Fig. 5.
Subcellular localization of UPEC in Lamp1+ vesicles. (A) Bacterial QIRs (green) are enclosed within Lamp1+ vesicles (red). (B) Lamp1+ vesicles (red) containing UTI89 QIRs (green) are in E-cadherin+ transitional cells (pink) at 48 hpi. (Scale bars, 10 μm.) (C) CFUs in PS-pretreated bladders at various time points after bacterial inoculation. Horizontal lines indicate mean titer/mouse/time point; n = 4–8 mice.