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. 2020 Sep 23;10:15519. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72452-2

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Internalisation and subcellular localisation pattern of fluorescent siderophore conjugates in A. fumigatus and A. terreus. [Fe]DAFC-FITC, -Ocean Blue, -NBD and –BODIPY are specifically internalised by A. fumigatus—but not by A. terreus—and accumulate in the cytoplasm, vacuoles and internal membranes, respectively. [Fe]DAFC-SiR and –Cy5 show pronounced internalisation into A. fumigatus, however, do leak into A. terreus by a MirB-independent mechanism. Interestingly, [Fe]DAFC-TAMRA is not internalised to detectable levels by either species. “Dye alone” controls—using identical molarities, incubation and imaging conditions—showed that only BODIPY, SiR and Cy5 are able to rapidly cross the cell wall matrix and plasma membrane barrier. Scale bars, 10 μm.