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bioRxiv
date
Mar 7, 2026
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Published
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首次利用四面体DNA纳米结构(TDNs)作为纳米载体,通过内吞作用介导亚精胺递送至花粉管,实现对花粉管伸长的调控;功能化TDN显著增强核定位能力,为作物生殖工程提供新工具。
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合成生物学
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Post

📄 原文题目

Programmable DNA nanocages to modulate pollen tube growth via active uptake

🔗 原文链接

💡 AI 核心解读

首次利用四面体DNA纳米结构(TDNs)作为纳米载体,通过内吞作用介导亚精胺递送至花粉管,实现对花粉管伸长的调控;功能化TDN显著增强核定位能力,为作物生殖工程提供新工具。

📝 英文原版摘要

Delivering biomolecules into pollen tubes that deliver sperm cells for plant fertilization remains technically challenging due to thick cell walls and rapid polarized growth, hindering reproductive engineering. DNA nanotechnology offers a promising alternative over current delivery methods due to their biocompatibility, programmable design, low cytotoxicity, and stimulus-responsive properties, yet their application in plants remains underexplored. Here, we provide the first demonstration of tetrahedral DNA nanostructures (TDNs) as nanocarriers for active, endocytosis-mediated uptake into Arabidopsis pollen tubes, enabling spermidine delivery that shortens pollen tube elongation through actin reorganization and ROS modulation. TDN-treated pollen tubes grew through the Arabidopsis stigma and style, underwent capacitation, and maintained attraction to ovules in a semi-in-vivo assay, preserving reproductive fitness. Furthermore, we demonstrate that functionalization of TDNs with nuclear localization signal peptide significantly enhances nuclear localization. Collectively, these findings establish DNA nanostructures as effective nanocarriers for targeted biomolecule delivery and precise pollen tube modulation, advancing crop reproductive engineering.
一种用于原位表征膜蛋白的自动化HDX-MS平台FourC:识别1D染色质构象数据中的显著和差异接触
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