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使用多个转录终结器优化微生物系统中dsRNA生物控制的产生
Sebastian J Ross1, Gareth R Owen1, James Hough1
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Biotechnology and bioengineering
|July 20, 2024
概括
使用合成转录终结器优化大肠杆菌的双链RNA (dsRNA) 生产,显著增加了7.8倍的dsRNA产量. 这一进步支持可扩展,具有成本效益的生物控制,以可持续地保护农作物免受害虫侵害.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,害虫和病原体对作物造成的损害超过了2200亿美元.
- 目前的害虫防治依赖于化学杀虫剂和遗传耐药性.
- 双链RNA (dsRNA) 通过RNA干扰 (RNAi) 为植物保护提供了一个可持续的替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 优化等离子体DNA结构,以便在大肠杆菌中经济,大规模的dsRNA生产.
- 提高dSRNA产量,以提高dSRNA生物控制的商业可行性.
- 调查合成转录终止器对dSRNA产生的影响.
主要方法:
- 工程等离子体DNA在大肠杆菌中构建.
- 使用了双T7 dsRNA生产系统与各种合成转录终端器.
- 进行了小规模批量培养和大规模发酵.
- 分析了dsRNA产量和昆虫死亡率.
- 为了机械洞察,使用了质谱仪.
主要成果:
- 通过使用三重合成转录终结器,实现了7.8倍的dsRNA产量.
- 通过批量发酵证明了可扩展的dsRNA生产.
- 在dsrna生物控制的应用后确认了昆虫死亡率的增加.
- 使用质谱学确定了精确的转录终结点.
结论:
- 优化的合成转录终结器显著提高了大肠杆菌中dsRNA产量.
- 可扩展的发酵过程对于大规模的dsrna生产是可行的.
- 在大肠杆菌中表达的dsRNA生物控制物有效地增加了昆虫死亡率,提供了可持续的害虫管理解决方案.
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