diff --git a/wiki/pages/description.html b/wiki/pages/description.html index 1a0aa6b52bba3f063fb556ca7bb78079436cd873..ae3e38484b35c978acc28e5f511ff3e53fcf3a57 100644 --- a/wiki/pages/description.html +++ b/wiki/pages/description.html @@ -10,8 +10,107 @@ <h1 class="content-header2">Description</h1> <section> - <h2></h2> - <p></p> + <h2 class="c-green">1. Background</h2> + <p> + Gastric cancer is the second incidence of cancer in China, and the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori (H. + pylori) in the high incidence of gastric cancer is more than 60%. <i>H. pylori</i> infection has been identified as a + major carcinogenic factor causing gastric cancer, so its detection has also been included in a common item in + physical examination. Early detection and effective treatment of <i>H. pylori</i> infection can effectively reduce + the incidence of a series of gastric diseases, such as gastric ulcers and gastric cancer. In recent years, H. + pylori infection has emerged as an especially big problem in China. The current infection rate of HP stands at + 49.6%, which is slightly higher than the global infection rate of 48.5%. Nowadays, the methods of detecting H. + pylori are mainly based on the C-13/c-14 test, Blood and fecal antigen testing, et.al, which is not convenient + for daily life. + </p> + <p> + Based on CRISPR pathogenic microbial detection technology was developed in recent years, and was applied to a + series of pathogenic microorganism detection, such as HPV and nCov2, has the advantages of being fast and + efficient, so the development of CRISPR rapid detection of <i>H. pylori</i> can effectively prevent or find <i>H. pylori</i> + infection as soon as possible, so as to reduce the incidence of gastric cancer. This CRISPR rapid detection + technology mainly includes two types, one is the Cas13a-based SHERLOCK system, the former for detecting + microorganisms with RNA as genetic material, and the Cas12a-based DETECTR system with DNA as genetic material. + These methods have the advantages of being fast, accurate, and easy to operate. + </p> + <p> + In order to develop a self-diagnostic box that could be used in daily life or even be used in under-developed + countries with poor medical conditions, we employed FnCas12a protein, and build up an in vitro reaction system + for <i>H. pylori</i> detection (Figure 1). + </p> + <div class="imager"> + <img class="rw-100" src="https://static.igem.wiki/teams/4304/wiki/description/t-ykpao-description-01.jpg" + alt=""> + <span class="figure"> + Figure 1. the principle of our in vitro <i>H. pylori</i> detection platform + </span> + </div> + </section> + + <section> + <h2 class="c-green">2. Experiment Design</h2> + <p> + Our team aims to develop an in vitro reaction system for <i>H. pylori</i> detection with FnCas12a. We synthesized + four DNA fragments of <i>H. pylori</i> characteristics genes as targets and used the purified FnCas12a protein to + recognize and cut those target genes. + </p> + + <section> + <h3>General Experiment Procedure</h3> + <p> + First, we synthesized four target genes of <i>H. pylori</i>, 16S, cagA, ipaH, and invA, as our target genes of + FnCas12a, and the genes were synthesized into the pUC57 plasmid by a gene synthesis company. What’s more, we + inserted the FnCas12a gene fragment into the pET28a vector for protein expression. + </p> + <p> + Next, we transformed the recombinant plasmids pET28a-FnCas12a into BL21(DE3), inoculated the strain and + induced the expression of FnCas12a with IPTG when the OD<sub>600</sub> was around 0.6-1.0, and cultured at 16℃ for 12h. + Subsequently, we used nickel affinity purification to purify the acquired Cas12a proteins from other + proteins in <i>E. coli</i>. + </p> + <p> + Then, we obtained the sgRNAs through an in vitro transcriptional method and extracted the target sgRNAs + fragments. We mixed the purified FnCas12a protein, the sgRNAs, the corresponding plasmids containing DNA + fragments, and the reaction buffer, and we incubated the reaction system at 37°C for 2 hours, and we + verified the result by gel electrophoresis. + </p> + <p> + Finally, we designed a reporter system to easy detection the activity of FnCas12a, and then we measured the + fluorescence intensity. + </p> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <h2 class="c-green">3. Expected Results</h2> + <ol class="l-top-05"> + <li>Successfully construct 16S, cagA, ipaH, and invA cantaining plasmids, and pET-28a-FnCas12a plasmids.</li> + <li>Expressed and purified FnCas12a protein.</li> + <li>Set up an in vitro reaction platform for FnCas12a activity detection.</li> + <li>Measure the fluorescence intensity of the reaction system containing the reporter system.</li> + </ol> + </section> + + <section> + <h2 class="c-green">4. Reference</h2> + <ol class="l-top-05 text-justify"> + <li>Polk, D., Peek, R. 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