Journal: Pharmaceuticals
Article Title: Adherent Bacteria and Parasiticidal Secretion Products of Human Cervicovaginal Microbiota-Associated Lactobacillus gasseri Confer Non-Identical Cell Protection against Trichomonas vaginalis -Induced Cell Detachment
doi: 10.3390/ph15111350
Figure Lengend Snippet: The prior adhesion of L. gasseri bacterial cells delays Tv G3-induced alterations to the F-actin network, cell-to-cell contacts, and focal adhesion contacts. In ( A ), representative differential interference contrast micrographs of T. vaginalis -exposed cells precolonized with L. gasseri ATCC 9857 or L. gasseri KS 120.1 cells. In ( B ), percentages of cells displaying rounding and alteration to cell-to-cell contacts (12 h post-infection). In ( C ), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images of the F-actin network. In ( D ), decrease in F-actin relative immunofluorescence intensity (RFI) over time. In ( E ), representative CLSM micrographs of vinculin-positive FAs. In ( F ), decrease in vinculin RFI/cell over time. In ( G ), decrease in the number of vinculin-positive FAs/cell over time. The micrographs shown are representative of three independent experiments. Ctl: Control. Each value shown is the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. In ( D , F , G ), * p < 0.01 for comparisons with Tv G3.
Article Snippet: We used the metronidazole-sensitive T. vaginalis reference strain G3 (ATCC PRA-98TM; Taxonomy ID: 412133) ( Tv G3), the genome of which has already been sequenced [ ].
Techniques: Infection, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Immunofluorescence, Control