Developmental assembly of multi-component polymer systems through interconnected synthetic gene networks in vitro.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Oct 2024
Historique:
received: 10 06 2024
accepted: 26 09 2024
medline: 4 10 2024
pubmed: 4 10 2024
entrez: 3 10 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Living cells regulate the dynamics of developmental events through interconnected signaling systems that activate and deactivate inert precursors. This suggests that similarly, synthetic biomaterials could be designed to develop over time by using chemical reaction networks to regulate the availability of assembling components. Here we demonstrate how the sequential activation or deactivation of distinct DNA building blocks can be modularly coordinated to form distinct populations of self-assembling polymers using a transcriptional signaling cascade of synthetic genes. Our building blocks are DNA tiles that polymerize into nanotubes, and whose assembly can be controlled by RNA molecules produced by synthetic genes that target the tile interaction domains. To achieve different RNA production rates, we use a strategy based on promoter "nicking" and strand displacement. By changing the way the genes are cascaded and the RNA levels, we demonstrate that we can obtain spatially and temporally different outcomes in nanotube assembly, including random DNA polymers, block polymers, and as well as distinct autonomous formation and dissolution of distinct polymer populations. Our work demonstrates a way to construct autonomous supramolecular materials whose properties depend on the timing of molecular instructions for self-assembly, and can be immediately extended to a variety of other nucleic acid circuits and assemblies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39362892
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52986-z
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-52986-z
doi:

Substances chimiques

DNA 9007-49-2
Polymers 0
RNA 63231-63-0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

8561

Subventions

Organisme : DOE | Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy - U.S. Department of Energy)
ID : DE-SC0010595
Organisme : National Science Foundation (NSF)
ID : 2107483
Organisme : EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council)
ID : 819160
Organisme : Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
ID : 21965

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Daniela Sorrentino (D)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy.

Simona Ranallo (S)

Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy.

Francesco Ricci (F)

Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy. francesco.ricci@uniroma2.it.

Elisa Franco (E)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. efranco@seas.ucla.edu.

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