Journal: Bioactive Materials
Article Title: Microenvironment-responsive living hydrogel containing engineered probiotic for treatment of massive bone defects
doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.04.020
Figure Lengend Snippet: Construction and performance assessment of the NO-responsive engineered EcN strains. ( A ) Schematic diagram of the engineered strain containing the artificial NO-inducible gene circuits for NO-induced expression of GFP, which serves as a reporter protein, put under the control of the NO-inducible PnorVβ promoter. ( B ) Determination of NO in solutions released by different concentrations of DETA-NONOate. DETA-NONOate gradients used are 0, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 μM. ( C ) The GFP expression levels in the NO sensor (EcN_GFP) strains at various NO donor concentrations. ( D ) GFP fluorescence of EcN_GFP strains with and without the addition of NO donor recorded by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). In the absence of NO donor, green fluorescence was not observed in the bacteria. ( E ) Induction kinetics of the NorR-based regulatory circuits in EcN under 1000 μM NO donor. ( F ) Schematic diagram of the modified construct for secreted expression of BMP2 after sensing NO stimulation. ( G ) Detection of the BMP2 protein in the supernatant by Western blot. ( H ) BMP2 secreted by EcN strains after 24 h of incubation was quantified using ELISA. If not otherwise specified, the NO donor was used at a concentration of 1000 μM. (All data points represent mean ± standard deviation of three independent replicates. Statistics were derived using the one-way analysis of variance. ∗∗∗P < 0.001.)
Article Snippet: BMP2 concentration was measured using a His-tag ELISA Detection Kit (GenScript, Nanjing, China) according to the manufacturer's protocol.
Techniques: Expressing, Control, Fluorescence, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Bacteria, Modification, Construct, Western Blot, Incubation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Concentration Assay, Standard Deviation, Derivative Assay