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Ang MLT, Pethe K. Contribution of high-content imaging technologies to the development of anti-infective drugs. Cytometry A 2016; 89:755-60. [PMID: 27272127 PMCID: PMC5089693 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Originally developed to study fundamental aspects of cellular biology, high‐content imaging (HCI) was rapidly adapted to study host–pathogen interactions at the cellular level and adopted as a technology of choice to unravel disease biology. HCI platforms allow for the visualization and quantification of discrete phenotypes that cannot be captured using classical screening approaches. A key advantage of high‐content screening technologies lies in the possibility to develop and interrogate physiologically significant, predictive ex vivo disease models that reproduce complex conditions relevant for infection. Here we review and discuss recent advances in HCI technologies and chemical biology approaches that are contributing to an increased understanding of the intricate host–pathogen interrelationship on the cellular level, and which will foster the development of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of human bacterial and protozoan infections. © 2016 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of ISAC
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- Michelle Lay Teng Ang
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Brown KA, Yang X, Schipper D, Hall JW, DePue LJ, Gnanam AJ, Arambula JF, Jones JN, Swaminathan J, Dieye Y, Vadivelu J, Chandler DJ, Marcotte EM, Sessler JL, Ehrlich LIR, Jones RA. A self-assembling lanthanide molecular nanoparticle for optical imaging. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:2667-75. [PMID: 25512085 PMCID: PMC4401500 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02646b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chromophores that incorporate f-block elements have considerable potential for use in bioimaging applications because of their advantageous photophysical properties compared to organic dye, which are currently widely used. We are developing new classes of lanthanide-based self-assembling molecular nanoparticles as reporters for imaging and as multi-functional nanoprobes or nanosensors for use with biological samples. One class of these materials, which we call lanthanide "nano-drums", are homogeneous 4d-4f clusters approximately 25 to 30 Å in diameter. These are capable of emitting from the visible to near-infrared wavelengths. Here, we present the synthesis, crystal structure, photophysical properties and comparative cytotoxicity data for a 32 metal Eu-Cd nano-drum [Eu(8)Cd(24)L(12)(OAc)(48)] (1). We also explored the imaging capabilities of this nano-drum using epifluorescence, TIRF, and two-photon microscopy platforms.
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- Katherine A. Brown
- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Malt LM, Perrett CA, Humphrey S, Jepson MA. Applications of microscopy in Salmonella research. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1225:165-98. [PMID: 25253256 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1625-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Salmonella enterica is a Gram-negative enteropathogen that can cause localized infections, typically resulting in gastroenteritis, or systemic infection, e.g., typhoid fever, in humans and many other animals. Understanding the mechanisms by which Salmonella induces disease has been the focus of intensive research. This has revealed that Salmonella invasion requires dynamic cross-talk between the microbe and host cells, in which bacterial adherence rapidly leads to a complex sequence of cellular responses initiated by proteins translocated into the host cell by a type 3 secretion system. Once these Salmonella-induced responses have resulted in bacterial invasion, proteins translocated by a second type 3 secretion system initiate further modulation of cellular activities to enable survival and replication of the invading pathogen. Elucidation of the complex and highly dynamic pathogen-host interactions ultimately requires analysis at the level of single cells and single infection events. To achieve this goal, researchers have applied a diverse range of microscopy techniques to analyze Salmonella infection in models ranging from whole animal to isolated cells and simple eukaryotic organisms. For example, electron microscopy and high-resolution light microscopy techniques such as confocal microscopy can reveal the precise location of Salmonella and its relationship to cellular components. Widefield light microscopy is a simpler approach with which to study the interaction of bacteria with host cells and often has advantages for live cell imaging, enabling detailed analysis of the dynamics of infection and cellular responses. Here we review the use of imaging techniques in Salmonella research and compare the capabilities of different classes of microscope to address specific types of research question. We also provide protocols and notes on some microscopy techniques used routinely in our own research.
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- Layla M Malt
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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Choong FX, Richter-Dahlfors A. Intravital two-photon imaging to understand bacterial infections of the mammalian host. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1197:87-100. [PMID: 25172276 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1261-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Intravital two-photon microscopy (2PM) is an advanced fluorescence based imaging technique that allows for a cinematic study of physiological events occurring within tissues of the live animal. Based on this real-time imaging platform, the pathophysiology of bacterial infections can be studied in the most relevant of model systems-the live host. Whereas traditional animal models of host-pathogen interaction studies rely on end stage analysis of dissected tissues, noninvasive intravital imaging allows for real-time monitoring of infection during shorter or extended time frames. Here we describe the use of advanced surgical techniques for initiation of spatially and temporally well-controlled kidney infections in rats, and how the bacterial whereabouts can be studied while at the same time monitoring the host's altered tissue homeostasis based on real-time deep tissue imaging on the 2PM platform. Whereas this chapter focuses on pyelonephritis induced by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) in rats, the major concepts can easily be translated to numerous infections in a variety of organs.
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- Ferdinand X Choong
- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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Choong FX, Sandoval RM, Molitoris BA, Richter-Dahlfors A. Multiphoton microscopy applied for real-time intravital imaging of bacterial infections in vivo. Methods Enzymol 2012; 506:35-61. [PMID: 22341218 PMCID: PMC4136485 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-391856-7.00027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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To understand the underlying mechanisms of bacterial infections, researchers have for long addressed the molecular interactions occurring when the bacterium interacts with host target cells. In these studies, primarily based on in vitro systems, molecular details have been revealed along with increased knowledge regarding the general infection process. With the recent advancements in in vivo imaging techniques, we are now in a position to bridge a transition from classical minimalistic in vitro approaches to allow infections to be studied in its native complexity-the live organ. Techniques such as multiphoton microscopy (MPM) allow cellular-level visualization of the dynamic infection process in real time within the living host. Studies in which all interplaying factors, such as the influences of the immune, lymphatic, and vascular systems can be accounted for, are likely to provide new insights to our current understanding of the infection process. MPM imaging becomes extra powerful when combined with advanced surgical procedure, allowing studies of the illusive early hours of infection. In this chapter, our intention is to provide a general view on how to design and carry out intravital imaging of a bacterial infection. While exemplifying this using a spatiotemporally well-controlled uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) infection in rat kidneys, we hope to provide the reader with general considerations that can be adapted to other bacterial infections in organs other than the kidney.
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- Ferdinand X Choong
- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Melican K, Sandoval RM, Kader A, Josefsson L, Tanner GA, Molitoris BA, Richter-Dahlfors A. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli P and Type 1 fimbriae act in synergy in a living host to facilitate renal colonization leading to nephron obstruction. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1001298. [PMID: 21383970 PMCID: PMC3044688 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The progression of a natural bacterial infection is a dynamic process influenced by the physiological characteristics of the target organ. Recent developments in live animal imaging allow for the study of the dynamic microbe-host interplay in real-time as the infection progresses within an organ of a live host. Here we used multiphoton microscopy-based live animal imaging, combined with advanced surgical procedures, to investigate the role of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) attachment organelles P and Type 1 fimbriae in renal bacterial infection. A GFP+ expressing variant of UPEC strain CFT073 and genetically well-defined isogenic mutants were microinfused into rat glomerulus or proximal tubules. Within 2 h bacteria colonized along the flat squamous epithelium of the Bowman's capsule despite being exposed to the primary filtrate. When facing the challenge of the filtrate flow in the proximal tubule, the P and Type 1 fimbriae appeared to act in synergy to promote colonization. P fimbriae enhanced early colonization of the tubular epithelium, while Type 1 fimbriae mediated colonization of the center of the tubule via a mechanism believed to involve inter-bacterial binding and biofilm formation. The heterogeneous bacterial community within the tubule subsequently affected renal filtration leading to total obstruction of the nephron within 8 h. Our results reveal the importance of physiological factors such as filtration in determining bacterial colonization patterns, and demonstrate that the spatial resolution of an infectious niche can be as small as the center, or periphery, of a tubule lumen. Furthermore, our data show how secondary physiological injuries such as obstruction contribute to the full pathophysiology of pyelonephritis. When bacteria such as uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) infect a living kidney, they face numerous physiological challenges such as the flow of urine. Bacteria need to attach themselves to the epithelial linings of the kidney to withstand this flow. In this work we use a live animal imaging model to study how UPEC colonize a living kidney despite the physiological challenges they face. We show that P and Type 1 fimbriae, two of the most well described UPEC adhesion factors, work together to promote successful bacterial colonization. P fimbriae mediate binding between the bacteria and the epithelial cells lining the tubules, while Type 1 appears to play a role in inter-bacterial binding and biofilm formation in the center parts of the lumen. The heterogeneous bacterial community which filled the tubule was subsequently shown to effect nephron filtration and resulted in a total loss of filtrate flow i.e. obstruction. This work demonstrates the interplay between the bacterial and host aspects, indicating how factors such as filtration may affect bacterial adhesion and vice versa. It also highlights the multifactorial basis of kidney infection, demonstrating how physiological injuries such as obstruction may contribute towards the full pathophysiology of pyelonephritis.
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- Keira Melican
- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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