期刊
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
卷 1, 期 10, 页码 465-470出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/sb3000639
关键词
synthetic biology; S. typhimurium; bacterial cancer therapy; plasmid-loss dynamics
资金
- Misrock Postdoctoral fellowship
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- National Institute of Health Medical Scientist Training Program
- Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology Graduate Fellowship
- Marie-D. & Pierre Casimir-Lambert Fund
The engineering of bacteria to controllably deliver therapeutics is an attractive application for synthetic biology. While most synthetic gene networks have been explored within microbes, there is a need for further characterization of in vivo circuit behavior in the context of applications where the host microbes are actively being investigated for efficacy and safety, such as tumor drug delivery. One major hurdle is that culture-based selective pressures are absent in vivo, leading to strain-dependent instability of plasmid-based networks over time. Here, we experimentally characterize the dynamics of in vivo plasmid instability using attenuated strains of S. typhimurium and real time monitoring of luminescent reporters. Computational modeling described the effects of growth rate and dosage on live-imaging signals generated by internal bacterial populations. This understanding will allow us to harness the transient nature of plasmid-based networks to create tunable temporal release profiles that reduce dosage requirements and increase the safety of bacterial therapies.
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