Probiotics are microorganisms beneficial to human health that can be engineered to perform various tasks, such as dietary supplementation, inflammation treatment, and even antitumor. Most probiotics need to overcome a hostile in vivo environment for successful colonization and survival; however, currently, no available strategies can be used to dynamically evaluate the survival or viability of probiotics in vivo, making their real use elusive. Herein, we develop a simple strategy to fabricate DNA nanodevice-modified lactobacilli for dynamically reporting probiotic viability, both in vitro and in vivo. To this end, a pH-responsive DNA nanodevice is designed, which is covalently immobilized on bacterial cells. Consequently, living lactobacilli continuously produce lactic acids and reduce the pH around cells, which activates the modified DNA nanodevices and generates strong fluorescence signals. Using this tool, we analyzed changes in the survival and viability of lactobacilli in a murine model, which holds great potential in the fields of food and medicine science.
基金:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82472103 and 82271659), the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2308085MB55), the National Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Hefei University of Technology (Project No. 202410359079), and Changning District Medical Master’s and Doctoral Innovation Talent Base (RCJD2022S02).
第一作者机构:[1]Hefei Univ Technol, Sch Food & Biol Engn, Hefei 230009, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zou Siqi,Yang Li,Tang Ruoting,et al.Monitoring probiotic viability in vivo using DNA nanodevice-decorated bacteria[J].CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL.2025,520:doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.165902.
APA:
Zou, Siqi,Yang, Li,Tang, Ruoting,Aihemaiti, Wumiti,Cheng, Ziang...&Li, Chao.(2025).Monitoring probiotic viability in vivo using DNA nanodevice-decorated bacteria.CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL,520,
MLA:
Zou, Siqi,et al."Monitoring probiotic viability in vivo using DNA nanodevice-decorated bacteria".CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 520.(2025)