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Abstract
While early synthetic biology circuits were implemented in unicellular organisms, new tools for genome editing allow their realization in multicellular systems and bottom-up reconstruction of multicellular phenomena. Still, context dependence and the general lack of robustness challenge the implementation of synthetic gene circuits in mammalian cells; such difficulties can be compensated using control strategies. Here, we propose the first in silico implementation of engineered multicellular control in mammalian cells, through a feedback loop distributed across two cell populations. Our design encompasses a negative feedback loop between the controller and target cell populations, and orthogonal communication devices; also, the controller cell population responds to an external input, considered as the control reference in the system. We adapted an existing Ordinary Differential Equation model for synthetic two-way communication to formalize our design; a computational proof-of-concept of the control strategy feasibility is provided, together with an indication of the possible biological parts to be used for the system experimental implementation. Our approach can be advantageous thanks to its modularity and reduced cell burden; two-way communication-based control could be later used for the implementation of complex multicellular systems with the desired functionality.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2019 18th European Control Conference, ECC 2019 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
Pages | 2669-2674 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783907144008 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Event | 18th European Control Conference, ECC 2019 - Naples, Italy Duration: 25 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019 |
Publication series
Name | 2019 18th European Control Conference, ECC 2019 |
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Conference
Conference | 18th European Control Conference, ECC 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Naples |
Period | 25/06/19 → 28/06/19 |
Research Groups and Themes
- BrisSynBio
- Bristol BioDesign Institute
- Engineering Mathematics Research Group
Keywords
- Synthetic Biology
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Unravelling the role of beta-catenin in ground state pluripotency
Marucci, L. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/16 → 29/02/20
Project: Research
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BrisSynBio: Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology
Woolfson, D. N. (Principal Investigator)
31/07/14 → 31/03/22
Project: Research