Xu Junjie, Ma Shijiao, Zheng Haolan, Pang Bo, Li Shuli, Li Feng, Feng Lin, Tian Jiesheng
State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.
Bioengineering (Basel). 2022 Jul 30;9(8):356. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9080356.
Biosynthesis provides a critical way to deal with global sustainability issues and has recently drawn increased attention. However, modifying biosynthesized magnetic nanoparticles by extraction is challenging, limiting its applications. Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) synthesize single-domain magnetite nanocrystals in their organelles, magnetosomes (BMPs), which are excellent biomaterials that can be biologically modified by genetic engineering. Therefore, this study successfully constructed in vivo biotinylated BMPs in the MTB by fusing biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) with membrane protein MamF of BMPs. The engineered strain (MSR-∆F-BF) grew well and synthesized small-sized (20 ± 4.5 nm) BMPs and were cultured in a 42 L fermenter; the yield (dry weight) of cells and BMPs reached 8.14 g/L and 134.44 mg/L, respectively, approximately three-fold more than previously reported engineered strains and BMPs. The genetically engineered BMPs (BMP-∆F-BF) were successfully linked with streptavidin or streptavidin-labelled horseradish peroxidase and displayed better storage stability compared with chemically constructed biotinylated BMPs. This study systematically demonstrated the biosynthesis of engineered magnetic nanoparticles, including its construction, characterization, and production and detection based on MTB. Our findings provide insights into biomanufacturing multiple functional magnetic nanomaterials.
生物合成提供了一种应对全球可持续发展问题的关键方式,并且最近受到了越来越多的关注。然而,通过提取对生物合成的磁性纳米颗粒进行修饰具有挑战性,这限制了其应用。趋磁细菌(MTB)在其细胞器磁小体(BMPs)中合成单畴磁铁矿纳米晶体,磁小体是一种可以通过基因工程进行生物修饰的优良生物材料。因此,本研究通过将生物素羧基载体蛋白(BCCP)与BMPs的膜蛋白MamF融合,在MTB中成功构建了体内生物素化的BMPs。工程菌株(MSR-∆F-BF)生长良好,合成了小尺寸(20±4.5nm)的BMPs,并在42L发酵罐中培养;细胞和BMPs的产量(干重)分别达到8.14g/L和134.44mg/L,分别比先前报道的工程菌株和BMPs高出约三倍。基因工程化的BMPs(BMP-∆F-BF)成功地与链霉亲和素或链霉亲和素标记的辣根过氧化物酶连接,并且与化学构建的生物素化BMPs相比显示出更好的储存稳定性。本研究系统地展示了工程化磁性纳米颗粒的生物合成,包括其构建、表征以及基于MTB的生产和检测。我们的研究结果为生物制造多种功能磁性纳米材料提供了见解。