The tetR protein is used to inhibit PLtetO from expressing LacI. It is part of the circut designed to prevent engineered bacteria in the detection instrument from escaping.
The tetR protein is used to inhibit PLtetO from expressing LacI. It is part of the circut designed to prevent engineered bacteria in the detection instrument from escaping.
In this circuit, LacI can repress ptrc-2 promoter and ptrc-2 derived promoter while the LacI can repress the pLtetO-1 promoter. When the aTc exits, it can combine tetR, so that the pLtetO-1 promoter can’t be repressed. Then the LacI which is controlled by the pLtetO-1 can repress the ptrc-2 promoter and ptrc-2 derived promoter. As a result, mf-lon and mazF can’t be expressed. As a kind of bacterial toxin, mazF can cause the bacteria death. So there comes the conclusion that as long as the engineered E.coli are cultured in the environment with aTc, it won’t be killed by the mazF, but when the bacteria escape from our testing instrument, the effect can be reversed, that is to say, the bacteria will be killed by the mazF. In the same way, we can conclude that in the presence of IPTG, MazF can be expressed to cause bacterial death.
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In this circuit, LacI can repress pTrc-2 promoter and pTrc-2 derivative promoter，while tetR can repress pLtetO-1 promoter. When ATc exits, it can combine tetR, so that pLtetO-1 promoter can’t be repressed. Then LacI which is controlled by pLtetO-1 can repress pTrc-2 promoter and pTrc-2 derivative promoter. As a result, mf-lon and MazF can’t be expressed.
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===Characterizations===
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The agarose gel electrophoresis images are below:
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As a kind of bacterial toxin, MazF can cause the bacteria death. So there comes the conclusion that as long as the engineered E.coli are cultured in the environment with ATc, it won’t be killed by MazF, but when the E.coli escape from our testing instrument, the effect can be reversed, that is to say, the E.coli will be killed by MazF. In the same way, we can conclude that in the presence of IPTG, MazF can be expressed to cause bacterial death.
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA-BBa K3332086.png|thumb|300px|Fig.2 pTrc-2_E0420_pSB1C3[BBa_K3332086] digested by <i>Xba</i> I and <i>Pst</i> I.]]</th><th></table>
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA--BBa K3332087.png|thumb|300px|Fig.3 pTrc-2 derivative_E0420_pUC57[BBa_K3332087] digested by <i>EcoR</i> I and <i>Pst</i> I.]]</th><th></table>
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA--BBa K3332088.png|thumb|300px|Fig.4 pLtetO-1_RBS1_lacI_B0015_pTrc-2_E0420_pUC57[BBa_K3332088] digested by <i>Pst</i> I.]]</th><th></table>
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA--BBa K3332089.png|thumb|300px|Fig.5 pLtetO-1_RBS1_lacI_B0015_pTrc-2 derivative_E0420_pUC57[BBa_K3332089] digested by <i>Pst</i> I. note: E0420 is equal to B0034_E0020_B0015]]</th><th></table>
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===Protocol===
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1. Preparation of stock solution
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Dissolve IPTG in absolute alcohol to make 1000× stock solution
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2.Culture glycerol bacteria containing the corresponding plasmid in test tube for 12h.
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3.Add 4ml of the above bacterial solution into 100 mL LB medium and maintain the culture condition at 37 ℃ and 180 rpm.
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4.Add 100μL IPTG stock solution into the induction group when OD increased to 0.6. 5.Induce for 6 hours and the condition is the same as before.
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6.Then, sampling 0.5ml culture in each tube. All samples are centrifuged at 12000rpm, 1 minute. Remove supernatant and add 500µl sterile PBS to resuspend.
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7.Measure the fluorescence intensity(ECFP)and corresponding OD600 by 96-well plate reader, then calculate the fluorescence / OD value of each group.
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Here is the result:
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA--figure 14.png|thumb|600px|Fig.6 Fluorescence intensity/OD600 for induction and non-induction group (6 hours). Data are collected and analyzed according to iGEM standard data analysis form after 6 hours of induction.]]</th><th></table>
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The strength of pTrc2-derivative and pTrc2 are contrasted. In the figure below, pTrc2-derivative are used as the negative control group, the pTrc2-derivative are used as the positive control group while the pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-E0420 (tetR) and pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-derivative-E0420(tetR) are both experience group. We can see, after adding IPTG to induce the two promoters, the fluorescence intensity are both improved and the pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-E0420 (tetR) group the difference of fluorescence intensity is smaller than the pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-derivative-E0420(tetR) group so we can confirm that the LacI has a weak inhibitory effect on pTrc-2 promoter. That’s why after adding IPTG, the fluorescence intensity of pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-E0420 (tetR) group increases faster.
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<table><tr><th>[[File:T--XMU-CHINA--pLtetO-1-LacI-pTrc2-E0420.png|thumb|600px|Fig.7 In each group，the EP tube on the left is without induction while the one on the right is with induction.]]</th><th></table>
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From this figure, the induction effect can be seen more intuitively.
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===Sequence and Features===
===Sequence and Features===
Revision as of 11:21, 26 October 2020
tetR
The tetR protein is able to repress PLtetO promoter in the absence of aTc.
Usage and Biology
The tetR protein is used to inhibit PLtetO from expressing LacI. It is part of the circut designed to prevent engineered bacteria in the detection instrument from escaping.
Fig.1 Circuit.
In this circuit, LacI can repress pTrc-2 promoter and pTrc-2 derivative promoter，while tetR can repress pLtetO-1 promoter. When ATc exits, it can combine tetR, so that pLtetO-1 promoter can’t be repressed. Then LacI which is controlled by pLtetO-1 can repress pTrc-2 promoter and pTrc-2 derivative promoter. As a result, mf-lon and MazF can’t be expressed.
As a kind of bacterial toxin, MazF can cause the bacteria death. So there comes the conclusion that as long as the engineered E.coli are cultured in the environment with ATc, it won’t be killed by MazF, but when the E.coli escape from our testing instrument, the effect can be reversed, that is to say, the E.coli will be killed by MazF. In the same way, we can conclude that in the presence of IPTG, MazF can be expressed to cause bacterial death.
Sequence and Features
Assembly Compatibility:
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Reference
[1] Chan CT, Lee JW, Cameron DE, Bashor CJ, Collins JJ. 'Deadman' and 'Passcode' microbial kill switches for bacterial containment. Nat Chem Biol. 2016;12(2):82-86. doi:10.1038/nchembio.1979
