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Title: Delivered complementation in planta (DCIP) enables measurement of peptide-mediated protein delivery efficiency in plants

Journal Article · · Communications Biology

Abstract Using a fluorescence complementation assay, Delivered Complementation in Planta (DCIP), we demonstrate cell-penetrating peptide-mediated cytosolic delivery of peptides and recombinant proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana. We show that DCIP enables quantitative measurement of protein delivery efficiency and enables functional screening of cell-penetrating peptides for in-planta protein delivery. Finally, we demonstrate that DCIP detects cell-penetrating peptide-mediated delivery of recombinantly expressed proteins such as mCherry and Lifeact into intact leaves. We also demonstrate delivery of a recombinant plant transcription factor, WUSCHEL (AtWUS), into N. benthamiana. RT-qPCR analysis of AtWUS delivery in Arabidopsis seedlings also suggests delivered WUS can recapitulate transcriptional changes induced by overexpression of AtWUS. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that DCIP offers a new and powerful tool for interrogating cytosolic delivery of proteins in plants and highlights future avenues for engineering plant physiology.

Research Organization:
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0020366
OSTI ID:
1994906
Journal Information:
Communications Biology, Journal Name: Communications Biology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2399-3642
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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