title: Cell-surface receptor control that depends on the size of a synthetic equilateral-triangular RNA-protein complex.
abstract: A human cell surface displays many complex-structured receptors for receiving extracellular signals to regulate cellular functions. The use of precisely regulated signal-controls of the receptors could have possibilities beyond the current synthetic biology research that begins with the transfection of exogenous molecules to rewire intracellular circuits. However, by using a current ligand-receptor technique, the configuration of the artificially assembled cell surface molecules has been undefined because the assemblage is an unsystematic molecular clustering. Thus, the system bears improvements for precisely regulating receptor functions. We report here a new tool that refines stereochemically-controlled positioning of an assembled surface receptor. The tool performs rationally as an ON/OFF switch and is finely tunable so that a 3 to 6 nm size difference of the device precisely distinguishes the efficiency of apoptosis induced via cell-surface receptor binding. We discuss the potential use of the device in next-generation synthetic biology and in cell surface studies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: 1] Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan [2].
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Furushima
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Tan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010316:Particle Size; D011485:Protein Binding; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058615:Synthetic Biology
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012313:RNA