Discovery and Validation of Context-Dependent Synthetic Mammalian Promoters
Adam M. Zahm,William S. Owens,Samuel R. Himes,Kathleen E. Rondem,Braden S. Fallon,Joshua S. Bloom,Sriram Kosuri,Justin G. English +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors introduce a massively parallel reporter assay library containing 6184 synthetic promoters, each less than 250 bp in length, which can be used in luciferase reporter assays, eliciting 50-100 fold dynamic ranges in response to stimuli.
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Abstract: Cellular transcription enables cells to adapt to various stimuli and maintain homeostasis. Transcription factors bind to transcription response elements (TREs) in gene promoters, initiating transcription. Synthetic promoters, derived from natural TREs, can be engineered to control exogenous gene expression using endogenous transcription machinery. This technology has found extensive use in biological research for applications including reporter gene assays, biomarker development, and programming synthetic circuits in living cells. However, a reliable and precise method for selecting minimally-sized synthetic promoters with desired background, amplitude, and stimulation response profiles has been elusive. In this study, we introduce a massively parallel reporter assay library containing 6184 synthetic promoters, each less than 250 bp in length. This comprehensive library allows for rapid identification of promoters with optimal transcriptional output parameters across multiple cell lines and stimuli. We showcase this library’s utility to identify promoters activated in unique cell types, and in response to metabolites, mitogens, cellular toxins, and agonism of both aminergic and non-aminergic GPCRs. We further show these promoters can be used in luciferase reporter assays, eliciting 50-100 fold dynamic ranges in response to stimuli. Our platform is effective, easily implemented, and provides a solution for selecting short-length promoters with precise performance for a multitude of applications.
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