An In Vitro Assay to Quantify the Intracellular Growth of Parasite in Macrophages
Published: February 29, 2024
Abstract
Source: Sarkar, A., et al. Quantification of Intracellular Growth Inside Macrophages is a Fast and Reliable Method for Assessing the Virulence of Leishmania Parasites. J. Vis. Exp. (2018).
This video demonstrates an assay to quantify the intracellular growth of parasites in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs). The macrophage cells are infected with the motile and non-motile invasive stages of Leishmania, metacyclic promastigotes and amastigotes, respectively. The parasites invade the macrophages, getting internalized into a parasitophorous vacuole and multiplying inside. The intracellular parasite growth is quantified using a microscope upon fluorescently staining the macrophage and parasite nuclei.
Protocol
1. Plating BMMs on Coverslips for Infection Prepare 6-well tissue culture plates by placing four (4) sterile 12 mm glass coverslips (autoclaved and stored in a closed glass container) in the bottom of each empty well. NOTE: Pick each sterile 12 mm coverslip up with an aspirating tip fitted to a vacuum line. Place coverslips into the wells without overlap, releasing them at the desired position by pinching the tube to interrupt the vacuum. Aspirate media (and…
Representative Results
Figure 1: A representative illustration of BMM infection with virulent axenic amastigotes (A) and non-virulent log-phase promastigotes (B) of L. amazonensis. Immunofluorescence images of macrophages isolated from BALB/c mice, 1 h and 48 h following infection. Infected macrophages were processed for immunofluorescence as described in the protocol. PV membranes were stained with r…
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Materials
| 6 well cell culture plate | Cellstar | 657160 | |
| Adenine | Acros Organics | AC147440250 | |
| Aerosol Barrier Pipet Tips (100-1000 μL) | Fisherbrand | 02-707-404 | |
| Aerosol Barrier Pipet Tips (20-200 μL) | Fisherbrand | 02-707-430 | |
| Aerosol Barrier Pipet Tips (2-20 μL) | Fisherbrand | 02-707-432 | |
| Bard-Parker Rib-Back Carbon Steel Surgical Blade #10 | Aspen Surgical | 371110 | |
| BD Luer-Lok Tip 10 mL Syringe | Becton Dickinson (BD) | 309604 | |
| BD Precisionglide Needle, 25G | Becton Dickinson (BD) | 305124 | |
| Cell Culture Dish 35 mm x 10 mm | Cellstar | 627 160 | |
| Cell Culture Flask | Cellstar | 660175 | |
| Cover Glasses: 12 mm circles | Fisherbrand | 12-545-80 | |
| DAPI (4',6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole, Dihydrochloride) | Invitrogen | D1306 | |
| D-Biotin | J.T. Baker | C272-00 | |
| EDTA | Sigma Aldrich | EDS | |
| Ethyl alcohol 200 proof | Pharmco-AAPER | 111000200 | |
| Falcon 100 mm x 15 mm non-TC-treated polystyrene Petri dish | Corning | 351029 | |
| Fetal Bovine Serum | Seradigm | 1500-500 | |
| Ficoll400 | Sigma Aldrich | F8016 | |
| Fluorescence Microscope | Nikon | E200 | |
| Goat anti-mouse IgG Texas red | Invitrogen | T-862 | |
| Goat anti-rabbit IgG AlexaFluor488 | Invitrogen | A-11034 | |
| Hemin | Tokyo Chemical Industry Co. LTD | H0008 | |
| HEPES (1M) | Gibco | 15630-080 | |
| Isoton II Diluent | Beckman Coulter | 8546719 | |
| L-Glutamine | Gemini | 400-106 | |
| Medium 199 (10X) | Gibco | 11825-015 | |
| Na pyruvate (100 mM) | Gibco | 11360-070 | |
| Paraformaldehyde | Alfa Aesar | 43368 | |
| Penicillin/Streptomycin | Gemini | 400-109 | |
| Phosphate Buffered Saline (-/-) | ThermoFisher | 14200166 | |
| Polypropyline conical Centrifuge Tubes 15 mL | Cellstar | 188 271 | |
| Polypropyline conical Centrifuge Tubes 50 mL | Cellstar | 227 261 | |
| ProLong Gold antifade reagent | ThermoFisher | P36930 | |
| Rat anti-mouse Lamp-1 antibody | Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank | 1D4B | |
| Recombinant Human M-CSF | PeproTech | 300-25 | |
| Reichert Bright-Line Hemocytometer | Hausser Scientific | 1492 | |
| RPMI Medium 1640 (1X) | Gibco | 11875-093 | |
| Triton X-100 Surfactant | Millipore Sigma | TX1568-1 | |
| Trypan Blue | Sigma Aldrich | T8154 | |
| Delicate Scissors, 4 1/2" | VWR | 82027-582 | |
| Dissecting Forceps, Fine Tip | VWR | 82027-386 | |
| Microscope Slides | VWR | 16004-368 | |
| Z1 Coulter Particle Counter, Dual Threshold | Beckman Coulter | 6605699 |
