Chapter title |
Detecting Release of Bacterial dsDNA into the Host Cytosol Using Fluorescence Microscopy
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Chapter number | 13 |
Book title |
Innate Immune Activation
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7519-8_13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7518-1, 978-1-4939-7519-8
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Authors |
Roland Felix Dreier, José Carlos Santos, Petr Broz |
Abstract |
Recognition of pathogens by the innate immune system relies on germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize unique microbial molecules, so-called pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Nucleic acids and their derivatives are one of the most important groups of PAMPs, and are recognized by a number of surface-associated as well as cytosolic PRRs. Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) recognizes the presence of pathogen- or host-derived dsDNA in the cytosol and initiates type-I-IFN production. Here, we describe a methodology that allows for evaluating the association of cGAS with released bacterial dsDNA during Francisella novicida infection of macrophages, by fluorescence confocal microscopy. This method can be adapted to the study of cGAS-dependent responses elicited by other intracellular bacterial pathogens and in other cell types. |
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