Part:BBa_K2972008
Quorum sensing(QS) sensitivity test
Introduction
This part is used to test the sensitivity of QS system and this part is improved from the previous BBa_K1499500 so that it will be more suitable for our project and can be used more widely.
To discover the relationship between the components produced by the QS system and the density of cells in the process of cell growth. We obtained the curve of fluorescence intensity changing with time under different promoters which inducing LuxR expression according to experiments.
Modeling
When considering the change of signal factor concentration in a single cell, we refer to the model of Maike in 2010. Because our model is in a closed container, we delete the diffusion term from the original model, and improve the solvability. We modified and established our own model according to the actual situation.
Result
In this result, we can clearly see that AHL showed very low growth rate in the earlystage. At a certain time, when the population density reached a certain threshold,AHL showed a sharp increase trend, indicating that quorum sensing has occurred. The growth rate of LuxI also began to increase suddenly, and a large number of products were produced. This result shows that our model is very consistent with the phenomenon of quorum sensing, and can be used as a mathematical description of the cell growth state in the experiment. This model can be great significance to the experimental guidance.
Experiment
QS system verification experiment
The production of seed fermentation broth：The sequenced strains were transferred to petri dishes and activated（The strain information is shown in table 1），Then we transferred the activated strain to a single colony in LB medium containing 0.1% Amp.
Shake flask fermentation ：
- Add 20ml LB medium containing 0.1%Amp into 50ml conical flask
- Measure seed fermentation broth concentration with an ultraviolet spectrophotometer
- Transfer the seed fermentation broth to 20mlLB medium（0.1%Amp），when the OD600.is0.05Abs
- Culture in shaking table for 12h, sampling every 2 hours
Fluorescence values and OD600 data at the excitation wavelength of 480nm and emission wavelength of 517nm were measured and the results were as follows：
Result analysis
Analysis of the results: Since the strain transferred from the seed solution to the Erlenmeyer flask has opened the QS system, green fluorescence has been expressed, so we used the initial fluorescence value after four hours of culture. From Fig. 1, we can see that as the fermentation time progresses, the green fluorescence value gradually increases, and the strain QS system is turned on. In the promoter of choice, the J23102 promoter is insensitive to quorum sensing signals, resulting in unstable expression of green fluorescent protein. The experimental results show that the J23117 promoter is more suitable for use in E. coli.
Gold medal part improvement
Through the promoter strength instructions provided by the IGEM official website, we performed different intensity promoter replacement experiments on the QS population sensing line. The effect of different LuxR content on the QS system and the growth of the bacteria itself was realized. The experimental results showed that the promoter J23102 with high intensity was not sensitive to the population density of E. coli. Although J23102 can open the QS population density sensing line, the promoter J23117 is more suitable for the opening of the QS population density system in E. coli.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BglII site found at 2359
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1634
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