| Autor: |
Chang Chen, Ketan A. Ganar, Robbert J. de Haas, Nele Jarnot, Erwin Hogeveen, Renko de Vries, Siddharth Deshpande |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
Communications Chemistry, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2399-3669 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s42004-024-01270-8 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Compartmentalization is a vital aspect of living cells to orchestrate intracellular processes. In a similar vein, constructing dynamic and responsive sub-compartments is key to synthetic cell engineering. In recent years, liquid-liquid phase separation via coacervation has offered an innovative avenue for creating membraneless organelles (MOs) within artificial cells. Here, we present a lab-on-a-chip system to reversibly trigger peptide-based coacervates within cell-mimicking confinements. We use double emulsion droplets (DEs) as our synthetic cell containers while pH-responsive elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) act as the coacervate system. We first present a high-throughput microfluidic DE production enabling efficient encapsulation of the ELPs. The DEs are then harvested to perform multiple MO formation-dissolution cycles using pH as well as temperature variation. For controlled long-term visualization and modulation of the external environment, we developed an integrated microfluidic device for trapping and environmental stimulation of DEs, with negligible mechanical force, and demonstrated a proof-of-principle osmolyte-based triggering to induce multiple MO formation-dissolution cycles. In conclusion, our work showcases the use of DEs and ELPs in designing membraneless reversible compartmentalization within synthetic cells via physicochemical triggers. Additionally, presented on-chip platform can be applied over a wide range of phase separation and vesicle systems for applications in synthetic cells and beyond. |
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