Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells

Synthetic biology and engineering approaches are harnessed to incorporate new capabilities in synthetic cells. Here, the authors designed bioluminescent signaling mechanisms for intracellular and intercellular synthetic-to-natural cell communication.

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Main Authors: Omer Adir, Mia R. Albalak, Ravit Abel, Lucien E. Weiss, Gal Chen, Amit Gruber, Oskar Staufer, Yaniv Kurman, Ido Kaminer, Jeny Shklover, Janna Shainsky-Roitman, Ilia Platzman, Lior Gepstein, Yoav Shechtman, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Avi Schroeder
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29871-8
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Mia R. Albalak
Ravit Abel
Lucien E. Weiss
Gal Chen
Amit Gruber
Oskar Staufer
Yaniv Kurman
Ido Kaminer
Jeny Shklover
Janna Shainsky-Roitman
Ilia Platzman
Lior Gepstein
Yoav Shechtman
Benjamin A. Horwitz
Avi Schroeder
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Mia R. Albalak
Ravit Abel
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spelling doaj.art-f081c2771b204a69ba9f89ea10bf15042022-12-22T02:35:39ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-04-0113111310.1038/s41467-022-29871-8Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cellsOmer Adir0Mia R. Albalak1Ravit Abel2Lucien E. Weiss3Gal Chen4Amit Gruber5Oskar Staufer6Yaniv Kurman7Ido Kaminer8Jeny Shklover9Janna Shainsky-Roitman10Ilia Platzman11Lior Gepstein12Yoav Shechtman13Benjamin A. Horwitz14Avi Schroeder15The Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, TechnionThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionSohnis Research Laboratory for Cardiac Electrophysiology and Regenerative Medicine, the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, TechnionDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical ResearchThe Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TechnionThe Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TechnionThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical ResearchSohnis Research Laboratory for Cardiac Electrophysiology and Regenerative Medicine, the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, TechnionDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, TechnionFaculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyThe Louis Family Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, TechnionSynthetic biology and engineering approaches are harnessed to incorporate new capabilities in synthetic cells. Here, the authors designed bioluminescent signaling mechanisms for intracellular and intercellular synthetic-to-natural cell communication.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29871-8
spellingShingle Omer Adir
Mia R. Albalak
Ravit Abel
Lucien E. Weiss
Gal Chen
Amit Gruber
Oskar Staufer
Yaniv Kurman
Ido Kaminer
Jeny Shklover
Janna Shainsky-Roitman
Ilia Platzman
Lior Gepstein
Yoav Shechtman
Benjamin A. Horwitz
Avi Schroeder
Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
Nature Communications
title Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
title_full Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
title_fullStr Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
title_full_unstemmed Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
title_short Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
title_sort synthetic cells with self activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29871-8
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