論文

査読有り
2017年6月12日

Bioengineered silkworms with butterfly cytotoxin-modified silk glands produce sericin cocoons with a utility for a new biomaterial

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ryosuke Otsuki
  • ,
  • Masafumi Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Erika Matsumoto
  • ,
  • Shin-ichi Iwamoto
  • ,
  • Hideki Sezutsu
  • ,
  • Masumi Suzui
  • ,
  • Keiko Takaki
  • ,
  • Keiji Wakabayashi
  • ,
  • Hajime Mori
  • ,
  • Eiji Kotani

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開始ページ
6740
終了ページ
6745
記述言語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1703449114
出版者・発行元
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genetically manipulated organisms with dysfunction of specific tissues are crucial for the study of various biological applications and mechanisms. However, the bioengineering of model organisms with tissue-specific dysfunction has not progressed because the challenges of expression of proteins, such as cytotoxins, in living cells of individual organisms need to be overcome first. Here, we report the establishment of a transgenic silkworm (Bombyx mori) with posterior silk glands (PSGs) that was designed to express the cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae) cytotoxin pierisin-1A (P1A). P1A, a homolog of the apoptosis inducer pierisin-1, had relatively lower DNA ADP ribosyltransferase activity than pierisin-1; it also induced the repression of certain protein synthesis when expressed in B. mori-derived cultured cells. The transgene-derived P1A domain harboring enzymatic activity was successfully expressed in the transgenic silkworm PSGs. The glands showed no apoptosis-related morphological changes; however, an abnormal appearance was evident. The introduced truncated P1A resulted in the dysfunction of PSGs in that they failed to produce the silk protein fibroin. Cocoons generated by the silkworms solely consisted of the glue-like glycoprotein sericin, from which soluble sericin could be prepared to form hydrogels. Embryonic stem cells could be maintained on the hydrogels in an undifferentiated state and proliferated through stimulation by the cytokines introduced into the hydrogels. Thus, bioengineering with targeted P1A expression successfully produced silkworms with a biologically useful trait that has significant application potential.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703449114
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607081
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http://www.pnas.org/syndication/doi/10.1073/pnas.1703449114
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ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1703449114
  • ISSN : 0027-8424
  • eISSN : 1091-6490
  • PubMed ID : 28607081
  • SCOPUS ID : 85021429575
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000404108400051

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