Journal: Infection and Immunity
Article Title: Entamoeba histolytica Interaction with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Increases Parasite Virulence and Inflammation in Amebiasis
doi: 10.1128/IAI.00279-19
Figure Lengend Snippet: Math1 and Muc2 secretion and gene expression in colons of mice inoculated with E. histolytica, EPEC, E. coli DH5α, E. histolytica-EPEC, and E. histolytica-E. coli DH5α. (A) Math1GFP activity in closed proximal colonic loops from control animals and animals inoculated with E. histolytica, E. coli DH5α, EPEC, E. histolytica-EPEC, and E. histolytica-E. coli DH5α. The dotted line indicates the colonic loop ligations. The images show an overlay of the black-and-white colon tissue and the GFP signal (fluorescence images are shown in color, superimposed over a black-and-white image of the dissected colon ex vivo). The fluorescence emission signal in the green channel was quantified and corrected for background. (B) Histogram representation of Math1GFP signal in the proximal and distal colon. (C) Relative q-PCR for Math1 mRNA in the proximal and distal colonic tissues from panel A. (D) Differences in relative Muc2 expression evaluated by RT-qPCR in the proximal and distal colon. Gene expression levels were normalized using β-actin. Animals inoculated with PBS were used as the control. P value was calculated by Student’s t est. AU, arbitrary units. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: C57BL/6 mice and Math1 GFP mice (strain 013593) with a C57Bl/6 genetic background (Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME) were used for colonic loop infections with E. histolytica .
Techniques: Gene Expression, Activity Assay, Control, Fluorescence, Ex Vivo, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR