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A genetically programmable protein module as intracellularly deliverable QD-based FRET probes for viral protease detection Nikola Finneran Divya Sivaraman, Payal Biswas, and Wilfred Chen Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521 August 20, 2009 Viral Proteases Enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds Very specific and highly expressed early on during infection Cleave polyproteins into functional enzymes necessary for infection and disease progression FRET Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Energy transfer from excited donor to acceptor molecule Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4; 579-586 Spectral overlap of donor emission and acceptor absorption Fluorescent Protein-Based FRET Fluorophores bound by specific linker protein Disadvantages of using organic fluorophores and fluorescent proteins include: narrow excitation bands broad emission bands low resistance to photo degradation Hwang et al., AEM. 72(5): 3710–3715 (2006) Quantum Dot-Based FRET Advantages of using a quantum dot donor: broad excitation bands narrow emission bands higher resistance to photo bleaching Nature Materials 5, 581 - 589 (2006) Inability for intracellular delivery of the conjugated protein into cells QD-Based Engineered Protein Molecule Modular protein design CYS Elastin-Like Protein (ELP) Repeating sequence {(VPGVG)2 (VPGKG) (VPGVG)2}20 Reversible temperature dependent precipitation ELP T>Tt T<Tt TAT Peptide Allows QD-protein to penetrate mammalian cell walls HIV-1 TAT peptide Cluster of basic amino acids made up of 6 arginine and 2 lysine residues within a linear sequence of 9 amino acids (YGRKKRRQRRR) Little to no cell toxicity Protein Expression ELP precipitation and centrifuging 48kD CYS Pure unconjugated protein molecule QD and Alexa Dye Conjugatoin Alexa 568 maleimide dye conjugation with protein module 2 hour incubation of protein with Alexa 568 maleimide followed by thermal ELP purification QD-Alexa Protein FRET Pair QD : Alexa Conjugated Protein Functionality Conclusions and Future Work Modular peptide design – detect wide range of proteases Low toxicity for in-vivo protease monitoring Rapid protease detection QD emission His6 cleavage site for PV2Apro ELP QD CYS TAT after cleavage QD High throughput protease inhibitor screening Acknowledgements National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. Victor Rogers, Denise Sanders, and Jun Wang of the BRITE REU Program Ph.D. candidates Divya Sivaraman, Payal Biswas, and Shen-long Tsai Professor Wilfred Chen References Hwang, Yu-Chen, Chen, Wilfred, Yates, Marylynn V. Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Rapid Detection of Enteroviral Infection In Vivo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3710-3715 Igor L. Medintz et al., Proteolytic activity monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer through quantum-dot–peptide conjugates Nature Materials 5, 581 - 589 (2006) Rüdiger Rudolf, Marco Mongillo, Rosario Rizzuto & Tullio Pozzan. Looking forward to seeing calcium Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 579-586 (July 2003) Mahmoud Reza Banki, Liang Feng & David W Wood, Simple bioseparations using self-cleaving elastin-like polypeptide tags NATURE METHODS | VOL.2 NO.9 | SEPTEMBER 2005 | 659 Questions? How it Works Virus Viral Protease