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. 2018 Jan 9;7:529. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00529

Table 1.

M. marinum infection stages in D. discoideum and methods used for their analysis.

Infection stage Method used for analysis D. discoideum strains/markers M. marinum strains/markers
1. Phagocytosis FACS (Sattler et al., 2013) wt wt pMSP12::GFP
IFA (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt F-actin (phalloidin) wt pMSP12::GFP
InfectChip (Delince et al., 2016) wt wt pCherry10
Live microscopy (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt GFP-ABD wt pR2Hyg
TEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt wt
2. Niche establishment IFA (Hagedorn and Soldati, 2007; Kolonko et al., 2014) wt, wshA- ArpC4-GFP, calmodulin, cathepsin D, Coronin-GFP, F-actin, p80, vacuolins, VMC, VatA, GFP-WASH wt, L1D pCherry3, pMSP12::GFP
Live microscopy (Kolonko et al., 2014; Barisch et al., 2015a,b; Gerstenmaier et al., 2015; Barisch and Soldati, 2017b; Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt ABD-GFP, AmtA-mCherry/GFP, DQ Green BSA, LysoSensor Green, NR, GFP-Rab5a, GFP-Rab7a, GFP-Rab11c, TRITC-dextran, VacA-GFP, VatB-RFP, VatM-GFP wt, ΔRD1 pCherry3/10, pMSP12::DsRed/GFP, Vibrant DyeCycle Ruby
TEM (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt wt
3. MCV membrane damage IFA (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, atg1- Atg8a, GFP-p62, Ub (FK2) wt, ΔCE pCherry10
Immunoblot (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt p-4E-BP1 (T70), Abp1, p-Raptor (S863) wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10, pMSP12::DsRed
Live microscopy (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, atg1- GFP-Atg8a, GFP-Atg18, DQ Green BSA, GFP-Ub wt, ΔRD1, ΔRD1::RD1-2F9 pCherry10, pMSP12::DsRed, Vibrant DyeCycle Ruby
qPCR (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt atg1, atg8a, atg8b, p62 wt, ΔRD1
4. MCV membrane repair IFA (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, atg1-, atg1- Atg1-GFP, atg8- Ub (FK2) wt pCherry10
Immunoblot (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt p-4E-BP1 (T70), Abp1, p-Raptor (S863) wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10, pMSP12::DsRed
Live microscopy (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt GFP-Lamtor1, GFP-Lst8, GFP-Raptor, GFP-Rheb wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10, pMSP12::DsRed
TEM (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, atg1- wt
5. Bacteria replication within the MCV FACS (Hagedorn and Soldati, 2007; Hagedorn et al., 2009; Lelong et al., 2011; Kolonko et al., 2014) wt, kil2-, racH-, vacB-, wshA- MB38::ESAT-6 wt, L1D, ΔRD1 pMSP12::GFP
IFA (Solomon et al., 2003; Hagedorn and Soldati, 2007; Lelong et al., 2011) wt, kil2-, racH-, vacB- vacuolins, coronin-GFP, p80 wt, L1D map24::GFP, pMSP12::GFP
Luminescence recording in microplate reader (Ouertatani-Sakouhi et al., 2017) wt wt pMV306::lux
TEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt wt
6. MCV rupture IFA (Hagedorn and Soldati, 2007; Hagedorn et al., 2009; Lelong et al., 2011; Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, kil2-, racH-, vacA-, vacB- MB38::ESAT-6, p80, Ub (KF2), vacuolins wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10, pMSP12::GFP
Live microscopy (Barisch et al., 2015b) wt VacA-GFP wt pCherry10
TEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt, racH- wt, ΔRD1
7. Escape from the MCV IFA (Hagedorn and Soldati, 2007; Hagedorn et al., 2009; Gerstenmaier et al., 2015; Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, racH-, vacA- vacB- Atg8a, F-actin (phalloidin), MB38::ESAT-6, GFP-p62/Sqstm1, p80, Ub (FK2), vacuolins wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10, pMSP12::GFP
Live microscopy (Barisch et al., 2015a,b; Barisch and Soldati, 2017b) wt AmtA-mCherry/GFP, RFP/GFP-Plin, VacA-GFP wt, ΔRD1 pCherry10
TEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt, racH- wt, ΔRD1
8. Cytosolic replication Luminescence recording in microplate reader (Cardenal-Muñoz et al., 2017) wt, atg1-, atg8a-, p62- wt, ΔRD1 pMV306::lux
9.1. Egress by ejection CLEM (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt F-actin (Lifeact-GFP) wt pCherry3
FACS (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt, atg1- PI wt pMSP12::GFP
IFA (Hagedorn et al., 2009; Kolonko et al., 2014; Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt, atg1-, atg5-, atg6-, atg7-, p62/sqstm1-, racH-, vacA-, vacB-, wshA-, wshA- GFP-WASH GFP-2xFYVE, Arp3, Atg8a, GFP-Atg18, Coronin, F-actin (phalloidin), GFP, MB38::ESAT-6, myoII, myoB, GFP-p62/Sqstm1, p80, PM4C4, Ub (FK2) wt, ΔRD1 anti-mar, pCherry3, pMSP12::GFP, pR2Hyg
Live microscopy (Hagedorn et al., 2009; Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt ABD-GFP, GFP-ABD, DAPI, TRITC-dextran wt pMSP12::GFP, pR2Hyg
TEM (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt, atg1- wt
9.2. Egress by host cell death FACS (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt, atg1- PI wt pMSP12::GFP
InfectChip (Delince et al., 2016) wt wt pCherry10
9.3. Exocytosis IFA (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt GFP-ABD, F-actin (phalloidin), p80, PM4C4, vacuolin wt pMSP12::GFP
InfectChip (Delince et al., 2016) wt wt pCherry10
Live microscopy (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015) wt ABD-GFP, TRITC-dextran wt pMSP12::GFP
SEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt wt
TEM (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt wt
10. Intercellular dissemination Dissemination/Transmission assay [fixed fluorescence microscopy (Hagedorn et al., 2009) or FACS (Gerstenmaier et al., 2015)] wt, atg1-, racH- GFP-ABD, Lifeact-RFP wt pMSP12::GFP, pR2Hyg
IFA (Hagedorn et al., 2009) wt F-actin (phalloidin), p80 wt pMSP12::GFP