CAST: An automated segmentation and tracking tool for the analysis of transcriptional kinetics from single-cell time-lapse recordings

Methods ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Blanchoud ◽  
Damien Nicolas ◽  
Benjamin Zoller ◽  
Onur Tidin ◽  
Félix Naef
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1091-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin E. Y. T. Lefebvre ◽  
Dennis Ma ◽  
Kai Kessenbrock ◽  
Devon A. Lawson ◽  
Michelle A. Digman

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Brandes ◽  
Zeinab Mokhtari ◽  
Fabian Essig ◽  
Kerstin Hünniger ◽  
Oliver Kurzai ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Wang ◽  
Gloria M. Conover ◽  
Song-I Han ◽  
James C. Sacchettini ◽  
Arum Han

AbstractAnalysis of growth and death kinetics at single-cell resolution is a key step in understanding the complexity of the nonreplicating growth phenotype of the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we developed a single-cell-resolution microfluidic mycobacterial culture device that allows time-lapse microscopy-based long-term phenotypic visualization of the live replication dynamics of mycobacteria. This technology was successfully applied to monitor the real-time growth dynamics of the fast-growing model strain Mycobacterium smegmatis (M. smegmatis) while subjected to drug treatment regimens during continuous culture for 48 h inside the microfluidic device. A clear morphological change leading to significant swelling at the poles of the bacterial membrane was observed during drug treatment. In addition, a small subpopulation of cells surviving treatment by frontline antibiotics was observed to recover and achieve robust replicative growth once regular culture media was provided, suggesting the possibility of identifying and isolating nonreplicative mycobacteria. This device is a simple, easy-to-use, and low-cost solution for studying the single-cell phenotype and growth dynamics of mycobacteria, especially during drug treatment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masato Suzuki ◽  
Nobuo Yoshimoto ◽  
Ken Shimono ◽  
Shun’ichi Kuroda

Methods ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja M. Piltti ◽  
Brian J. Cummings ◽  
Krystal Carta ◽  
Ayla Manughian-Peter ◽  
Colleen L. Worne ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia M. V. Sampaio ◽  
Caroline M. Blassick ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Lugagne ◽  
Mary J. Dunlop

AbstractCell-to-cell heterogeneity in gene expression and growth can have critical functional consequences, such as determining whether individual bacteria survive or die following stress. Although phenotypic variability is well documented, the dynamics that underlie it are often unknown. This information is critical because dramatically different outcomes can arise from gradual versus rapid changes in expression and growth. Using single-cell time-lapse microscopy, we measured the temporal expression of a suite of stress response reporters in Escherichia coli, while simultaneously monitoring growth rate. In conditions without stress, we found widespread examples of pulsatile expression. Single-cell growth rates were often anti-correlated with gene expression, with changes in growth preceding changes in expression. These pulsatile dynamics have functional consequences, which we demonstrate by measuring survival after challenging cells with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. Our results suggest that pulsatile expression and growth dynamics are common in stress response networks and can have direct consequences for survival.


Author(s):  
Martin Maska ◽  
Tereza Necasova ◽  
David Wiesner ◽  
Dmitry V. Sorokin ◽  
Igor Peterlik ◽  
...  

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