Figure 5.
Representative examples of secretion of β-lactamase-tagged IglE protein in J774A.1 macrophages. Macrophages were infected either with LVS, LVS ∆clpB, SCHU ∆ggt or SCHU ∆clpB expressing IglE-TEM fusions for 18 h and the fluorescence was determined. TEM β-lactamase activity was identified by the blue fluorescence emitted by the cleaved CCF2 product, whereas uncleaved CCF2 substrate emitted a green fluorescence. The experiments were repeated at least 4 times using duplicate samples. Representative images of each of 4 samples are shown.