Bacterial Invasion
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Invasion of Human Cells by a Bacterial Pathogen
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2011
A general protocol for the study of invasion of host cells by a bacterial pathogen, focusing on Staphylococcus aureus and human endothelial cells.
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A Non-invasive and Technically Non-intensive Method for Induction and Phenotyping of Experimental Bacterial Pneumonia in Mice
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2016
Several methods have been described in the literature for modeling bacterial pneumonia in mice. Herein, we describe a non-invasive, inexpensive, rapid method for inducing pneumonia via aspiration (i.e., inhalation) of a bacterial inoculum pipetted into the oropharynx. Downstream methods for assessment of the pulmonary innate immune response are also detailed.
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Assessing Bacterial Invasion of Cardiac Cells in Culture and Heart Colonization in Infected Mice Using Listeria monocytogenes
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2015
Listeria monocytogenes causes fetal infections in pregnant women and meningitis in susceptible populations. Subpopulations of bacteria can colonize cardiac tissue, causing myocarditis in patients and laboratory animals. Here we present a protocol that describes how to assess L. monocytogenes cardiac cell invasion in vitro and cardiac colonization in infected animals.
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Enteric Bacterial Invasion Of Intestinal Epithelial Cells In Vitro Is Dramatically Enhanced Using a Vertical Diffusion Chamber Model
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2013
Performing cell culture assays for investigating bacterial adhesion and invasion under aerobic conditions is usually unrepresentative of the in vivo environment. A Vertical Diffusion Chamber model allows study of interactions of the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni with intestinal epithelial cells under more in vivo-like conditions, resulting in enhanced bacterial invasion.
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Imaging InlC Secretion to Investigate Cellular Infection by the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes
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2013
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram positive bacterial pathogen frequently used as a major model for the study of intracellular parasitism. Imaging late L. monocytogenes infection stages within the context of small-interfering RNA screens allows for the global study of cellular pathways required for bacterial infection of target host cells.
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Specific bacterial adhesion factors can recognize receptors on host cells, determining where bacteria attach and which tissues they can target. This initial interaction helps establish close contact before other virulence factors act. Because receptor engagement affects tissue selectivity and cellular entry, it provides an important point for understanding infection and designing strategies that interrupt colonization.
Toxins and secretion systems can alter host-cell functions and weaken epithelial barriers, making tissue penetration or cellular entry more likely. Motility may further support movement toward or across vulnerable surfaces. Examining these factors helps distinguish the bacterial actions that enable access from the host responses that follow, including inflammation and attempts to contain tissue damage.
Crossing a barrier does not guarantee infection, because immune defenses can detect and eliminate invading bacteria. Some bacteria therefore use virulence factors that help them evade phagocytosis or other immune responses. This evasion can prolong bacterial survival, increase opportunities for tissue establishment, and complicate the host’s ability to control inflammation without causing additional damage.
Once bacteria enter tissues or cells, innate immune responses detect microbial presence and can trigger inflammation, creating an early containment response. Adaptive immunity contributes more targeted recognition and defense as the infection develops. Studying this progression shows how bacterial access to host compartments shapes both immediate protection and longer-term immune control.
A useful investigation follows the sequence from bacterial attachment to barrier disruption, tissue or cellular entry, and immune evasion. Researchers can then relate these events to microbial detection, inflammation, and tissue damage. This framework connects individual virulence factors with infection outcomes rather than treating adhesion, entry, and immune escape as unrelated phenomena.
Mechanistic studies identify bacterial factors that are required for attachment, entry, barrier disruption, or immune evasion. Those factors can guide vaccine development or reveal targets for antimicrobial therapies. The same knowledge may also support strategies that limit severe infection by preventing establishment or reducing the tissue injury associated with inflammatory responses.
Invasion research clarifies which bacterial activities distinguish successful tissue establishment from more limited host contact. These mechanistic differences can inform diagnostic tools intended to recognize infection-related processes. Interpreting such findings alongside immune activation and tissue damage may help connect detection of a pathogen with the likely biological consequences of its interaction with the host.