التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
A microfluidic-based analysis of 3D macrophage migration after stimulation by Mycobacterium, Salmonella and Escherichia. |
| المؤلفون: |
Pérez-Rodríguez, Sandra, Borau, Carlos, García-Aznar, José Manuel, Gonzalo-Asensio, Jesús |
| المصدر: |
BMC Microbiology; 8/31/2022, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ESCHERICHIA, MYCOBACTERIUM, MACROPHAGES, SALMONELLA, MICROFLUIDIC devices, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, INTRACELLULAR pathogens |
| مستخلص: |
Macrophages play an essential role in the process of recognition and containment of microbial infections. These immune cells are recruited to infectious sites to reach and phagocytose pathogens. Specifically, in this article, bacteria from the genus Mycobacterium, Salmonella and Escherichia, were selected to study the directional macrophage movement towards different bacterial fractions. We recreated a three-dimensional environment in a microfluidic device, using a collagen-based hydrogel that simulates the mechanical microarchitecture associated to the Extra Cellular Matrix (ECM). First, we showed that macrophage migration is affected by the collagen concentration of their environment, migrating greater distances at higher velocities with decreasing collagen concentrations. To recreate the infectious microenvironment, macrophages were exposed to lateral gradients of bacterial fractions obtained from the intracellular pathogens M. tuberculosis and S. typhimurium. Our results showed that macrophages migrated directionally, and in a concentration-dependent manner, towards the sites where bacterial fractions are located, suggesting the presence of attractants molecules in all the samples. We confirmed that purified M. tuberculosis antigens, as ESAT-6 and CFP-10, stimulated macrophage recruitment in our device. Finally, we also observed that macrophages migrate towards fractions from non-pathogenic bacteria, such as M. smegmatis and Escherichia coli. In conclusion, our microfluidic device is a useful tool which opens new perspectives to study the recognition of specific antigens by innate immune cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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