Authors were funded in part by the intramural program of NIDCR (N.M.M) and supported by a Wellcome Trust Stepping Stones Fellowship (097820/Z/11/B to J.E.K) and by a Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research grant (to J.E.K). The authors thank Teresa Wild for critically reviewing the manuscript.

在此协议中描述的所有实验程序遵循必要的指导方针和机构动物护理和使用委员会，NIDCR / NIH获得批准。 1.提前准备<ol><li>制备完全培养基:RPMI补充了2mM L-谷氨酰胺，100单位/ ml青霉素，100微克/毫升链霉素和10％FBS。 </li><li>准备DNA酶媒体50 10ml补充7.5微克DNA酶的RPMI媒体（做出新的，保持在冰上在任何时候）。 </li><li>准备胶原酶DNA酶媒体:5毫升DNA酶培养基加上3.2毫克/毫升胶原酶IV型的（做出新的，保持在冰上在任何时候）。 </li><li>预冷FACS缓冲液:0.5％FBS的PBS稀释。 </li><li>预冷离心机到4℃。 </li><li>温暖的摇床孵化到37℃。 </li></ol> 2.分离，解剖和细胞分离，从牙龈块<ol><li>通过将它们暴露到CO 2在一个适当的腔室安乐死的小鼠，根据ARAC准则。 </li> &lt;li&gt;打开胸，腹腔暴露心脏和内脏。灌注，使下腔静脉的切口和使用3毫升注射器用27克针通过左心室灌注3mL的PBS中。 </li><li>固定在主体和鼠标的头部与胃朝上的垫。 </li><li>切唇每对合缝用剪刀在脖子上，分离覆盖下颌和颈部区域，露出下面的组织和肌肉皮肤。解剖下唇发现下颌骨。 </li><li>更低的门牙之间切割以分离下颌骨的​​两侧并固定各边访问口腔。 </li><li>可视化和解剖腭从鼻腔了。 </li><li>解剖用10个刀片的地区，包括周围的牙龈（图1）和上颌下颌磨牙区。使垂直切口只是前第一磨牙和后部的第三磨牙和一个水平切口牙龈的边界（组织周围牙齿的白领）。 </li><li>放置在用5ml胶原酶/ DNA酶（保持在冰上）50ml锥形管中的上颌和下颌的块。 </li><li>孵育在摇床培养箱中于37℃进行1小时，最后5分钟温育的过程中添加50微升的0.5M EDTA中。 </li><li> 5毫升冷DNA酶媒体加入50毫升管用纸巾轻轻摇晃混匀。 </li><li>传输上的培养皿的组织的4块，用500微升DNA酶介质覆盖。从组织的每个块取出牙龈，用手术刀片，指着叶片进入龈和牙间区。 </li><li>从培养皿以及解剖过程中使用的前一脱氧核糖核酸酶媒体通过细胞过滤网（70微米大小）转移组织和媒体，到一个新的50ml管中。用DNase媒体（3-5毫升），所有使用的手段和过滤器的清洗。 </li><li>使用无菌3毫升注射器推杆，捣烂组织对滤网，冷DNA酶介质（30至35毫升）过滤。 </li><li>用冷水DNA酶媒体细胞过滤。 </li><li>离心机在4℃，314×g离心6分钟。 </li><li>弃去上清液，在1毫升完整的媒体重新挂起。 </li><li>计数细胞用自动细胞计数器（预期量范围应细胞的&gt; 80％生存力8 1.2 6之间×10 5〜×10）。 </li></ol> 3.刺激和FACS牙龈细胞染色<ol><li>刺激用PMA（50纳克/ ml）和离子霉素（2.5微克/毫升）的单细胞悬浮液中的1微升/毫升布雷菲德菌素A的存在</li><li>孵育在37℃下3.5小时和5％ 的 CO 2。 </li><li>降速并在4℃下用PBS离心洗涤; 314×g离心6分钟。 </li><li>染色使用按照制造商的说明书一活力染色的细胞。 </li><li>染色的细胞外标记（CD45，TCRγδ，TCRβ，CD4，CD8，TCRγδ或蚂蚁按照制造商的指示选择ibodies）。 </li><li>洗用冷FACS缓冲液，并离心将细胞在4℃，314×g离心5分钟。 </li><li>轻轻涡旋破坏细胞沉淀。 </li><li>固定，用2％多聚甲醛将细胞在室温下20分钟。 </li><li>洗用冷FACS缓冲液，离心将细胞在4℃，314×g离心5分钟，染色细胞内细胞因子。 <ol><li>填用冷的0.5％皂素在FACS缓冲液和离心稀释的溶液中的FACS管在4℃，314×g离心5分钟。 </li><li>添加300微升0.5％的皂苷溶液至FACS管，孵育在黑暗中15分钟，在4℃，然后在4℃，314×g离心5分钟离心。 </li><li>染色为按照制造商的指示细胞内标记物（IL-17A和IFNγ或选择的细胞因子）的细胞。洗用0.5％皂角苷溶液和离心机的细胞在4℃，314×g离心5分钟。 </li><li>用FACS洗一遍缓冲液和在4℃，314×g离心5分钟离心。 </li><li>重新悬浮在300μl的FACS缓冲液中的细胞。 </li></ol></li><li>分析上的流式细胞仪的结果。 </li></ol> 4.流式细胞仪分析<ol><li>可视化的细胞上向前（FSC）和侧向散射（SCC）和栅极进行分析，以排除碎片。 </li><li>选择单细胞前向散射面积（FSC-A）对高度（FSC-H）的参数。 </li><li>栅极细胞是活的（由活力染色所示）和阳性供进一步分析（图2A 和 2C）造血标记物CD45 +。 </li><li> 如图2和图3继续特异性标记物的分析。 </li></ol>

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当前技术成功地产生合适的大量免疫细胞（从单个小鼠），不仅对表型特征，也用于功能研究离体 。另一组先前公布的协议，以分离和表征鼠牙龈免疫细胞和导入用多色牙周炎的动物模型9的研究流式细胞仪的值。经大量排除在本协议中的关键改变是包括组织的全块解剖，以包括牙龈领区和齿间牙龈（图1）。与单纯的牙龈切除，常全层皮瓣没有实现，而且牙龈的部分尤...

牙龈组织包围人和鼠牙列和经常暴露于齿1的复杂生物膜。免疫细胞网络监管龈屏障对于维持组织完整性，确保与本地共生微生物稳态和，在相同的时间，提供对致病性挑战2有效免疫至关重要。实现动态平衡，免疫系统被仔细针对牙龈环境中创建一个高度专业化的免疫细胞网络，但小细节是已知的齿龈免疫细胞群及其在维持组织免疫2的作用。 当免疫稳态是在齿龈打乱，无论是通过增加宿主易感性和/或dysbiotic微生物群落，炎性病症的存在，牙周炎产生3 4。牙周炎是一种常见的炎性疾病，导致牙齿的S损失95的支持结构。在它的严重的形式，可以看出在一般人群5的约10％。解剖参与牙周炎的易感性和进展的关键因素已被证明难以6。然而，动物模型已经在理解牙周炎起始和进展7的机制是非常有用的。模型可以被用来定义密钥的细胞群体和分子介质是用于维持免疫稳态和牙周炎的驱动发展至关重要。这样的洞察力将改变我们的免疫稳态的具体牙龈调控的了解，进一步我们目前的发病机制的认识。

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isolation, characterization and functional examination of the gingival immune cell network

Immune cell networks in tissues play a vital role in mediating local immunity and maintaining tissue homeostasis, yet little is known of the resident immune cell populations in the oral mucosa and gingiva. We have established a technique for the isolation and study of immune cells from murine gingival tissues, an area of constant microbial exposure and a vulnerable site to a common inflammatory disease, periodontitis. Our protocol allows for a detailed phenotypic characterization of the immune cell populations resident in the gingiva, even at steady state. Our procedure also yields sufficient cells with high viability for use in functional studies, such as the assessment of cytokine secretion ex vivo. This combination of phenotypic and functional characterization of the gingival immune cell network should aid towards investigating the mechanisms involved in oral immunity and periodontal homeostasis, but will also advance our understanding of the mechanisms involved in local immunopathology.

为了说明该协议的应用，我们显示代表性结果检查在有和没有牙周炎小鼠齿龈免疫细胞网络（WT与LFA - / - ， 图2A - C）。代表性FACS图显示出在齿龈（图2A，2C）活的CD45 +造血细胞。免疫细胞与本协议的分离和加工产生足够的细胞进行体外刺激和细胞因子的分泌模式的表征。这里，我们表明，IL-17和IFN-?...

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我们已经建立了隔离，表型特征，并从小鼠牙龈免疫细胞的功能分析的技术。

分离，鉴定和牙龈免疫细胞网络的功能性考试

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Isolating And Immunostaining Lymphocytes and Dendritic Cells from Murine Peyer's Patches

Peyer's patches (PPs) are integral components of the gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT) and play a central role in intestinal immunosurveillance and homeostasis. Particulate antigens and microbes in the intestinal lumen are continuously sampled by PP M cells in the follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) and transported to an underlying network of dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, and lymphocytes. In this article, we describe protocols in which murine PPs are (i) dissociated into single cell suspensions and subjected to flow cytometry and (ii) prepared for cryosectioning and immunostaining. For flow cytometry, PPs are mechanically dissociated and then filtered through 70 &mu;m membranes to generate single cell suspensions free of epithelial cells and large debris. Starting with 20-25 PPs (from four mice), this quick and reproducible method yields a population of &gt;2.5 x 106 cells with &gt;90% cell viability. For cryosectioning, freshly isolated PPs are immersed in Optimal Cutting Temperature (OCT) medium, snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen, and then sectioned using a cryomicrotome. Tissue sections (5-12 &mu;m) are air-dried, fixed with acetone or methanol, and then subjected to immunolabeling.

There is an increasing interest in understanding the immunological functions of specific subpopulations of cells in Peyer's patches (PPs), the primary inductive sites of gut-associated lymphoid tissues. Here we outline parallel protocols for preparing PP single cell preparations for flow cytometric analysis and PP cryosections for immunostaining.

隔离和免疫淋巴细胞和树突状细胞的小鼠Peyer氏斑

Peyer's  patches (PPs) are integral components of the gut-associated lymphoid tissues  (GALT) and play a central role in intestinal immunosurveillance and ...

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Isolation, Processing and Analysis of Murine Gingival Cells

We have developed a technique to precisely isolate and process murine gingival tissue for flow cytometry and molecular studies. The gingiva is a unique and important tissue to study immune mechanisms because it is involved in host immune response against oral biofilm that might cause periodontal diseases. Furthermore, the close proximity of the gingiva to alveolar bone tissue enables also studying bone remodeling under inflammatory conditions. Our method yields large amount of immune cells that allows analysis of even rare cell populations such as Langerhans cells and T regulatory cells as we demonstrated previously 1. Employing mice to study local immune responses involved in alveolar bone loss during periodontal diseases is advantageous because of the availability of various immunological and experimental tools. Nevertheless, due to their small size and the relatively inconvenient access to the murine gingiva, many studies avoided examination of this critical tissue. The method described in this work could facilitate gingival analysis, which hopefully will increase our understating on the oral immune system and its role during periodontal diseases.

This study describes an efficient technique to isolate and process gingival tissues from the mouse oral cavity in order to produce a single-cell culture. The resulting cells can be further used for flow cytometry analysis and molecular studies.

小鼠牙龈细胞的分离，处理和分析

We have developed a technique to precisely isolate and process murine gingival tissue for flow cytometry and molecular studies. The gingiva is a unique ...

Three-dimensional Inflammatory Human Tissue Equivalents of Gingiva

Periodontal diseases (such as gingivitis and periodontitis) are the leading causes of tooth loss in adults. Inflammation in gingiva is the fundamental physiopathology of periodontal diseases. Current experimental models of periodontal diseases have been established in various types of animals. However, the physiopathology of animal models is different from that of humans, making it difficult to analyze cellular and molecular mechanisms and evaluate new medicines for periodontal diseases. Here, we present a detailed protocol for reconstructing human inflammatory tissue equivalents of gingiva (iGTE) in vitro. We first build human tissue equivalents of gingiva (GTE) by utilizing two types of human cells, including human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) and human skin epidermal keratinocytes (HaCaT), under three-dimensional conditions. We create a wound model by using a tissue puncher to punch a hole in the GTE. Next, human THP-1 monocytes mixed with collagen gel are injected into the hole in the GTE. By adimistration of 10 ng/mL phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 72 h, THP-1 cells differentiated into macrophages to form inflammatory foci in GTE (iGTE) (IGTE also can be stumilated with 2 &#181;g/mL of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) for 48 h to initiate inflammation). IGTE is the first in vitro model of inflammatory gingiva using human cells with a three-dimensional architecture. IGTE reflects major pathological changes (immunocytes activition, intracellular interactions among fibryoblasts, epithelial cells, monocytes and macrophages) in periodontal diseases. GTE, wounded GTE, and iGTE can be used as versatile tools to study wound healing, tissue regeneration, inflammation, cell-cell interaction, and screen potential medicines for periodontal diseases.

The goal of the protocol is to build an inflammatory human gingiva model in vitro. This tissue model co-cultivates three types of human cells, HaCaT keratinocytes, gingival fibroblasts, and THP-1 macrophages, under three-dimensional conditions. This model can be applied to investigating periodontal diseases, such as gingivitis and periodontitis.

牙龈三维炎症人体组织当量

Periodontal diseases (such as gingivitis and periodontitis) are the leading causes of tooth loss in adults. Inflammation in gingiva is the fundamental ...

发育生物学

A Mouse Model for Pathogen-induced Chronic Inflammation at Local and Systemic Sites

Chronic inflammation is a major driver of pathological tissue damage and a unifying characteristic of many chronic diseases in humans including neoplastic, autoimmune, and chronic inflammatory diseases. Emerging evidence implicates pathogen-induced chronic inflammation in the development and progression of chronic diseases with a wide variety of clinical manifestations. Due to the complex and multifactorial etiology of chronic disease, designing experiments for proof of causality and the establishment of mechanistic links is nearly impossible in humans. An advantage of using animal models is that both genetic and environmental factors that may influence the course of a particular disease can be controlled. Thus, designing relevant animal models of infection represents a key step in identifying host and pathogen specific mechanisms that contribute to chronic inflammation.
Here we describe a mouse model of pathogen-induced chronic inflammation at local and systemic sites following infection with the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium closely associated with human periodontal disease. Oral infection of specific-pathogen free mice induces a local inflammatory response resulting in destruction of tooth supporting alveolar bone, a hallmark of periodontal disease. In an established mouse model of atherosclerosis, infection with P. gingivalis accelerates inflammatory plaque deposition within the aortic sinus and innominate artery, accompanied by activation of the vascular endothelium, an increased immune cell infiltrate, and elevated expression of inflammatory mediators within lesions. We detail methodologies for the assessment of inflammation at local and systemic sites. The use of transgenic mice and defined bacterial mutants makes this model particularly suitable for identifying both host and microbial factors involved in the initiation, progression, and outcome of disease. Additionally, the model can be used to screen for novel therapeutic strategies, including vaccination and pharmacological intervention.

Animal models have proven to be invaluable tools in defining host and pathogen specific mechanisms that contribute to the development of chronic inflammation. Here we describe a mouse model of oral infection with the human pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis and detail methodologies to assess the progression of inflammation at local and systemic sites.

鼠标型号病原体引起的慢性炎症局部及全身站点

Chronic inflammation is a major driver of pathological tissue damage and a unifying characteristic of many chronic diseases in humans including ...

In Situ Detection of Bacteria within Paraffin-embedded Tissues Using a Digoxin-labeled DNA Probe Targeting 16S rRNA

The presence of bacteria within the pocket epithelium and underlying connective tissue in gingival biopsies from patients with periodontitis has been reported using various methods, including electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence using bacteria-specific antibodies, and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) using a fluorescence-labeled oligonucleotide probe. Nevertheless, these methods are not widely used due to technical limitation or difficulties. Here a method to localize bacteria within paraffin-embedded tissues using DIG-labeled DNA probes has been introduced. The paraffin-embedded tissues are the most common form of biopsy tissues available from pathology banks. Bacteria can be detected either in a species-specific or universal manner. Bacterial signals are detected as either discrete forms (coccus, rod, fusiform, and hairy form) of bacteria or dispersed forms. The technique allows other histological information to be obtained: the epithelia, connective tissue, inflammatory infiltrates, and blood vessels are well distinguished. This method can be used to study the role of bacteria in various diseases, such as periodontitis, cancers, and inflammatory immune diseases.

In Situ Detection of Bacteria within Paraffin-embedded Tissues Using a Digoxin-labeled DNA Probe Targeting 16S rRNA

Here a method to localize bacteria within paraffin-embedded tissues using DIG-labeled 16S rRNA-targeting DNA probes has been described. This protocol can be applied to study the role of bacteria in various diseases such as periodontitis, cancers, and inflammatory immune diseases.

原位检测使用地高辛标记的DNA探针石蜡包埋组织中的细菌靶向16S rRNA基因

The presence of bacteria within the pocket epithelium and underlying connective tissue in gingival biopsies from patients with periodontitis has been ...

Porphyromonas gingivalis as a Model Organism for Assessing Interaction of Anaerobic Bacteria with Host Cells

Anaerobic bacteria far outnumber aerobes in many human niches such as the gut, mouth, and vagina. Furthermore, anaerobic infections are common and frequently of indigenous origin. The ability of some anaerobic pathogens to invade human cells gives them adaptive measures to escape innate immunity as well as to modulate host cell behavior. However, ensuring that the anaerobic bacteria are live during experimental investigation of the events may pose challenges. Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram-negative anaerobe, is capable of invading a variety of eukaryotic non-phagocytic cells. This article outlines how to successfully culture and assess the ability of P. gingivalis to invade human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Two protocols were developed: one to measure bacteria that can successfully invade and survive within the host, and the other to visualize bacteria interacting with host cells. These techniques necessitate the use of an anaerobic chamber to supply P. gingivalis with an anaerobic environment for optimal growth.
The first protocol is based on the antibiotic protection assay, which is largely used to study the invasion of host cells by bacteria. However, the antibiotic protection assay is limited; only intracellular bacteria that are culturable following antibiotic treatment and host cell lysis are measured. To assess all bacteria interacting with host cells, both live and dead, we developed a protocol that uses fluorescent microscopy to examine host-pathogen interaction. Bacteria are fluorescently labeled with 2&#39;,7&#39;-Bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester (BCECF-AM) and used to infect eukaryotic cells under anaerobic conditions. Following fixing with paraformaldehyde and permeabilization with 0.2% Triton X-100, host cells are labeled with TRITC phalloidin and DAPI to label the cell cytoskeleton and nucleus, respectively. Multiple images taken at different focal points (Z-stack) are obtained for temporal-spatial visualization of bacteria. Methods used in this study can be applied to any cultivable anaerobe and any eukaryotic cell type.

Porphyromonas gingivalis as a Model Organism for Assessing Interaction of Anaerobic Bacteria with Host Cells

This article presents two protocols: one to measure anaerobic bacteria that can successfully invade and survive within the host, and the other to visualize anaerobic bacteria interacting with host cells. This study can be applied to any cultivable anaerobe and any eukaryotic cell type.

牙龈卟啉单作为模式生物的评价厌氧细菌的相互作用与宿主细胞

Anaerobic bacteria far outnumber aerobes in many human niches such as the gut, mouth, and vagina. Furthermore, anaerobic infections are common and ...

Rapid Isolation of Single Cells from Mouse and Human Teeth

Mouse and human teeth represent challenging organs for quick and efficient cell isolation for single-cell transcriptomic or other applications. The dental pulp tissue, rich in the extracellular matrix, requires a long and tedious dissociation process that is typically beyond the reasonable time for single-cell transcriptomics. For avoiding artificial changes in gene expression, the time elapsed from euthanizing an animal until the analysis of single cells needs to be minimized. This work presents a fast protocol enabling to obtain single-cell suspension from mouse and human teeth in an excellent quality suitable for scRNA-seq (single-cell RNA-sequencing). This protocol is based on accelerated tissue isolation steps, enzymatic digestion, and subsequent preparation of final single-cell suspension. This enables fast and gentle processing of tissues and allows using more animal or human samples for obtaining cell suspensions with high viability and minimal transcriptional changes. It is anticipated that this protocol might guide researchers interested in performing the scRNA-seq not only on the mouse or human teeth but also on other extracellular matrix-rich tissues, including cartilage, dense connective tissue, and dermis.

The current protocol presents a fast, efficient, and gentle method for isolating single cells suitable for single-cell RNA-seq analysis from a continuously growing mouse incisor, mouse molar, and human teeth.

从小鼠和人类牙齿中快速分离单个细胞

Mouse and human teeth represent challenging organs for quick and efficient cell isolation for single-cell transcriptomic or other applications. The dental ...

Isolation and Culture of Primary Human Gingival Epithelial Cells using Y-27632

The gingival tissue is the first structure that protects periodontal tissues and plays meaningful roles in many oral functions. The gingival epithelium is an important structure of gingival tissue, especially in the repair and regeneration of periodontal tissue. Studying the functions of gingival epithelial cells has crucial scientific value, such as repairing oral defects and detecting the compatibility of biomaterials. As human gingival epithelial cells are highly differentiated keratinized cells, their lifespan is short, and they are difficult to passage. So far, there are only two ways to isolate and culture gingival epithelial cells, a direct explant method and an enzymatic method. However, the time required to obtain epithelial cells using the direct explant method is longer, and the cell survival rate of the enzymatic method is lower. Clinically, the acquisition of gingival tissue is limited, so a stable, efficient, and simple in vitro isolation and culture system is needed. We improved the traditional enzymatic method by adding Y-27632, a Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, which can selectively promote the growth of epithelial cells. Our modified enzymatic method simplifies the steps of the traditional enzymatic method and increases the efficiency of culturing epithelial cells, which has significant advantages over the direct explant method and the enzymatic method.

Here we present a modified method for the isolation and culture of human gingival epithelial cells by adding the Rock inhibitor, Y-27632, to the traditional method. This method is easier, less time-consuming, enhances stem cell properties, and produces larger numbers of high-potential epithelial cells both for the laboratory and for clinical applications.

使用Y-27632的原发性人类金吉瓦尔表皮细胞的隔离与培养

The gingival tissue is the first structure that protects periodontal tissues and plays meaningful roles in many oral functions. The gingival epithelium is ...

生物工程

Isolation of Tonsillar Mononuclear Cells to Study Ex Vivo Innate Immune Responses in a Human Mucosal Lymphoid Tissue

Studying isolated cells from mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) allows understanding of immune cells response in pathologies involving mucosal immunity, because they can model host-pathogen interactions in the tissue. While isolated cells derived from tissues were the first cell culture model, their use has been neglected because tissue can be hard to obtain. In the present protocol, we explain how to easily process and culture tonsillar mononuclear cells (TMCs) from healthy human tonsils to study innate immune responses upon activation, mimicking viral infection in mucosal tissues. Isolation of TMCs from the tonsils is quick, because the tonsils barely have any epithelium and yield up to billions of all major immune cell types. This method allows detection of cytokine production using several techniques, including immunoassays, qPCR, microscopy, flow cytometry, etc., similar to the use of peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from blood. Furthermore, TMCs show a higher sensitivity to drug testing than PBMCs, which needs to be considered for future toxicity assays. Thus, ex vivo TMCs cultures are an easy and accessible mucosal model.

In the present protocol, we explain how to easily process and culture tonsillar mononuclear cells from healthy humans undergoing partial surgical tonsillectomy to study innate immune responses upon activation, mimicking viral infection in mucosal tissues.

单核细胞分离研究人类粘膜淋巴组织中先天免疫反应

Studying isolated cells from mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) allows understanding of immune cells response in pathologies involving mucosal ...

Organotypic Tissue Model Systems for Investigating Host-Pathogen Interactions In Vitro

Recapitulating the host-pathogen interface at the epithelial or mucosal barrier in vitro remains a challenging prospect for infection biologists. While in-house grown 2D epithelial monolayers lack true representation of the in vivo situation, commercially available tissue models are often overlooked due to their cost and practicality. However, with careful planning, such models provide reproducible platforms for a vast array of different applications. Here, we report the use of epithelial models that can be utilized for a wide variety of experimental purposes to investigate host-pathogen interactions in various ecological niches, such as the oral cavity, skin, and vaginal mucosa. From simple planktonic cells to complex biofilm co-culture, epithelial models are used to assess microbial adherence and invasion, and to evaluate the host response at a transcriptional and/or protein level, with scope for more detailed profiling using different omics approaches. Furthermore, these biological systems can be used as more accurate test beds for evaluating conventional and novel antimicrobial activity in a complex host-pathogen microenvironment in vitro. The protocols described herein document how models are handled upon arrival and prepared in the laboratory for co-culture stimulation with biofilm communities. The methods detail how experimental outputs are achieved from the model systems, including the processing of tissue, the co-culture setup, and data generation. These experiments include host gene expression through single- and multiplex qPCR analyses and inflammatory protein detection using ELISAs. In conclusion, epithelial models provide useful in vitro systems for preclinical investigatory studies into simple or complex host-pathogen interactions.

The present protocol outlines the application of organotypic tissue models for investigating host-pathogen interactions in vitro. Specifically, the model system described uses a multi-layered oral epithelium exposed to microorganisms associated with biofilms (dental plaque) within the context of oral health versus disease.

用于研究体外宿主-病原体相互作用的器官型组织模型系统

Recapitulating the host-pathogen interface at the epithelial or mucosal barrier in vitro remains a challenging prospect for infection biologists. While ...