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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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#187 Comparis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a quantitative and a semi-qantitative method to investigate survival <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in bovine m<strong>on</strong>ocyte-derived macrophages<br />

Rebecca M. Mitchell, Nicole S. Gollnick, Srinand Sreevatsan, David G. Russell, Ynte H. Schukken<br />

College <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA; Clinic for Ruminants, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Munich, Germany;<br />

College <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Veterinary Medicine, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Minnesota, USA<br />

Intracellular growth and survival <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is dependent <strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> bacterial genotype. Until recently we lacked methods to differentiate MAP strains bey<strong>on</strong>d <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> host<br />

specificity. Techniques such as multilocus short sequence repeat (MLSSR) strain typing enable more precise<br />

differentiati<strong>on</strong> between host-specific isolates. This allows investigating <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> characteristics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in in vitro<br />

infecti<strong>on</strong>s. In this study we report <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> comparis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> two quantitati<strong>on</strong>s systems (fluorescent microscopy and<br />

real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR)) evaluating in vitro survival and growths <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in bovine m<strong>on</strong>ocyte-derived<br />

macrophages (MDMs) by using data from a single experimental setup.<br />

MDMs for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se experiments were obtained from Johne’s disease-positive (n = 3) and age and stage<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> lactati<strong>on</strong> matched Johne’s disease-negative (n = 3) multiparious cows from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same farm. MDMs were<br />

challenged in vitro with four MAP strains <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> different host specificity (bovine, ovine) and were harvested at<br />

2 hours, 2 days, 4 days and 7 days following infecti<strong>on</strong>. For each time point we measured simultaneously<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> both host cells and bacteria applying a semi-quantitative approach by using fluorescence<br />

microscopy and a quantitative approach using qPCR.<br />

Overall, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re was a high level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> agreement between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> bacterial and cell numbers assessed by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

two divergent methods: Host infecti<strong>on</strong> status (test-positive or test-negative) did not influence bacterial survival<br />

irrespective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP strain used while bovine-specific MAP strains showed significantly better survival in bovine<br />

MDMs compared to ovine-specific strains. Throughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se analyses compared to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fluorescence microscopy<br />

assays qPCR proved to be more c<strong>on</strong>sistent between samples.<br />

It may be c<strong>on</strong>cluded that both methods are appropriate to investigate MAP infecti<strong>on</strong>s in vitro. For <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> investigati<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> larger data sets <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> qPCR is preferred not <strong>on</strong>ly because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> higher precisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> results but also<br />

to reduce <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> work load.<br />

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