Journal: Cellular microbiology
Article Title: Differential function of Listeria monocytogenes listeriolysin O and phospholipases C in vacuolar dissolution following cell-to-cell spread.
doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00780.x
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. LLO is dispensable for cell-to-cell spread between human-derived macrophages and human epithelial cells. Human-derived U937 macrophages were infected in the absence of IPTG with pre-induced iLLO, DPLCs iLLO or DPI-PLC iLLO bacteria at a moi of 50:1. At 6 h post infection, infected U937 macrophages were added to monolayers of Hep2 epithelial cells at a moi of 2:3 (primary to secondary host cell ratio) in the presence of gentamicin and in the absence of IPTG (secondary infection). Monolayers were overlaid 3 h post secondary infection with an agarose medium mixture containing gentamicin without IPTG. Plaques within the monolayers were visualized 5–6 days post secondary infection. A. Heterologous plaquing assay with iLLO bacteria. A total of 4 ¥ 105 infected U937 (representing a total of 1–2 ¥ 106 bacteria) were used to infect a monolayer of Hep2 cells. Arrows point to representative plaques. Each plaque is the result of a successful heterologous cell-to-cell spread event followed by subsequent cell-to-cell spreading and Hep2 cell lysis. B. Heterologous plaquing assay with DPLCs iLLO bacteria. C. Heterologous plaquing assay with DPI-PLC iLLO bacteria. D. Monolayers of Hep2 cells were left uninfected. E. A total of 1.25 ¥ 108 wild-type bacteria were added directly to Hep2 cells in the presence of gentamicin. F. U937 lysate (representing a total of 1–2 ¥ 106 iLLO bacteria) were added directly to Hep2 cells in the presence of gentamicin.
Article Snippet: Tissue culture cell growth conditions Human-derived U937 macrophages (ATCC CRL-1593.2) and human Hep2 epithelial cells (ATCC CCL-23) were cultured in RPMI medium (Mediatech, Herndon, VA) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; HyClone, Logan, UT), 2 mM glutamine, 1 mM sodium pyruvate, 100 mg ml-1 penicillin and streptomycin (P/S) and 55 mM b-mercaptoethanol (b-ME) (RPMI10).
Techniques: Derivative Assay, Infection, Bacteria, Lysis