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Company: GE Healthcare
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Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Killing Assay of Candida albicans
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2020-08-20
[Abstract]   Fungal pathogen Candida albicans is one of the top leading causes of overall healthcare-associated bloodstream infections worldwide. Neutrophil is the major effector cell to clear C. albicans infection. Our study showed that mouse neutrophils utilize two independent mechanisms to kill C. albicans: one is CR3 downstream NADPH oxidase-dependent mechanism that kills opsonized C. albicans; the other one is dectin-2-mediated NADPH oxidase-independent neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) that kills unopsonized C. albicans. Neutrophil killing of opsonized C. albicans requires phagocytosing the organism and production of reactive oxygen species production (ROS). Most existing protocols that assay for neutrophil killing of C. albicans requires ... [摘要]  [摘要 ] 丰人病原体念珠菌白色念珠菌是顶级领先的原因之一全球总卫生保健相关血流感染。中性粒细胞是清除白色念珠菌感染的主要效应细胞。我们的研究表明,小鼠中性粒细胞利用两种独立的机制杀死白念珠菌:一种是CR3下游NADPH氧化酶依赖性机制,它可以杀死调理过的白色念珠菌。另一个是dectin-2介导的NADPH氧化酶非依赖性中性粒细胞胞外捕获物(NET),它杀死未调理的白色念珠菌。中性粒细胞杀死调理过的白色念珠菌 需要吞噬生物体并产生活性氧(ROS)。大多数现有的协议的测定中性粒细胞杀死白色念珠菌需要使嗜中性粒细胞吞噬生物体后洗涤步骤。根据定义,NET在细胞外杀死生物。因此,重要的是要跳过洗涤步骤,并向孔中添加最佳比例的嗜中性白细胞和白色念珠菌。为了证明NET的作用,有必要比较用微球菌核酸酶(MNase )(一种消化NET的酶)处理的嗜中性粒细胞的杀伤能力与用热灭活的MNase 处理的嗜中性粒细胞的杀伤能力。MNase 还用于释放与NET绑定的真菌元素以进行计数。该协议可用于测定其他生物膜形成生物的NET杀灭。

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In vitro Induction and Detection of Acrosomal Exocytosis in Human Spermatozoa
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2020-07-20
[Abstract]  The acrosome reaction is a highly regulated exocytotic event that primes spermatozoa for successful fertilization. Upon induction, acrosomal exocytosis proceeds via a wave of vesiculation that radiates across the sperm head, destabilizing the acrosomal vesicle and resulting in the release of the acrosomal contents. Having shed their acrosome, spermatozoa are then capable of penetrating the outer vestments of the oocyte and initiating fertilization. Accordingly, the failure of spermatozoa to complete an acrosome reaction represents a relatively common etiology in male infertility patients, and the ability to induce acrosomal exocytosis has found clinical utility in the evaluation of sperm fertilizing capacity. Here, we firstly describe protocols for driving the capacitation of human ... [摘要]  [摘要 ] 顶体反应是高度调控的胞吐事件,引发精子成功受精。诱导后,顶体胞吐作用通过一束囊泡波进行,该囊泡波辐射穿过精子头部,使顶体囊泡不稳定并导致顶体内容物释放。脱去顶体后,精子便能够穿透卵母细胞的外衣并开始受精。因此,在男性不育患者中,精子不能完成顶体反应代表了相对普遍的病因,并且诱导顶体胞吐作用的能力已在评估精子受精能力中发现了临床用途。在这里,我们首先描述驱动人类精子获能的方案 在体外使用化学成分确定的培养基以引发细胞完成顶体胞吐作用。然后,我们描述了常规用于诱导结合了生理激动剂(即甾体激素,孕酮)或药理试剂(即二价阳离子离子载体,A23187)的顶体胞吐作用的方法。最后,我们描述了组织化学和免疫荧光技术的应用,这些技术可用于研究顶体反应的完成。这样的协议对于临床和男科学研究实验室中的精子功能测试具有重要的诊断实用性。

[背景 ] 顶配体是雄性配子所特有的,是一种溶酶体样的膜细胞器,装饰在精子头部的前部区域,并由顶体内膜和外膜描绘(Hermo 等人,2010a和2010b)。如此形成的顶体囊泡封装了无数的结构和酶促组分,将其分隔为可溶或不可溶级分(Guyonnet 等,2012; Guyonnet 等,2014)。这些中的后者,称为顶体基质,用作稳定的支架,其允许在顶体反应期间受控释放受精所必需的基质相关蛋白(Guyonnet ...

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