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<h1> Our Sensor </h1>
<h2> Sensor That Reports Endocrine Activating Molecules </h2>
<p><b> Background:</b> </p>
 <p> Currently a method to measure estrogenic compounds with eukaryotic cells already exists, <i>S. cerevisiae</i> strains with the estrogen-binding domain of the human estrogen receptor alpha bind to estrogen responsive elements and reporters are employed (Routledge and Sumpter 1996; Gaido et al. 1997; Bistan et al. 2012). However, this yeast estrogen-screening assay (YES assay) is slow in detecting estrogen. It usually takes several days to incubate the reporter cells with the water samples in order to accumulate enough reporter protein and produce a measurable signal, which is not really suitable for large-scale sample screening. </p>
<p>Another method is a bacterial beta-galactosidase assay that uses <i> E. coli</i> strain DIER to detect estrogenic compounds (Liang et al. 2010). This strain was engineered to contain a conditionally splicing intein (see Topilina and Mills for a review of inteins), which is a splicing protein, sometimes called a protein intron, was used for this assay. When bound to its specific molecule, an intein will splice out and produce a functional protein. This method inserted the estrogen sensitive VMA intein into two sites (between the Gly122 and Cys123 residues and Ala328 and Cys329 residues) in the essential region of the constitutively expressed lacZ gene (Liang et al. 2010). In the presence of estrogenic compounds (such as 17-&beta; estradiol), the intein would bind those, and splice out, to produce a functional LacZ protein (Liang et al. 2010). A beta-galactosidase assay was utilized to produce a signal indicating the presence of estrogenic compounds (Liang et al. 2010). However, this assay required a two hour incubation with 17-&beta; estradiol for efficient splicing and was not very sensitive, unable to detect certain compounds such as  benz[a]anthracene and pyrene (Liang et al. 2010). This may be due to the <i>E. coli</i> cell wall and transport system selectively decreasing a particular chemical’s potency or remaining fully impermeable to it (Liang et al. 2010). This assay also required a substrate, such as ONPG, to produce a color change indicating the presence of estrogen. </p>
<p>A third detection system in use splits the T7 RNA Polymerase (T7 RNAP) with a temperature sensitive intein, creating a temperature sensitive mutant (Liang et al. 2007). This would result in transcription of the T7 promoter and terminator only at the permissive temperature of 18 &deg;C, but not at the restrictive temperature of 37 &deg;C (Liang et al. 2007). The <i>S. cerevisiae</i> VMA intein was inserted in between the Ala491 and Cys492 residues of the T7 RNA Polymerase (Liang et al. 2007). The target of this assay was the lacZ gene, which would be transcribed and result in blue colonies upon the production of functional T7 RNA polymerase (Liang et al. 2007). A beta-galactosidase assay, using an ONPG substrate, was also required to determine the splicing of the intein and resulting transcription of the lacZ gene.</p>
<p>In order to construct a sensitive assay, a system to amplify the estrogen signal was required. We designed a system that inserted an estrogen sensitive intein inside T7 RNAP at the 491 and 492 residues. T7 RNAP is a strong viral polymerase requiring no additional factors, making its expression straightforward. In the presence of estrogen, functional T7 RNAP would be produced, and readily bind to the T7 promoter, resulting in signal amplification in the presence of estrogen. Splicing of the estrogen-responsive intein in the presence of estrogen would be reported using a yellow fluorescent protein and production of functional T7 RNAP would be reported using a red fluorescent protein. </p>

<p><b>References:</b></p>
<p>Routledge EJ, Sumpter JP. 1996. Estrogenic activity of surfactants and some of their degradation products assessed using a recombinant yeast screen.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15, 241–248.</p>
<p>Gaido KW, Leonard LS, Lovell S, Gould JC, Babaï D, Portier CJ, McDonnell DP. 1997. Evaluation of chemicals with endocrine modulating activity in a yeast-based steroid hormone receptor gene transcription assay. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 143(1),205-12.</p>
<p>Bistan M, Podgorelec M, Logar RM, Tisler T. 2012. Yeast Estrogen Screen Assay as a Tool for Detecting Estrogenic Activity in Water Bodies. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 50 (4), 427-433.</p>
<p>Liang R, Zhou J, Liu J. 2010. Construction of Bacterial Assay for Estrogen Detection Based on Estrogen-Sensitive Intein, Applied and Environmental Microbiology; 77, 2488–2495</p>
<p>Topilina NI, Mills KV. 2014. Recent Advances in <i>in vivo</i> applications of intein-mediated protein splicing. Mobile DNA 5,5. http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/5/1/5</p>
<p>Liang R, Liu X, Liu J, Ren Q, Liang P, Lin Z, Xie X. 2007. A T7-expression system under temperature control could create temperature-sensitive phenotype of target gene in <i>Escherichia coli</i>, Journal of Microbiological Methods; 68, 497–506. </p>



      
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