measure the Mtb phagosomal rupture, cells were stained during 1h at
RT, with 8 μM CCF-4 (Invitrogen) in EM buffer (120 mM NaCl, 7 mM KCl, 1.8 mM
CaCl2, 0.8 mM MgCl2, 5 mM glucose and 25 mM Hepes, pH 7.3)
complemented with 2.5 μM probenecid. Cells were then stained with
anti-CD11c-PE-Cy7, anti-CD11b-PerCp-Cy5.5 (eBiosciences) or anti-CD11b-APC (BD) mAbs
andfixed with 4% PFA overnight at 4°C. Cell mortality in the same cultures of
infected cells was determined by use of Pacific Blue Dead/Live reagent (Invitrogen),
which reacts with free amines both inside and outside of the plasma membrane,
yielding log10 1 more intense fluorescent staining of dead cells.
Anti-CD45.1-PE-Cy7 and anti-CD45.2-PerCpCy5.5 were from eBiosciences. To avoid
fluorochromes with emission signals overlapping with those of CCF-4
(λem 500–550 nm and λem 410–470
nm), APC (λem 660 nm)-, PerCp-Cy5.5 (λem 696 nm)-
or PE-Cy7 (λem 778 nm)-conjugated mAbs were chosen for concomitant
cell surface staining. Cells were analyzed in a CyAn cytometer using Summit software
(Beckman Coulter, France). At least 100,000 events per sample were acquired for
in vitro assays. For in vivo detection of CCF-4
signal in CD45 congenic mouse model, 1,000,000 events per sample have been acquired.
Data were analyzed with FlowJo software (Treestar, OR).