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Microb Cell Fact ; 23(1): 110, 2024 Apr 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38609906

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BACKGROUND: The wasabi receptor, also known as the Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) ion channel, is a potential target for development of repellents for insects, like the pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) feeding on conifer seedlings and causing damage in forestry. Heterologous expression of TRPA1 from pine weevil in the yeast Pichia pastoris can potentially provide protein for structural and functional studies. Here we take advantage of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) tag to examine the various steps of heterologous expression, to get more insight in clone selection, expression and isolation of the intact purified protein. RESULTS: The sequence of HaTRPA1 is reported and GFP-tagged constructs were made of the full-length protein and a truncated version (Δ1-708 HaTRPA1), lacking the N-terminal ankyrin repeat domain. Clones were screened on GFP expression plates, induced in small liquid cultures and in fed-batch cultures, and evaluated by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. The screening on plates successfully identifies low-expression clones, but fails to predict the ranking of the best performing clones in small-scale liquid cultures. The two constructs differ in their cellular localization. Δ1-708 HaTRPA1 is found in a ring at the perimeter of cell, whereas HaTRPA1 is forming highly fluorescent speckles in interior regions of the cell. The pattern is consistent in different clones of the same construct and persists in fed-batch culture. The expression of Δ1-708 HaTRPA1 decreases the viability more than HaTRPA1, and in fed-batch culture it is clear that intact cells first express Δ1-708 HaTRPA1 and then become damaged. Purifications show that both constructs suffer from degradation of the expressed protein, but especially the HaTRPA1 construct. CONCLUSIONS: The GFP tag makes it possible to follow expression by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. Analyses of localization, cell viability and expression show that the former two parameters are specific for each of the two evaluated constructs, whereas the relative expression of the constructs varies with the cultivation method. High expression is not all that matters, so taking damaged cells into account, something that may be linked to protein degradation, is important when picking the most suitable construct, clone, and expression scheme.


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Saccharomycetales , Gorgulhos , Animais , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Citometria de Fluxo
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Microb Cell Fact ; 23(1): 108, 2024 Apr 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38609965

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BACKGROUND: Microbial cell surface display technology allows immobilizing proteins on the cell surface by fusing them to anchoring motifs, thereby endowing the cells with diverse functionalities. However, the assessment of successful protein display and the quantification of displayed proteins remain challenging. The green fluorescent protein (GFP) can be split into two non-fluorescent fragments, while they spontaneously assemble and emit fluorescence when brought together through complementation. Based on split-GFP assembly, we aim to: (1) confirm the success display of passenger proteins, (2) quantify the number of passenger proteins displayed on individual cells. RESULTS: In this study, we propose two innovative methods based on split-green fluorescent protein (split-GFP), named GFP1-10/GFP11 and GFP1-9/GFP10-11 assembly, for the purpose of confirming successful display and quantifying the number of proteins displayed on individual cells. We evaluated the display efficiency of SUMO and ubiquitin using different anchor proteins to demonstrate the feasibility of the two split-GFP assembly systems. To measure the display efficiency of functional proteins, laccase expression was measured using the split-GFP assembly system by co-displaying GFP11 or GFP10-11 tags, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides two split-GFP based methods that enable qualitative and quantitative analyses of individual cell display efficiency with a simple workflow, thus facilitating further comprehensive investigations into microbial cell surface display technology. Both split-GFP assembly systems offer a one-step procedure with minimal cost, simplifying the fluorescence analysis of surface-displaying cells.


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Proteínas de Membrana , Ubiquitina , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Membrana Celular , Técnicas de Visualização da Superfície Celular
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Mol Vis ; 30: 123-136, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38601019

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Purpose: Danio rerio zebrafish constitute a popular model for studying lens development and congenital cataracts. However, the specific deletion of a gene with a Cre/LoxP system in the zebrafish lens is unavailable because of the lack of a lens-Cre-transgenic zebrafish. This study aimed to generate a transgenic zebrafish line in which Cre recombinase was specifically expressed in the lens. Methods: The pTol2 cryaa:Cre-polyA-cryaa:EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein) plasmid was constructed and co-injected with Tol2-transposase into one-to-two-cell-stage wild-type (WT) zebrafish embryos. Whole-mount in situ hybridization (ISH), tissue section, hematoxylin and eosin staining, a Western blot, a split-lamp observation, and a grid transmission assay were used to analyze the Cre expression, lens structure, and lens transparency of the transgenic zebrafish. Results: In this study, we generated a transgenic zebrafish line, zTg(cryaa:Cre-cryaa:EGFP), in which Cre recombinase and EGFP were driven by the lens-specific cryaa promoter. zTg(cryaa:Cre-cryaa:EGFP) began to express Cre and EGFP specifically in the lens at the 22 hpf stage, and this ectopic Cre could efficiently and specifically delete the red fluorescent protein (RFP) signal from the lens when zTg(cryaa:Cre-cryaa:EGFP) embryos were injected with the loxP-flanked RFP plasmid. The overexpression of Cre and EGFP did not impair zebrafish development or lens transparency. Accordingly, this zTg(cryaa:Cre-cryaa:EGFP) zebrafish line is a useful tool for gene editing, specifically with zebrafish lenses. Conclusions: We established a zTg(cryaa:Cre-cryaa:EGFP) zebrafish line that can specifically express an active Cre recombinase in lens tissues. This transgenic zebrafish line can be used as a tool to specifically manipulate a gene in zebrafish lenses.


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Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra , Peixe-Zebra , Animais , Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Animais Geneticamente Modificados/metabolismo , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Integrases/genética , Plasmídeos , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2797: 261-269, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38570466

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Fluorescence lifetime imaging performed under FRET conditions between two interacting molecules is a sensitive and robust way to quantify intermolecular interactions in cells. The fluorescence lifetime, an inherent property of the fluorophore, remains unaffected by factors such as concentration, laser intensity, and other photophysical artifacts. In the context of FLIM-FRET, the focus lies on measuring the fluorescence lifetime of the donor molecule, which diminishes upon interaction with a neighboring acceptor molecule. In this study, we present a step-by-step experimental protocol for applying FLIM-FRET to investigate protein-protein interactions involving various RAS isoforms and RAS effectors at the live cell's plasma membrane. By utilizing the FRET pair comprising enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) and fluorescent mCherry, we demonstrate that the proximity and possible nanoclustering of eGFP-tagged KRAS4b G12D and mCherry-tagged KRAS4b WT led to a reduction in the donor eGFP's fluorescence lifetime. The donor lifetime of eGFP-tagged KRAS decreases even further when treated with a dimer-inducing small molecule, or in the presence of RAF proteins, suggesting a greater FRET efficiency, and thus less distance, between donor and acceptor.


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Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Corantes Fluorescentes , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Proteínas Luminescentes/metabolismo , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência/métodos , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 709: 149836, 2024 May 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38564937

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Mitochondria are essential cellular organelles; detecting mitochondrial damage is crucial in cellular biology and toxicology. Compared with existing chemical probe detection methods, genetically encoded fluorescent protein sensors can directly indicate cellular and molecular events without involving exogenous reagents. In this study, we introduced a molecular sensor system, MMD-Sensor, for monitoring mitochondrial membrane damage. The sensor consists of two molecular modules. Module I is a fusion structure of the mitochondrial localization sequence (MLS), AIF cleavage site sequence (CSS), nuclear localization sequence (NLS), N-terminus of mNeonGreen and mCherry. Module II is a fusion structure of the C-terminus of mNeonGreen, NLS sequence, and mtagBFP2. Under normal condition, Module I is constrained in the inner mitochondrial membrane anchored by MLS, while Module II is restricted to the nucleus by its NLS fusion component. If the mitochondrial membrane is damaged, CSS is cut from the inner membrane, causing Module I to shift into the nucleus guided by the NLS fusion component. After Module I enters the nucleus, the N- and C-terminus of mNeonGreen meet each other and rebuild its intact 3D structure through fragment complementation and thus generates green fluorescence in the nucleus. Dynamic migration of red fluorescence from mitochondria to the nucleus and generation of green fluorescence in the nucleus indicate mitochondrial membrane damage. Using the MMD-Sensor, mitochondrial membrane damage induced by various reagents, such as uncoupling agents, ATP synthase inhibitors, monovalent cationic carriers, and ROS, in HeLa and 293T cells are directly observed and evaluated.


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Mitocôndrias , Membranas Mitocondriais , Humanos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Proteínas Luminescentes/metabolismo , Células HeLa
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Malar J ; 23(1): 114, 2024 Apr 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38643106

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The use of fluorescent proteins (FPs) in Plasmodium parasites has been key to understand the biology of this obligate intracellular protozoon. FPs like the green fluorescent protein (GFP) enabled to explore protein localization, promoter activity as well as dynamic processes like protein export and endocytosis. Furthermore, FP biosensors have provided detailed information on physiological parameters at the subcellular level, and fluorescent reporter lines greatly extended the malariology toolbox. Still, in order to achieve optimal results, it is crucial to know exactly the properties of the FP of choice and the genetic scenario in which it will be used. This review highlights advantages and disadvantages of available landing sites and promoters that have been successfully applied for the ectopic expression of FPs in Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium falciparum. Furthermore, the properties of newly developed FPs beyond DsRed and EGFP, in the visualization of cells and cellular structures as well as in the sensing of small molecules are discussed.


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Plasmodium berghei , Plasmodium falciparum , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Plasmodium berghei/genética , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Transporte Proteico
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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 8754, 2024 04 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38627478

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Wild-type SAASoti and its monomeric variant mSAASoti can undergo phototransformations, including reversible photoswitching of the green form to a nonfluorescent state and irreversible green-to-red photoconversion. In this study, we extend the photochemistry of mSAASoti variants to enable reversible photoswitching of the red form. This result is achieved by rational and site-saturated mutagenesis of the M163 and F177 residues. In the case of mSAASoti it is M163T substitution that leads to the fastest switching and the most photostable variant, and reversible photoswitching can be observed for both green and red forms when expressed in eukaryotic cells. We obtained a 13-fold increase in the switching efficiency with the maximum switching contrast of the green form and the appearance of comparable switching of the red form for the C21N/M163T mSAASoti variant. The crystal structure of the C21N mSAASoti in its green on-state was obtained for the first time at 3.0 Å resolution, and it is in good agreement with previously calculated 3D-model. Dynamic network analysis reveals that efficient photoswitching occurs if motions of the 66H residue and phenyl fragment of chromophore are correlated and these moieties belong to the same community.


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Corantes , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Proteínas Luminescentes/química , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Mutagênese , Fotoquímica
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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 2495, 2024 Mar 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38553445

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Since the origin of life, temperatures on earth have fluctuated both on short and long time scales. How such changes affect the rate at which Darwinian evolution can bring forth new phenotypes remains unclear. On the one hand, high temperature may accelerate phenotypic evolution because it accelerates most biological processes. On the other hand, it may slow phenotypic evolution, because proteins are usually less stable at high temperatures and therefore less evolvable. Here, to test these hypotheses experimentally, we evolved a green fluorescent protein in E. coli towards the new phenotype of yellow fluorescence at different temperatures. Yellow fluorescence evolved most slowly at high temperature and most rapidly at low temperature, in contradiction to the first hypothesis. Using high-throughput population sequencing, protein engineering, and biochemical assays, we determined that this is due to the protein-destabilizing effect of neofunctionalizing mutations. Destabilization is highly detrimental at high temperature, where neofunctionalizing mutations cannot be tolerated. Their detrimental effects can be mitigated through excess stability at low temperature, leading to accelerated adaptive evolution. By modifying protein folding stability, temperature alters the accessibility of mutational paths towards high-fitness genotypes. Our observations have broad implications for our understanding of how temperature changes affect evolutionary adaptations and innovations.


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Escherichia coli , Evolução Molecular , Temperatura , Escherichia coli/genética , Aptidão Genética , Fenótipo , Mutação , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Evolução Biológica
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Science ; 383(6690): 1471-1478, 2024 Mar 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38547288

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Consciousness is lost within seconds upon cessation of cerebral blood flow. The brain cannot store oxygen, and interruption of oxidative phosphorylation is fatal within minutes. Yet only rudimentary knowledge exists regarding cortical partial oxygen tension (Po2) dynamics under physiological conditions. Here we introduce Green enhanced Nano-lantern (GeNL), a genetically encoded bioluminescent oxygen indicator for Po2 imaging. In awake behaving mice, we uncover the existence of spontaneous, spatially defined "hypoxic pockets" and demonstrate their linkage to the abrogation of local capillary flow. Exercise reduced the burden of hypoxic pockets by 52% compared with rest. The study provides insight into cortical oxygen dynamics in awake behaving animals and concurrently establishes a tool to delineate the importance of oxygen tension in physiological processes and neurological diseases.


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Córtex Cerebral , Circulação Cerebrovascular , Hipóxia Encefálica , Medições Luminescentes , Saturação de Oxigênio , Oxigênio , Animais , Camundongos , Córtex Cerebral/irrigação sanguínea , Córtex Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagem , Córtex Cerebral/metabolismo , Oxigênio/sangue , Oxigênio/metabolismo , Pressão Parcial , Hipóxia Encefálica/sangue , Hipóxia Encefálica/diagnóstico por imagem , Hipóxia Encefálica/metabolismo , Vasodilatação , Medições Luminescentes/métodos , Luciferases/genética , Luciferases/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Hipercapnia/sangue , Hipercapnia/diagnóstico por imagem , Hipercapnia/metabolismo
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Luminescence ; 39(3): e4716, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38497410

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A fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) method was developed for double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) detection in living cells using the RecA-GFP (green fluorescent protein) fusion protein filament. In brief, the thiol-modified single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was attached to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs); on the contrary, the prepared RecA-GFP fusion protein interacted with ssDNA. Due to the FRET between AuNPs and RecA-GFP, fluorescence of RecA-GFP fusion protein was quenched. In the presence of homologous dsDNA, homologous recombination occurred to release RecA-GFP fusion protein. Thus, the fluorescence of RecA-GFP was recovered. The dsDNA concentration was detected using fluorescence intensity of RecA-GFP. Under optimal conditions, this method could detect dsDNA activity as low as 0.015 optical density (OD) Escherichia coli cells, with a wide linear range from 0.05 to 0.9 OD cells, and the regression equation was ΔF = 342.7c + 78.9, with a linear relationship coefficient of 0.9920. Therefore, it provided a promising approach for the selective detection of dsDNA in living cells for early clinical diagnosis of genetic diseases.


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DNA de Cadeia Simples , Nanopartículas Metálicas , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Ouro/metabolismo , DNA/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 121(12): e2312322121, 2024 Mar 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38478683

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RN7SL1 (RNA component of signal recognition particle 7SL1), a component of the signal recognition particle, is a non-coding RNA possessing a small ORF (smORF). However, whether it is translated into peptides is unknown. Here, we generated the RN7SL1-Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) gene, in which the smORF of RN7SL1 was replaced by GFP, introduced it into 293T cells, and observed cells emitting GFP fluorescence. Furthermore, RNA-seq of GFP-positive cells revealed that they were in an oncogenic state, suggesting that RN7SL1 smORF may be translated under special conditions.


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Peptídeos , Partícula de Reconhecimento de Sinal , Partícula de Reconhecimento de Sinal/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Peptídeos/metabolismo
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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 5567, 2024 03 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38448539

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Progesterone receptor (PR)-interacting compounds in the environment are associated with serious health hazards. However, methods for their detection in environmental samples are cumbersome. We report a sensitive activity-based biosensor for rapid and reliable screening of progesterone receptor (PR)-interacting endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The biosensor is a cell line which expresses nuclear mCherry-NF1 and a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged chimera of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) N terminus fused to the ligand binding domain (LBD) of PR (GFP-GR-PR). As this LBD is shared by the PRA and PRB, the biosensor reports on the activation of both PR isoforms. This GFP-GR-PR chimera is cytoplasmic in the absence of hormone and translocates rapidly to the nucleus in response to PR agonists or antagonists in concentration- and time-dependent manner. In live cells, presence of nuclear NF1 label eliminates cell fixation and nuclear staining resulting in efficient screening. The assay can be used in screens for novel PR ligands and PR-interacting contaminants in environmental samples. A limited screen of river water samples indicated a widespread, low-level contamination with PR-interacting contaminants in all tested samples.


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Disruptores Endócrinos , Receptores de Progesterona/genética , Bioensaio , Linhagem Celular , Citoplasma , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Receptores de Glucocorticoides/genética
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Microbiol Spectr ; 12(4): e0409123, 2024 Apr 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38441526

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Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science since their discovery in 1962. They have enabled imaging experiments to decipher the function of proteins, cells, and organisms, as well as gene regulation. Green fluorescent protein and all its derivatives are now standard tools in cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, and microbiology laboratories around the world. A common feature of these proteins is their dioxygen (O2)-dependent maturation allowing fluorescence, which precludes their use in anoxic contexts. In this work, we report the development and in cellulo characterization of genetic circuits encoding the O2-independent KOFP-7 protein, a flavin-binding fluorescent protein. We have optimized the genetic circuit for high bacterial fluorescence at population and single-cell level, implemented this circuit in various plasmids differing in host range, and quantified their fluorescence under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Finally, we showed that KOFP-7-based constructions can be used to produce fluorescing cells of Vibrio diazotrophicus, a facultative anaerobe, demonstrating the usefulness of the genetic circuits for various anaerobic bacteria. These genetic circuits can thus be modified at will, both to solve basic and applied research questions, opening a highway to shed light on the obscure anaerobic world.IMPORTANCEFluorescent proteins are used for decades, and have allowed major discoveries in biology in a wide variety of fields, and are used in environmental as well as clinical contexts. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) and all its derivatives share a common feature: they rely on the presence of dioxygen (O2) for protein maturation and fluorescence. This dependency precludes their use in anoxic environments. Here, we constructed a series of genetic circuits allowing production of KOFP-7, an O2-independant flavin-binding fluorescent protein. We demonstrated that Escherichia coli cells producing KOFP-7 are fluorescent, both at the population and single-cell levels. Importantly, we showed that, unlike cells producing GFP, cells producing KOFP-7 are fluorescent in anoxia. Finally, we demonstrated that Vibrio diazotrophicus NS1, a facultative anaerobe, is fluorescent in the absence of O2 when KOFP-7 is produced. Altogether, the development of new genetic circuits allowing O2-independent fluorescence will open new perspective to study anaerobic processes.


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Bactérias , Flavinas , Vibrio , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Bactérias/genética , Oxigênio
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2763: 311-319, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38347420

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Due to a significant proportion of glycans binding to the peptide (constituting approximately 50-90% of the molecular weight), analyzing the interaction between the entire mucin molecule and its recognition protein (lectin) can be challenging. To address this, we propose a semiquantitative approach for measuring the interaction between mucin and lectin, which involves immobilizing mucin in a 96-well plate and subsequently adding lectin tagged with green fluorescent protein.


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Galectina 2 , Mucinas , Mucinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Lectinas/metabolismo , Polissacarídeos/química
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Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ; 108(1): 208, 2024 Feb 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38353763

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The advent of the so-called colorful biology era is in line with the discovery of fluorescent proteins (FPs), which can be widely used to detect the intracellular locations of macromolecules or to determine the abundance of metabolites in organelles. The application of multiple FPs that emit different spectra and colors could be implemented to precisely evaluate cellular events. FPs were initially established with the emergence of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from jellyfish. Red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) from marine anemones and several corals adopt fluorescent chromophores that are similar to GFP. Chromophores of GFP and GFP-like FPs are formed through the oxidative rearrangement of three chromophore-forming residues, thereby limiting their application to only oxidative environments. Alternatively, some proteins can be fluorescent upon their interaction with cellular prosthetic cofactors and, thus, work in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The modification of an NADPH-dependent blue fluorescent protein (BFP) also expanded its application to the quantization of NADPH in the cellular environment. However, cofactor-dependent BFPs have an intrinsic weakness of poor photostability with a high fluorescent background. This review explores GFP-derived and NADPH-dependent BFPs with a focus on NADPH-dependent BFPs, which might be technically feasible in the near future upon coupling with two-photon fluorescence microscopy or nucleic acid-mimickers. KEY POINTS: • Oxidation-dependent GFP-like BFPs and redox-free NADPH-dependent BFPs • GFPs of weak photostability and intensity with a high fluorescent background • Real-time imaging using mBFP under two-photon fluorescence microscopy.


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Antozoários , Fenilpropionatos , Animais , NADP , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Corantes
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Biotechnol Bioeng ; 121(5): 1503-1517, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38372658

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The piggyBac transposon/transposase system has been explored for long-term, stable gene expression to execute genomic integration of therapeutic genes, thus emerging as a strong alternative to viral transduction. Most studies with piggyBac transposition have employed physical methods for successful delivery of the necessary components of the piggyBac system into the cells. Very few studies have explored polymeric gene delivery systems. In this short communication, we report an effective delivery system based on low molecular polyethylenimine polymer with lipid substitution (PEI-L) capable of delivering three components, (i) a piggyBac transposon plasmid DNA carrying a gene encoding green fluorescence protein (PB-GFP), (ii) a piggyBac transposase plasmid DNA or mRNA, and (iii) a 2 kDa polyacrylic acid as additive for transfection enhancement, all in a single complex. We demonstrate an optimized formulation for stable GFP expression in two model cell lines, MDA-MB-231 and SUM149 recorded till day 108 (3.5 months) and day 43 (1.4 months), respectively, following a single treatment with very low cell number as starting material. Moreover, the stability of the transgene (GFP) expression mediated by piggyBac/PEI-L transposition was retained following three consecutive cryopreservation cycles. The success of this study highlights the feasibility and potential of employing a polymeric delivery system to obtain piggyBac-based stable expression of therapeutic genes.


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DNA , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Plasmídeos , Linhagem Celular , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Transposases/genética , Transposases/metabolismo , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Vetores Genéticos
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Int J Biol Macromol ; 262(Pt 2): 130092, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38354920

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Protein glutaminase (PG; EC 3.5.1.44) is a novel deamidase that helps to improve functional properties of food proteins. Currently, the highest activated PG enzyme activity was 26 U/mg when recombinantly expressed via the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum. In this study, superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) was used to replace traditional signal peptides to facilitate efficient heterologous expression and secretion of Propeptide-Protein glutaminase (PP) in Bacillus subtilis. The fusion protein, sfGFP-PP, was secreted from 12 h of fermentation and reached its highest extracellular expression at 28 h, with a secretion efficiency of about 93 %. Moreover, when fusing sfGFP with PP at the N-terminus, it significantly enhances PG expression up to 26 U/mL by approximately 2.2-fold compared to conventional signal-peptides- guided PP with 11.9 U/mL. Finally, the PG enzyme activity increased from 26 U/mL to 36.9 U/mL after promoter and RBS optimization. This strategy not only provides a new approach to increase PG production as well as extracellular secretion but also offers sfGFP as an effective N-terminal tag for increased secreted production of difficult-to-express proteins.


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Bacillus subtilis , Glutaminase , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/química , Glutaminase/genética , Glutaminase/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico , Sinais Direcionadores de Proteínas , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo
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J Vis Exp ; (203)2024 Jan 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38314809

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Visualization of proteins in living cells using GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) and other fluorescent tags has greatly improved understanding of protein localization, dynamics, and function. Compared to immunofluorescence, live imaging more accurately reflects protein localization without potential artifacts arising from tissue fixation. Importantly, live imaging enables quantitative and temporal characterization of protein levels and localization, crucial for understanding dynamic biological processes such as cell movement or division. However, a major limitation of fluorescent tagging approaches is the need for sufficiently high protein expression levels to achieve successful visualization. Consequently, many endogenously tagged fluorescent proteins with relatively low expression levels cannot be detected. On the other hand, ectopic expression using viral promoters can sometimes lead to protein mislocalization or functional alterations in physiological contexts. To address these limitations, an approach is presented that utilizes highly sensitive antibody-mediated protein detection in living embryos, essentially performing immunofluorescence without the need for tissue fixation. As proof of principle, endogenously GFP-tagged Notch receptor that is barely detectable in living embryos can be successfully visualized after antibody injection. Furthermore, this approach was adapted to visualize post-translational modifications (PTMs) in living embryos, allowing the detection of temporal changes in tyrosine phosphorylation patterns during early embryogenesis and revealing a novel subpopulation of phosphotyrosine (p-Tyr) underneath apical membranes. This approach can be modified to accommodate other protein-specific, tag-specific, or PTM-specific antibodies and should be compatible with other injection-amenable model organisms or cell lines. This protocol opens new possibilities for live imaging of low-abundance proteins or PTMs that were previously challenging to detect using traditional fluorescent tagging methods.


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Drosophila , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Animais , Drosophila/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Corantes/metabolismo , Imunofluorescência
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PLoS One ; 19(2): e0297273, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38300967

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Currently, we can label the certain cells by transducing specific genes, called reporter genes, and distinguish them from other cells. For example, fluorescent protein such as green fluorescence protein (GFP) is commonly used for cell labeling. However, fluorescent protein is difficult to observe in living animals. We can observe the reporter signals of the luciferin-luciferase system from the outside of living animals using in vivo imaging systems, although the resolution of this system is low. Therefore, in this study, we examined the reporter genes, which allowed the MRI-mediated observation of labeled cells in living animals. As a preliminary stage of animal study, we transduced some groups of plasmids that coded the protein that could take and store metal ions to the cell culture, added metal ions solutions, and measured their T1 or T2 relaxation values. Finally, we specified the best reporter gene combination for MRI, which was the combination of transferrin receptor, DMT1, and Ferritin-M6A for T1WI, and Ferritin-M6A for T2WI.


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Ferritinas , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Animais , Genes Reporter , Ferritinas/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Íons/metabolismo
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Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao ; 40(2): 458-472, 2024 Feb 25.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38369833

RESUMO

Solid tumors lack well-defined targets for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy. Therefore, introducing a known target molecule, CD19, into solid tumor cell lines via lentiviral transduction to investigate the cytotoxicity of CD19 CAR-T cells can potentially support CAR-T cell therapy against solid tumors. In this study, a stable colon cancer CT26 cell line, CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP, expressing CD19, firefly luciferase (FLUC), and green fluorescent protein (GFP), was constructed using a triple-plasmid lentiviral system. The growth characteristics of this cell line were consistent with those of the CT26 cell line. Subsequent flow cytometry analysis confirmed stable expression of CD19 and GFP in CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP cells after serial passaging up to the 5th, 10th, and 22nd generations. Further validation revealed significantly higher levels of CD19 mRNA and FLUC expression in CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP cells continuously passaged up to the 22nd generation compared to the control CT26 cells. In comparison to T cells, CD19 CAR-T cells demonstrated substantial cytotoxicity against CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP cells and MC38-CD19 cells. One week after intraperitoneal implantation of CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP cells into mice, FLUC expression in the peritoneal region could be detected. These results indicate the successful establishment of a stable CT26 cell line expressing CD19-FLUC-GFP, which can be specifically targeted by CD19 CAR-T cells.


Assuntos
Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos , Camundongos , Animais , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos/genética , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Luciferases de Vaga-Lume , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Lentivirus/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral
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