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| - | Alternative selectable and counter-selectable markers:
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| - | Nitroreductase (<i>nfsI</i>)
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| - | Background
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| - | Nitroreductase is an <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i> enzyme which reduces nitrogen containing compounds <a href="#bibliography" onclick="expand('works-cited');">(Nicklin & Bruce, 1998)</a>. Other nitroreductases were found to convert nitro drugs such as metronidazole into their active forms, which is an essential part of their toxicity <a href="#bibliography" onclick="expand('works-cited');">(Nillius, Muller, & Muller, 2011)</a>. Bearing this in mind, we decided to look into nitroreductase's potential as a counter-selectable marker.
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| - | Cloning
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| - | pSB1C3-nitroreductase (<a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K917004">BBa_K917004</a>)
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| - | The <i>nfsI</i> gene was cloned using these <a class="cursor-pointer" onclick="expand('pSB1C3-primers');">primers</a> and inserted into the standard BioBrick vector pSB1C3. This construct was confirmed through <a class="cursor-pointer" onclick="expand('pSB1C3-seq');">sequencing</a>.
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| - | <a class="cursor-pointer" onclick="expand('pSB1C3-method')">Method</a>.
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| - | <br /><i>Forward primer: GCTA gaattcgcggccgcttctagag caccagg agttgtt atg gat<br />
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| - | Reverse primer: CATG ctgcag cggccgc t actagt a tta tt AGCACTCGG TCACAATCGT<br /></i>
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| - | <i>Sequencing results:<br />
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| - | aacttataaatattcttaggcttatctctagggaggatttctggaattcgcggccgcttctagagcaccaggagttgttctggatatgatttctgtcgccctgaaacggcactccaccaaggcgttcgaccc
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| - | cgctaaaaaactgaccgcatacgatccggaaaagatcaaacccctgctgcaataccgtccgtccaacaccctgtcccagccgtggcactttattgtccttgcaccgaggaaggtaaaccttgcgtggtttcc
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| - | tctgccgaaagcacttacgtcttctacgatcgcaaaacgctggacgcttctctcgtggtggtgttctgcgcgaaaaccgcttcggatgatgccttcatggaacgcttggtggatcatgaagaacccgatggc
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| - | <i>Method: The nitroreductase PCR product was purified and digested with EcoRI HQ and SpeI together with pSB1C3. These were ligated, E.coli cells transformed with the ligation and the white colonies (RFP disruption) were miniprepped. Detailed methods can be found in methods section.</i><br />
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| - | Figure 1: DNA gel of PCR product of BS-nitred with primers specific for nitroreductase. The product is around 0.6-0.7 kb which corresponds to the size of nitroreductase gene, around 0.6 kb.<br />
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| - | Figure 2: DNA gel of pSB1C3-nitroreductase ligation. The band is around 2.5-2.6 kb which corresponds to the vector pSB1C3 (around 2 kb) together with the nitroreductase (0.6 kb). Sample 2 was confirmed with sequencing.<br />
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| - | <br />Plac-lacZ-nitroreductase (<a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K917005">BBa_K917005</a>)
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| - | A promoter and a reporter gene were then added in front of the nitroreductase gene (plac-lacZ).
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| - | <i>Method: The sequence confirmed pSB1C3- nitroreductase was digested with EcoRI HQ and XbaI while Edinbrick1 was digested with EcoRI HQ and SpeI. These were ligated together. The ligations were transformed into cells and the transformants plated on LB+chloramphenicol+IPTG+Xgal plate. The blue colonies (contain lacZ) were used for the following experiments. Colony PCR screen of pooled blue plac-lacZ-nitroreductase transformants with lacZ forward primer and reverse nitroreductase primer showed a band corresponding to lacZ-nitroreductase.</i><br />
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| - | <i>Figure 3: DNA gel with Colony PCR products of pooled blue plac-lacZ-nitroreductase transformants with lacZ forward primer and reverse nitroreductase primer resulted in in bands around 1.2-1.3 kb which correspond to nitroreductase (0.6 kb) plus lacZ (0.6 kb).
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| - | To confirm the presence of plac-lacZ-nitroreductase in pSB1C3, the samples in the smallest pool were minipreped, digested with EcoRI and SpeI to check the size of the insert.
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| - | <i>Figure 4: DNA gel with plac-lacZ-nitroreductase which was digested with EcoRI HQ and SpeI. The biggest band is likely to correspond to pSB1C3 around 2.2-2.3 kb, the middle band is likely to correspond to plac-lacZ-nitroreductase around 1.5 kb and the smallest fragment is unknown.</i><br />
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| - | <i>Figure 5: DNA gel with plac-lacZ-nitroreductase which was digested with EcoRI HQ to linearise the DNA. There are two distinctive bands, one around 3.0 kb and one around 3.6 kb likely to correspond to pSB1C3 with plac-lacZ-nitroreductase and plac-lacZ.</i><br />
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| - | This DNA was further purified to give a single plasmid corresponding to plac-lacZ-nitroreductase. <br />
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| - | Figure 6: DNA gel of plac-lacZ-nitroreductase digested with XbaI and PstI. The band around 1.2 kb corresponds to the plac-lacZ-nitroreductase fragment while the band at 2 kb corresponds to the vector. The band just above 3 kb is likely to be the undigested plasmid.
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| - | <br />PstI restriction site <a class="cursor-pointer" onclick="expand('PstI');">(expand)</a>
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| - | <i>The original <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/M63808.1">sequence</a> used for primer design has a PstI restriction site, but our sequencing results suggests that there is no such site. The sequence confirmed pSB1C3-nitroreductase was digested with PstI and run alongside an undigested sample.</i><br />
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| - | <i>Figure 7: DNA gel with pSB1C3-nitroreductase undigested and digested with PstI. Only one band at around 3 kb is visible corresponding to the linearized plasmid confirming that there is no PstI restriction site.</i>
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| - | Characterisation
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| - | Specific activity- BS-nitred
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| - | Before cloning the nitroreductase gene into the BioBrick vector, 3 different plasmids containing 3 nitroreductase genes with different promoters (and a control containing no nitroreductase gene) were used to test nitroreductase specific activity. The method is detailed in the methods section.
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| - | The change of NADH concentration was estimated by the change of OD340 absorbance per minute, background is subtracted and specific activity calculated. The results are presented in the diagram below. The experiment was done in triplicate. The control only had DMSO instead of DNBA substrate(which was used dissolved in DMSO) showed no change in absorbance (data not shown). <br />
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| - | Figure 8: Comparison of the specific activity of 3 nitroreductase genes in different vectors with different promoters and control. Error bars show the standard error of the mean.
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| - | Specific activity- plac-lacZ-nitroreductase in pSB1C3
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| - | Specific activity was assessed in the BioBricked nitroreductase using the same method.The results are shown in the diagram below. The experiment was done in triplicate. <br />
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| - | Figure 9: Comparison of the specific activity of the BioBricked nitroreductase gene and control under induced and uninduced conditions (+ and - IPTG respectively). Error bars show the standard error of the mean.
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| - | This graph shows that only the plac-lacZ-nitroreductase with IPTG induction shows nitroreductase activity. In addition, this activity is similar to the nitroreductase in the BlueScript vector(diagram above). <br />
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| - | The following characterization results are produced from the pre-BioBrick form of nitroreductase (nitroreductase in BlueScript vector with lac promoter). Due to the similarity of the vectror, the identical regulation and very similar specific activity (previous section), we believe that the BioBricked plac-lacZ-nitroreductase will behave very similarly.<br />
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| - | To determine the relative toxicity of different compounds, 5 ul of DMSO, MTZ and DNBA were added at three distinct spots on a freshly spread plate and the amount of clearing was measured (in centimeters).<br /><br />
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| - | DMSO was determined to be non-toxic, DNBA showed small difference between the different strains while MTZ distinctively more toxic to BS-nitred and BS-contol.
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| - | Numerous plate experiments with MTZ concentration ranging from 0 ug/ml to 300 ug/ml and various concentrations of DNBA and NFT were made to determine concentrations at which BS-control was growing but where BS-nitred’s growth is inhibited. Similar growth patterns were observed in DNBA and NFT plates. All metronidazole experiments showed inhibited growth of BS-nitred in comparison to BS-control however the inhibition was never 100 %, which is required for nitroreductase to be used as a counterselectable marker.<br /><br />
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| - | Figure 10: Overnight plates with 100 ug/ml MTZ concentration with and without IPTG with different nitroreductase strains and control. BS-nitred’s growth was inhibited in comparison with BS-control however there are still some BS-nitred colonies growing.<br /><br />
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| - | Figure 11: Comparison of growth of BS-contol and BS-nitred at 90 ug/ml metronidazole. BS-nitred’s growth is clearly inhibited in comparison to BS-control however growth inhibition is not absolute.
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| - | We could not find a concentration of metronidazole at which nitroreductase containing cells’ growth was inhibited while control cells were growing. We determined that this gene is not suitable as a counter-selectable marker on plates.
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| - | The growth of nitroreductase-containing and control strains was assessed in liquid medium as well. The cells were grown in aerobic or anaerobic conditions with and without MTZ, in triplicate. <br />
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| - | Figure 10: Comparison of growth patterns of BS-nitred and BS-control in 150 ug/ml metronidazole in aerobic cultures. Initial OD600 was extracted and error bars are standard error of the mean.<br />
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| - | Figure 11: Comparison of growth patterns of BS-nitred and BS-control in 150 ug/ml metronidazole in anaerobic cultures. Initial OD600 was extracted and error bars are standard error of the mean.
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| - | The results in aerobic cultures are promising since nitroreductase-containing cells have not grown while the control cells are growing.
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| - | We successfully cloned the nitroreductase gene and inserted it into the BioBrick vector.<br /><br />
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| - | We extensively characterized the nitroreductase gene on plates and in liquid cultures.<br /><br />
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| - | We troubleshooted the plac-lacZ-nitroreductase clone and managed to purify it. <br /><br />
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| - | We are developing novel (to the best of our knowledge) counter-selection system which may have advantages over currently used systems.<br /><br />
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| - | We determined that nitroreductase is most suitable as a counter-selectable marker in liquid aerobic cultures at 150 ug/ml metronidazole.
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