A new duplex qPCR-based method to quantify Mycoplasma mycoides in complex cell culture systems and host tissues.

Hänske, Jana; Heller, Martin; Schnee, Christiane; Weldearegay, Yenehiwot Berhanu; Franzke, Kati; Jores, Joerg; Meens, Jochen; Kammerer, Robert (2023). A new duplex qPCR-based method to quantify Mycoplasma mycoides in complex cell culture systems and host tissues. Journal of microbiological methods, 211, p. 106765. Elsevier 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106765

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Bacterial pathogen-host interactions are a complex process starting with adherence and colonization followed by a variety of interactions such as invasion or cytotoxicity on one hand and pathogen recognition, secretion of proinflammatory/antibacterial substances and enhancing the barrier function of epithelial layers on the other hand. Therefore, a variety of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models have been established to investigate these interactions. Some in vitro models are composed of different cell types and extracellular matrices such as tissue explants or precision cut lung slices. These complex in vitro models mimic the in vivo situation more realistically, however, they often require new and more sophisticated methods for quantification of experimental results. Here we describe a multiplex qPCR-based method to quantify the number of bacteria of Mycoplasma (M.) mycoides interacting with their hosts in an absolute manner as well as normalized to the number of host cells. We choose the adenylate kinase (adk) gene from the pathogen and the Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 18 (CEACAM18) gene from the host to determine cell numbers by a TaqMan-based assay system. Absolute copy numbers of the genes are calculated according to a standard containing a defined number of plasmids containing the sequence which is amplified by the qPCR. The new multiplex qPCR therefore allows the quantification of M. mycoides interacting with host cells in suspension, monolayer, 3D cell culture systems as well as in host tissues.

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