Analysis of Epithelial Cell Responses to Microbial Pathogens.

Methods Mol Biol

Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.

Published: March 2021

The epithelial cell is usually the first host cell that interacts with the microbiota present at mucosal surfaces. Although initially thought of as "bystander" cells with barrier function, the epithelial cell is now known to be a sentinel cell in the recognition and discrimination of commensal and pathogenic microorganisms and a key cell in initiating subsequent innate and adaptive immune responses. Here, we describe the main assays utilized in analyzing the activation of epithelial cell signaling (western blotting), transcription factors (TransAm), gene expression (quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR)), cytokine responses (ELISA, Luminex), and damage induction (lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release). While our laboratory focuses on the epithelial response to Candida pathogens, these assays can be applied universally to analyze the activation of epithelial cells in response to any microbial pathogen.

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