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Self-adjusting synthetic gene circuit for correcting insulin resistance #MMPMID28480128
Ye H; Xie M; Xue S; Charpin-El Hamri G; Yin J; Zulewski H; Fussenegger M
Nat Biomed Eng 2017[Jan]; 1 (1): ä PMID28480128show ga
By using tools from synthetic biology, sophisticated genetic devices can be assembled to reprogram mammalian cell activities. Here, we demonstrate that a self-adjusting synthetic gene circuit can be designed to sense and reverse the insulin-resistance syndrome in different mouse models. By functionally rewiring the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway to produce MAPK-mediated activation of the hybrid transcription factor TetR-ELK1, we assembled a synthetic insulin-sensitive transcription-control device that self-sufficiently distinguished between physiological and increased blood insulin levels and correspondingly fine-tuned the reversible expression of therapeutic transgenes from synthetic TetR-ELK1-specific promoters. In acute experimental hyperinsulinemia, the synthetic insulin-sensing designer circuit reversed the insulin-resistance syndrome by coordinating expression of the insulin-sensitizing compound adiponectin. Engineering synthetic gene circuits to sense pathologic markers and coordinate the expression of therapeutic transgenes may provide opportunities for future gene- and cell-based treatments of multifactorial metabolic disorders.