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− | <p> We successfully cloned a | + | <p> We successfully designed and cloned a biobrick coding for the secretion of rat proNGF in pET43.1a and iGEM plasmid backbone pSB1C3, <b>creating a new part</b> <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K2616000"style="font-weight: bold ; color:#85196a;"target="_blank"> Bba_K2616000 </a>. We <b>confirmed the the genetic construct</b> by sequencing. </p> |
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+ | <p> We confirmed the production of proNGF in three different ways: | ||
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+ | <li>SDS PAGE followed by western blot.</li> | ||
+ | <li>Mass spectrometry.</li> | ||
+ | <li>Activity on the growth of rat E18 cortical cells.</li> | ||
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<p> We designed self-made <b>microfluidic device</b> in order to implement our final proof of concept. </p> | <p> We designed self-made <b>microfluidic device</b> in order to implement our final proof of concept. </p> | ||
<p> We grew neurons on our self-made microfluidic chips and successfully <b>observed axon growth</b> in the presence of commercial NGF.</p> | <p> We grew neurons on our self-made microfluidic chips and successfully <b>observed axon growth</b> in the presence of commercial NGF.</p> |
Revision as of 22:43, 17 October 2018
NERVE GROWTH FACTOR AND NEURONAL CULTURE
We successfully designed and cloned a biobrick coding for the secretion of rat proNGF in pET43.1a and iGEM plasmid backbone pSB1C3, creating a new part Bba_K2616000 . We confirmed the the genetic construct by sequencing.
We confirmed the production of proNGF in three different ways:
- SDS PAGE followed by western blot.
- Mass spectrometry.
- Activity on the growth of rat E18 cortical cells.
We designed self-made microfluidic device in order to implement our final proof of concept.
We grew neurons on our self-made microfluidic chips and successfully observed axon growth in the presence of commercial NGF.
KILL SWITCH
We successfully cloned a part coding for toxin/antitoxin (CcdB/CcdA) system in iGEM plasmid backbone, creating a new part Bba_K2616002
We observed survival and normal growth of our engineered bacteria at 25°C and 37°C and absence of growth at 18°C and 20°C, showing the efficiency of the kill switch if our bacteria are released in the environment.
MEMBRANE BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND CONDUCTIVITY
In search of a biocompatible conductive polymer to confine bacteria, we successfully polymerized PEDOT:Ts and PEDOT:Cl on alumina oxyde membrane filters. We also partially polymerized PEDOT:PSS.
We demonstrated that a polymer-coating enhances the properties of the membranes as PEDOT:Ts-coated and PEDOT:Cl-coated membranes are more conductive than other membranes. Moreover, experiments showed a better biocompatibility for the polymer-coated membranes compared to the gold-coated ones.
We succeeded in finding appropriate membranes for our project, namely PEDOT:Ts and PEDOT:Cl. We would like to do further research and improve the way we polymerized PEDOT:PSS because it is widely used in organic electronic.