Introduction
引言从“微生物总是以群落存在”出发,指出单菌培养面临代谢负担和通量不平衡。作者提出需要调控策略来协调、稳定并工程化微生物组,尤其是在环境扰动、遗传稳定和生物过程效率方面。
这篇综述要回答:如何把分子层面的通讯线路和调控模块,系统地提升为可设计、可构建、可测试、可优化的功能微生物生态系统?作者围绕 cross-talk 与 orthogonal regulation 两类调控工具,提出从功能定义、底盘选择、互作设计到全局优化的 cDBTL 流程。文章的核心关切是让多菌群不再只是经验共培养,而是具备可编程、可预测、可稳定运行的工程系统。
| 题名 | Assembly of functional microbial ecosystems: from molecular circuits to communities |
| 作者 | Shengbo Wu、Yongsheng Zhou、Lei Dai、Aidong Yang、Jianjun Qiao |
| 期刊/年份 | FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2024, 48, fuae026; DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuae026; Advance access publication date: 4 November 2024。 |
| DOI | 10.1093/femsre/fuae026 |
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这篇综述要回答:如何把分子层面的通讯线路和调控模块,系统地提升为可设计、可构建、可测试、可优化的功能微生物生态系统?作者围绕 cross-talk 与 orthogonal regulation 两类调控工具,提出从功能定义、底盘选择、互作设计到全局优化的 cDBTL 流程。文章的核心关切是让多菌群不再只是经验共培养,而是具备可编程、可预测、可稳定运行的工程系统。
引言从“微生物总是以群落存在”出发,指出单菌培养面临代谢负担和通量不平衡。作者提出需要调控策略来协调、稳定并工程化微生物组,尤其是在环境扰动、遗传稳定和生物过程效率方面。
该部分总结种内和种间的 QS/信号串扰,包括 P. aeruginosa 的多QS系统、ComQXP/Rap-Phr、AHL感知-杀伤系统和益生菌对病原QS的干预。作者把这些自然存在的串扰视为可挖掘、可量化、可用于设计群落动态的调控资源。
正交调控部分按代谢物传感器、转录层面、翻译层面和蛋白线路展开。其目标是在多细胞或多菌株系统中降低信号干扰,建立多通道、高保真、可组合的控制模块。
作者提出 cDBTL 作为比传统DBTL更细的装配流程。Design module 包括功能定义、底盘选择和互作设计,强调工程目标应先决定底盘、线路、互作类型和评价指标。
Build module 关注系统搭建,即把基因线路、通讯模块和底盘细胞组装成实际生态系统。文章通过 bio-computing、生物制造、生物治疗和生物修复案例显示,构建时要同时处理菌株比例、碳源、交叉喂养、动态调节和安全性。
测试模块要求测量目标表型并评价工程有效性。作者特别强调稳定性、恢复力、生态幅度、生产力、功能灵活性和多样性,因为这些指标决定群落系统能否长期工作。
学习模块把测试数据转化为模型知识,再反馈到下一轮设计。全局优化不只调一个菌株或一个基因线路,而是同时在组成、时间、空间和外部环境维度上优化稳定性、鲁棒性、生产力和多样性。
结论部分强调 bottom-up modular assembly 有助于理解结构—功能关系,但仍面临 cross-talk 工具箱不足、线路与群落割裂优化、cDBTL执行复杂和应用仍处早期等挑战。未来需发展共培养技术、非模式菌编辑、QS通信网络和数据驱动方法。
图示信息:Figure 3 Illustrations for orthogonal transcription regulations based on different tools. (A) Orthogonal regulations of E. coli RNAP and Bacillus subtilis sigma factors without cr osstalk. (B) illustr ation for tr anslation-r epr essing ribor egulators. Tr anslation r egulation by the binding of ribosome binding site (RBS) and start codon and two single-stranded domains a ∗and b ∗. (C) Illustration for a biomolecular feedback controller. The htpG1 promoter drives the expression of CRISPR sgRNA, which in turn directs binding of dCas9 to target pBAD promoter to inhibit transcription of VioB–mCherry. (D) Muconic acid (MA) promotes the expression of the phosphoenolpyruvate metabolic node (EP module) and decreases the carbon flux into the TCA cycle via RNAi. (E) The DAPG-induced PhIF r epr essor was regulated using either the constitutive promoter (Pconst) or the TALEsp1 stabilized promoter. (F) Molecular implementation of tr anscription incoher ent-feedforw ar d-loop netw orks, in which the LacI is induced by IPTG; cI434, T7 RNAP, and sfGFP are the r epr essor, activ ator, and the output, r espectiv el y. used as DNA-binding regulators and are regarded as “gatek ee p- ers” for various
论文结果 / 观点:该图把群落互作落实到代谢物、电子或营养物交换,是理解共培养功能涌现的关键证据。
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图示信息:Figure 4. Illustrations for orthogonal translation regulations based on different tools. (A) Orthogonal function evolved for the wild type ribosome and fully orthogonal ribosome (Ribo-T) system. (B) Schematic overview of [4,5-d] pyrimidine-2,4-diamine (PPDA) responsive orthogonal riboswitch. (C) Illustration of the histamine-specific corresponding ribosome s witches . Histamine binding to aptamer disrupts the secondary structure of RNA and activates the translation state. (D) Techniques to engineer tRNA including aaRS identity elements, EF-Tu binding, EF-P binding, and four loops. (E) Sc hematic ov ervie w of the orthogonal pairs of ncAA, aaRS, and tRNA. ncAAs ar e r ecognized b y orthogonal aaRSs, loaded onto orthogonal tRN As. (F) A pipeline to identify orthogonal aaRS–tRNA pairs. First, the method of calculation or experiment was used to produce a series of candidate tRNAs, and then orthogonal tRN As w er e experimentall y confirmed. Subsequentl y, the activ e homologous synthases wer e scr eened and their orthogonality to eac h other was confirmed. Orthogonal protein regulations In addition to genetic circuits based on transcription and trans- lation le v els, ther e ar e man y
论文结果 / 观点:该图支撑“群落构建后必须验证功能”的观点,强调组学、示踪、功能测定或模型不能脱离实验验证。
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图示信息:Figure 5. Orthogonal regulatory strategies based on protein circuits. (A) Illustration of the CHOMP circuit. SOS activates Ras, causing it to bind RBD, r econstituting RasTEVP. TVMVP cleav a ge detac hes Casp3 and r educes its ability by membr ane-localized TEVP. (B) Sc heme of c hemicall y inducible split proteases with rapamycin based on a coiled-coils (CC) interaction module . T he complementary split fragments of the protease were fused to a domain pair, the pr oteol ytic acti vity was obtained after the ad dition of the inducer r a pamycin, and the leucine zipper was r emov ed to activ ate the lucifer ase r econstitution. (C) Sc hematic ov ervie w of the basic input of the pr otein cir cuit b y adjusting the binding str ength of the dimer. The inactiv ation operation was performed by separating the formed dimer through competitive binding, and the activation operation was performed by connecting two non-interacting monomers and recombining the fused split protein domains. (D) Schematic mechanism of multi-state biosensors . T he binding of the target and k e y allows the reconstitution of SmBiT and LgBiT for luciferase activity. (E) Illustration of the LOCKR system. The protein
论文结果 / 观点:该图支撑正文关于合成菌群设计、构建、验证或应用边界的核心论证。
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图示信息:Figure 7. Illustrations of the assembling of microbial ecosystems for bio-computing. (A) Diagram of the fragrance-programmable analog-to-digital converter with Boolean expression logic, including sampling-and-quantization module, gas-to-liquid transducer, and the digitizer module with signal amplifier. (B) Dia gr am of 7-str ain AND–XOR biocomputing circuit with thr ee inputs and four orthogonal c hannels , i.e . anhydr otetr acycline HCl (aTc), cuminic acid (Cuma), N-(3-Oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (3OC6), and p-coumaroyl-HSL (pC). (C) Schematic diagram of the 7-strain digital display with four signal inputs, i.e. IPTG, N-(3-hydr oxytetr adecanoyl)-l-homoserine lactone (3OHC14), aTc, and 3OC6. (D) Sc hematic dia gr am of a QS-based perceptron network among two E. coli strains that based on the sending and receiving 3OC6 and 3OHC14 QS molecules. (Fig. 9 d). Ther efor e, differ ent micr obial ecosystems will provide us with important selections and strategies to face the major chal- lenges of environmental safety. As stated abo ve , the r a pid de v elopment of biotec hnology in synthetic biology has expanded the engineering ability of micro- bial ecosystems, which can effectiv
论文结果 / 观点:该图支撑正文关于合成菌群设计、构建、验证或应用边界的核心论证。
研究意义 / 边界:这张图用于支持作者的概念框架或案例归纳;实际迁移到其他系统时,仍需结合成员来源、环境条件、稳定性和功能验证。
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图示信息:Figure 10. Micr obial inter actions design for differ ent synthetic micr obial consortia. (A) Inter action design of E. coli –S. cerevisiae consortium for production of oxygenated taxanes through the utilization of xylose and acetate. (B) Interaction design of the L. lactis C α-C β-Kp community in different pH conditions . T he pH-r esponse pr omoter dynamicall y r ealizes its switc hes fr om inactiv ation to activ ation with pH r eduction. (C) Inter action topology of a r oc k-pa per-scissors consortium. Eac h E. coli str ain could kill or be killed b y one of the other tw o strains b y producing its o wn to xin-antito xin pair and the toxin, such as the colicin E3, E, and V, against the next str ain. (D) Inter action dia gr am of thr ee- and four-strain consortia composed of different L. lactis strains. For example, ther e ar e commensalism r elationships among CmA, CmB, and CmBn, as well as the complex interaction consisting of the two commensalism strains (CmA and CmBn), a predation strain (PrB), and a cooperation strain (CoAg). some other r esearc hers . For example , r ecentl y, Hu et al. pr oposed that the behavior of microbial ecosystems can be predicted by mastering only t
论文结果 / 观点:该图支撑正文关于合成菌群设计、构建、验证或应用边界的核心论证。
研究意义 / 边界:这张图用于支持作者的概念框架或案例归纳;实际迁移到其他系统时,仍需结合成员来源、环境条件、稳定性和功能验证。
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经费 / 利益冲突:Acknowledgements 显示本研究由 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023M732599)、National Natural Science Foundation of China (32300022)、National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0905600, 2020YFA0907900) 和 Funds for Creative Research Groups of China (21621004) 支持。Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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