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A more efficient treatment of TB should contain a drug which rapidly kills mycobacteria and a delivery system for such drug, which could enable the killing of mycobacteria inside the infected macrophages. In our system the rapid drug is Trehalose Dimycolate Hydrolase (TDMH), while the delivery system is LLO carrying strain of <em>E. coli</em>.
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An effective TB therapy must reach mycobacteria inside lung macrophages. In this system, <i>E. coli</i> express lysteriolysin O (LLO) to enter the macrophage cytosol and Trehalose Dimycolate Hydrolase (TDMH) to degrade the pathogen's membrane.
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FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS WITH MODERN WEAPONS

To defeat tuberculosis, we need new biotechnology. Our work will add 4 new tools to the anti-TB medical armamentarium. Detect - A CRISPR-based biosensor delivered by phage and sequence-specific for antibiotic resistance. Target - An E. coli model hosting an essential mycobacterial metabolic pathway that could simplify drug screening. Infiltrate - A E. coli strain capable of entering infected macrophages and lysing mycobacteria. Sabotage - A non-lytic phage that spreads horizontally in a bacterial population and expresses an siRNA to knock down antibiotic resistance.

Infiltrate

An effective TB therapy must reach mycobacteria inside lung macrophages. In this system, E. coli express lysteriolysin O (LLO) to enter the macrophage cytosol and Trehalose Dimycolate Hydrolase (TDMH) to degrade the pathogen's membrane.

Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI)
Faculty of Medicine Cochin Port-Royal, South wing, 2nd floor
Paris Descartes University
24, rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques
75014 Paris, France
+33 1 44 41 25 22/25
team2013@igem-paris.org
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