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Abstract
Signal transduction across biological membranes enables cells to detect and respond to diverse chemical or physical signals, and replicating these complex biological processes through synthetic methods is of significant interest in synthetic biology. Here we present an artificial signal transduction system using oriented cholesterol-tagged triplex DNA (TD) as synthetic receptors to transmit and amplify signals across lipid bilayer membranes through H+-mediated TD conformational transitions from duplex to triplex. An auxiliary sequence, complementary to the third strand of the TD, ensures a controlled and preferred outward orientation of cholesterol-tagged TD on membranes. Upon external H+ stimuli, the conformational change triggers the translocation of the third strand from the outer to the inner membrane leaflet, resulting in effective transmembrane signal transduction. This mechanism enables fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), selective photocleavage, catalytic signal amplification, and logic gate modulation within vesicles. Our findings demonstrate that these TD-based receptors mimic the functional dynamics of natural G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), providing a foundation for advanced applications in biosensing, cell signaling modulation, and targeted drug delivery systems.
Replicating signal transduction seen in cells is of interest in synthetic biology. Here, the authors report on an artificial membrane receptor based on the conformational changes of triplex DNA designed to mimic G-protein coupled receptors for transmembrane signal transduction and amplification without physical mass exchange.
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1 Hunan University, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Changsha, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.67293.39)