In Vitro Titan Cell Generation in Cryptococcus neoformans and Automated Cell Size Measurements.
Methods Mol Biol
; 2775: 385-391, 2024.
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A special feature of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is its morphological changes triggered by the interaction with the host. During infection, a specific increase in cell size is observed, particularly in lung tissue, from a typical cell size of 5-7 µm cells to cells larger than 10 µm, dubbed titan cells (TCs). However, the study of this specific cell subpopulation was, until now, only possible via recovery of TCs from lungs of mice during experimental infections where stable and reproducible generation of TCs occurs.The protocol described here generates TCs using in vitro conditions and measures cell size using a rapid, automated method. TC generation in vitro is robust and reproducible, generating yeast cells harboring the same characteristics of TCs generated in vivo.
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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