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ArticleCurrent protocols in microbiology2017

Measuring pH of the Coxiella burnetii Parasitophorous Vacuole.

Dhritiman Samanta, Stacey D Gilk

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Article in Current protocols in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dhritiman SamantaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Stacey D GilkDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Coxiella manipulation of lipids in the intracellular nicheR01AI139176 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI STACEY D GILK · 2018 to 2026
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of human Q fever, a zoonotic disease that can cause a debilitating, flu-like illness in acute cases, or a life-threatening endocarditis in chronic patients. An obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, Coxiella survives and multiplies in a large lysosome-like vacuole known as the Coxiella parasitophorous vacuole (CPV). A unique characteristic of the CPV is the acidic environment (pH ∼5.0), which is required to activate Coxiella metabolism and the Coxiella type 4 secretion system (T4SS), a major virulence factor required for intracellular survival. Further, inhibiting or depleting vacuolar ATPase, a host cell protein that regulates lysosomal pH, inhibits intracellular Coxiella growth. Together, these data suggest that CPV pH is an important limiting factor for Coxiella growth and virulence. This unit describes a method to determine CPV pH using live cell microscopy of a pH-sensitive fluorophore conjugated to dextran. This technique is useful to measure changes in CPV pH during infection or in response to drug treatment. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Indexed as

Hydrogen-Ion ConcentrationCoxiella burnetiiCytological TechniquesDrug MonitoringHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMicrobial ViabilityQ FeverVacuolesVirulenceCoxiella burnetiiparasitophorous vacuolepHquantitative microscopy

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PMID29120485
PMCPMC9893848
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