1 / 29

Cling- E. coli : Bacteria on target

This project aims to develop a system for targeting bacteria to specific substrates and inducing cellular responses. Various targets and applications such as protein binding, toxin binding, tissue binding, DNA/RNA binding, virus binding, surface binding, and binding to other cells are explored. Techniques like magnetic activated cell sorting and fluorescence activated cell sorting are used for bacteria selection. The project also involves the re-engineering of the Fec signal transduction pathway and the study of quorum sensing.

georgianav
Download Presentation

Cling- E. coli : Bacteria on target

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Cling-E. coli :Bacteria on target Harvard iGEM 2007 Kevin Shee Perry Tsai Shaunak Vankudre George Xu Ellenor Brown Stephanie Lo Alex Pickett Sammy Sambu

  2. The motivationTo develop a system for targeting bacteria to a specific substrate and effecting a cellular response

  3. Potential Targets and Applications Bind Proteins Bind Toxins Bind Tissue Bind DNA/RNA Bind Viruses Bind Surface Bind Other Cells

  4. Bacterial targeting Quorum-sensing Fec signal transduction Quorum-sensing Fec signal transduction

  5. Fusion Protein Membrane Protein Surface Engineered Bacteria Engineered to Bind and Signal OmpA – C terminal insertion OmpA-Loop1 insertion AIDA-1 – N terminal insertion

  6. Selecting/enriching for surface engineered bacteria Tags 6xHis + nickel beads Strep2 + streptavidin beads Assays Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting (MACS) Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Magnetic Bead Assays Fluorescence Bead Assays

  7. His/Strep2 –tagged bacteria are enriched by MACS (after MACS selection)

  8. Results: Cell Selection Assays are a Success! AIDA was re-engineered to target nickel and streptavidin with 6xHis and Strep2 tags respectively, and selecting for surface-engineered bacteria was accomplished through magnetic activated cell sorting.

  9. Bacterial targeting Quorum-sensing Fec signal transduction

  10. luxI/luxR Quorum Sensing Receiver + R OHHL Sender

  11. Receiver Sender Cell-Cell Signaling Constructs • Receivers (luxR + Reporter) • GFPReceivers • tetR controlled (Bba_T9002) • Quorum controlled (Bba_R0062 + Bba_C0261 + Bba_E0240) • mRFPReceivers • tetR controlled (Bba_F2620 + Bba_I13507) • Quorum controlled (Bba_R0062 + Bba_C0261 +Bba_I13507) • mCherryReceivers (Bba_F2620 + Bba_J06702) • Senders (bicistronic luxI + Reporter) • mRFPSender • tetR controlled (Bba_S03623 + Bba_I13507) • lacI controlled (Bba_S03608 + Bba_I13507) • Quorum controlled (Bba_R0062 + Bba_A340620 + Bba_I13507) • GFPSender • tetR controlled (Bba_S03623 + Bba_E0240) • lacI controlled (Bba_S03608 + Bba_E0240) • Quorum controlled (Bba_R0062 + Bba_A340620 + Bba_E0240) • mCherrySender • tetR controlled (Bba_S03623 + Bba_J06702) • Single Cell • Constitutive (Bba_J23039 + Bba_T9002) • Quorum Controlled (Bba_R0062 + Bba_A340620 + Bba_C0261 + Bba_E0240) • Construction Intermediates

  12. Receiver Sender Switch-like Quorum Response

  13. Selection with Magnetic Beads AIDA-1 – N terminal insertion Sender

  14. 60-fold Enrichment through Direct Magnetic Beads Control: no beads Selection with streptactin beads

  15. Receiver Sender Enriched senders activate quorum response

  16. Bacterial targeting Quorum-sensing Fec signal transduction

  17. Motivation: Fec System • Goal: Direct cell signaling • Method: Re-engineer an existing signal transduction pathway • Fec system: • well-characterized • substrate specific

  18. Overview of Fec System Ferric citrate Braun et al. “Gene Regulation by Transmembrane Signaling.” Biometals 2006 Apr;19(2):103-13.

  19. Overview of Fec System Ferric citrate Loops 7 & 8

  20. Constructs • From Braun lab (U. Tuebingen, Germany) • Fec knock-out strain, AA93 • FecIRA plasmid • Fec promoter, GFP plasmid • pColA Duet Vector • Allows regulated expression of Fec genes under T7 promoter

  21. Wild-Type GFP Expression

  22. Troubleshooting andNext Steps • Problems: • Growth media • Toxicity: membrane disruption? • Goals: • Nickel and Streptavidin Binding • Finding new targets with signaling • Random library • Computational Approach

  23. Conclusions • Targeting • His and Strep2 tags on AIDA, targeting bacteria to nickel and streptavidin was successful • Quorum sensing • Constructed one-cell system • Characterized two-cell system • Combined with targeting • Fec signal transduction • Characterized Fec system

  24. Future Directions • Bacterial targeting • Trying out new targeting peptides (calmodulin) • Optimizing the random library approach in selecting for targeting peptides • Quorum sensing • Characterizing one-cell system • Optimizing quorum response after targeting • Fec signal transduction • Effect signal transduction with targeting • Application

  25. Acknowledgements Teaching Fellows Nicholas Guido Bill Senapedis Mike Strong Harris Wang Advisors George Church Debra Auguste Jagesh V. Shah William Shih Pamela Silver Alain Viel Tamara Brenner Funding HHMI Harvard Provost Harvard Life Sciences Division Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Special thanks to… Volkmar Braun (University of Tuebingen) Costas Maranas (Penn State University)

  26. N terminus modification of AIDA1

  27. CSR by gene Design Fusion of tags & randomers to extracellular portion of OmpA loop 1 (loop insertion) PCR product insertion (950 bps) Insertion of ds oligos

  28. CSR by gene design

  29. Bacterial Targeting: Cell Surface Reengineering (CSR) CSR by PCR product digestion & ligation: Fusion of peptides to the C terminus of OmpA Fusion of peptides to the N terminus of AIDA1 <OmpA AIDA1 structures> Fusion of tags & randomers to extracellular portion of OmpA loop 1 (loop insertion) PCR product insertion (950 bps) Insertion of ds oligos

More Related