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ArticleScientific reports2021

High mechanical property silk produced by transgenic silkworms expressing the spidroins PySp1 and ASG1.

Xiaoli Tang, Xiaogang Ye, Xiaoxiao Wang, Shuo Zhao, Meiyu Wu, Jinghua Ruan, Boxiong Zhong

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Xiaoli Tang *College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaogang Ye *College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoxiao WangCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Shuo ZhaoCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Meiyu WuCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jinghua RuanCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Boxiong ZhongCollege of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. bxzhong@zju.edu.cn.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spider silk is one of the best natural fibers with excellent mechanical properties; however, due to the visual awareness, biting behavior and territory consciousness of spiders, we cannot obtain spider silk by large-scale breeding. Silkworms have a spinning system similar to that of spiders, and the use of transgenic technology in Bombyx mori, which is an ideal reactor for producing spider silk, is routine. In this study, the piggyBac transposon technique was used to achieve specific expression of two putative spider silk genes in the posterior silk glands of silkworms: aggregate spider glue 1 (ASG1) of Trichonephila clavipes (approximately 1.2 kb) and two repetitive units of pyriform spidroin 1 (PySp1) of Argiope argentata (approximately 1.4 kb). Then, two reconstituted spider silk-producing strains, the AG and PA strains, were obtained. Finally, the toughness of the silk fiber was increased by up to 91.5% and the maximum stress was enhanced by 36.9% in PA, and the respective properties in AG were increased by 21.0% and 34.2%. In summary, these two spider genes significantly enhanced the mechanical properties of silk fiber, which can provide a basis for spidroin silk production.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBombyxDNA Transposable ElementsFibroinsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPlasmidsSilkSpidersStress, MechanicalDNA Transposable ElementsFibroinsSilkspidroin 1

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PMID34697320
PMCPMC8546084
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