different protein effectors into eukaryotic host cells. Here, advanced cryoelectron tomography and subtomogram analysis were used to visualize the Dot/Icm machine assembly and distribution in a single L. pneumophila cell. Extensive classification and averaging revealed five distinct intermediates of the Dot/Icm machine at high resolution. Comparative analysis of the Dot/Icm machine and subassemblies derived from wild-type cells and several mutants provided a structural basis for understanding mechanisms that underlie the assembly and activation of the Dot/Icm machine.
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- Donghyun Park
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Zhu S, Nishikino T, Takekawa N, Terashima H, Kojima S, Imada K, Homma M, Liu J. In Situ Structure of the Vibrio Polar Flagellum Reveals a Distinct Outer Membrane Complex and Its Specific Interaction with the Stator. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:e00592-19. [PMID: 31767780 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00592-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The bacterial flagellum is a biological nanomachine that rotates to allow bacteria to swim. For flagellar rotation, torque is generated by interactions between a rotor and a stator. The stator, which is composed of MotA and MotB subunit proteins in the membrane, is thought to bind to the peptidoglycan (PG) layer, which anchors the stator around the rotor. Detailed information on the stator and its interactions with the rotor remains unclear. Here, we deployed cryo-electron tomography and genetic analysis to characterize in situ structure of the bacterial flagellar motor in Vibrio alginolyticus, which is best known for its polar sheathed flagellum and high-speed rotation. We determined in situ structure of the motor at unprecedented resolution and revealed the unique protein-protein interactions among Vibrio-specific features, namely the H ring and T ring. Specifically, the H ring is composed of 26 copies of FlgT and FlgO, and the T ring consists of 26 copies of a MotX-MotY heterodimer. We revealed for the first time a specific interaction between the T ring and the stator PomB subunit, providing direct evidence that the stator unit undergoes a large conformational change from a compact form to an extended form. The T ring facilitates the recruitment of the extended stator units for the high-speed motility in Vibrio species.IMPORTANCE The torque of flagellar rotation is generated by interactions between a rotor and a stator; however, detailed structural information is lacking. Here, we utilized cryo-electron tomography and advanced imaging analysis to obtain a high-resolution in situ flagellar basal body structure in Vibrio alginolyticus, which is a Gram-negative marine bacterium. Our high-resolution motor structure not only revealed detailed protein-protein interactions among unique Vibrio-specific features, the T ring and H ring, but also provided the first structural evidence that the T ring interacts directly with the periplasmic domain of the stator. Docking atomic structures of key components into the in situ motor map allowed us to visualize the pseudoatomic architecture of the polar sheathed flagellum in Vibrio spp. and provides novel insight into its assembly and function.
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Li CY, Zheng B, Kang YF, Tang HW, Pang DW. Integrating 808 nm Light-Excited Upconversion Luminescence Powering with DNA Tetrahedron Protection: An Exceptionally Precise and Stable Nanomachine for Intracelluar MicroRNA Tracing. ACS Sens 2020; 5:199-207. [PMID: 31833356 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Although plentiful advanced fluorescence sensors have achieved to analyze microRNAs (miRNAs) in living cells, the prerequisite relating to nucleic acids specific recognition based sensing principle compels them lack favorable accurancy and stability in such complicated biological mediums. Here, we make a double breakthrough for the two challenges by combining a near-infrared (NIR) light powering process with a DNA tetrahedron (DNAT)-based protection concept. In this sensing system, a special nanomachine is first engineered by conjugating a core-shell-structured upconversion nanoparticle capable of highly converting 808 nm NIR photons into ultraviolet ones with self-assembling DNATs. The newly developed nanostructure not only prevents the sensing pathway from triggering during the intracellular delivery as well as reducing the adverse thermal effect for cell viability but also significantly enhances the enzyme resistance to avoid degradation to produce false signals. Furthermore, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer sensing strategy is rationally designed on this nanomachine. Upon using the powering light to excite the upconversion luminescence to activate the nanomachine in living cells, it can stably trace the precise level changes of miRNA-21 sequences at the reaching position with an "off-on" mode of fluorescence outputs.
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- Cheng-Yu Li
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, School of Public Health, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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Chang Y, Moon KH, Zhao X, Norris SJ, Motaleb MA, Liu J. Structural insights into flagellar stator-rotor interactions. eLife 2019; 8:48979. [PMID: 31313986 PMCID: PMC6663468 DOI: 10.7554/elife.48979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The bacterial flagellar motor is a molecular machine that can rotate the flagellar filament at high speed. The rotation is generated by the stator–rotor interaction, coupled with an ion flux through the torque-generating stator. Here we employed cryo-electron tomography to visualize the intact flagellar motor in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. By analyzing the motor structures of wild-type and stator-deletion mutants, we not only localized the stator complex in situ, but also revealed the stator–rotor interaction at an unprecedented detail. Importantly, the stator–rotor interaction induces a conformational change in the flagella C-ring. Given our observation that a non-motile mutant, in which proton flux is blocked, cannot generate the similar conformational change, we propose that the proton-driven torque is responsible for the conformational change required for flagellar rotation.
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- Yunjie Chang
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, United States
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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Zhu S, Schniederberend M, Zhitnitsky D, Jain R, Galán JE, Kazmierczak BI, Liu J. In Situ Structures of Polar and Lateral Flagella Revealed by Cryo-Electron Tomography. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:e00117-19. [PMID: 31010901 PMCID: PMC6560136 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00117-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The bacterial flagellum is a sophisticated self-assembling nanomachine responsible for motility in many bacterial pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio spp., and Salmonella enterica The bacterial flagellum has been studied extensively in the model systems Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, yet the range of variation in flagellar structure and assembly remains incompletely understood. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging to determine in situ structures of polar flagella in P. aeruginosa and peritrichous flagella in S Typhimurium, revealing notable differences between these two flagellar systems. Furthermore, we observed flagellar outer membrane complexes as well as many incomplete flagellar subassemblies, which provide additional insight into mechanisms underlying flagellar assembly and loss in both P. aeruginosa and S Typhimurium.IMPORTANCE The bacterial flagellum has evolved as one of the most sophisticated self-assembled molecular machines, which confers locomotion and is often associated with virulence of bacterial pathogens. Variation in species-specific features of the flagellum, as well as in flagellar number and placement, results in structurally distinct flagella that appear to be adapted to the specific environments that bacteria encounter. Here, we used cutting-edge imaging techniques to determine high-resolution in situ structures of polar flagella in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and peritrichous flagella in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, demonstrating substantial variation between flagella in these organisms. Importantly, we observed novel flagellar subassemblies and provided additional insight into the structural basis of flagellar assembly and loss in both P. aeruginosa and S Typhimurium.
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- Shiwei Zhu
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Hu B, Khara P, Song L, Lin AS, Frick-Cheng AE, Harvey ML, Cover TL, Christie PJ. In Situ Molecular Architecture of the Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System. mBio 2019; 10:e00849-19. [PMID: 31088930 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00849-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori colonizes about half of humans worldwide, and its presence in the gastric mucosa is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma, gastric lymphoma, and peptic ulcer disease. H. pylori strains carrying the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) are associated with increased risk of disease progression. The cagPAI encodes the Cag type IV secretion system (CagT4SS), which delivers the CagA oncoprotein and other effector molecules into human gastric epithelial cells. We visualized structures of native and mutant CagT4SS machines on the H. pylori cell envelope by cryoelectron tomography. Individual H. pylori cells contain multiple CagT4SS nanomachines, each composed of a wheel-shaped outer membrane complex (OMC) with 14-fold symmetry and an inner membrane complex (IMC) with 6-fold symmetry. CagX, CagY, and CagM are required for assembly of the OMC, whereas strains lacking Cag3 and CagT produce outer membrane complexes lacking peripheral components. The IMC, which has never been visualized in detail, is configured as six tiers in cross-section view and three concentric rings surrounding a central channel in end-on view. The IMC contains three T4SS ATPases: (i) VirB4-like CagE, arranged as a hexamer of dimers at the channel entrance; (ii) a hexamer of VirB11-like Cagα, docked at the base of the CagE hexamer; and (iii) VirD4-like Cagβ and other unspecified Cag subunits, associated with the stacked CagE/Cagα complex and forming the outermost rings. The CagT4SS and recently solved Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm system comprise new structural prototypes for the T4SS superfamily.IMPORTANCE Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) have been phylogenetically grouped into two subfamilies. The T4ASSs, represented by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/VirD4T4SS, include "minimized" machines assembled from 12 VirB- and VirD4-like subunits and compositionally larger systems such as the Helicobacter pylori CagT4SS T4BSSs encompass systems closely related in subunit composition to the Legionella pneumophila Dot/IcmT4SS Here, we present structures of native and mutant H. pylori Cag machines determined by in situ cryoelectron tomography. We identify distinct outer and inner membrane complexes and, for the first time, visualize structural contributions of all three "signature" ATPases of T4SSs at the cytoplasmic entrance of the translocation channel. Despite their evolutionary divergence, the CagT4SS aligns structurally much more closely to the Dot/IcmT4SS than an available VirB/VirD4 subcomplex. Our findings highlight the diversity of T4SSs and suggest a structural classification scheme in which T4SSs are grouped as minimized VirB/VirD4-like or larger Cag-like and Dot/Icm-like systems.
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Hsp70 chaperones are central hubs of the protein quality control network and collaborate with co-chaperones having a J-domain (an ∼70-residue-long helical hairpin with a flexible loop and a conserved His-Pro-Asp motif required for ATP hydrolysis by Hsp70s) and also with nucleotide exchange factors to facilitate many protein-folding processes that (re)establish protein homeostasis. The Hsp70s are highly dynamic nanomachines that modulate the conformation of their substrate polypeptides by transiently binding to short, mostly hydrophobic stretches. This interaction is regulated by an intricate allosteric mechanism. The J-domain co-chaperones target Hsp70 to their polypeptide substrates, and the nucleotide exchange factors regulate the lifetime of the Hsp70-substrate complexes. Significant advances in recent years are beginning to unravel the molecular mechanism of this chaperone machine and how they treat their substrate proteins.
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- Matthias P Mayer
- From the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany and
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- the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and.,Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
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Duan H, Shi J, Cai K, Qin QH. Thermal Vibration-Induced Rotation of Nano-Wheel: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113513. [PMID: 30413027 PMCID: PMC6274860 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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By bending a straight carbon nanotube and bonding both ends of the nanotube, a nanoring (or nano-wheel) is produced. The nanoring system can be driven to rotate by fixed outer nanotubes at room temperature. When placing some atoms at the edge of each outer tube (the stator here) with inwardly radial deviation (IRD), the IRD atoms will repulse the nanoring in their thermally vibration-induced collision and drive the nanoring to rotate when the repulsion due to IRD and the friction with stators induce a non-zero moment about the axis of rotational symmetry of the ring. As such, the nanoring can act as a wheel in a nanovehicle. When the repulsion is balanced with the intertubular friction, a stable rotational frequency (SRF) of the rotor is achieved. The results from the molecular dynamics simulation demonstrate that the nanowheel can work at extremely low temperature and its rotational speed can be adjusted by tuning temperature.
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- Haiyan Duan
- School of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3001, Australia.
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- School of Engineering, the Australian National University, Canberra 2600, Australia.
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The T-1000 liquid metal terminator, which can transform and self-repair, represents a dream for decades that robots can fundamentally change our daily life. Until now, some large-scale liquid metal machines have been developed. However, there is no report on nanoscaled liquid metal machines and their biomedical applications. We describe here a shape-transformable and fusible rodlike swimming liquid metal nanomachine, based on the biocompatible and transformable liquid metal gallium. These nanomachines were prepared by a pressure-filter-template technology, and the diameter and length could be controlled by adjusting the nanoporous templates, filter time, and pressure. The as-prepared liquid gallium nanomotors display a core-shell nanorod structure composed of a liquid gallium core and solid gallium oxide shell. Upon exposure to an ultrasound field, the generated acoustic radiation force in the levitation plane can propel them to move autonomously. The liquid metal nanomachine can actively seek cancer cells and transform from a rod to a droplet after drilling into cells owing to the removal of gallium oxide layers in the acidic endosomes. These transformed nanomachines could fuse together inside cells and photothermally kill cancer cells under illumination of near-infrared light. Such acoustically propelled shape-transformable rodlike liquid metal nanomachines have great potential for biomedical applications.
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- Daolin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining (HIT), Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center , Harbin Institute of Technology , 2 Yikuang Street , Harbin 150080 , China
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Zhu S, Nishikino T, Hu B, Kojima S, Homma M, Liu J. Molecular architecture of the sheathed polar flagellum in Vibrio alginolyticus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:10966-71. [PMID: 28973904 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712489114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Vibrio species are Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria that are ubiquitous and often highly motile in aqueous environments. Vibrio swimming motility is driven by a polar flagellum covered with a membranous sheath, but this sheathed flagellum is not well understood at the molecular level because of limited structural information. Here, we use Vibrio alginolyticus as a model system to study the sheathed flagellum in intact cells by combining cryoelectron tomography (cryo-ET) and subtomogram analysis with a genetic approach. We reveal striking differences between sheathed and unsheathed flagella in V. alginolyticus cells, including a novel ring-like structure at the bottom of the hook that is associated with major remodeling of the outer membrane and sheath formation. Using mutants defective in flagellar motor components, we defined a Vibrio-specific feature (also known as the T ring) as a distinctive periplasmic structure with 13-fold symmetry. The unique architecture of the T ring provides a static platform to recruit the PomA/B complexes, which are required to generate higher torques for rotation of the sheathed flagellum and fast motility of Vibrio cells. Furthermore, the Vibrio flagellar motor exhibits an intrinsic length variation between the inner and the outer membrane bound complexes, suggesting the outer membrane bound complex can shift slightly along the axial rod during flagellar rotation. Together, our detailed analyses of the polar flagella in intact cells provide insights into unique aspects of the sheathed flagellum and the distinct motility of Vibrio species.
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A remote controllable working graphite nanostructured swimmer based on a graphene jet nanomotor has been demonstrated for the first time. Graphite particles with pyramidal-like morphologies were fabricated by the creation of suitable defects in wide high-purity graphite flakes followed by a severe sonication. The particles were able to be self-exfoliated in water after Na intercalation between the graphene constituents. The self-exfoliation resulted in jet ejection of graphene flakes from the end of the swimmers (with speeds as high as ∼7000 m/s), producing a driving force (at least ∼0.7 L (pN) where L (μm) is swimmer size) and consequently the motion of the swimmer (with average speed of ∼17-40 μm/s). The jet ejection of the graphene flakes was assigned to the explosion of H2 nanobubbles produced between the Na intercalated flakes. The direction of motion of the swimmers equipped with TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) can be controlled by applying a magnetic field in the presence of UV irradiation (higher UV intensity, lower radius of rotation). In fact, the negative surface charge of the graphene flakes of the swimmers increased by UV irradiation due to transferring the photoexcited electrons of TiO2 NPs into the flakes. Because of higher production of H2 nanobubbles under UV irradiation, the speed of swimmers exposed to UV light significantly increased. In contrast, UV irradiation with various intensities could not affect total distance traversed by the self-exfoliated swimmers having the same initial sizes. These confirmed the mass ejection mechanism for motion of the swimmers. The self-exfoliation of swimmers (and so their motion) occurred only in water (and not, e.g., in organic solutions). Such swimmers promise the design of remote controllable nanovehicles with the capability of initiating and/or improving their operations in response to environmental changes in order to realize broad ranges of versatile and fantastic nanotechnology-based applications.
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- Omid Akhavan
- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology , P.O. Box 11155-9161, Tehran, Iran
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology , P.O. Box 14588-89694, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology , P.O. Box 11155-9161, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology , P.O. Box 14588-89694, Tehran, Iran
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- Silvio O Rizzoli
- Department of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
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- Medical Physiology and Biophysics, University of Seville Seville, Spain
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Ding T, Valev VK, Salmon AR, Forman CJ, Smoukov SK, Scherman OA, Frenkel D, Baumberg JJ. Light-induced actuating nanotransducers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:5503-7. [PMID: 27140648 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524209113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nanoactuators and nanomachines have long been sought after, but key bottlenecks remain. Forces at submicrometer scales are weak and slow, control is hard to achieve, and power cannot be reliably supplied. Despite the increasing complexity of nanodevices such as DNA origami and molecular machines, rapid mechanical operations are not yet possible. Here, we bind temperature-responsive polymers to charged Au nanoparticles, storing elastic energy that can be rapidly released under light control for repeatable isotropic nanoactuation. Optically heating above a critical temperature [Formula: see text] = 32 °C using plasmonic absorption of an incident laser causes the coatings to expel water and collapse within a microsecond to the nanoscale, millions of times faster than the base polymer. This triggers a controllable number of nanoparticles to tightly bind in clusters. Surprisingly, by cooling below [Formula: see text] their strong van der Waals attraction is overcome as the polymer expands, exerting nanoscale forces of several nN. This large force depends on van der Waals attractions between Au cores being very large in the collapsed polymer state, setting up a tightly compressed polymer spring which can be triggered into the inflated state. Our insights lead toward rational design of diverse colloidal nanomachines.
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Herein, we report a DNA nanomachine, built from a DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticle (DNA-AuNP), which moves a DNA walker along a three-dimensional (3-D) DNA-AuNP track and executes the task of releasing payloads. The movement of the DNA walker is powered by a nicking endonuclease that cleaves specific DNA substrates on the track. During the movement, each DNA walker cleaves multiple substrates, resulting in the rapid release of payloads (predesigned DNA sequences and their conjugates). The 3-D DNA nanomachine is highly efficient due to the high local effective concentrations of all DNA components that have been co-conjugated on the same AuNP. Moreover, the activity of the 3-D DNA nanomachine can be controlled by introducing a protecting DNA probe that can hybridize to or dehybridize from the DNA walker in a target-specific manner. This property allows us to tailor the DNA nanomachine into a DNA nanosensor that is able to achieve rapid, isothermal, and homogeneous signal amplification for specific nucleic acids in both buffer and a complicated biomatrix.
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- Xiaolong Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Biotechnology, Brock University , St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S3A1
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Biotechnology, Brock University , St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S3A1
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Biotechnology, Brock University , St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S3A1
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- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Biotechnology, Brock University , St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S3A1
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Soto F, Martin A, Ibsen S, Vaidyanathan M, Garcia-Gradilla V, Levin Y, Escarpa A, Esener SC, Wang J. Acoustic Microcannons: Toward Advanced Microballistics. ACS Nano 2016; 10:1522-1528. [PMID: 26691444 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Acoustically triggered microcannons, capable of loading and firing nanobullets (Nbs), are presented as powerful microballistic tools. Hollow conically shaped microcannon structures have been synthesized electrochemically and fully loaded with nanobullets made of silica or fluorescent microspheres, and perfluorocarbon emulsions, embedded in a gel matrix stabilizer. Application of a focused ultrasound pulse leads to the spontaneous vaporization of the perfluorocarbon emulsions within the microcannon and results in the rapid ejection of the nanobullets. Such Nbs "firing" at remarkably high speeds (on the magnitude of meters per second) has been modeled theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. Arrays of microcannons anchored in a template membrane were used to demonstrate the efficient Nbs loading and the high penetration capabilities of the ejected Nbs in a tissue phantom gel. This acoustic-microcannon approach could be translated into advanced microscale ballistic tools, capable of efficient loading and firing of multiple cargoes, and offer improved accessibility to target locations and enhanced tissue penetration properties.
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- Fernando Soto
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Alcalá de Henares , E-28871 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, UNAM , Ensenada, 22800 Mexico
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Alcalá de Henares , E-28871 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Ho CW, Van Meervelt V, Tsai KC, De Temmerman PJ, Mast J, Maglia G. Engineering a nanopore with co-chaperonin function. Sci Adv 2015; 1:e1500905. [PMID: 26824063 PMCID: PMC4730846 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The emergence of an enzymatic function can reveal functional insights and allows the engineering of biological systems with enhanced properties. We engineered an alpha hemolysin nanopore to function as GroES, a protein that, in complex with GroEL, forms a two-stroke protein-folding nanomachine. The transmembrane co-chaperonin was prepared by recombination of GroES functional elements with the nanopore, suggesting that emergent functions in molecular machines can be added bottom-up by incorporating modular elements into preexisting protein scaffolds. The binding of a single-ring version of GroEL to individual GroES nanopores prompted large changes to the unitary nanopore current, most likely reflecting the allosteric transitions of the chaperonin apical domains. One of the GroEL-induced current levels showed fast fluctuations (<1 ms), a characteristic that might be instrumental for efficient substrate encapsulation or folding. In the presence of unfolded proteins, the pattern of current transitions changed, suggesting a possible mechanism in which the free energy of adenosine triphosphate binding and hydrolysis is expended only when substrate proteins are occupied.
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- Ching-Wen Ho
- Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels 1180, Belgium
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels 1180, Belgium
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- Groningen Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747AG, Netherlands
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Matthey N, Blokesch M. The DNA-Uptake Process of Naturally Competent Vibrio cholerae. Trends Microbiol 2015; 24:98-110. [PMID: 26614677 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The sophisticated DNA-uptake machinery used during natural transformation is still poorly characterized, especially in Gram-negative bacteria where the transforming DNA has to cross two membranes as well as the peptidoglycan layer before entering the cytoplasm. The DNA-uptake machinery was hypothesized to take the form of a pseudopilus, which, upon repeated cycles of extension and retraction, would pull external DNA towards the cell surface or into the periplasmic space, followed by translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. In this review, we summarize recent advances on the DNA-uptake machinery of V. cholerae, highlighting the presence of an extended competence-induced pilus and the contribution of a conserved DNA-binding protein that acts as a ratchet and reels DNA into the periplasm.
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- Noémie Matthey
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Station 19, EPFL-SV-UPBLO, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Station 19, EPFL-SV-UPBLO, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Hu B, Morado DR, Margolin W, Rohde JR, Arizmendi O, Picking WL, Picking WD, Liu J. Visualization of the type III secretion sorting platform of Shigella flexneri. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:1047-52. [PMID: 25583506 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411610112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bacterial type III secretion machines are widely used to inject virulence proteins into eukaryotic host cells. These secretion machines are evolutionarily related to bacterial flagella and consist of a large cytoplasmic complex, a transmembrane basal body, and an extracellular needle. The cytoplasmic complex forms a sorting platform essential for effector selection and needle assembly, but it remains largely uncharacterized. Here we use high-throughput cryoelectron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize intact machines in a virulent Shigella flexneri strain genetically modified to produce minicells capable of interaction with host cells. A high-resolution in situ structure of the intact machine determined by subtomogram averaging reveals the cytoplasmic sorting platform, which consists of a central hub and six spokes, with a pod-like structure at the terminus of each spoke. Molecular modeling of wild-type and mutant machines allowed us to propose a model of the sorting platform in which the hub consists mainly of a hexamer of the Spa47 ATPase, whereas the MxiN protein comprises the spokes and the Spa33 protein forms the pods. Multiple contacts among those components are essential to align the Spa47 ATPase with the central channel of the MxiA protein export gate to form a unique nanomachine. The molecular architecture of the Shigella type III secretion machine and its sorting platform provide the structural foundation for further dissecting the mechanisms underlying type III secretion and pathogenesis and also highlight the major structural distinctions from bacterial flagella.
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Koike-Takeshita A, Arakawa T, Taguchi H, Shimamura T. Crystal structure of a symmetric football-shaped GroEL:GroES2-ATP14 complex determined at 3.8Å reveals rearrangement between two GroEL rings. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:3634-41. [PMID: 25174333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The chaperonin GroEL is an essential chaperone that assists in protein folding with the aid of GroES and ATP. GroEL forms a double-ring structure, and both rings can bind GroES in the presence of ATP. Recent progress on the GroEL mechanism has revealed the importance of a symmetric 1:2 GroEL:GroES2 complex (the "football"-shaped complex) as a critical intermediate during the functional GroEL cycle. We determined the crystal structure of the football GroEL:GroES2-ATP14 complex from Escherichia coli at 3.8Å, using a GroEL mutant that is extremely defective in ATP hydrolysis. The overall structure of the football complex resembled the GroES-bound GroEL ring of the asymmetric 1:1 GroEL:GroES complex (the "bullet" complex). However, the two GroES-bound GroEL rings form a modified interface by an ~7° rotation about the 7-fold axis. As a result, the inter-ring contacts between the two GroEL rings in the football complex differed from those in the bullet complex. The differences provide a structural basis for the apparently impaired inter-ring negative cooperativity observed in several biochemical analyses.
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- Ayumi Koike-Takeshita
- Department of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0292, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Membrane Protein Crystallography Project, Research Acceleration Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Kubori T, Koike M, Bui XT, Higaki S, Aizawa S, Nagai H. Native structure of a type IV secretion system core complex essential for Legionella pathogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:11804-9. [PMID: 25062693 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404506111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems are evolutionarily related to conjugation systems and play a pivotal role in infection by delivering numerous virulence factors into host cells. Using transmission electron microscopy, we report the native molecular structure of the core complex of the Dot/Icm type IV secretion system encoded by Legionella pneumophila, an intracellular human pathogen. The biochemically isolated core complex, composed of at least five proteins--DotC, DotD, DotF, DotG, and DotH--has a ring-shaped structure. Intriguingly, morphologically distinct premature complexes are formed in the absence of DotG or DotF. Our data suggest that DotG forms a central channel spanning inner and outer membranes. DotF, a component dispensable for type IV secretion, plays a role in efficient embedment of DotG into the functional core complex. These results highlight a common scheme for the biogenesis of transport machinery.
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Li J, Fan C, Pei H, Shi J, Huang Q. Smart drug delivery nanocarriers with self-assembled DNA nanostructures. Adv Mater 2013; 25:4386-96. [PMID: 23765613 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Self-assembled DNA nanostructures have emerged as a type of nano-biomaterials with precise structures, versatile functions and numerous applications. One particularly promising application of these DNA nanostructures is to develop universal nanocarriers for smart and targeted drug delivery. DNA is the genetic material in nature, and inherently biocompatible. Nevertheless, cell membranes are barely permeable to naked DNA molecules, either single- or double- stranded; transport across the cell membrane is only possible with the assistance of transfection agents. Interestingly, recent studies revealed that many DNA nanostructures could readily go into cells with high cell uptake efficiency. In this Progress Report, we will review recent advances on using various DNA nanostructures, e.g., DNA nanotubes, DNA tetrahedra, and DNA origami nanorobot, as drug delivery nanocarriers, and demonstrate several examples aiming at therapeutic applications with CpG-based immunostimulatory and siRNA-based gene silencing oligonucleotides.
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- Jiang Li
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Filloux A. Protein Secretion Systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An Essay on Diversity, Evolution, and Function. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:155. [PMID: 21811488 PMCID: PMC3140646 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Protein secretion systems are molecular nanomachines used by Gram-negative bacteria to thrive within their environment. They are used to release enzymes that hydrolyze complex carbon sources into usable compounds, or to release proteins that capture essential ions such as iron. They are also used to colonize and survive within eukaryotic hosts, causing acute or chronic infections, subverting the host cell response and escaping the immune system. In this article, the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is used as a model to review the diversity of secretion systems that bacteria have evolved to achieve these goals. This diversity may result from a progressive transformation of cell envelope complexes that initially may not have been dedicated to secretion. The striking similarities between secretion systems and type IV pili, flagella, bacteriophage tail, or efflux pumps is a nice illustration of this evolution. Differences are also needed since various secretion configurations call for diversity. For example, some proteins are released in the extracellular medium while others are directly injected into the cytosol of eukaryotic cells. Some proteins are folded before being released and transit into the periplasm. Other proteins cross the whole cell envelope at once in an unfolded state. However, the secretion system requires conserved basic elements or features. For example, there is a need for an energy source or for an outer membrane channel. The structure of this review is thus quite unconventional. Instead of listing secretion types one after each other, it presents a melting pot of concepts indicating that secretion types are in constant evolution and use basic principles. In other words, emergence of new secretion systems could be predicted the way Mendeleïev had anticipated characteristics of yet unknown elements.
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- Alain Filloux
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London London, UK
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Chiu SW, Leake MC. Functioning nanomachines seen in real-time in living bacteria using single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence imaging. Int J Mol Sci 2011; 12:2518-42. [PMID: 21731456 DOI: 10.3390/ijms12042518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Molecular machines are examples of “pre-established” nanotechnology, driving the basic biochemistry of living cells. They encompass an enormous range of function, including fuel generation for chemical processes, transport of molecular components within the cell, cellular mobility, signal transduction and the replication of the genetic code, amongst many others. Much of our understanding of such nanometer length scale machines has come from in vitro studies performed in isolated, artificial conditions. Researchers are now tackling the challenges of studying nanomachines in their native environments. In this review, we outline recent in vivo investigations on nanomachines in model bacterial systems using state-of-the-art genetics technology combined with cutting-edge single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. We conclude that single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence imaging provide powerful tools for the biochemical, structural and functional characterization of biological nanomachines. The integrative spatial, temporal, and single-molecule data obtained simultaneously from fluorescence imaging open an avenue for systems-level single-molecule cellular biophysics and in vivo biochemistry.
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Miyazono Y, Hayashi M, Karagiannis P, Harada Y, Tadakuma H. Strain through the neck linker ensures processive runs: a DNA-kinesin hybrid nanomachine study. EMBO J 2010; 29:93-106. [PMID: 19893487 PMCID: PMC2775897 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2009] [Accepted: 10/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The motor protein kinesin has two heads and walks along microtubules processively using energy derived from ATP. However, how kinesin heads are coordinated to generate processive movement remains elusive. Here we created a hybrid nanomachine (DNA-kinesin) using DNA as the skeletal structure and kinesin as the functional module. Single molecule imaging of DNA-kinesin hybrid allowed us to evaluate the effects of both connect position of the heads (N, C-terminal or Mid position) and sub-nanometer changes in the distance between the two heads on motility. Our results show that although the native structure of kinesin is not essential for processive movement, it is the most efficient. Furthermore, forward bias by the power stroke of the neck linker, a 13-amino-acid chain positioned at the C-terminus of the head, and internal strain applied to the rear of the head through the neck linker are crucial for the processive movement. Results also show that the internal strain coordinates both heads to prevent simultaneous detachment from the microtubules. Thus, the inter-head coordination through the neck linker facilitates long-distance walking.
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- Yuya Miyazono
- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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There is a great deal of interest in the possibility that complex nanoscale devices can be designed and engineered. Such devices will lead to the development of new materials, electronics and smart drugs. Producing complex nanoscale devices, however will present many challenges and the components of such devices will require a number of special features. Devices will be engineered to incorporate desired functionalities but, because of the difficulties of controlling matter precisely at the nanoscale with current technology, the nanodevice components must self-assemble. In addition, nanocomponents that are to have wide applicability in various devices must have enough flexibility to integrate into a large number of potentially very different environments. These challenges are daunting and complex, and artificial nanodevices have not yet been constructed. However, the existence of nanomachines in nature in the form of proteins (eg, enzymes) suggests that they will be possible to produce. As the material from which nature's nanomachines are made, proteins seem ideal to form the basis of engineered components of such nanodevices. Initially, engineering projects may focus on building blocks such as rings, cages and tubes, examples of which exist in nature and may act as a useful start point for modification and further development. This review focuses on the recent research and possible future development of such protein building blocks.
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- Jonathan G Heddle
- Global Edge Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuda, Midori-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan
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In everyday life, a macroscopic valve is a device with a movable control element that regulates the flow of gases or liquids by blocking and opening passageways. Construction of such a device on the nanoscale level requires (i) suitably proportioned movable control elements, (ii) a method for operating them on demand, and (iii) appropriately sized passageways. These three conditions can be fulfilled by attaching organic, mechanically interlocked, linear motor molecules that can be operated under chemical, electrical, or optical stimuli to stable inorganic porous frameworks (i.e., by self-assembling organic machinery on top of an inorganic chassis). In this article, we demonstrate a reversibly operating nanovalve that can be turned on and off by redox chemistry. It traps and releases molecules from a maze of nanoscopic passageways in silica by controlling the operation of redox-activated bistable [2]rotaxane molecules tethered to the openings of nanopores leading out of a nanoscale reservoir.
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- Thoi D Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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