In order to study N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing in vivo, we present a protocol using an Escherichia coli strain equipped with a luxR-based monitor system, which in the presence of exogenous AHL molecules expresses a green fluorescent protein (GFP). Lungs from mice challenged intratracheally with alginate beads containing both a P. aeruginosa strain together with the E. coli monitor strain can be investigated at different time points postinfection. Epifluorescent or confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) is used to detect the GFP-expressing E. coli monitor strain in the lung tissues, indicating production and excretion of AHLs in vivo by the infecting P. aeruginosa.
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Christensen, L. D., van Gennip, M., Jakobsen, T. H., Givskov, M., & Bjarnsholt, T. (2011). Imaging N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing In Vivo. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 692, pp. 147–157). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-971-0_11
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