--- _id: '8586' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) of cellular specimens provides insights into biological processes and structures within a native context. However, a major challenge still lies in the efficient and reproducible preparation of adherent cells for subsequent cryo-EM analysis. This is due to the sensitivity of many cellular specimens to the varying seeding and culturing conditions required for EM experiments, the often limited amount of cellular material and also the fragility of EM grids and their substrate. Here, we present low-cost and reusable 3D printed grid holders, designed to improve specimen preparation when culturing challenging cellular samples directly on grids. The described grid holders increase cell culture reproducibility and throughput, and reduce the resources required for cell culturing. We show that grid holders can be integrated into various cryo-EM workflows, including micro-patterning approaches to control cell seeding on grids, and for generating samples for cryo-focused ion beam milling and cryo-electron tomography experiments. Their adaptable design allows for the generation of specialized grid holders customized to a large variety of applications. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio - _id: EM-Fac acknowledgement: This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, P33367) to FKMS. BZ acknowledges support by the Niederösterreich Fond. This research was also supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp), the Life Science Facility (LSF), the BioImaging Facility (BIF) and the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF). We thank Georgi Dimchev (IST Austria) and Sonja Jacob (Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities) for testing our grid holders in different experimental setups and Daniel Gütl and the Kondrashov group (IST Austria) for granting us repeated access to their 3D printers. We also thank Jonna Alanko and the Sixt lab (IST Austria) for providing us HeLa cells, primary BL6 mouse tail fibroblasts, NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and human telomerase immortalised foreskin fibroblasts for our experiments. We are thankful to Ori Avinoam and William Wan for helpful comments on the manuscript and also thank Dorotea Fracchiolla (Art&Science) for illustrating the graphical abstract. article_number: '107633' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Florian full_name: Fäßler, Florian id: 404F5528-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fäßler orcid: 0000-0001-7149-769X - first_name: Bettina full_name: Zens, Bettina id: 45FD126C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zens orcid: 0000-0002-9561-1239 - first_name: Robert full_name: Hauschild, Robert id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hauschild orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522 - first_name: Florian KM full_name: Schur, Florian KM id: 48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schur orcid: 0000-0003-4790-8078 citation: ama: Fäßler F, Zens B, Hauschild R, Schur FK. 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. 2020;212(3). doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633 apa: Fäßler, F., Zens, B., Hauschild, R., & Schur, F. K. (2020). 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633 chicago: Fäßler, Florian, Bettina Zens, Robert Hauschild, and Florian KM Schur. “3D Printed Cell Culture Grid Holders for Improved Cellular Specimen Preparation in Cryo-Electron Microscopy.” Journal of Structural Biology. Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633. ieee: F. Fäßler, B. Zens, R. Hauschild, and F. K. Schur, “3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy,” Journal of Structural Biology, vol. 212, no. 3. Elsevier, 2020. ista: Fäßler F, Zens B, Hauschild R, Schur FK. 2020. 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. 212(3), 107633. mla: Fäßler, Florian, et al. “3D Printed Cell Culture Grid Holders for Improved Cellular Specimen Preparation in Cryo-Electron Microscopy.” Journal of Structural Biology, vol. 212, no. 3, 107633, Elsevier, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633. short: F. Fäßler, B. Zens, R. Hauschild, F.K. Schur, Journal of Structural Biology 212 (2020). date_created: 2020-09-29T13:24:06Z date_published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:05Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: FlSc doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633 external_id: isi: - '000600997800008' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c48cbf594e84fc2f91966ffaafc0918c content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-12-10T14:01:10Z date_updated: 2020-12-10T14:01:10Z file_id: '8937' file_name: 2020_JourStrucBiology_Faessler.pdf file_size: 7076870 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-12-10T14:01:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 212' isi: 1 issue: '3' keyword: - electron microscopy - cryo-EM - EM sample preparation - 3D printing - cell culture language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A grant_number: P33367 name: Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex - _id: 059B463C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E name: NÖ-Fonds Preis für die Jungforscherin des Jahres am IST Austria publication: Journal of Structural Biology publication_identifier: issn: - 1047-8477 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '14592' relation: used_in_publication status: public - id: '12491' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 212 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8657' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Synthesis of proteins – translation – is a fundamental process of life. Quantitative studies anchor translation into the context of bacterial physiology and reveal several mathematical relationships, called “growth laws,” which capture physiological feedbacks between protein synthesis and cell growth. Growth laws describe the dependency of the ribosome abundance as a function of growth rate, which can change depending on the growth conditions. Perturbations of translation reveal that bacteria employ a compensatory strategy in which the reduced translation capability results in increased expression of the translation machinery.\r\nPerturbations of translation are achieved in various ways; clinically interesting is the application of translation-targeting antibiotics – translation inhibitors. The antibiotic effects on bacterial physiology are often poorly understood. Bacterial responses to two or more simultaneously applied antibiotics are even more puzzling. The combined antibiotic effect determines the type of drug interaction, which ranges from synergy (the effect is stronger than expected) to antagonism (the effect is weaker) and suppression (one of the drugs loses its potency).\r\nIn the first part of this work, we systematically measure the pairwise interaction network for translation inhibitors that interfere with different steps in translation. We find that the interactions are surprisingly diverse and tend to be more antagonistic. To explore the underlying mechanisms, we begin with a minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action. We base this model on the kinetics of antibiotic uptake and binding together with the physiological response described by the growth laws. The biophysical model explains some drug interactions, but not all; it specifically fails to predict suppression.\r\nIn the second part of this work, we hypothesize that elusive suppressive drug interactions result from the interplay between ribosomes halted in different stages of translation. To elucidate this putative mechanism of drug interactions between translation inhibitors, we generate translation bottlenecks genetically using in- ducible control of translation factors that regulate well-defined translation cycle steps. These perturbations accurately mimic antibiotic action and drug interactions, supporting that the interplay of different translation bottlenecks partially causes these interactions.\r\nWe extend this approach by varying two translation bottlenecks simultaneously. This approach reveals the suppression of translocation inhibition by inhibited translation. We rationalize this effect by modeling dense traffic of ribosomes that move on transcripts in a translation factor-mediated manner. This model predicts a dissolution of traffic jams caused by inhibited translocation when the density of ribosome traffic is reduced by lowered initiation. We base this model on the growth laws and quantitative relationships between different translation and growth parameters.\r\nIn the final part of this work, we describe a set of tools aimed at quantification of physiological and translation parameters. We further develop a simple model that directly connects the abundance of a translation factor with the growth rate, which allows us to extract physiological parameters describing initiation. We demonstrate the development of tools for measuring translation rate.\r\nThis thesis showcases how a combination of high-throughput growth rate mea- surements, genetics, and modeling can reveal mechanisms of drug interactions. Furthermore, by a gradual transition from combinations of antibiotics to precise genetic interventions, we demonstrated the equivalency between genetic and chemi- cal perturbations of translation. These findings tile the path for quantitative studies of antibiotic combinations and illustrate future approaches towards the quantitative description of translation." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: M-Shop acknowledgement: I thank Life Science Facilities for their continuous support with providing top-notch laboratory materials, keeping the devices humming, and coordinating the repairs and building of custom-designed laboratory equipment with the MIBA Machine shop. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Bor full_name: Kavcic, Bor id: 350F91D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kavcic orcid: 0000-0001-6041-254X citation: ama: 'Kavcic B. Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657' apa: 'Kavcic, B. (2020). Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657' chicago: 'Kavcic, Bor. “Perturbations of Protein Synthesis: From Antibiotics to Genetics and Physiology.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657.' ieee: 'B. Kavcic, “Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.' ista: 'Kavcic B. 2020. Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Kavcic, Bor. Perturbations of Protein Synthesis: From Antibiotics to Genetics and Physiology. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657.' short: 'B. Kavcic, Perturbations of Protein Synthesis: From Antibiotics to Genetics and Physiology, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.' date_created: 2020-10-13T16:46:14Z date_published: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:20:48Z day: '14' ddc: - '571' - '530' - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GaTk doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: d708ecd62b6fcc3bc1feb483b8dbe9eb content_type: application/pdf creator: bkavcic date_created: 2020-10-15T06:41:20Z date_updated: 2021-10-07T22:30:03Z embargo: 2021-10-06 file_id: '8663' file_name: kavcicB_thesis202009.pdf file_size: 52636162 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: bb35f2352a04db19164da609f00501f3 content_type: application/zip creator: bkavcic date_created: 2020-10-15T06:41:53Z date_updated: 2021-10-07T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '8664' file_name: 2020b.zip file_size: 321681247 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-10-07T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '271' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-011-4 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7673' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8250' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Mark Tobias full_name: Bollenbach, Mark Tobias id: 3E6DB97A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollenbach orcid: 0000-0003-4398-476X title: 'Perturbations of protein synthesis: from antibiotics to genetics and physiology' type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7473' abstract: - lang: eng text: How structural and functional properties of synapses relate to each other is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Electrophysiology has elucidated mechanisms of synaptic transmission, and electron microscopy (EM) has provided insight into morphological properties of synapses. Here we describe an enhanced method for functional EM (“flash and freeze”), combining optogenetic stimulation with high-pressure freezing. We demonstrate that the improved method can be applied to intact networks in acute brain slices and organotypic slice cultures from mice. As a proof of concept, we probed vesicle pool changes during synaptic transmission at the hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapse. Our findings show overlap of the docked vesicle pool and the functionally defined readily releasable pool and provide evidence of fast endocytosis at this synapse. Functional EM with acute slices and slice cultures has the potential to reveal the structural and functional mechanisms of transmission in intact, genetically perturbed, and disease-affected synapses. acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) and European Commission (EC), under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC grant agreement No. 692692 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie 708497) and from Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Z 312-B27 Wittgenstein award and DK W1205-B09). We thank Johann Danzl and Ryuichi Shigemoto for critically reading the manuscript; Walter Kaufmann, Daniel Gutl, and Vanessa Zheden for extensive EM training, advice, and experimental assistance; Benjamin Suter for substantial help with light stimulation, ImageJ plugins for analysis, and manuscript editing; Florian Marr and Christina Altmutter for technical support; Eleftheria Kralli-Beller for manuscript editing; Julia König and Paul Wurzinger (Leica Microsystems) for helpful technical discussions; and Taija Makinen for providing the Prox1-CreERT2 mouse line. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Carolina full_name: Borges Merjane, Carolina id: 4305C450-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Borges Merjane orcid: 0000-0003-0005-401X - first_name: Olena full_name: Kim, Olena id: 3F8ABDDA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kim - first_name: Peter M full_name: Jonas, Peter M id: 353C1B58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jonas orcid: 0000-0001-5001-4804 citation: ama: Borges Merjane C, Kim O, Jonas PM. Functional electron microscopy (“Flash and Freeze”) of identified cortical synapses in acute brain slices. Neuron. 2020;105:992-1006. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022 apa: Borges Merjane, C., Kim, O., & Jonas, P. M. (2020). Functional electron microscopy (“Flash and Freeze”) of identified cortical synapses in acute brain slices. Neuron. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022 chicago: Borges Merjane, Carolina, Olena Kim, and Peter M Jonas. “Functional Electron Microscopy (‘Flash and Freeze’) of Identified Cortical Synapses in Acute Brain Slices.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022. ieee: C. Borges Merjane, O. Kim, and P. M. Jonas, “Functional electron microscopy (‘Flash and Freeze’) of identified cortical synapses in acute brain slices,” Neuron, vol. 105. Elsevier, pp. 992–1006, 2020. ista: Borges Merjane C, Kim O, Jonas PM. 2020. Functional electron microscopy (“Flash and Freeze”) of identified cortical synapses in acute brain slices. Neuron. 105, 992–1006. mla: Borges Merjane, Carolina, et al. “Functional Electron Microscopy (‘Flash and Freeze’) of Identified Cortical Synapses in Acute Brain Slices.” Neuron, vol. 105, Elsevier, 2020, pp. 992–1006, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022. short: C. Borges Merjane, O. Kim, P.M. Jonas, Neuron 105 (2020) 992–1006. date_created: 2020-02-10T15:59:45Z date_published: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:07Z day: '18' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: PeJo doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000520854700008' pmid: - '31928842' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3582664addf26859e86ac5bec3e01416 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-11-20T08:58:53Z date_updated: 2020-11-20T08:58:53Z file_id: '8778' file_name: 2020_Neuron_BorgesMerjane.pdf file_size: 9712957 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-11-20T08:58:53Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 105' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 992-1006 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25B7EB9E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '692692' name: Biophysics and circuit function of a giant cortical glumatergic synapse - _id: 25BAF7B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '708497' name: Presynaptic calcium channels distribution and impact on coupling at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse - _id: 25C5A090-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z00312 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: 25C3DBB6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W01205 name: Zellkommunikation in Gesundheit und Krankheit publication: Neuron publication_identifier: issn: - 0896-6273 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/flash-and-freeze-reveals-dynamics-of-nerve-connections/ record: - id: '11196' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Functional electron microscopy (“Flash and Freeze”) of identified cortical synapses in acute brain slices tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 105 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8250' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Antibiotics that interfere with translation, when combined, interact in diverse and difficult-to-predict ways. Here, we explain these interactions by “translation bottlenecks”: points in the translation cycle where antibiotics block ribosomal progression. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of drug interactions between translation inhibitors, we generate translation bottlenecks genetically using inducible control of translation factors that regulate well-defined translation cycle steps. These perturbations accurately mimic antibiotic action and drug interactions, supporting that the interplay of different translation bottlenecks causes these interactions. We further show that growth laws, combined with drug uptake and binding kinetics, enable the direct prediction of a large fraction of observed interactions, yet fail to predict suppression. However, varying two translation bottlenecks simultaneously supports that dense traffic of ribosomes and competition for translation factors account for the previously unexplained suppression. These results highlight the importance of “continuous epistasis” in bacterial physiology.' acknowledgement: "We thank M. Hennessey-Wesen, I. Tomanek, K. Jain, A. Staron, K. Tomasek, M. Scott,\r\nK.C. Huang, and Z. Gitai for reading the manuscript and constructive comments. B.K. is\r\nindebted to C. Guet for additional guidance and generous support, which rendered this\r\nwork possible. B.K. thanks all members of Guet group for many helpful discussions and\r\nsharing of resources. B.K. additionally acknowledges the tremendous support from A.\r\nAngermayr and K. Mitosch with experimental work. We further thank E. Brown for\r\nhelpful comments regarding lamotrigine, and A. Buskirk for valuable suggestions\r\nregarding the ribosome footprint size. This work was supported in part by Austrian\r\nScience Fund (FWF) standalone grants P 27201-B22 (to T.B.) and P 28844 (to G.T.),\r\nHFSP program Grant RGP0042/2013 (to T.B.), German Research Foundation (DFG)\r\nstandalone grant BO 3502/2-1 (to T.B.), and German Research Foundation (DFG)\r\nCollaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1310 (to T.B.). Open access funding provided by\r\nProjekt DEAL." article_number: '4013' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Bor full_name: Kavcic, Bor id: 350F91D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kavcic orcid: 0000-0001-6041-254X - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Tobias full_name: Bollenbach, Tobias id: 3E6DB97A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollenbach orcid: 0000-0003-4398-476X citation: ama: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. Mechanisms of drug interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications. 2020;11. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z apa: Kavcic, B., Tkačik, G., & Bollenbach, M. T. (2020). Mechanisms of drug interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z chicago: Kavcic, Bor, Gašper Tkačik, and Mark Tobias Bollenbach. “Mechanisms of Drug Interactions between Translation-Inhibiting Antibiotics.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z. ieee: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, and M. T. Bollenbach, “Mechanisms of drug interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics,” Nature Communications, vol. 11. Springer Nature, 2020. ista: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. 2020. Mechanisms of drug interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications. 11, 4013. mla: Kavcic, Bor, et al. “Mechanisms of Drug Interactions between Translation-Inhibiting Antibiotics.” Nature Communications, vol. 11, 4013, Springer Nature, 2020, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z. short: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, M.T. Bollenbach, Nature Communications 11 (2020). date_created: 2020-08-12T09:13:50Z date_published: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:08Z day: '11' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z external_id: isi: - '000562769300008' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 986bebb308850a55850028d3d2b5b664 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-08-17T07:36:57Z date_updated: 2020-08-17T07:36:57Z file_id: '8275' file_name: 2020_NatureComm_Kavcic.pdf file_size: 1965672 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-08-17T07:36:57Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25E9AF9E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P27201-B22 name: Revealing the mechanisms underlying drug interactions - _id: 254E9036-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P28844-B27 name: Biophysics of information processing in gene regulation publication: Nature Communications publication_identifier: issn: - 2041-1723 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '8657' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public title: Mechanisms of drug interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 11 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7673' abstract: - lang: eng text: Combining drugs can improve the efficacy of treatments. However, predicting the effect of drug combinations is still challenging. The combined potency of drugs determines the drug interaction, which is classified as synergistic, additive, antagonistic, or suppressive. While probabilistic, non-mechanistic models exist, there is currently no biophysical model that can predict antibiotic interactions. Here, we present a physiologically relevant model of the combined action of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis by targeting the ribosome. This model captures the kinetics of antibiotic binding and transport, and uses bacterial growth laws to predict growth in the presence of antibiotic combinations. We find that this biophysical model can produce all drug interaction types except suppression. We show analytically that antibiotics which cannot bind to the ribosome simultaneously generally act as substitutes for one another, leading to additive drug interactions. Previously proposed null expectations for higher-order drug interactions follow as a limiting case of our model. We further extend the model to include the effects of direct physical or allosteric interactions between individual drugs on the ribosome. Notably, such direct interactions profoundly change the combined drug effect, depending on the kinetic parameters of the drugs used. The model makes additional predictions for the effects of resistance genes on drug interactions and for interactions between ribosome-targeting antibiotics and antibiotics with other targets. These findings enhance our understanding of the interplay between drug action and cell physiology and are a key step toward a general framework for predicting drug interactions. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Bor full_name: Kavcic, Bor id: 350F91D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kavcic orcid: 0000-0001-6041-254X - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Tobias full_name: Bollenbach, Tobias id: 3E6DB97A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollenbach orcid: 0000-0003-4398-476X citation: ama: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. A minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action. bioRxiv. 2020. doi:10.1101/2020.04.18.047886 apa: Kavcic, B., Tkačik, G., & Bollenbach, M. T. (2020). A minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action. bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.18.047886 chicago: Kavcic, Bor, Gašper Tkačik, and Mark Tobias Bollenbach. “A Minimal Biophysical Model of Combined Antibiotic Action.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.18.047886. ieee: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, and M. T. Bollenbach, “A minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action,” bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020. ista: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. 2020. A minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2020.04.18.047886. mla: Kavcic, Bor, et al. “A Minimal Biophysical Model of Combined Antibiotic Action.” BioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020, doi:10.1101/2020.04.18.047886. short: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, M.T. 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