Carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (cfse)
CFSE (Carboxyfluorescein Succinimidyl Ester) is a fluorescent dye used for cell labeling and tracking in various biological applications. It binds to intracellular proteins, allowing the visualization and monitoring of cell division and proliferation in cell culture experiments.
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Fluorescent Labeling of sEVs
Visualizing Bacterial Coaggregation
F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum and S. gordonii were cultured to the late-exponential phase. Bacterial cells were washed three times and resuspended in sterile PBS. For visualization, F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum was stained green with 5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) (Thermo Fisher, USA), while S. gordonii was stained red with hexidium iodide (Thermo Fisher, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Samples were incubated for 15 min in darkness at room temperature. Fluorescently stained bacteria were washed three times with sterile PBS and resuspended in CAB. The coaggregated F. nucleatum subsp. polymorphum and S. gordonii (Fnp-Sg) were obtained as described above. Coculture of the two species (Fnp+Sg) in PBS, where they did not coaggregate with each other but only mixed physically, were used as controls. After coaggregation reactions, 10 μL of coaggregated Fnp-Sg was transferred to a glass slide and covered with a cover glass. The coaggregation and coculture samples were visualized by an Olympus confocal microscope (FV3000, Olympus, Japan) using excitation (Ex) at 492 nm and emission (Em) at 517 nm for CFSE and Ex/Em = 518 nm/600 nm for hexidium iodide.
Quantifying Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
T. cruzi trypomastigotes were labeled with 5 µM SYTO®11 (binds DNA, Molecular Probes-Invitrogen, Eugene, OR) or 5 µM carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE, binds amines, Invitrogen) for 20 min at 37oC. THP-1- or BM- derived mφs were infected and incubated with labeled T. cruzi trypomastigotes, as above. Cells were washed, and SYTO®11 or CFSE fluorescence as an indicator of parasite uptake was determined by using an Olympus BX-15 microscope equipped with a digital camera (magnification 40X). Cells infected with CFSE-labeled parasites were also fixed with 2% paraformaldehyde and visualized on a FACSCalibur flow cytometer (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) acquiring 20,000 events. Further analysis was performed by using FlowJo software (ver. 7.6.5, Tree-Star, San Carlo, CA). Mean Fluorescence intensity (MFI) of CSFE positive cells was used as a relative marker of parasites per cell.
Total DNA from normal and infected cells was isolated by using TRIzol reagent (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY). Total DNA (100 ng) was used as a template in a quantitative PCR (qPCR) on an iCycler thermal cycler with SYBR Green Supermix (Bio-Rad) and oligonucleotide pairs specific for Tc18S ribosomal DNA (
Cell Proliferation on Electrode Surface
Coating of the electrodes was performed as described above using the stained cells and cultivated for 10 days. Fluorescence microscopy was applied on the 3rd, 7th, and 10th day after coating. Therefore, the medium was replaced with pre-heated PBS and the dye was excited with a light and was detected using the standard FITC filter of the microscope.
Evaluating DPSC Viability on ZIF-8
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