Intra-Species Bacterial Quorum Sensing Studied at Single Cell Level in a Double Droplet Trapping System

نویسندگان

  • Yunpeng Bai
  • Santoshkumar N. Patil
  • Steven D. Bowden
  • Simon Poulter
  • Jie Pan
  • George P. C. Salmond
  • Martin Welch
  • Wilhelm T. S. Huck
  • Chris Abell
چکیده

In this paper, we investigated the intra-species bacterial quorum sensing at the single cell level using a double droplet trapping system. Escherichia coli transformed to express the quorum sensing receptor protein, LasR, were encapsulated in microdroplets that were positioned adjacent to microdroplets containing the autoinducer, N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL). Functional activation of the LasR protein by diffusion of the OdDHL across the droplet interface was measured by monitoring the expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) from a LasR-dependent promoter. A threshold concentration of OdDHL was found to induce production of quorum-sensing associated GFP by E. coli. Additionally, we demonstrated that LasR-dependent activation of GFP expression was also initiated when the adjacent droplets contained single E. coli transformed with the OdDHL synthase gene, LasI, representing a simple quorum sensing circuit between two droplets.

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دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013