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David [email protected]
Didier Mazel’s lab
29.09.10 – Institut Pasteur
Study of integron recombination mechanism
and
Integron use as a genetic shuffling device for biotechnological purpose
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Introduction attC site folding The Synthetic Integron Conclusion
Multiple resistances : why so fast ?
Mitsuhashi S. et al., Jpn J Exp Med (1961)
Iso
lati
on
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of
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la
(%)
Year
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tics in Jap
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Resistance to 4 antibiotics simultaneously
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Variable cassette arrayStable platform
Integrons
IntI
attI
Pc
Site attC n Site attC n+1
ORF
Cassette n+1 ORF
attC 2 major types of integrons• Multiresistant integrons• Chromosomal superintegrons
Hall R., Stokes HW., Mol. Microbiol. (1989)
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Multiresistant integrons
Bear antibiotic resistances (>130) Small : up to 8 cassettes Mobile : located on transposons and plasmids
Partridge et al., JR FEMS Microbiol Rev (2009)
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175 cassettes 3% genome
Chromosomal superintegrons
Mazel et al., Science (1998); Mazel, Nat Rev Microbio (2006)
Vibrio cholerae O1 N16961
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Integron recombination sites
The primary recombination site: attI
The cassette recombination site: attC
Cambray G., Guerout AM, Mazel D., Ann. Rev. Genet. (2010)
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The integrase recognizes single stranded attC sites
Double stranded substrate Single stranded substrate
Francia MV. et al., J. Bact. (1999)
attC attI
IntI IntI IntI IntI
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Conjugation assay
Bouvier M., Demarre G., Mazel D., EMBO J. (2005)
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The attC recombination site
attCaadA7bs
attCaadA7ds
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The attC site
Bouvier M. et al., Plos Genet. (2005)
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Unconventional model of cassette Integration
?
M. Bouvier, G. Demarre and D. Mazel, EMBO J, (2005)
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How and when do attC sites fold ?
C. Loot*, D. Bikard*, et al., EMBO J (2010)
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VCR derivatives
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attC folding probability
base1 base2 P
UNAFold Software
Markham NR, Zuker M, Methods Mol. Biol., 2008
A17
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Conjugation assay
Bouvier M., Demarre G., Mazel D., EMBO J. (2005)
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Conjugation assay
C. Loot*, D. Bikard*, et al., EMBO J (2010)
(log)
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Conjugation assay
Replication can induce recombination
Replication in the recipient cell+ _
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The replication fork
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Leading / Lagging strand
When the bottom strand is on the lagging strand, most recombination events happen during replication
10
10
10
C. Loot*, D. Bikard*, et al., EMBO J (2010)
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Orientation of chromosomal integrons
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Recombination on the leading strand?Cruciforms?
dGc
Free energy
Ea
~a
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Size of the loop
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Recombination on the leading strand?Cruciforms?
~a
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pVCR-GAA
position (bp)
win
dow
siz
e (b
p)
Kcal/mol10
20
30
40
50
60
10
pSW97a
position (bp)
Kcal/mol
20
30
40
50
60
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Energy landscapes
Free energy of cruciform formation
win
dow
siz
e (b
p)
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Parasite structures
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Analysis of Covariance
log(F) = μ + α log(VTSsize) + β log(A17) + ε
μ = - 0.29
α = - 0.017
β = 0.48
R2 = 0.825P-value = 4.7 10-9
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Cruciforms formation in vitroS1 nuclease sensitivity
C. Loot*, D. Bikard*, et al., EMBO J (2010)
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Cruciforms formation in vitroS1 nuclease sensitivity
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Mapping the S1 cleavage sites
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Cruciform formation in vivo
Pir-
attC
attIR6K
P15A
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Influence of superhelicity on attC folding
-2
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Replication / Cruciforms
Replication is the “easiest” way to fold
Natural chromosomal integrons are on the “leading strand template”
attC sites can recombine as cruciforms,
Cruciforms fold more frequently than expected
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ssDNA folding on the leading strand template: sensor of DNA damage ?
D. Bikard et al., MMBR (2010)
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Introduction attC site folding The Synthetic Integron Conclusion
Synthetic Biology:Engineering life
In silico system design
DNA synthesis Working system
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Engineering approach
• Standardization• Abstraction • Decoupling
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Engineering approach
• Standardization• Abstraction • Decoupling
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Bottom-up engineering approach
Danino et al., Nature (2010)
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Combinatorial approaches Directed evolution
MAGE: Wang & al. 2009
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Reconstruction of functional tryptophan operons
Integrase
expression
Selection on
tryptophan-free medium
D. Bikard et al., NAR (2010)
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Recombination Frequencies
Deletion of “useless” cassettes
3*10-3
D. Bikard et al., NAR (2010)
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Recombination Frequencies
Reordering event
~10-4
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Recombination Frequencies
Second reordering event
~10-5
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Recombination histories
D. Bikard et al., NAR (2010)
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Tryptophan production
TRP producer
TRP -
Fluorescence measurement
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Combinations Phenotypes
D. Bikard et al., NAR (2010)
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Plasmid Shuffling
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Cassette delivery through conjugation
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Protein domain shuffling
Polyketide synthetase
attC site good protein linker
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attC linker algorithm
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attC linker algorithm
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Perspectives
Potential applications in the generation of: random regulatory networks, new metabolic pathways…
Easy genome engineering by cassette delivery through conjugation
Custom attC sites performing various cellular functions: promoters, transcriptional terminators…
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General Conclusion
attC site folding:• during replication on the lagging strand template• as cruciforms• During repair? Sensors of stress?• Importance of parasite structures in natural attC sites?• Design of attC sites with predictable recombination
frequencies
First demonstration that site-specific recombination can be used to generate large number of combinations in vivo
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Thank you for your attention !
All the Bacterial Genome Plasticity team
The BIG boss : Didier Mazel
All those whom encouraged me…
Acknowledgements
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The discovery of integrons
Transposons on plasmid
Recombinase & ORFs
First ORFs are highly variables
Transposition genes mer genes
Tn21
Multi-Resistant Integron (MRI)
IRi IRt
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Cassette functions
Boucher & al., Trends in microbiology (2007)
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High-throughput screening
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Folding proba distribution
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Influence on recombination?
0 50 100 150
-5-4
-3-2
-1
Index
attC
s[or
g ==
leve
ls(o
rgf)[
22],
"pro
ba"]
Cassette n°
Pro
babi
lity
to f
old
prop
erly
V.cholerae El Tor cassette distribution
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ssDNA, stress and genome plasticity
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Cruciform formation pathways
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