Delivered complementation in planta (DCIP) enables measurement of peptide-mediated protein delivery efficiency in plants

Autor: Jeffrey W. Wang, Henry J. Squire, Natalie S. Goh, Heyuan Michael Ni, Edward Lien, Cerise Wong, Eduardo González-Grandío, Markita P. Landry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Communications Biology, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2399-3642
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05191-5
Popis: Abstract Using a fluorescence complementation assay, Delivered Complementation in Planta (DCIP), we demonstrate cell-penetrating peptide-mediated cytosolic delivery of peptides and recombinant proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana. We show that DCIP enables quantitative measurement of protein delivery efficiency and enables functional screening of cell-penetrating peptides for in-planta protein delivery. Finally, we demonstrate that DCIP detects cell-penetrating peptide-mediated delivery of recombinantly expressed proteins such as mCherry and Lifeact into intact leaves. We also demonstrate delivery of a recombinant plant transcription factor, WUSCHEL (AtWUS), into N. benthamiana. RT-qPCR analysis of AtWUS delivery in Arabidopsis seedlings also suggests delivered WUS can recapitulate transcriptional changes induced by overexpression of AtWUS. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that DCIP offers a new and powerful tool for interrogating cytosolic delivery of proteins in plants and highlights future avenues for engineering plant physiology.
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