この作品は、ウィスコンシン大学マディソンハーマンI.シャピロ識別大学院フェローシップ（CMT）、NIHの賞AI072817（AMP）とアメリカ心臓協会賞0840059N（LJK）の大学によってサポートされていました。

1。ヒト包皮線維芽細胞（HFF）でコーティングされたカバースリップの準備<ol><li> 24ウェル組織培養プレートのウェルの底に滅菌円形のガラスのカバースリップを配置。 </li><li>コンフルエント150センチメートル2フラスコからHFFsを回収するために、1 × PBSで2回フラスコを洗い、0.025％トリプシン- EDTA 2.5 mlを加える。 ℃で5〜10分間37℃でフラスコをインキュベートする。 </li><li>手のひらに対してフラスコの側面をタップすると、フラスコから細胞を切り離すに役立ちます。細胞がフラスコから放出したら、HFF培地（ダルベッコ改変イーグル培地[DMEM] 10％のFBS、2mMのL -グルタミン、及び1％ペニシリン - ストレプトマイシン）の150mlを追加し、フラスコを洗浄し、収集する培地を使用して細胞。 </li><li>カバースリップとウェルあたりの細胞を1 mlを分注する。 </li><li>細胞は37℃、5％CO 2コンフルエントになることができます。 </li></ol> 2。 BMC開発のためのL929条件培地（CM）を準備<ol><li> L929は、コンフルエントの長い期間の後に刺激因子、マクロファージコロニーを分泌するマウス異数体の線維肉腫細胞株です。この分泌は、細胞培養1のマクロファージにマウスの骨髄細胞を開発するために使用するL929細胞からのCMが可能になります。 </li><li> L929細胞がコンフルエントになれば、彼らは球状に表示され、フラスコを持ち上げ始めるまで、彼らは追加の7から9日間インキュベートてみましょう。上清とペレットを10分間425 xgで任意の剥がれた細胞を集める。この上清はCMです。 </li><li> L929細胞の一つ150センチメートル2フラスコは、BMCの培地150mlを生成するCMの30mlを、得られます。 BMC培地を10％FBS、DMEMに20％のCM、1％ペニシリン - ストレプトマイシン、および1％L -グルタミンで構成されています。 </li></ol> 3。骨髄とBMCの細胞培養の分離<ol><li> CO 2窒息と表面を70％エタノールで消毒して、1つC57BL / 6マウスを生け贄に捧げる。 </li><li>足の近くに腹部の皮膚を持ち上げ、ハサミで切断して腹膜を公開。腹膜腔を穿刺することは避けてください。脛骨と大腿骨を露出させる足に減らす。はさみを使って脚の骨から筋肉組織をカット。 </li><li>大腿骨を削除するには、一度膝の下に、一度腰の近くにカット。冷1X PBSを含む細菌ペトリ皿に骨を置きます。 BMCは恒久的に付着するので、これらのステップのためのペトリ皿を扱う組織培養を使用しないでください。余分な筋肉組織を掻きにメスを使用してください。骨髄を公開するだけで膝の上に骨を切る。 </li><li>リピート工程（b）と（c）第2大腿骨から骨髄を収集する。 </li><li>冷1X PBS及び50 mlコニカルチューブに骨髄を取り除くために25ゲージの針で満たされた10ccの注射器を使用してください。骨は、純粋な白色度骨髄が削除され表示されます。 </li><li>どんな骨髄凝集体を分割するために22ゲージの針を通してPBS /骨髄の混合物を渡します。 </li><li> 10分間425 × gで混合物を回転させ、上清を取り除く。 </li><li> BMCの培地8 mlにペレットを再懸濁する。 8細菌ペトリ皿に細胞懸濁液と9ミリリットルのBMC培地1mlを追加。 </li><li> 37℃、5％CO 2。 </li><li> 5日目に、各プレートに10ミリリットルのBMC培地を加える。 7日目までに、細胞は完全に開発される。 BMCは、成熟後1-2週間継代培養することができます。 </li><li> BMCが分割するには、培地を除去し、各シャーレに冷1 × PBS 5 mlを加える。 4℃でインキュベート℃で30分間を、細胞は持ち上げる始めるまで。無菌トランスファーピペットを用いてプレートからするBMCをすすぐ。 </li><li> 10分間、425 × gで50 mlコニカルチューブとペレットのプールBMCが。 </li><li> 10ミリリットルのBMC培地と血球計でカウントにペレットを再懸濁する。底の丸いガラス製カバースリップで24ウェルプレートにウェル当たり2 × 10 5シードBMCは。 BMCははT.で感染する前に一晩付着してみましょう原虫。超過BMCは、後で使用するためのペトリ皿に播種することができます。 </li></ol> 4。 T.と感染細胞トキソプラズマ原虫 <ol><li> 2 × 10 6 TでコンフルエントHFFsの25cm 2のフラスコに感染原虫と細胞が溶解し始めるまでに成長（約2〜3日）。 </li><li>組織培養フラスコから感染した宿主細胞の単層を除去するために、セルスクレーパーを使用して、その後、27ゲージの針を通して外れた単分子層を渡すことによって、宿主細胞から寄生虫を離します。 </li><li>培地中の寄生虫の数を決定するために血球計数器を使用してください。 </li><li>プロトコル1、またはプロトコル3からBMCはからHFF単分子膜のカバーで、ウェル当たり10 5寄生虫に感染する。寄生虫は、37℃で3時間に侵入° C、5％CO 2をしましょう。 </li></ol> 5。 T.を開始環境ストレスによる原虫 bradyzoite開発<ol><li>培地のpHの上昇とCO 2飢餓とHFFsでBradyzoiteの開発<ol class="lalpha"><li>開発の培地を準備する。開発の培地には、RPMが含まれています私炭酸なしの1640、1％FBS、1％ペニシリン - ストレプトマイシン、および42 mMのHEPES。 〜8.0と殺菌フィルター。 </li><li>感染HFFsからDMEMを除去、1X PBSですすぎ、および開発の培地を1mlを加える。 </li><li>周囲の空気を37℃で3日間Cインキュベートする。 </li></ol></li><li> BMCの活性化<ol class="lalpha"><li> BMCが活性化するメディアを準備します。アクティベーション培地は、100U/mlのIFN -γおよび100 ng / mlのLPSを添加したBMCの媒体です。凝集を妨害するために使用する前に2分間水浴でLPSを超音波処理してください。 </li><li>井戸からBMC培地を除去し、活性化培地1mlで交換してください。 </li><li> 37℃、3日間5％CO 2を 。 </li></ol></li></ol> 6。免疫蛍光検出<ol><li> 1X PBSでウェルを三回感染リンス。 </li><li> 20分間3％ホルムアルデヒドの200ulで単層を修正。 </li><li>固定液を取り出して、1 × PBSをウェルの中にすすいでください。 </li><li>ウェルに0.1 Mグリシン200μlのを追加し、5分間放置します。 </li><li>グリシンを削除し、1X PBSでウェルをリンス。 </li><li> 30分間単分子層を透過し、ブロックするために3％の250μlのBSA/0.2％1X PBSでTritonX - 100を追加。 </li><li>ブロッキング溶液を除去し、1 × PBSでウェルを洗ってください。 </li><li> BSA/0.2％のトリトンX - 100 1X PBSで3％ローダミンDolichos biflorusアグルチニンの1:250希釈の50μlを追加。 </li><li> 1時間室温でプラットフォームシェーカー上プレートと場所をカバー</li><li> 0.2％のカバーグラスを3回洗浄トリトン各プラットフォームシェーカー上で5分間、1 × PBSでX - 100。 </li><li> 4&#39;6 -ジアミジノ-2 - フェニルインドール（DAPI）を含むVectaShieldマウンティング培地を使用してマウントカバースリップ。 </li><li>ステンドT.トキソプラズマは、100倍の倍率でローダミン用のフィルターを適切な蛍光顕微鏡を用いて可視化することができます。 </li></ol> 7。代表的な結果図1は、Tの代表的なDBAの染色を示しています。 pHのストレス下で活性化さBMMsとHFFsの原虫 。寄生虫の周りの両方のshowのDBA染色は、嚢胞壁成分の存在を示す、空胞を含む。アクティブBMMイメージは液胞の表面と一致しているDBA染色を示す。 T.の断面pHの原虫は HFFsはステンドのない内部構造を持つ嚢胞壁を示して強調した。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2091/2091fig1.jpg" alt="図1" /> 図1。ストレスT.のDBA染色ストレス状態、活性化BMMsまたはpH下で原虫。細胞内寄生虫は、HFFsを強調したローダミン共役DBA（赤）で染色した。微分干渉コントラスト（DIC）は、嚢胞の概要を示すと黒のスケールバーは2μmに等しくなります。 動物実験動物実験は、ウィスコンシン大学の動物実験委員会が定めるガイドラインおよび規則に従って行った。

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T.のbradyzoiteの発展のメカニズムは完全には理解されていませんが、分子遺伝学的解析組織培養における原虫のステージの変換には、bradyzoite嚢胞形成2,3,4に関与する遺伝子の発見につながっている。分析はまた、いくつかのbradyzoiteマーカーは活性化マクロファージ5,6の成長を含む他の長引くストレス状態で発現されるという観察につながった。上記の方法では...

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toxoplasma gondii cyst wall formation in activated bone marrow-derived macrophages and bradyzoite conditions

トキソプラズマ原虫は、温血動物の任意の有核細胞に侵入することができる偏性細胞内寄生体である。感染中に、T.原虫は tachyzoiteと呼ばれる高速な複製形態として発信しています。タキゾイトはよく特徴付けされていないシグナル伝達過程でbradyzoiteと呼ばれる成長が遅い被嚢の形に変換する。動物の中で、bradyzoite嚢胞は中枢神経系と筋肉組織で発見し、感染症の慢性期を表しています。 bradyzoitesへの変換は、高pH、またはインターフェロンγ（IFNγ）の添加により培地を用いて、CO 2飢餓による組織培養でシミュレーションを行うことができます。 Bradyzoitesは、レクチンがDolichos biflorus凝集素（DBA）が結合する嚢胞の壁の存在によって特徴付けられる。蛍光標識されたDBAは、低CO 2と高pHの培地にさらされたヒト包皮線維芽細胞（HFFs）で成長させた寄生虫の嚢胞壁を可視化するために使用されます。 BMMsがIFNγとリポ多糖（LPS）で活性化された後、同様に、内に存在する寄生虫は、マウス骨髄由来マクロファージ（BMMs）は、DBAによって検出可能な嚢胞壁が表示されます。このプロトコルは、Tの変換を誘導する方法を紹介します低CO 2とBMMsの活性化と高pHの増殖培地を使用してbradyzoitesに原虫 。宿主細胞は、カバースリップ上で培養タキゾイトに感染し、どちらかのIFNγとLPS（BMMs）の添加により活性化または三日間高pHの増殖培地（HFFs）に公開されます。感染症が完了すると、宿主細胞は、固定透過性、およびブロックされます。嚢胞壁は、蛍光顕微鏡とローダミンのDBAを使用して視覚化されます。

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トキソプラズマ原虫は、組織培養モデルで模倣することができる環境ストレスに応答して嚢胞フォームに変換します。このビデオでは、骨髄由来のマクロファージや線維芽細胞の変化、増殖培地のpHを活性化することにより、嚢胞壁の形成を調べるためのテクニックを示しています。

活性骨髄由来マクロファージとBradyzoite条件におけるトキソプラズマのシスト壁形成

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16.1K ビュー.  University of Wisconsin. トキソプラズマ原虫は、組織培養モデルで模倣することができる環境ストレスに応答して嚢胞フォームに変換します。このビデオでは、骨髄由来のマクロファージや線維芽細胞の変化、増殖培地のpHを活性化することにより、嚢胞壁の形成を調べるためのテクニックを示しています。

ビデオ: Toxoplasma gondii Cyst Wall Formation in Activated Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages and Bradyzoite Conditions

Obtaining Highly Purified Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts by a Discontinuous Cesium Chloride Gradient

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan pathogen that commonly infects humans. It is a well characterized apicomplexan associated with causing food- and water-borne disease outbreaks. The definitive host is the feline species where sexual replication occurs resulting in the development of the highly infectious and environmentally resistant oocyst. Infection occurs via ingestion of tissue cysts from contaminated meat or oocysts from soil or water. Infection is typically asymptomatic in healthy individuals, but results in a life-long latent infection that can reactivate causing toxoplasmic encephalitis and death if the individual becomes immunocompromised. Meat contaminated with T. gondii cysts have been the primary source of infection in Europe and the United States, but recent changes in animal management and husbandry practices and improved food handling and processing procedures have significantly reduced the prevalence of T. gondii cysts in meat1, 2. Nonetheless, seroprevalence in humans remains relatively high suggesting that exposure from oocyst contaminated soil or water is likely. Indeed, waterborne outbreaks of toxoplasmosis have been reported worldwide supporting the theory exposure to the environmental oocyst form poses a significant health risk3-5. To date, research on understanding the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the water and environment are limited due to the lack of tools to detect oocysts in the environment 5, 6. This is primarily due to the lack of efficient purification protocols for obtaining large numbers of highly purified T gondii oocysts from infected cats for research purposes. This study describes the development of a modified CsCl method that easily purifies T. gondii oocysts from feces of infected cats that are suitable for molecular biological and tissue culture manipulation7.

Obtaining Highly Purified Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts by a Discontinuous Cesium Chloride Gradient

This study describes the development of a modified CsCl method that easily purifies T. gondii oocysts from feces of infected cats that are suitable for molecular biological and tissue culture manipulation

高純度の取得トキソプラズマ</em不連続塩化セシウム勾配別>オーシスト

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan pathogen that commonly infects humans. It is a well characterized apicomplexan associated with ...

免疫・感染学

Transnuclear Mice with Pre-defined T Cell Receptor Specificities Against Toxoplasma gondii Obtained Via SCNT

Lymphocytes, such as T cells, undergo genetic V(D)J recombination, to generate a receptor with a certain specificity1. Mice transgenic for a rearranged antigen-specific T cell receptor (TCR) have been an indispensable tool to study T cell development and function. However, such TCRs are usually isolated from the relevant T cells after long-term culture often following repeated antigen stimulation, which unavoidably selects for T cells with high affinity. Random genomic integration of the TCR &alpha;- and &beta;-chain and expression from non-endogenous promoters can lead to variations in expression level and kinetics.
Epigenetic reprogramming via somatic cell nuclear transfer provides a tool to generate embryonic stem cells and mice from any cell of interest. Consequently, when SCNT is applied to T cells of known specificity, these genetic V(D)J rearrangements are transferred to the SCNT-embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and the mice derived from them, while epigenetic marks are reset. We have demonstrated that T cells with pre-defined specificities against Toxoplasma gondii can be used to generate mouse models that express the specific TCR from their endogenous loci, without experimentally introduced genetic modification. The relative ease and speed with which such transnuclear models can be obtained holds promise for the construction of other disease models.

Transnuclear Mice with Pre-defined T Cell Receptor Specificities Against Toxoplasma gondii Obtained Via SCNT

We demonstrate here that epigenetic reprogramming via Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) can be used as a tool to generate mouse models with pre-defined T cell receptor (TCR) specificities. These transnuclear mice express the corresponding TCR from their endogenous locus under the control of the endogenous promoter.

に対する事前定義されたT細胞受容体の特異性をもつTransnuclearマウストキソプラズマ SCNTを介して取得

Lymphocytes, such as T cells, undergo genetic V(D)J recombination, to generate a receptor with a certain specificity1. Mice transgenic for a rearranged ...

A Genetic Screen to Isolate Toxoplasma gondii Host-cell Egress Mutants

The widespread, obligate intracellular, protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes opportunistic disease in immuno-compromised patients and causes birth defects upon congenital infection. The lytic replication cycle is characterized by three stages: 1. active invasion of a nucleated host cell; 2. replication inside the host cell; 3. active egress from the host cell. The mechanism of egress is increasingly being appreciated as a unique, highly regulated process, which is still poorly understood at the molecular level. The signaling pathways underlying egress have been characterized through the use of pharmacological agents acting on different aspects of the pathways1-5. As such, several independent triggers of egress have been identified which all converge on the release of intracellular Ca2+, a signal that is also critical for host cell invasion6-8. This insight informed a candidate gene approach which led to the identification of plant like calcium dependent protein kinase (CDPK) involved in egress9. In addition, several recent breakthroughs in understanding egress have been made using (chemical) genetic approaches10-12. To combine the wealth of pharmacological information with the increasing genetic accessibility of Toxoplasma we recently established a screen permitting the enrichment for parasite mutants with a defect in host cell egress13. Although chemical mutagenesis using N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) or ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) has been used for decades in the study of Toxoplasma biology11,14,15, only recently has genetic mapping of mutations underlying the phenotypes become routine16-18. Furthermore, by generating temperature-sensitive mutants, essential processes can be dissected and the underlying genes directly identified. These mutants behave as wild-type under the permissive temperature (35 &deg;C), but fail to proliferate at the restrictive temperature (40 &deg;C) as a result of the mutation in question. Here we illustrate a new phenotypic screening method to isolate mutants with a temperature-sensitive egress phenotype13. The challenge for egress screens is to separate egressed from non-egressed parasites, which is complicated by fast re-invasion and general stickiness of the parasites to host cells. A previously established egress screen was based on a cumbersome series of biotinylation steps to separate intracellular from extracellular parasites11. This method also did not generate conditional mutants resulting in weak phenotypes. The method described here overcomes the strong attachment of egressing parasites by including a glycan competitor, dextran sulfate (DS), that prevents parasites from sticking to the host cell19. Moreover, extracellular parasites are specifically killed off by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), which leaves intracellular parasites unharmed20. Therefore, with a new phenotypic screen to specifically isolate parasite mutants with defects in induced egress, the power of genetics can now be fully deployed to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying host cell egress.

A Genetic Screen to Isolate Toxoplasma gondii Host-cell Egress Mutants

Forward genetics is a powerful method to unravel the molecular level of how Toxoplasma egresses from its host cell. Protocols are provided to chemically mutagenize parasites, enrich for mutants with defects in induced egress, and validate the phenotype of cloned mutants.

分離するために遺伝学的スクリーニングトキソプラズマホストセル出口変異体

The widespread, obligate intracellular, protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes opportunistic disease in immuno-compromised patients and causes birth ...

Investigation of Macrophage Polarization Using Bone Marrow Derived Macrophages

The article describes a readily easy adaptive in vitro model to investigate macrophage polarization. In the presence of GM-CSF/M-CSF, hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells from the bone marrow are directed into monocytic differentiation, followed by M1 or M2 stimulation. The activation status can be tracked by changes in cell surface antigens, gene expression and cell signaling pathways.

The article describes a readily easy adaptive in vitro model to investigate macrophage polarization. In the presence of GM-CSF/M-CSF, hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells from the bone marrow are directed into monocytic differentiation, followed by M1 or M2 stimulation. The activation status can be tracked by changes in cell surface antigens, gene expression and cell signaling pathways.

骨髄由来マクロファージを用いたマクロファージ分極の調査

The article describes a readily easy adaptive in vitro model to investigate macrophage polarization. In the presence of GM-CSF/M-CSF, hematopoietic ...

Genetic Manipulation in &Delta;ku80 Strains for Functional Genomic Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii

Targeted genetic manipulation using homologous recombination is the method of choice for functional genomic analysis to obtain a detailed view of gene function and phenotype(s). The development of mutant strains with targeted gene deletions, targeted mutations, complemented gene function, and/or tagged genes provides powerful strategies to address gene function, particularly if these genetic manipulations can be efficiently targeted to the gene locus of interest using integration mediated by double cross over homologous recombination.
Due to very high rates of nonhomologous recombination, functional genomic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii has been previously limited by the absence of efficient methods for targeting gene deletions and gene replacements to specific genetic loci. Recently, we abolished the major pathway of nonhomologous recombination in type I and type II strains of T. gondii by deleting the gene encoding the KU80 protein1,2. The &Delta;ku80 strains behave normally during tachyzoite (acute) and bradyzoite (chronic) stages in vitro and in vivo and exhibit essentially a 100% frequency of homologous recombination. The &Delta;ku80 strains make functional genomic studies feasible on the single gene as well as on the genome scale1-4.
Here, we report methods for using type I and type II &Delta;ku80&Delta;hxgprt strains to advance gene targeting approaches in T. gondii. We outline efficient methods for generating gene deletions, gene replacements, and tagged genes by targeted insertion or deletion of the hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HXGPRT) selectable marker. The described gene targeting protocol can be used in a variety of ways in &Delta;ku80 strains to advance functional analysis of the parasite genome and to develop single strains that carry multiple targeted genetic manipulations. The application of this genetic method and subsequent phenotypic assays will reveal fundamental and unique aspects of the biology of T. gondii and related significant human pathogens that cause malaria (Plasmodium sp.) and cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium).

Here we report a method for using type I and type II &Delta;ku80 strains of Toxoplasma gondii to efficiently generate targeted gene deletions and gene replacements for functional genomic analysis.

の遺伝的操作<em&gt;Δku80</emの機能ゲノム解析のための&gt;株<em&gt;トキソプラズマ</em

Targeted genetic manipulation using homologous recombination is the method of choice for functional genomic analysis to obtain a detailed view of gene ...

Bone Marrow-derived Macrophage Production

Macrophages are critical components of the innate and adaptive immune responses, and they are the first line of defense against foreign invaders because of their powerful microbicidal activities. Macrophages are widely distributed throughout the body and are present in the lymphoid organs, liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, bone, and skin. Because of their repartition, they participate in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. Macrophages are highly versatile cells that are able to recognize microenvironmental alterations and to maintain tissue homeostasis. Numerous pathogens have evolved mechanisms to use macrophages as Trojan horses to survive, replicate in, and infect both humans and animals and to propagate throughout the body. The recent explosion of interest in evolutionary, genetic, and biochemical aspects of host-pathogen interactions has renewed scientific attention regarding macrophages. Here, we describe a procedure to isolate and cultivate macrophages from murine bone marrow that will provide large numbers of macrophages for studying host-pathogen interactions as well as other processes.

Macrophages have long been recognized as a critical component of the innate and adaptive immune responses. The recent explosion of knowledge pertaining to evolutionary, genetic, and biochemical aspects of the interaction between macrophages and microbes has renewed scientific attention to macrophages. This article describes a method to differentiate macrophages from mouse bone marrow.

骨髄由来マクロファージの生産

Macrophages are critical components of the innate and adaptive immune responses, and they are the first line of defense against foreign invaders because ...

Isolation and Intravenous Injection of Murine Bone Marrow Derived Monocytes

As a subtype of leukocytes and progenitors of macrophages, monocytes are involved in many important processes of organisms and are often the subject of various fields in biomedical science. The method described below is a simple and effective way to isolate murine monocytes from heterogeneous bone marrow.
Bone marrow from the femur and tibia of Balb/c mice is harvested by flushing with phosphate buffered saline (PBS). Cell suspension is supplemented with macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) and cultured on ultra-low attachment surfaces to avoid adhesion-triggered differentiation of monocytes. The properties and differentiation of monocytes are characterized at various intervals. Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), with markers like CD11b, CD115, and F4/80, is used for phenotyping. At the end of cultivation, the suspension consists of 45%&#177; 12% monocytes. By removing adhesive macrophages, the purity can be raised up to 86%&#177; 6%. After the isolation, monocytes can be utilized in various ways, and one of the most effective and common methods for in vivo delivery is intravenous tail vein injection. 
This technique of isolation and application is important for mouse model studies, especially in the fields of inflammation or immunology. Monocytes can also be used therapeutically in mouse disease models.

Here we present a protocol that generates large amounts of murine monocytes from heterogeneous bone marrow for translational applications. In comparison to others, this new method helps reduce the number of sacrificed animals and lowers costs by avoiding expensive methods such as high gradient magnetic cell separation (MACS).

単離とマウス骨髄由来の単球の静脈注射

As a subtype of leukocytes and progenitors of macrophages, monocytes are involved in many important processes of organisms and are often the subject of ...

Forward Genetics Screens Using Macrophages to Identify Toxoplasma gondii Genes Important for Resistance to IFN-&#947;-Dependent Cell Autonomous Immunity

Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular protozoan pathogen. The parasite invades and replicates within virtually any warm blooded vertebrate cell type. During parasite invasion of a host cell, the parasite creates a parasitophorous vacuole (PV) that originates from the host cell membrane independent of phagocytosis within which the parasite replicates. While IFN-dependent-innate and cell mediated immunity is important for eventual control of infection, innate immune cells, including neutrophils, monocytes and dendritic cells, can also serve as vehicles for systemic dissemination of the parasite early in infection. An approach is described that utilizes the host innate immune response, in this case macrophages, in a forward genetic screen to identify parasite mutants with a fitness defect in infected macrophages following activation but normal invasion and replication in na&#239;ve macrophages. Thus, the screen isolates parasite mutants that have a specific defect in their ability to resist the effects of macrophage activation. The paper describes two broad phenotypes of mutant parasites following activation of infected macrophages: parasite stasis versus parasite degradation, often in amorphous vacuoles. The parasite mutants are then analyzed to identify the responsible parasite genes specifically important for resistance to induced mediators of cell autonomous immunity. The paper presents a general approach for the forward genetics screen that, in theory, can be modified to target parasite genes important for resistance to specific antimicrobial mediators. It also describes an approach to evaluate the specific macrophage antimicrobial mediators to which the parasite mutant is susceptible. Activation of infected macrophages can also promote parasite differentiation from the tachyzoite to bradyzoite stage that maintains chronic infection. Therefore, methodology is presented to evaluate the importance of the identified parasite gene to establishment of chronic infection.

Forward Genetics Screens Using Macrophages to Identify Toxoplasma gondii Genes Important for Resistance to IFN-&#947;-Dependent Cell Autonomous Immunity

Forward genetics is a powerful approach to identify genes in intracellular pathogens important for resistance to cell autonomous immunity. The current approach uses innate immune cells, specifically macrophages, to identify novel Toxoplasma gondii genes important for immune evasion.

フォワード遺伝学は、識別するためのマクロファージを使用した画面<em&gt;トキソプラズマ</emIFN-γ依存性細胞自律イミュニティへの抵抗のための重要な&gt;遺伝子

Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular protozoan pathogen. The parasite invades and replicates within ...

Metabolic Characterization of Polarized M1 and M2 Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages Using Real-time Extracellular Flux Analysis

Specific metabolic pathways are increasingly being recognized as critical hallmarks of macrophage subsets. While LPS-induced classically activated M1 or M(LPS) macrophages are pro-inflammatory, IL-4 induces alternative macrophage activation and these so-called M2 or M(IL-4) support resolution of inflammation and wound healing. Recent evidence shows the crucial role of metabolic reprogramming in the regulation of M1 and M2 macrophage polarization. 
In this manuscript, an extracellular flux analyzer is applied to assess the metabolic characteristics of naive, M1 and M2 polarized mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages. This instrument uses pH and oxygen sensors to measure the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) and oxygen consumption rate (OCR), which can be related to glycolytic and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism. As such, both glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism can be measured in real-time in one single assay.
Using this technique, we demonstrate here that inflammatory M1 macrophages display enhanced glycolytic metabolism and reduced mitochondrial activity. Conversely, anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages show high mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and are characterized by an enhanced spare respiratory capacity (SRC). 
The presented functional assay serves as a framework to investigate how particular cytokines, pharmacological compounds, gene knock outs or other interventions affect the macrophage&#8217;s metabolic phenotype and inflammatory status.

Metabolic reprogramming is a characteristic and prerequisite for M1 and M2 macrophage polarization. This manuscript describes an assay for the measurement of fundamental parameters of glycolysis and mitochondrial function in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages. This tool can be applied to investigate how particular factors affect the macrophage&#8217;s metabolism and phenotype.

リアルタイム細胞外フラックス分析を用いた偏光M1、M2の骨髄由来マクロファージの代謝特性評価

Specific metabolic pathways are increasingly being recognized as critical hallmarks of macrophage subsets. While LPS-induced classically activated M1 or ...

Detection of Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptotic Cell Death in Murine Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages

Inflammasomes are innate immune signaling platforms that are required for the successful control of many pathogenic organisms, but also promote inflammatory and autoinflammatory diseases. Inflammasomes are activated by cytosolic pattern recognition receptors, including members of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family. These receptors oligomerize upon the detection of microbial or damage-associated stimuli. Subsequent recruitment of the adaptor protein ASC forms a microscopically visible inflammasome complex, which activates caspase-1 through proximity-induced auto-activation. Following the activation, caspase-1 cleaves pro-IL-1&#946; and pro-IL-18, leading to the activation and secretion of these pro-inflammatory cytokines. Caspase-1 also mediates the inflammatory form of cell death termed pyroptosis, which features the loss of membrane integrity and cell lysis. Caspase-1 cleaves gasdermin D, releasing the N-terminal fragment which forms plasma membrane pores, leading to osmotic lysis.
In vitro, the activation of caspase-1 can be determined by labeling bone marrow-derived macrophages with the caspase-1 activity probe FAM-YVAD-FMK and by labeling the cells with antibodies against the adaptor protein ASC. This technique allows the identification of inflammasome formation and caspase-1 activation in individual cells using fluorescence microscopy. Pyroptotic cell death can be detected by measuring the release of cytosolic lactate dehydrogenase into the medium. This procedure is simple, cost effective and performed in a 96-well plate format, allowing adaptation for screening. In this manuscript, we show that activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by nigericin leads to the co-localization of the adaptor protein ASC and active caspase-1, leading to pyroptosis.

We describe the detection of NLRP3 inflammasome activation on cellular basis using fluorescence microscopy and staining for active caspase-1 and the adaptor, ASC. A lactate dehydrogenase release assay is presented to detect pyroptotic lysis on a population basis. These techniques can be adapted to study many aspects of inflammasome biology.