Research Article

Evidence for the Involvement of Lipid Rafts and Plasma Membrane Sphingolipid Hydrolases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Bronchial Epithelial Cells

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Effect of P. aeruginosa infection on hydrolases activity associates with DRM and HD fractions. The measurements of the hydrolases activity were conducted on DRM (a) and HD (b) fraction obtained from CuFi-1 cells infected or not with PAO-1, using an in vitro assay based on artificial fluorigenic substrates. The enzymatic activity was evaluated on the same volume of fraction and expressed as pmoles of product/total volume of fraction per hour. versus CTRL.
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