Team:KULeuven/Project/CellDeath

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Cell Death

BioBricks

Components

The LuxR protein BBa_C0062 is placed under control of our own Lux-box - c2 P22 hybrid promoter BBa_145150. It functions as shown schematically in the adjacent figure. The LuxR reading frame is accessible through a BBa_0034 RBS (relative efficiency 1.00) and is followed by BBa_B0014, a transcription terminator with about 60% efficiency. This means that only 40% of the engaged RNA polymerases will read through and reach the more downstream ccdB coding region BBa_K145151. This open reading frame can be accessed through a BBa_B0033 RBS (relative efficiency 0.01) and is followed by a BBa_B0015, highly efficient transcription terminator.

Action

Initially, the system is in the OFF state, with the Memory stably producing c2 P22. This is the repressor for the hybrid promoter, as long as it is present, there will be no transcription of the downstream genes. Simply put: no LuxR or ccdB.

When a significant and consistent Input signal makes the memory switch to the ON state, production of c2 P22 is halted from that point on in favor of the cI 434 repressor. The removal of c2 P22 from the system means that the hybrid promoter is no longer repressed and a small background amount of LuxR will be produced, toghether with a very tiny, sublethal amount of ccdB. The differences in amount produced are realised by the use of different Ribosome Binding Sites (BBa_B0034 in front of luxR vs the 100x less efficient BBa_B0033 preceding ccdB) and the presence of a transcription terminator in front of the ccdB gene.

As long as this input signal remains, the InverTimer produces no 3OC6HSL and transcription from the hybrid promoter will remain on the background level.

If the input signal fades away however, so does Lactonase (Reset) while the InverTimer starts making LuxI and thus 3OC6HSL. If high enough levels of HSL are reached, it can associate with LuxR, enabling the complex to dimerise, bind the Lux-box in the hybrid promoter and upregulate transription of the downstream genes. In this way, more LuxR is produced in an auto-activating manner and the system evolves to the fully activated state. Then, and only then will a significant (read: lethal) amount of ccdB be produced and the cell dies (reference).

The latter scenario occurs of course only if the cell isn't saved by a new sigificant input signal which resets the timer and brings the LuxR and ccdB transcription back to their background levels.

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 ===Components===
-The luxR protein [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_C0062 '''BBa_C0062''']  is placed under control of a P22 CII hybrid promoter [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K145150 '''BBa_145150''']. The ''ccdB'' suicide gene [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_P1010 '''BBa_P1010'''], on its part, is placed under control of the Luxp<sub>R</sub> promoter [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0062 '''BBa_R0062'''].
+[[Image:Hybrid_promotor.PNG|left]]
+The LuxR protein [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_C0062 '''BBa_C0062''']  is placed under control of our own Lux-box - c2 P22 hybrid promoter [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K145150 '''BBa_145150''']. It functions as shown schematically in the adjacent figure. The LuxR reading frame is accessible through a [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0034 '''BBa_0034'''] RBS (relative efficiency 1.00) and is followed by [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0014 '''BBa_B0014'''], a transcription terminator with about 60% efficiency. This means that only 40% of the engaged RNA polymerases will read through and reach the more downstream ccdB coding region [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K145151 '''BBa_K145151''']. This open reading frame can be accessed through a [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0033 '''BBa_B0033'''] RBS (relative efficiency 0.01) and is followed by a [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 '''BBa_B0015'''], highly efficient transcription terminator.
 ===Action===
-When the concentration of HSL is big enough (see the [https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Model/CellDeath#CellDesigner_.28SBML_file.29 modeling page]), HSL will form a complex with the LuxR protein and thus activate the LuxpR promoter. This results in ''ccdB'' production and eventually in cell death ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10196173?dopt=Abstract reference]).
-===Extensions to previous system===
+[[Image:LuxRHSL.png|400px|right]]
-* During the summer we switched from the above system to a new one which you can see just below, take a look at this figure as it will help you understand the regulation that is present. This new system has a few novelties. First of all, transcription begins at a new hybrid promoter we made: [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K145150 '''BBa_K145150''']. This promoter is repressed by c2 P22, which is produced by the memory in the OFF state, making premature activation and cell death impossible. Besides this repression, the promoter is activated by the HSL-LuxR complex originating from a previously activated timer. The promoter behaves as shown schematically below.
+Initially, the system is in the OFF state, with the [https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Project/Memory Memory] stably producing c2 P22. This is the repressor for the hybrid promoter, as long as it is present, there will be no transcription of the downstream genes. Simply put: no LuxR or ccdB.
-[[Image:Hybrid_promotor.PNG|center]]
+When a significant and consistent [https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Project/Input Input] signal makes the memory switch to the ON state, production of c2 P22 is halted from that point on in favor of the cI 434 repressor. The removal of c2 P22 from the system means that the hybrid promoter is no longer repressed and a small background amount of LuxR will be produced, toghether with a very tiny, sublethal amount of ccdB. The differences in amount produced are realised by the use of different Ribosome Binding Sites ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0034 '''BBa_B0034'''] in front of ''luxR'' vs the 100x less efficient [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0033 '''BBa_B0033'''] preceding ''ccdB'') and the presence of a transcription terminator in front of the ''ccdB'' gene.
-* Second, LuxR is now no longer constitutively produced but is placed behind the beforementioned hybrid promoter. This construction mimicks more closely the natural system where LuxR is upregulated when a threshold amount of HSL is present. Plus it also increases the time it takes to activate ccdB, lengthening the timer. The system will now auto-activate if enough HSL is present and the memory is in the ON state.
+As long as this input signal remains, the [https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Project/Inverter InverTimer] produces no 3OC6HSL and transcription from the hybrid promoter will remain on the background level.
-* Third, the ccdB coding region is also downstream of the hybrid promoter and is thus also subject to the regulation explained above; c2 P22 repression and HSL-LuxR auto-activation. One difference is that the polymerase must first read through a bad terminator with about 60% efficiency before reaching this coding region. Another difference is in the ribosome binding sites preceding both coding regions. Where LuxR can be translated from a RBS with a relative efficiency of 1.00, the ccdB frame can only be read from a 0.01 efficiency RBS.
+If the input signal fades away however, so does Lactonase ([https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Project/Reset Reset]) while the [https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/Project/Inverter InverTimer] starts making LuxI and thus 3OC6HSL.
+If high enough levels of HSL are reached, it can associate with LuxR, enabling the complex to dimerise, bind the Lux-box in the hybrid promoter and upregulate transription of the downstream genes. In this way, more LuxR is produced in an auto-activating manner and the system evolves to the fully activated state. Then, and only then will a significant (read: lethal) amount of ccdB be produced and the cell dies ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10196173?dopt=Abstract reference]).
+The latter scenario occurs of course only if the cell isn't saved by a new sigificant input signal which resets the timer and brings the LuxR and ccdB transcription back to their background levels.
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