Name: quantifying vibrio cholerae colonization and diarrhea in the adult zebrafish model
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Thanks to Melody Neely, Jon Allen, Basel Abuaita, and Donna Runft for their efforts in helping to develop the zebrafish model. The research reported here was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers R21AI095520 and R01AI127390 (to Jeffrey H. Withey). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

All methods described here have been approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Wayne State University. This method was first described in Runft et al.12
1. Determination of Intestinal Colonization Levels
NOTE: Intestinal colonization is the most useful metric in the zebrafish model as it can be used to compare the relative fitness of various V. cholerae strains or the effects of mutations or gene k...

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The zebrafish is a relatively new model for studying V. cholerae but holds much promise for the future discovery of previously unknown aspects of V. cholerae biology and pathogenesis11,12,13. The adult zebrafish model has the advantages of being both a natural V. cholerae host that contains intact, mature intestinal microbiota and an environmental model. Disadvantages of the model are that the two majo...

Vibrio cholerae is an aquatic, Gram-negative bacterium that causes the human disease cholera as well as sporadic diarrhea1,2. V. cholerae is found in the environment in many areas of the globe, often associated with other aquatic organisms. These associating organisms include plankton, insect egg masses, shellfish, and vertebrate fish species3,4,5,6,7. Several studies have isolated V. cholerae from the intestinal tracts of fish in different geographical areas7,8,9,10. The presence of V. cholerae in fish indicates that fish may act as an environmental reservoir. Fish could also be implicated in transmitting the disease to humans and in the geographic spreading of V. cholerae strains6.
To better understand how V. cholerae interacts with fish, Danio rerio, better known as zebrafish, was developed as a model system for studying V. cholerae11. Zebrafish are native to southern Asia, including the Bay of Bengal region, which is thought to be the earliest reservoir of V. cholerae. Prior to the first cholera pandemic beginning in 1817, cholera had not been reported outside of what is now India and Bangladesh. Therefore, zebrafish and V. cholerae almost certainly associated with each other over evolutionary time scales, suggesting that zebrafish are a V. cholerae host in the natural environment12.
The zebrafish model for V. cholerae is simple to execute and can be used to study the entire pathogenic V. cholerae life cycle. Fish are exposed to V. cholerae by bathing in water that has been inoculated with a known number of V. cholerae. Within a few hours, intestinal colonization takes place, followed by the production of diarrhea. Diarrhea consists of mucin, proteins, excreted bacteria, and other intestinal contents. The degree of diarrhea can be quantified using a few simple measurements13. V. cholerae that has been excreted by infected fish can then go on to infect na&#239;ve fish, completing the infectious cycle. Therefore, the zebrafish model recapitulates the V. cholerae human disease process12,14.
The most frequently used V. cholerae animal models have historically been mice and rabbits14,15,16,17,18. These models have been instrumental in adding to our knowledge of V. cholerae pathogenesis. However, because mice and rabbits are not natural V. cholerae hosts, there are limitations to what aspects of the V. cholerae life cycle can be studied. The V. cholerae colonization of mice and rabbits typically requires the absence of intestinal microbiota or a pretreatment with antibiotics to damage the intestinal microbiota. Both models require either gavage to introduce the bacteria to the digestive tract or surgical manipulation to directly inject the bacteria into the intestines. Zebrafish have an advantage in that adult fish with an intact intestinal microbiota are readily colonized and the infectious process happens naturally, without any manipulation required.
The present work demonstrates the utilization of zebrafish as a model in V. cholerae infection. The infection, dissection, enumeration of colonizing V. cholerae, and the quantification of diarrhea caused by V. cholerae will be described12,13. This model is likely to be useful to scientists interested both in the V. cholerae disease process and in the V. cholerae environmental lifestyle.

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			<td>Shaker incubator</td>
			<td>New Brunswick Scientific, Edison, NJ</td>
			<td>Excella E25</td>
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			<td>Incubator</td>
			<td>NUAIRE, Plymouth, MN</td>
			<td>Auto Flow</td>
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			<td>Spectrophotometer</td>
			<td>Thermo, Waltham, MA</td>
			<td>Geaesys 6</td>
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			<td>Minibeadbeater24</td>
			<td>112011</td>
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			<td>Ohaus, Columbia, MD</td>
			<td>Adventurer Pro</td>
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			<td>PC-420D</td>
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			<td>automated colony counter</td>
			<td>REVSCI</td>
			<td>120417B</td>
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			<td>Materials</td>
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			<td>perforated lids</td>
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			<td>disposable plastic spoons</td>
			<td>Office Depot, Boca Raton, FL</td>
			<td>D15-25-7008</td>
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			<td>Aquaneering, San Diego, CA</td>
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			<td>RO Water Purifier</td>
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			<td>TK001</td>
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			<td>Fish net</td>
			<td>Marina</td>
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			<td>fish food</td>
			<td>Tetra fin</td>
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			<td>Brine Shrimp</td>
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			<td>Styrofoam board</td>
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			<td>Pins</td>
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			<td>Scalpels</td>
			<td>Fine Scientific tools, Foster City, CA</td>
			<td>10000-10</td>
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			<td>Forceps</td>
			<td>Fine Scientific tools, Foster City, CA</td>
			<td>11223-20</td>
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			<td>Vannas scissors</td>
			<td>Fine Scientific tools, Foster City, CA</td>
			<td>15000-11</td>
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			<td>2 ml screw cap tubes</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>02-681-375</td>
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			<td>1 mm glass beads</td>
			<td>Bio Spec</td>
			<td>11079110</td>
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			<td>Glass beads for spreading</td>
			<td>Sigma, St. Louis, MO</td>
			<td>18406-500G</td>
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			<td>Petri plate</td>
			<td>Fisher Brand, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>FB0875713</td>
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			<td>1.5 ml centrifuge tube</td>
			<td>Midsci, Valley Park, MO</td>
			<td>AVSS1700</td>
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			<td>50 ml centrifuge tube</td>
			<td>Corning Falcon, Corning, NY</td>
			<td>352098</td>
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			<td>Test tubes</td>
			<td>Pyrex</td>
			<td>9820</td>
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			<td>Glass Pipette</td>
			<td>Fisher Brand, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>13675K</td>
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			<td>Sartorius Biohit, G&#246;ttingen, Germany</td>
			<td>m1000/m200/m20</td>
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			<td>Tips</td>
			<td>Genesee Scientific, San Diego, CA</td>
			<td>24-150RS/24-412</td>
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			<td>Chemicals</td>
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			<td>phosphate buffered saline</td>
			<td>VWR Life Science, Radnor, PA</td>
			<td>K813-500ml</td>
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			<td>Tricaine (ethyl 3-aminobenzoate methanesulfonate salt</td>
			<td>Sigma, St. Louis, MO</td>
			<td>A5040</td>
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			<td>5-Bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-&#946;-D-galactopyranoside</td>
			<td>Sigma, St. Louis, MO</td>
			<td>10651745001</td>
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			<td>Schiff&#8217;s reagent</td>
			<td>Sigma, St. Louis, MO</td>
			<td>84655-250 mL</td>
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			<td>periodic acid</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>10450-60-9</td>
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			<td>Mucin from porcine stomach</td>
			<td>Sigma, St. Louis, MO</td>
			<td>M2378-100G</td>
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			<td>Bovine serum albumin</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>9046-46-8</td>
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			<td>Pierce 660nm Protein Assay Reagent</td>
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			<td>22660</td>
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			<td>BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA</td>
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			<td>Fisher Scientific, Hampton, NH</td>
			<td>BP358-212</td>
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			<td>BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA</td>
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			<td>BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA</td>
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			<td>70135-500gm</td>
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quantifying vibrio cholerae colonization and diarrhea in the adult zebrafish model

Vibrio cholerae is best known as the infectious agent that causes the human disease cholera. Outside the human host, V. cholerae primarily exists in the aquatic environment, where it interacts with a variety of higher aquatic species. Vertebrate fish are known to be an environmental host and are a potential V. cholerae reservoir in nature. Both V. cholerae and the teleost fish species Danio rerio, commonly known as zebrafish, originate from the Indian subcontinent, suggesting a long-standing interaction in aquatic environments. Zebrafish are an ideal model organism for studying many aspects of biology, including infectious diseases. Zebrafish can be easily and rapidly colonized by V. cholerae after exposure in water. Intestinal colonization by V. cholerae leads to the production of diarrhea and the excretion of replicated V. cholerae. These excreted bacteria can then go on to colonize new fish hosts. Here, we demonstrate how to assess V. cholerae-intestinal colonization in zebrafish and how to quantify V. cholerae-induced zebrafish diarrhea. The colonization model should be useful to researchers who are studying whether genes of interest may be important for host colonization and/or for environmental survival. The quantification of zebrafish diarrhea should be useful to researchers studying any intestinal pathogen who are interested in exploring zebrafish as a model system.

V. cholerae colonization of zebrafish intestinal tracts
To provide an example of the typical colonization levels we observe, we inoculated 5 x 106 CFU of the pandemic EL Tor V. cholerae strain N16961 in 200 mL of water in a beaker containing several zebrafish. After 6 h of infection, the fish were washed in fresh water and transferred into a beaker of 200 mL of autoclaved infection water as described in...

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Quantifying Vibrio cholerae Colonization and Diarrhea in the Adult Zebrafish Model

Zebrafish are a natural Vibrio cholerae host and can be used to recapitulate and study the entire infectious cycle from colonization to transmission. Here, we demonstrate how to assess V. cholerae colonization levels and quantify diarrhea in zebrafish.

Quantifying Vibrio cholerae Colonization and Diarrhea in the Adult Zebrafish Model

Vibrio cholerae is best known as the infectious agent that causes the human disease cholera. Outside the human host, V. cholerae primarily exists in the ...

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JoVE Journal

Immunology and Infection

Assessing Hepatic Metabolic Changes During Progressive Colonization of Germ-free Mouse by 1H NMR Spectroscopy

Assessing Hepatic Metabolic Changes During Progressive Colonization of Germ-free Mouse by 1H NMR Spectroscopy

It is well known that gut bacteria contribute significantly to the host homeostasis, providing a range of benefits such as immune protection and vitamin ...

Colonization of Euprymna scolopes Squid by Vibrio fischeri

Colonization of Euprymna scolopes Squid by Vibrio fischeri

Specific bacteria are found in association with animal tissue1-5. Such host-bacterial associations (symbioses) can be detrimental (pathogenic), have no ...

TransFLP &#x2014; A Method to Genetically Modify Vibrio cholerae Based on Natural Transformation and FLP-recombination

TransFLP ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Â A Method to Genetically Modify Vibrio cholerae Based on Natural Transformation and FLP-recombination

Several methods are available to manipulate bacterial chromosomes1-3. Most of these protocols rely on the insertion of conditionally replicative plasmids ...

Culturing Microglia from the Neonatal and Adult Central Nervous System

Microglia are the resident macrophage-like cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and, as such, have critically important roles in physiological and ...

Investigating the Effects of Probiotics on Pneumococcal Colonization Using an In Vitro Adherence Assay

Investigating the Effects of Probiotics on Pneumococcal Colonization Using an In Vitro Adherence Assay

Adherence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) to the epithelial lining of the nasopharynx can result in colonization and is considered a ...

Development of a More Sensitive and Specific Chromogenic Agar Medium for the Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Other Vibrio Species

Development of a More Sensitive and Specific Chromogenic Agar Medium for the Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Other Vibrio Species

Foodborne infections in the US caused by Vibrio species have shown an upward trend. In the genus Vibrio, V. parahaemolyticus is responsible for the ...

A Murine Model of Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization

A Murine Model of Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS), is a Gram-positive, asymptomatic colonizer of the human gastrointestinal tract and vaginal tract of ...

Laboratory Techniques Used to Maintain and Differentiate Biotypes of Vibrio cholerae Clinical and Environmental Isolates

Laboratory Techniques Used to Maintain and Differentiate Biotypes of Vibrio cholerae Clinical and Environmental Isolates

The aquatic Gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of the infectious gastrointestinal disease cholera. Due to the global ...

Quantifying Human Monocyte Chemotaxis In Vitro and Murine Lymphocyte Trafficking In Vivo

Quantifying Human Monocyte Chemotaxis In Vitro and Murine Lymphocyte Trafficking In Vivo

Chemotaxis is migration along a specific chemical gradient1. Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines that promote cellular trafficking with anatomic and ...

A High-throughput Platform for the Screening of Salmonella spp./Shigella spp.

A High-throughput Platform for the Screening of Salmonella spp./Shigella spp.

Fecal-oral transmission of acute gastroenteritis occurs from time to time, especially when people who handled food and water are infected by Salmonella ...