Journal: Current protocols in molecular biology
Article Title: Rapid and efficient synthetic assembly of multiplex luciferase reporter plasmids for the simultaneous monitoring of up to six cellular signaling pathways
doi: 10.1002/cpmb.121
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) DNA parts and destination vectors (Table 1) are ordered from the nonprofit plasmid repository Addgene as bacterial stabs, streaked on bacterial plates, grown up in culture, and prepared according to Basic Protocol 1. (B) DNA parts include pathway response elements consisting of a transcription blocker coupled to transcriptional response elements that can bind transcription factors specific for cellular pathways (e.g., NF-κβ, TGF-β, MAPK/JNK, c-Myc, or p53), five orthogonal luciferases (RedF, FLuc, NLuc, Renilla, and GrRenilla), and the transcriptional terminator/polyadenylation signal from the bovine growth hormone gene (bGHpA). Note that improved TGF-β and c-Myc pathway luciferase reporters were generated that have seven canocical transcription factor binding motifs, instead of four and five as proiviously described (Sarrion-Perdigones et al., 2019). Destination vectors include five positional blue/white destination vectors for position A, B, C, D, and E, located in the final destination vector that provides a blue/white colorimetric screening marker (lacZ), and one pink/white final destination vector that provides a pink/white colorimetric screening marker (tinsel purple). (C) In the first step, novel pathway response elements are built, as described in Basic Protocol 2 or Alternate Protocol 1. (D) In the second step, novel custom luciferase reporter vectors are built in an alpha assembly, using the five positional blue/white destination vectors, pathway response element, luciferase, and transcriptional terminator, following Basic Protocol 3. (E) In the final step, a new multiplex hextuple luciferase reporter vector, consisting of four previously described pathway reporters (coupled to the luciferases RedF, FLuc, NLuc, and GrRenilla, respectively), one novel custom luciferase reporter (coupled to the luciferase Renilla in this case) and one control reporter (coupled to the luciferase ELuc), is generated as described in Basic Protocol 4. The same synthetic assembly pipeline can be tailored to incorporate any five previously described pathway reporters, any five novel custom luciferase reporters, or any combinations thereof, illustrating the versatility of the pipeline. (F-G) Comparison between the assembly cloning pipeline previously published stitching together 5xMyc:Renilla, 2xp53:Nluc, 4xTGFβ:FLuc, 6xMAPK:GrRenilla, CMV:ELuc, and 5xNFκβ:RedF luciferase reporters over five consecutive cloning reactions (Sarrion-Perdigones et al., 2019) (F), and the one presented here, stitching together 5xNFκβ:RedF, 7xTGFβ:FLuc, 3xDBE:Renilla, 2xp53:Nluc, 6xMAPK:GrRenilla, and CMV:ELuc luciferase reporters using a single cloning reaction (G), illustrating a substantial decrease in time and money investment.
Article Snippet: 75 ng of the 2xp53_RE::NLuc alphaD entry vector (Addgene #124533).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Luciferase, Generated, Binding Assay, Marker, Multiplex Assay, Clone Assay