Journal: Infection and Immunity
Article Title: Chlamydia trachomatis restricts signaling through NOD2 until late in the pathogen’s developmental cycle
doi: 10.1128/iai.00472-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pre-treatment with NOD1- and NOD2-stimulatory ligands prior to infection with C. trachomatis significantly impacts inclusion size in NLR-expressing cell lines. HepG2, C-33A, and SiHa cells were pre-treated with Tri-DAP, MDP, or both, prior to infection with C. trachomatis L2 strain Bu/434. At 24 hpi, cells were fixed, inclusions were labeled, counted, and measured. zStacks of MOMP-labeled objects were obtained from a Zeiss 700 confocal microscope, and approximate volume measurements were calculated for all inclusions present within 10 imaging fields. Data presented represent all MOMP-labeled objects counted resulting in inclusions > 20 µm 3 ; 3 µm across with red lines indicating the mean of each group within a data set. Significance was assessed via one-way ANOVA with multiple comparisons. ****; P < 0.0001, ***; P < 0.001, **; P < 0.01, ns; not significant.
Article Snippet: MDP and L-Ala-γ-D-Glu-mDAP (Tri-DAP) were purchased from InvivoGen.
Techniques: Infection, Expressing, Labeling, Microscopy, Imaging