Module 12 - Genetic Tools Flashcards
LAB and Bifidobacterium as Delivery Sytems (3)
GRAS status + live mucosal vectors for production and delivery of therapeutic molecules + survive stress
LAB and Bifidobacterium survive
Low pH of stomach and bile salts
Survive harsh condtions up to 48 hours
L. lactis
Persist 4 and 7 days under harsh conditions
Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium
Pioneer bacterium
L. lactis
Best studied from physiological aspect
L. lactis
Why poineer (8)
Several sequences available + GRAS + model for mucosal delivery + high transformation via electroporation + does not colonize GI tract + several genetic tools + simple secretion system + best studies from physiological aspect
No intestinal colonization
Non-invasive
L. lactis genetic tools
Plasmids and Expression Systems
Lactobacillus as delivery vector
Persist longer than Lactococcus in GI tract + might be part of native microbiota and have interacted with host IS
Very difficult to transform and genetically manipulate
Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium
Bifidobacterium as new delivery vector
Similar advantages as Lactobacillus
Nisin-Controlled Gene Expression (NICE) Expression Vector
Nisin –> binds NisK on membrane –> ST to NisR –> regulates gene expression of PnisZ –> makes device protein
Based on expression of heterologous proteins from nisZ promoter
Nisin-Controlled Gene Expression (NICE)
NisK and NisR are
Regulatory Proteins
NICE mostly in…
Bacillus subtilis
Increasing NICE in
L. lactic and L. plantarum
Zinc Inducible Expression Systems
PZNZitR-driven Heterologous Expression and Xirex
Xirex
Expression highly inducible but protein quality low
Xylose-inducible expression vector (XIES)
Cytoplasmic and secreted proteins + high amounts
pSIP
Similar to NICE for expression of cytoplasmic, cell wall anchoring, and secretion proteins
SICE and P170
Self-regulated promoters for environmental conditions
Controlled by pGroEL Chaperon promoter
Stress-inducible Controlled Expression (SICE)
SICE
pGroEL chaperon promoter controlled where a variety of conditions produce highly inducible proteins via constitutive expression
P170 System
pH inducible of pH 6 or below
High recombinant protein production
P170 system
pSIP System proteins
SapIP protein triggers membrane protein sapK which triggers sapR and acts on PsapA to get POI
Vectors for mucosal delivery of molecules…
Requires mastering thief targeting mode
Protein location important for
Efficiency of treatment of therapeutic molecule and IR modulation
Three main expression vectors (signal peptides)
pCYT, pSEC, pCWA
Extra signal peptide
Fusion to cell wall
pCTY
Cytoplasmic expression
pSEC
Proteins fused to a signal peptide
pCWA
anchors to cell wall
Anti-protease Roles
Prevent inflammation and restore mucosal homeostasis
Elafin Secretion
Inhibits high proteolytic activity, CXCL-8, MCP-1, and IP-10 + increase intestinal integrity
Anti-protease
Elafin Secretion
Secreted SOD
Enzyme produced that prevent neutrophil and Mac ROS release
DNA Delivery Roles
Production of epithelial cells or POI + transfer DNA depending on capacity of LAB to do so