A synthetic mammalian network to compute population borders based on engineered reciprocal cell-cell communication

Abstract: Background

Multicellular organisms depend on the exchange of information between specialized cells. This communication is often difficult to decipher in its native context, but synthetic biology provides tools to engineer well-defined systems that allow the convenient study and manipulation of intercellular communication networks.

Results

Here, we present the first mammalian synthetic network for reciprocal cell-cell communication to compute the border between a sender/receiver and a processing cell population. The two populations communicate via L-tryptophan and interleukin-4 to highlight the population border by the production of a fluorescent protein. The sharpness of that visualized edge can be adjusted by modulating key parameters of the network.

Conclusions

We anticipate that this network will on the one hand be a useful tool to gain deeper insights into the mechanisms of tissue formation in nature and will on the other hand contribute to our ability to engineer artificial tissues.

Keywords

Synthetic biology - Intercellular communication - Population borders - Edge-detect

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
BMC Systems Biology. 9 (2015), 97, DOI 10.1186/s12918-015-0252-1, issn: 1752-0509
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Klassifikation
Biowissenschaften, Biologie
Schlagwort
Synthetische Biologie
Zellkommunikation

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2015
Urheber
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen

DOI
10.1186/s12918-015-0252-1
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-125528
Rechteinformation
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