Part:BBa_K3882002
Elimination of AHL by E. bsuahlterminator
What it is? Why it is necessary? Microorganisms often persist in their natural niches by attaching to surfaces and forming complex, sessile microbial communities known as biofilms. P. aeruginosa is one of the most common food pathogens which is able to form biofilms either independently by itself or jointly with other microorganisms. When the concentration of quorum sensing (QS) molecule, AHL, secreted by pathogens in the environment is above the threshold, P. aeruginosa will be coordinated by QS signal to construct the biofilms. AHL is the key signaling molecular and can initiate the bio-toxin production. Thus, we need a quick methods to detect the accumulation of AHL in contaminated food.
What it does? Our E. bsuahlteminator bio-brick contains 2 key elements including pvdq and eGFP. PVDQ is a protein coded by pvdq gene. The pvdq gene is regulated by T7 promoter, Lac operator and T7 terminator. The PVDQ protein can catalyze the deacylation of acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) which can prevent the activation of LUXR by eliminating the AHL in the environment. In order to increase the stability and show the production quality in a real time manner. We use a protein linker and 3x HA tag to link the PVDQ protein with eGFP. We also use 3xHis tag at the c-terminal of eGFP to increase the efficiency to purify the recombination proteins. Our results shows the great stability in solutions and almost no aggregation happens after elusion.
How to use it? E. bsuahlteminator bio-brick can transform to any competent bacterial. We use E. Coli BL21 as a recipe and safe bacterial to do the transformation. We use the LB media to culture the E. bsuahlteminator. When the OD value reach to 0.8, we add 200 uM IPTG into the LB media to activate the E. bsuahlteminator bio-brick inside at 30 degree centigrade for 4 hrs. After that, we use protein purification kit from Beyotime company, followed by detecting the concentration of PVDQGFP. The protein can be directly added into the LB media and spray on the surface of LB-agar plate as well as shrimp, meat. It has an inhibitory function on P. aeruginosa growth and can last for at least 5-8 hrs.
LB solid medium simulation
To further testify the inhibitory effect of PVDQ protein on P. aeruginosa, we also used LB solid medium to simulate food and cultured P.aeruginosa on LB plate. There are two groups: controlled group with only P. aeruginosa and experimental group with P. aeruginosa and PVDQ protein; each group has three plates.
Fresh food test
To test the effect of PVDQ protein on P. aeruginosa in an actual environment, we brought fresh food to do this experiment. We have two groups: experimental group and control group with identical amounts of fish and shrimp respectively. Then we spayed 0.62 mg/ml PVDQ protein onto fresh food of the experimental group while did nothing to the control group. After putting those samples in a 4℃ refrigerator for six hours, we did agarose gel electrophoresis to test the amount of P. aeruginosa in each sample.
The result shows that E1 and E2 are lighter than E3 and E4 while E5 and E6 are lighter than E7 and E8. The figure indicates that the number of P. aeruginosa in the experimental group, which has PVDQ protein, is less than the control group, so PVDQ protein has an inhibitory effect on P. aeruginosa.
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