Journal: Biofilm
Article Title: Influence of the ATP-dependent DNA ligase, Lig E, on Neisseria gonorrhoeae microcolony and biofilm formation
doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100292
Figure Lengend Snippet: Infection and invasion of SkinEthic™ HVE cells by N. gonorrhoeae (a) CLSM z-stack images (x63 objective magnification, zoom setting 3) of the N. gonorrhoeae-infected HVE cells (20 μm) with N. gonorrhoeae pEG2 (expressing sfGFP) shown in green (exc: 488 nm, em: 519 nm) and the nuclei of the rHVE cells in blue (exc: 405 nm, em: 449 nm). Additional supporting images can be found in Biomass of N. gonorrhoeae growth (green channel) quantified using the COMSTAT 2.1 software [ , ]. (d) Quantification of the depth of N. gonorrhoeae infection on the y-axis (green channel, highest to lowest point observed) relative to the depth of remaining HVE cells on the y-axis (blue) in the same field-of-view (measurements in ) as a measure of relative tissue invasion depth. Points in the bar graphs are the mean of values from the five fields-of-view of three biological replicates, with two 20 μm sections each (total 30 field-of-views). Error bars represent the standard error of the mean. Significance values are given as ∗∗p ≤ 0.01; ∗∗∗p ≤ 0.001; ∗∗∗∗p ≤ 0.0001. Comparisons which showed no significant differences (p > 0.05) are not indicated. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Article Snippet: We also used commercially available 3-dimensional (3-D) reconstituted human vaginal epithelium (rHVE) (SkinEthic Laboratories) in lieu of traditional 2-dimensional (2-D) cell lines for host-cell assays.
Techniques: Infection, Expressing, Software