Bacteria sense and respond to the environment, communicate,
and continuously interact with their surroundings, including
host bodies. For more than a century, engineers have been
trying to harness the natural ability of bacteria as live biotherapeutics
for the treatment of diseases. Recent advances in synthetic
biology facilitate the enlargement of the repertoire of
genetic parts, tools, and devices that serve as a framework for
biotherapy. This review describes bacterial species developed
for specific diseases shown in in vitro studies and clinical stages.
Here, we focus on drug delivery by programing bacteria and
discuss the challenges for safety and improvement.
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During growth of the genetically engineered E. coli CU103 in different media, extracellular DNAs released from the cells were studied. The extracellular DNAs released in the medium were concentrated by an ethanol precipitation method and then quantified by a fluorescence method using Hoechst 33258. The released extracellular DNAs were also examined by gel electrophoresis and identified by Southern hybridization for the cloned pcbCD genes. The chromosomal DNAs and recombinant plasmid containing the cloned genes were observed to be released in an exponential growth phase. In Luria-Bertani (LB) broth and MM2-GLUCOSE, 210 and 69 ng/ml of DNAs were detected, respectively, after 3-4 days incubation at 30℃ and at pH 7.0. But the released DNAs were measured to be about 10-15 ng/ml in filtered river water (FW) and Tris-EDTA (TE). The at both 15℃ and 4℃, but the released DNAs were more easily degraded at the higher temperature. The extracellular DNAs were produced about 2 times more at pH 7.0 than at both pH 5.0 and pH 9.0 in MM2-glucose medium at 30℃. Therefore, the extracellular DNAs were found to be released actively from the cells during growth in liquid media.