Aequorin-expressing yeast emits light under electric control

Cristina Vilanova; Ángeles Hueso; Carles Palanca; Guillem Marco; Miguel Pitarch; Eduardo Otero; Juny Crespo; Jerzy Szablowski; Sara Rivera; Laura Domínguez-Escribà; Emilio Navarro; Arnau Montagud; Pedro Fernández de Córdoba; Asier González; Joaquín Ariño; Andrés Moya; Javier Urchueguía; Manuel Porcar

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.005

Aequorin-expressing yeast emits light under electric control

Cristina Vilanova, Ángeles Hueso, Carles Palanca, Guillem Marco, Miguel Pitarch, Eduardo Otero, Juny Crespo, Jerzy Szablowski, Sara Rivera, Laura Domínguez-Escribà, Emilio Navarro, Arnau Montagud, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba, Asier González, Joaquín Ariño, Andrés Moya, Javier Urchueguía, Manuel Porcar

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Abstract

In this study, we show the use of direct external electrical stimulation of a jellyfish luminescent calcium-activated protein, aequorin, expressed in a transgenic yeast strain. Yeast cultures were electrically stimulated through two electrodes coupled to a standard power generator. Even low (1.5. V) electric pulses triggered a rapid light peak and serial light pulses were obtained after electric pulses were applied periodically, suggesting that the system is re-enacted after a short refraction time. These results open up a new scenario, in the very interphase between synthetic biology and cybernetics, in which complex cellular behavior might be subjected to electrical control. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-95
Journal	Journal of Biotechnology
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.005
Publication status	Published - 20 Mar 2011

Keywords

Aequorin
Bioelectronics
Bioluminescence
Synthetic biology
Yeast electro-stimulation

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Vilanova, C., Hueso, Á., Palanca, C., Marco, G., Pitarch, M., Otero, E., Crespo, J., Szablowski, J., Rivera, S., Domínguez-Escribà, L., Navarro, E., Montagud, A., de Córdoba, P. F., González, A., Ariño, J., Moya, A., Urchueguía, J., & Porcar, M. (2011). Aequorin-expressing yeast emits light under electric control. Journal of Biotechnology, 152, 93-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.005

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