Porcine Ex vivo Cornea Model of Bacterial Keratitis: A Technique to Establish Bacterial Infection in Corneal Epithelial Cells
Published: April 30, 2023
Abstract
Source: Okurowska, K., et al. Establishing a Porcine Ex Vivo Cornea Model for Studying Drug Treatments against Bacterial Keratitis. J. Vis. Exp (2020).
This video describes a protocol to set up an ex vivo model for bacterial keratitis using a corneoscleral button dissected from the porcine eye. Inoculated bacteria traverse the corneal epithelial incisions to invade the underlying stroma and establish an infection within the corneal tissues that mimic the in vivo infection.
Protocol
All procedures involving animal models have been reviewed by the local institutional animal care committee and the JoVE veterinary review board 1. Preparation of an inoculum Pour 10 mL of LB broth into a 50 mL conical flask with a foam stopper. Transfer a colony of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 or strain PA14 from a fresh agar plate and incubate at 37 °C for 3-4 h until the bacteria are in mid-log phase. Transfer the culture of bacteria to a …
Divulgations
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
| 50 mL Falcon tube | SLS | 352070 | |
| Amphotericin B | Sigma | A2942 | |
| Cellstar 12 well plate | Greiner Bio-One | 665180 | |
| Dextran | Sigma | 31425-100mg-F | |
| Distel | Fisher Scientific | 12899357 | |
| DMEM + glutamax | SLS | D0819 | |
| Dual Oven Incubator | SLS | OVe1020 | Sterilising oven |
| Epidermal growth factor | SLS | E5036-200UG | |
| F12 HAM | Sigma | N4888 | |
| Foetal calf serum | Labtech International | CA-115/500 | |
| Forceps | Fisher Scientific | 15307805 | |
| Heracell VIOS 160i | Thermo Scientific | 15373212 | Tissue culture incubator |
| Insulin, recombinant Human | SLS | 91077C-1G | |
| LB agar | Sigma | L2897 | |
| Multitron | Infors | Not appplicable | Bacterial incubator |
| PBS | SLS | P4417 | |
| Penicillin-Streptomycin | SLS | P0781 | |
| Petri dish | Fisher Scientific | 12664785 | |
| Petri dish 35x10mm CytoOne | Starlab | CC7672-3340 | |
| Povidone iodine | Weldricks pharmacy | 2122828 | |
| Safe 2020 | Fisher Scientific | 1284804 | Class II microbiology safety cabinet |
| Scalpel blade number 15 | Fisher Scientific | O305 | |
| Scalpel Swann Morton | Fisher Scientific | 11849002 |
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Porcine Ex vivo Cornea Model of Bacterial Keratitis: A Technique to Establish Bacterial Infection in Corneal Epithelial Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e20832, doi: (2023).