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  <h1>Verification and improvement of the antimicrobial peptide expressing system</h1>
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  <h2>Improvement of the antimicrobial peptide expressing system</h2>
 
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     <p>Here, we tried to improve the former antimicrobial peptide(mccb17) expressing system of 2019 Fudan <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3245010 "> LINK </a>.By dividing into the peptide expressing part and the immunity part, we firstly tested whether the polycistron could work properly and separately, then tried to manipulate each of their expression levels with more efficiency an better function.
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     <p>Here, we tried to improve the former antimicrobial peptide (Mccb17) expression, based on 2019 Fudan <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3245010">BBa_K3245010</a>. By dividing into the peptide expressing part and the immunity part, we firstly tested whether the polycistron could work properly and separately, then tried to manipulate each of their expression levels for better results.
 
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  <h2>Problems of this system in the past</h2>
 
 
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    <p>The concept of quorum sensing system described above was proposed by Fudan 2019. Since MccB17 plays a vital role in the entire quorum sensing system, the better the MccB17 is expressed, the faster the engineered bacteria will achieve the balance of quorum sensing. However, we found that the expression level of MccB17 tested by Team Fudan 2019 last year was so low that the engineered bacteria cannot be competitive enough in the intestine.</p>
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  <h4>Verification of the expression</h4>
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    <p>First, to affirm the system could work properly, we started from the very beginning by testing the expression of each mcb gene in the cluster as well as of the polycistrons in each part. We constructed 10 plasmids (with pGEX backbone adapted to perform IPTG induced expression), containing <i>mcbA/ mcbB/ mcbC/ mcbD/ mcbE/ mcbF/ mcbG/ mcbABCD/ mcbBCD/ mcbBC</i> respectively, transformed successfully them into <i>E. coli</i> BL21. We have made further confirmation that every part can be induced successfully due to the correct bands on the SDS-PAGE gels, only shown in IPTG induced samples. If needed, we could purify these protein products via immobilized Ni affinity chromatography (GST was replaced with His-tag in our constructs).
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<h4>Verification of the function</h4>
      <p>To solve the problem, we have proposed some improvement plans. We though about using the high-copy plasmids to express MccB17, but they are more difficult to regulate and response sensitively, and will greatly increase the expression burden of engineered bacteria.
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<p>As <a href="/Team:Fudan/Design">our design page</a> describes, McbABCD should show a certain degree of restrain to both the growth and metabolism of its co-cultured cells. While with McbEFG, engineered <i>E. coli</i> are supposed to have better immunity themselves against the MccB17 coded by <i>mcbABCD</i>, so as to gain advantage, affect the surrounding WT’s metabolism (expressing of GFP in our experiments), and better survive in time.</p>
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<p>We performed 2 different kinds of experiments, verifying both antimicrobial expressing part McbABCD and immunity part McbEFG, by testing the effect MccB17 may exert on the metabolism and survival state of microbes they co-cultured with.</p>
By researching on the literature and talking with Teacher Lin(iHP), who is engaged in prokaryotic expression work at the Fudan University Academy of Sciences, we decided to use low-copy plasmids to reduce the expression burden of engineered bacteria. We tried to keep the main part of MccB17 (McbABCD) a relatively low expression and high express the immune part (McbEFG) to achieve high secretion of MccB17.
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The highly expressed channel proteins and immune proteins will export more MccB17 and reduce the accumulation of antimicrobial peptides in the engineered bacteria cells, thereby inducing them to produce more antimicrobial peptides.  
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Lin also recommended a series of promoters from a kit which contains combinations of specific constitutive bacterial promoters that vary in strength to us in order to have the expression of mcbABCD in better performance.</p>
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  <h2>Verification of expression</h2>
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<h4>Influences on metabolism</h4>
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    <p>First, to affirm the system could work properly, we started from the very beginning by testing the expression of each gene in the cluster as well as of the polycistrons in each part. We constructed 10 plasmids(with pGEX backbone adapted to perform high level of expression), containing mcbA/ mcbB/ mcbC/ mcbD/ mcbE/ mcbF/ mcbG/ mcbABCD/ mcbBCD/ mcbBC respectively, transformed them into E.coli BL21, then purified the protein products with his-tag via immobilized metal affinity chromatography to check if the basic protein-coding could all be realized correctly as the basis of our design for the system. We will make further confirmation that every part can express successfully due to the correct bands on the SDS-PAGE electrophoresis gel maps.</p>
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  <h6>Figure 1. Flowchart of the IPTG induction experiments</h6>
 
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    <p>As our design page describes, mcbABCD should show a certain degree of restrain to both the growth and condition of its cocultured cell. While with mcbEFG, engineered E.coli are supposed to have better immunity themselves against the antimicrobial peptide coded by mcbABCD, so as to gain advantage, affect the surrounding WT’s metabolism(the expression of GFP), and better survive in the environment.</p>
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     <p>We cultured WT (<i>E. coli</i> expressing GFP driven by Plac), PxAD (<i>E. coli</i> expressing <i>mcbABCD</i> driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) and Px (<i>E. coli</i> expressing mcbABCD-mcbEFG-PtetR driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) separately with similar OD.
     <p>We cultured WT(E.coli expressing GFP driven by plac), PxAD(E.coli expressing mcbABCD driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13)and Px(E.coli expressing mcbABCD-mcbEFG-PtetR driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) separately at the same time.  
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When the OD of WT reaches 0.6, we mixed WT with PxAD or Px, with ratio of 1:1, 4:1, 10:1, then induce them with IPTG for 2h. Here, the control group would be merely WT with IPTG and WT without IPTG.
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When the OD of WT reaches 0.6, we mixed WT with PxAD or Px, with ratio of 1:1, 4:1, 10:1, then induce them with IPTG for 2 hours. Here, the control group would be merely WT with IPTG and WT without IPTG.
 
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After mixture, we immediately put the engineered E.coli on ice to cease the proliferation and measure their OD later for a precise mixture ratio. Thus the ratio in the graph down below has been adjusted to be more accurate in the ratio of cell number in the mixture, different from the ratio on the left. Finally our data is measured by plate reader.
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After mixture, we immediately put the starting cultures on ice to cease the proliferation and measure their OD for a precise mixture ratio. Thus, the ratio in the graph down below has been adjusted to be more accurate in the ratio of cell numbers in the mixture (different from the ratio on the flowchart). Finally, all samples were measured by a plate reader.
 
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  <h4>Result</h4>
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Figure2. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD when the ratio of mixure(WT:Px=5:7)
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Figure3. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD when the ratio of mixure(WT:Px=20:7)
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Figure4. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD when the ratio of mixure(WT:Px=50:7)
 
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<p> Our data has been calibrated with the Excel data analysis template provided by the 2019 iGEM, where MEFL stands for the absolute units of Fluorescent Intensity for Green Fluorescent proteins and particle stands for the absolute units of cell count, so that our y axis represents fluorescent intensity per cell under iGEM standard.
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<p>Our data has been calibrated with the Excel data analysis template provided by the 2019 iGEM Measurement Committee, where MEFL stands for the absolute units of Fluorescent Intensity for Green Fluorescent proteins and particle stands for the absolute units of cell count, so that our Y axis represents fluorescent intensity per cell under iGEM standard.
 
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<p>We could see an overall decrease of GFP expression in nearly all groups cocultured with Px or PxAD than the control group which only contains WT, indicating that the antimicrobial peptide(MccB17) encoded by mcbABCD does have a negative effect on over microbial. In this case, the living status of WT cells and its function in creating GFP is strongly restricted by the toxic environment, proving that our part mcbABCD has worked successfully.
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<p>We could see an overall decrease of GFP expression in nearly all groups co-cultured with Px or PxAD than the control group which only contains WT, indicating that the antimicrobial peptide (MccB17) encoded by <i>mcbABCD</i> does have a negative effect on microbial. In this case, the living status of WT cells and its function in creating GFP is strongly restricted by the unsuitable environment, proving that our part <i>mcbABCD</i> works as designed.
 
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<p>While inside each paired group, there clearly are a better inhibition effect in Px group than PxAD group, as the MEFL/particle is much lower in the Px group than the PxAD group when driven by certain promoters. This shows that the immunity function of mcbEFG is working successfully, as the E.coli expressing mcbEFG can help the engineered strain to survive with efflux exporting the toxic peptide, as well as better killing off other strains to gain survival advantage.
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<p>While inside each paired group, there clearly are a better inhibition effect in Px group than PxAD group, as the MEFL/particle is much lower in the Px group than the PxAD group when driven by certain promoters. This shows that the immunity function of McbEFG is working successfully, as the E. coli expressing <i>mcbEFG</i> can help the engineered strain to survive with efflux exporting the toxic peptide, as well as better killing off other strains to gain survival advantage.
 
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<p>Among the three graphs, it is also obvious the system works better when the McbABCD population occupies a larger percentage. When the ratio of WT:Px meets 50:7, nealy all of the groups shows very weak competitiveness or even no survival advantage at all (as in the case of P1), indicating the need of a certain amount of McbABCD population to get the system working efficiently. This result also affirms it is vital to have the antimicrobial system in our design to gain enough survival advantage for our engineered <i>E. coli</i> to colony in human intestine and further express the desired product.
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<p>Due to the difference in strength of these promoters (P1 to P14) driven the expression of <i>mcbABCD</i>, our initial test suggested the most suitable promoter P2 for the system.
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    <p>We cultured WT (<i>E. coli</i> expressing RFP driven by a constitutive promoter), PxAD (<i>E. coli</i> expressing <i>mcbABCD</i> driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) and Px (<i>E. coli</i> expressing mcbABCD-mcbEFG-PtetR driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) separately at the same time.</p>
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    <p>When the OD of WT reaches 0.6, we mixed WT with PxAD or Px, with ratio of 1:1, 4:1. Later, we collect samples from the mixture at different time points, to be measured by a plate reader.</p>
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    <p>Meanwhile, we plate the mixture onto plates with different antibiotics (since WT and Px/PxAD possess different antibiotic resistance) to measure the precise ratio of mixture.</p>
 
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<p>Among the three graphs, it is also obvious the system works better when the population occupies a larger percentage. When the ratio of WT:Px meets 50:7, nealy all of the groups shows very weak competitiveness or even no survival advantage at all(as in the case of P1), indicating the need of a certain amount of population to get the system working efficiently. This result also affirms it is vital to have the antimicrobial system in our design to gain enough survival advantage for our engineered E.coli to colony in human intestine and further express the desired product.
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<p> Our data has been calibrated with the Excel data analysis template provided by the 2019 iGEM Measurement Committee. In this chart, Calculated Bacteria Counts stands for the relative increase of OD, which represents the total number of cells, and MERL, which represents the total number of WT cells. As we have screened out P2 in front, here we used the mixture ratio of P2(P2AD):WT=1:1 to find out more detailed effect that antimicrobial peptide expressing system can exert.</p>
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<p>We could see the population increase are not significant in total over time, yet WT grows rather fast at first in the P2AD group, indicating its lack of immunity part McbEFG can lead to the death of engineered <i>E. coli</i>. Thus shows less restrain on the WT cells. Yet, as MccB17 accumulates, a clear decrease can be observed when time extends in both P2 and P2AD, suggesting our antimicrobial peptide expressing system is working to help the engineered <i>E. coli</i> gain better survival advantage.
 
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    <p>We have measured the expression level of PtetO2 (<a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3606006" target="_blank">BBa_K3606006</a>), PtetO3 (<a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3606007" target="_blank">BBa_K3606007</a>) along with the original PtetR (<a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_R0040" target="_blank">BBa_R0040</a>) via plate reader by combining them with GFP, when they were induced by different concentration of anhydrotetracycline (aTc) or not induced.</p>
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    <h6>Figure 9. When aTc=200, the expression level of the promoter and bacterial OD: When OD>0.6, the promoter data is meaningful.</h6>
 
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     <p>Under the induction of various concentrations of aTc, the expression level of PtetO2 is very low, but the expression level of PtetO3 is moderate. Although the expression level of PtetO3 is lower than PtetR, it is very suitable for our project design. Since PtetO3 is used to drive McbEFG, if McbEFG translates too much channel protein, then when McbEFG is turned off, the expressed channel protein will take a long time to degrade completely, reducing the sensitivity of quorum sensing.</p>
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                    However, the currently popular calcium supplement method on the market is either to adjust diet or to consume a lot of calcium supplementing pills. For the elderly, they suffer from poor memory or neglect the importance of calcium pills, often forgetting to consume the supplement; for children, they often refuse to take calcium pills or to maintain some diet high in calcium, thus requiring the "liquid calcium" method to ensure sufficient calcium intake. Ho可以 继续大段内容
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                    <li>calcium-supple menting pills don’t haat taste</li>
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    <p>The results show that among the three promoters, PtetO3 has the highest fold of increase. This means that it is the most sensitive to the induction of aTc, which can improve the sensitivity of quorum sensing.
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                <p>Firstly, the product is designed for oral use and our target user is the elderly. 英文分项不需要ol或ul</p>
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                    <li>The expression level of short peptides has a threshold, preventing any excessive calcium absorption that might lead to hypercalcemia 注意句子超长后的回折</li>
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<h2>Demonstration of CaAP and signal-peptide guided CaAP secretion system</h2>
                Based on relevant research, the product is exp 章节内分段 ina. tien China has an estimated 70 million osteoporosis patien China has an estimated 70 million osteoporosis patienChina has an estimated 70 million oste
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<h4>CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide)</h4>
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<p>We hope that our project can solve the problem of calcium deficiency in the elderly. According to our investigation, due to the diet structure, the calcium absorption of Chinese people is not enough, so we <a href="/Team:Fudan/Design">design</a> CaAP from the perspective of improving the calcium absorption rate of the elderly.</p>
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<p>We have successfully cloned our designed CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide) into pFAB plasmid and transformed the construct into <i>E. coli</i> BL21 strain to demonstrate its expression.</p>
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            <p>Compared w 章节内分段 ique advantages tien China has an estimated 70 million osteoporosis patien China has an estimated 70 million osteoporosis patienChina has an estimated 70 million oste
 
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<p>To promote calcium bioavailability, CaAP needs to be expressed in our probiotics and subsequently secreted into the extracellular space. Therefore, we linked 5 signal peptides which belong to the Type II secretion system in <i>E. coli</i>, to the N terminal of CaAP, respectively.
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    <p>To test the secretion efficiency of our 5 secretion peptides and compare their secretion capabilities, we also fused them to MBP (Maltose Binding Protein) that normally expressed in the cytoplasm of <i>E. coli</i> cells. Driven by an IPTG inducible promoter Ptac, we can achieve quantified characterization of these secretion peptides through differences of the amount of signal-peptide-MBP fusion protein in bacterial lysate and culture medium.</p>
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    <p>We have successfully cloned OmpA guided MBP (Maltose Binding Protein) and expressed it in <i>E. coli</i> BL21. As shown in Figure 14,the amount of MBP in the lysate shows no difference with or without IPTG induction, suggesting that OmpA has the strong ability to secrete MBP into the extracellular space. As for the relatively low amount of MBP in the culture medium concentrated by TCA than in the cell lysate (shown in Figure 15), it may be caused by other interference factors during the preparation of protein samples.</p>
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    <h6>Figure 14. OmpA-MBP expression with and without IPTG induction in the bacterial lysate.</h6>
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    <h6>Figure 15. OmpA-MBP expression with and without IPTG induction in the culture medium concentrated by TCA.</h6>
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    <p>To test the secretion efficiency of our 5 secretion peptides fused CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide) guided by 5 secretion peptides, we cloned the Secretion peptide-CaAP segment into the pGEX vector respectively and transformed into <i>E. coli</i> BL21 strain. Further, quantified characterization of these secretion peptides fused with CaAP is expected to be achieved through the differences of calcium ion concentration in bacterial lysate and culture medium.</p>
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<h6>Figure 16. NSP4/PhoA/OmpA-CaAP expression with and without IPTG induction in the bacterial lysate.</h6>
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     <p>文本在左侧一半,宽屏 According to the Chinese Dietetic Sociietary Nutrient Intakes of Chinese Residents", the calcium requirement for infants and young children increases with age, from 300mg/day to 800mg/day, and the calcium requirement for adolescents reaches 1000mg/day. The amof the required intake, with the small exception of some coastal and pastoral areas 图片在右侧一半</p>
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<h6>Figure 17. NSP4/PhoA/OmpA-CaAP expression expression with and without IPTG induction in the culture medium concentrated by trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitation.</h6>
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    <p>Please note that our modeling results are at <a href="/Team:Fudan/Model">/Team:Fudan/Model</a>, and our online survey results are at <a href="/Team:Fudan/Human_Practices">/Team:Fudan/Human_Practices</a>.</p>
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results

Improvement of the antimicrobial peptide expressing system

Here, we tried to improve the former antimicrobial peptide (Mccb17) expression, based on 2019 Fudan BBa_K3245010. By dividing into the peptide expressing part and the immunity part, we firstly tested whether the polycistron could work properly and separately, then tried to manipulate each of their expression levels for better results.

Verification of the expression

First, to affirm the system could work properly, we started from the very beginning by testing the expression of each mcb gene in the cluster as well as of the polycistrons in each part. We constructed 10 plasmids (with pGEX backbone adapted to perform IPTG induced expression), containing mcbA/ mcbB/ mcbC/ mcbD/ mcbE/ mcbF/ mcbG/ mcbABCD/ mcbBCD/ mcbBC respectively, transformed successfully them into E. coli BL21. We have made further confirmation that every part can be induced successfully due to the correct bands on the SDS-PAGE gels, only shown in IPTG induced samples. If needed, we could purify these protein products via immobilized Ni affinity chromatography (GST was replaced with His-tag in our constructs).

Verification of the function

As our design page describes, McbABCD should show a certain degree of restrain to both the growth and metabolism of its co-cultured cells. While with McbEFG, engineered E. coli are supposed to have better immunity themselves against the MccB17 coded by mcbABCD, so as to gain advantage, affect the surrounding WT’s metabolism (expressing of GFP in our experiments), and better survive in time.

We performed 2 different kinds of experiments, verifying both antimicrobial expressing part McbABCD and immunity part McbEFG, by testing the effect MccB17 may exert on the metabolism and survival state of microbes they co-cultured with.

Influences on metabolism

flowchart IPTG
Figure 1. Flowchart of the IPTG induction experiments

We cultured WT (E. coli expressing GFP driven by Plac), PxAD (E. coli expressing mcbABCD driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) and Px (E. coli expressing mcbABCD-mcbEFG-PtetR driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) separately with similar OD.

When the OD of WT reaches 0.6, we mixed WT with PxAD or Px, with ratio of 1:1, 4:1, 10:1, then induce them with IPTG for 2 hours. Here, the control group would be merely WT with IPTG and WT without IPTG.

After mixture, we immediately put the starting cultures on ice to cease the proliferation and measure their OD for a precise mixture ratio. Thus, the ratio in the graph down below has been adjusted to be more accurate in the ratio of cell numbers in the mixture (different from the ratio on the flowchart). Finally, all samples were measured by a plate reader.

Results from IPTG induction experiments

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Figure 2. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD with the ratio of mixure WT:Px=5:7
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Figure 3. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD with the ratio of mixure WT:Px=20:7
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Figure 4. MEFL/particle for different Px and PxAD with the ratio of mixure WT:Px=50:7

Our data has been calibrated with the Excel data analysis template provided by the 2019 iGEM Measurement Committee, where MEFL stands for the absolute units of Fluorescent Intensity for Green Fluorescent proteins and particle stands for the absolute units of cell count, so that our Y axis represents fluorescent intensity per cell under iGEM standard.

We could see an overall decrease of GFP expression in nearly all groups co-cultured with Px or PxAD than the control group which only contains WT, indicating that the antimicrobial peptide (MccB17) encoded by mcbABCD does have a negative effect on microbial. In this case, the living status of WT cells and its function in creating GFP is strongly restricted by the unsuitable environment, proving that our part mcbABCD works as designed.

While inside each paired group, there clearly are a better inhibition effect in Px group than PxAD group, as the MEFL/particle is much lower in the Px group than the PxAD group when driven by certain promoters. This shows that the immunity function of McbEFG is working successfully, as the E. coli expressing mcbEFG can help the engineered strain to survive with efflux exporting the toxic peptide, as well as better killing off other strains to gain survival advantage.

Among the three graphs, it is also obvious the system works better when the McbABCD population occupies a larger percentage. When the ratio of WT:Px meets 50:7, nealy all of the groups shows very weak competitiveness or even no survival advantage at all (as in the case of P1), indicating the need of a certain amount of McbABCD population to get the system working efficiently. This result also affirms it is vital to have the antimicrobial system in our design to gain enough survival advantage for our engineered E. coli to colony in human intestine and further express the desired product.

Due to the difference in strength of these promoters (P1 to P14) driven the expression of mcbABCD, our initial test suggested the most suitable promoter P2 for the system.

Influnces on survival

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Figure 5. Flowchart of the survial (time-course) experiments

We cultured WT (E. coli expressing RFP driven by a constitutive promoter), PxAD (E. coli expressing mcbABCD driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) and Px (E. coli expressing mcbABCD-mcbEFG-PtetR driven by P1\2\9\11\12\13) separately at the same time.

When the OD of WT reaches 0.6, we mixed WT with PxAD or Px, with ratio of 1:1, 4:1. Later, we collect samples from the mixture at different time points, to be measured by a plate reader.

Meanwhile, we plate the mixture onto plates with different antibiotics (since WT and Px/PxAD possess different antibiotic resistance) to measure the precise ratio of mixture.

Results from survial experiments

 
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Figure 6. Calculated Bacteria Counts with the ratio of mixure Px/PxAD:WT=1:1

Our data has been calibrated with the Excel data analysis template provided by the 2019 iGEM Measurement Committee. In this chart, Calculated Bacteria Counts stands for the relative increase of OD, which represents the total number of cells, and MERL, which represents the total number of WT cells. As we have screened out P2 in front, here we used the mixture ratio of P2(P2AD):WT=1:1 to find out more detailed effect that antimicrobial peptide expressing system can exert.

We could see the population increase are not significant in total over time, yet WT grows rather fast at first in the P2AD group, indicating its lack of immunity part McbEFG can lead to the death of engineered E. coli. Thus shows less restrain on the WT cells. Yet, as MccB17 accumulates, a clear decrease can be observed when time extends in both P2 and P2AD, suggesting our antimicrobial peptide expressing system is working to help the engineered E. coli gain better survival advantage.

Reduced leakage of PtetR (improved part)

We have measured the expression level of PtetO2 (BBa_K3606006), PtetO3 (BBa_K3606007) along with the original PtetR (BBa_R0040) via plate reader by combining them with GFP, when they were induced by different concentration of anhydrotetracycline (aTc) or not induced.

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Figure 7. When aTc=0, the expression level of the promoter and bacterial OD: When OD>0.6, the promoter data is meaningful.
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Figure 9. When aTc=200, the expression level of the promoter and bacterial OD: When OD>0.6, the promoter data is meaningful.
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Figure 8. When aTc=100, the expression level of the promoter and bacterial OD: When OD>0.6, the promoter data is meaningful.
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Figure 10. When aTc=400, the expression level of the promoter and bacterial OD: When OD>0.6, the promoter data is meaningful.

Under the induction of various concentrations of aTc, the expression level of PtetO2 is very low, but the expression level of PtetO3 is moderate. Although the expression level of PtetO3 is lower than PtetR, it is very suitable for our project design. Since PtetO3 is used to drive McbEFG, if McbEFG translates too much channel protein, then when McbEFG is turned off, the expressed channel protein will take a long time to degrade completely, reducing the sensitivity of quorum sensing.

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Figure 11. When aTc=100, fold of increase of promoters
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Figure 12. When aTc=200, fold of increase of promoters
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Figure 13. When aTc=400, fold of increase of promoters

The results show that among the three promoters, PtetO3 has the highest fold of increase. This means that it is the most sensitive to the induction of aTc, which can improve the sensitivity of quorum sensing.

Demonstration of CaAP and signal-peptide guided CaAP secretion system

CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide)

We hope that our project can solve the problem of calcium deficiency in the elderly. According to our investigation, due to the diet structure, the calcium absorption of Chinese people is not enough, so we design CaAP from the perspective of improving the calcium absorption rate of the elderly.

We have successfully cloned our designed CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide) into pFAB plasmid and transformed the construct into E. coli BL21 strain to demonstrate its expression.

Secretion Peptides guided CaAP

To promote calcium bioavailability, CaAP needs to be expressed in our probiotics and subsequently secreted into the extracellular space. Therefore, we linked 5 signal peptides which belong to the Type II secretion system in E. coli, to the N terminal of CaAP, respectively. The 5 secretion peptides are listed below:

NSP4 BBa_K3606042
OmpA BBa_K3606043
DsbA BBa_K3606030
PelB BBa_K208004
PhoA BBa_K808028

To test the secretion efficiency of our 5 secretion peptides and compare their secretion capabilities, we also fused them to MBP (Maltose Binding Protein) that normally expressed in the cytoplasm of E. coli cells. Driven by an IPTG inducible promoter Ptac, we can achieve quantified characterization of these secretion peptides through differences of the amount of signal-peptide-MBP fusion protein in bacterial lysate and culture medium.

We have successfully cloned OmpA guided MBP (Maltose Binding Protein) and expressed it in E. coli BL21. As shown in Figure 14,the amount of MBP in the lysate shows no difference with or without IPTG induction, suggesting that OmpA has the strong ability to secrete MBP into the extracellular space. As for the relatively low amount of MBP in the culture medium concentrated by TCA than in the cell lysate (shown in Figure 15), it may be caused by other interference factors during the preparation of protein samples.

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Figure 14. OmpA-MBP expression with and without IPTG induction in the bacterial lysate.
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Figure 15. OmpA-MBP expression with and without IPTG induction in the culture medium concentrated by TCA.

To test the secretion efficiency of our 5 secretion peptides fused CaAP (Calcium Absorption Peptide) guided by 5 secretion peptides, we cloned the Secretion peptide-CaAP segment into the pGEX vector respectively and transformed into E. coli BL21 strain. Further, quantified characterization of these secretion peptides fused with CaAP is expected to be achieved through the differences of calcium ion concentration in bacterial lysate and culture medium.

 
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Figure 16. NSP4/PhoA/OmpA-CaAP expression with and without IPTG induction in the bacterial lysate.
 
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Figure 17. NSP4/PhoA/OmpA-CaAP expression expression with and without IPTG induction in the culture medium concentrated by trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitation.

Please note that our modeling results are at /Team:Fudan/Model, and our online survey results are at /Team:Fudan/Human_Practices.

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