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1. Introduction

2. Summary of the Experiments

2.1 C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

2.2 Adding an ssrA degradation tag

2.3 Realizing the payoff matrix

2.3.1 Seeking the ideal Cm concentration

2.3.2 Payoff matrix with the new Cm concentration

2.4 Adding an ssrA degradation tag

3. Result

3.1 C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

3.2 Adding an ssrA degradation tag

3.3 Realizing the payoff matrix

3.3.1 Seeking the ideal Cm concentration

3.3.2 Payoff matrix with the new Cm concentration

3.4 Adding an ssrA degradation tag

4. Discussion

4.1 The function of the ssrA tag

4.2

5. Materials and Methods

5.1. Construction

5.2 Assay Protocol

5.2.1 C12HSL-dependent CmR expression assay

5.2.2 Chloramphenicol-dependent Growth Assay

5.2.3 Chloramphenicol-dependent Growth Assay with ssrA tag

5.2.4 C12HSL-dependent CmR expression assay ([Cm] = 75 microg/mL)

6. Reference

1. Introduction

　　　　　　

We designed a signal-dependent growth system by using signaling molecules and antibiotic resistance gene. In our prisoner’s dilemma game, our prisoner coli B needs 3OC12HSL to acquire chloramphenicol resistance (CmR).

For construction of the C4HSL-dependent chloramphenicol resistance gene product (CmR) and 3OC12HSL production module, we constructed an improved parts Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmRssrA (BBa_K1632022). In our story, we confirmed the C4HSL-dependent growth by measuring the optical density.

Fig.3-2-1-1. Payoff matrix of Prisoner coli B

2. Summary of the Experiment

2.1 C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

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Fig.3-2-2-1. C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

We confirmed the function of C4HSL-dependent CmR expression by measuring optical density of the cultures containing chloramphenicol (Fig. 3-2-2-1).In this experiment we prepared four plasmids, A, B, C, and D (Fig. 3-2-2-2). Right after the C4HSL induction, we added chloramphenicol into the medium containing Prisoner cell. We measured the optical density for about eight hours to estimate the concentration of the cell.

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Fig.3-2-2-2. Plasmids for the experiment of C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

2.3 Adding an ssrA degradation tag

At the first stage of wet experiment, initially designed circuits showed leaky expression of CmR. Although “middle” and “high” growth inhibition is required for implementation of our payoff matrix (Fig. X), cells showed active growth even in the absence of AHL when the cell harboring our initially designed genetic circuit Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmR in Prisoner coli B (Fig. X). We could not obtain positive results in our modeling by increasing the concentration of Cm, which was one of our solutions. For precise implementation of our payoff matrix, suggestions from modeling allow us successfully improving the former plasmid by adding an ssrA tag right after the CmR gene (Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmRssrA (BBa_K1632022)) (Fig.3-2-2-3). The ssrA tag helps to degrade the leaked CmR protein. The improved parts were used for construction of BBa_K1632022 circuit for 3OC12HSL inducible expression of CmR. Compared with circuits without ssrA tag BBa_K395160, our improved BBa_K1632022 indeed showed much slower growth which corresponds to “middle” growth inhibition (Fig.3-2-2-1). Furthermore, addition of 3OC12HSL recovers active cell growth which corresponds to “none” growth inhibition (Fig. 2-1). These results show the improved function of AHL-dependent CmR expression by measuring the optical density. (Projectより引用)

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Fig.3-2-2-3. The improved plasmid (BBa_K1632022) we constructed

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Fig.3-2-2-4. Plasmids for the experiment of C4HSL-dependent CmR expression

2.3 Realizing the payoff matrix

2.3.1 Seeking the ideal Cm Concentration

Using the improved plasmids we constructed, our E.coli version payoff matrix is replicated through wet lab experiments. However, from the results shown in (Fig. X), the difference between “middle” growth inhibition and “high” growth inhibition was hardly observable.

The experiment was conduvted with different Chloramphenicol concentration (50, 75, 100microg/mL). Incubated in a culture medium without AHL, the difference in the growth rate was observed between the one producing AHL and the one not.

2.3.2 Payoff matrix with the new Cm concentraion

We found out that 75microg/mL is a Cm concentration good enough to realize the payoff matrix precisely. Using the new Cm concentration (75microg/mL), the “C12HSL-dependent CmR expression assay” (refer to 5-2-4) was run again to replicate a precise payoff matrix.

2.4 Decreasing the AHL(C4HSL) Concentration

3. Results

3.1 C4HSL-dependent CmT expression

We tested four types of culture condition which contains different Cm concentration (0 and 100 microg/mL) and different AHL concentration (0 and 5 nM). Fig. 3-2-3-1, Fig. 3-2-3-2, Fig. 3-2-3-3, Fig. 3-2-3-4 show the condition in the absence and presence of Cm, respectively. Regardless of the presence of Cm, every cell grew in the culture medium even without C4HSL.

Cm (+)…Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmR (6A1) + Plac_lasI (3K3) (8/27, 28)

Fig.3-2-3-1. Cooperating Prisoner coli B’s growth with Cm

Cm (+)…Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmR (6A1) + ⊿P_lasI (3K3) (8/27,28)

Fig.3-2-3-2. Defecting Prisoner coli B’s growth with Cm

The expression and the function of CmR was confirmed from (Fig3-2-3-1.) and (Fig. 3-2-3-2), since the Prisoner coli have grown (refer the solid magenta line of (Fig3-2-3-1.) and (Fig. 3-2-3-2)) despite the presence of chloramphenicol in the culture. However, the Prisoner coli have also grown in the culture with chloramphenicol without AHL (dotted magenta line), in other words, the prisoner coli have acquired Cm resistance regardless of the presence of C4HSL. From this fact, leakage in the promoter was suspected (assumed) ((Fig3-2-3-1.) & (Fig. 3-2-3-2)).

3.2 Plasmids with an ssrA degradation tag

We repeated the experiment (refer to 3.1) using the new plasmid we constructed. From the results of our experiment, we confirmed that the new prisoner coli B (Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmRssrA) had expressed CmR when induced by C4HSL, as expected (Fig. 3.2.1 and Fig. 3.2.2).

Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmR (6A1) + Plac_lasI (3K3) (8/27, 28)

Fig. 3-2-3-3. Cooperating Prisoner coli B’s growth with an ssrA tag

Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmR (6A1) + ⊿P_lasI (3K3) (8/27, 28)

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Fig.3-2-3-4. Defecting Prisoner coli B's growth with an ssrA tag

Protein with an ssrA tag is said to be easy to be dissolved by ClpXP and ClpAP that E.coli originally have. From (Fig.3-2-3-3) and (Fig.3-2-3-4), Prisoner coli with an ssrA tag were not able to grow without C4HSL. Therefore, we can say that CmR produced by the leak of the Plux promoter was dissolved immediately while an ssrA tag was added to CmR. Adding an ssrA tag can be said a sufficient method to reduce the influence of the leak of Plux promoter.

Comparing the growth in the 3CO12HSL lacking culture medium of the initial prisoner coli and the new prisoner coli with the ssrA tag, in other words the magenta dotted line and the green dotted line of each (Fig. 3-2-1) and (Fig. 3-2-2), showed that the leaky CmR was reduced by adding an ssrA tag.

3.3 Realizing the payoff matrix

3.3.1 Seeking the ideal Cm concentration

We ran the experiment with different Chloramphenicol concentration (50, 75, 100 microg/mL).The following three results are the OD of cooperating Prisoner B (Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmRssrA (pSB6A1) + Plac_lasI (pSB3K3)) and defecting Prisoner B (Pcon_rhlR_TT_Plux_CmRssrA (pSB6A1) +⊿P_lasI (pSB3K3)) grown in the culture medium without C4HSL. The growth inhibition degree of each stand for “high” and “middle” growth inhibition.

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Fig.3-2-3-5

We tried to make the growth inhibition rate of chloramphenicol larger than the metabolic burden of producing 3OC12HSL. But at the same time, making the difference between “middle” and “high” growth inhibition, in other words, replicating a precise pay off matrix, is also our goal. From the experimental results, 75 microg/mL was determined to be a Cm concentration good enough to realize the precise payoff matrix, while the green lines and the orange lines in (Fig. 3-2-3-5) were able to distinguish.

3.3.2 Payoff matrix with the new Cm Concentration

We ran the “C4HSL-dependent CmR expression assay” with the new Chloramphenicol concentration (75 microg/mL). The results are the following.

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Fig.3-2-3-6

With the new Chloramphenicol Concentration, the payoff matrix was replicated precisely. The orange line is when you cooperate, and the green is when you defect. The solid line is when your opponent cooperates, and the dotted is when your opponent defects.

3.4 Decreasing the AHL(C4HSL) Concentration

4. Discussion

4.1 The function of the ssrA tag

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