Man), 61.37 (C-6, Man'), 62.30 (C-6, Gal'), 65.53 (C-6, d, Jcp = 5.5 Hz, Gal), 69.28 (C-4, Gal), 69.83 (C-4, Gal' and C-3, Man'), 70.84 (C-3, Man and C-2, Man), 71.08 (C-2, d, Jcp = 7.4 Hz, Man'), 72.13 (C-2, Gal' and C-2, Gal), 72.34 (C-5, Man), 73.69 (C-3, Gal', C-3, Gal and C-5, Man'), 74.89 (C-5, d, JcP = 7.5 Hz, Gal), 76.52 (C-5, Gal'), 77.05 (C-4, Man'), 78.14 (C-4, Man), 97.03 (C-1, d, Jcp = 5.5 Hz, Man'), 100.76 (C-1, Man), 104.20 (C-1, Gal'), 104.42 (C-1, Gal); 31p-NMR: -1.29; ESMS m/z 745.38 (M-Et3N-H)"; HRMS (ESMS): calcd for (M-Et3N-H)" C24H42024P 745.1804, found 745.1830. 2,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl-(3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 ~4)-1 ,2,3,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-mann opyranoside 6-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-(3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1~4)-2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl­a-D-mannopyranosylphosphate ) triethylammonium salt (10). A solution of 48% aqueous HF in CH3CN (5:95, 5 ml) was added to compound 8 (20 mg, 0.015 mmol) at 0 DC and stirred at 0 DC for 2 h. The reaction was quenched by the addition of the aqueous NaHC03 solution until effervescence ceased and diluted with CH2CI2 (5 ml). The organic layer was washed with water, dried over Na2S04 and concentrated to give compound 10 (15.6 mg, 85%); ESMS m/z 1290.4 (M-EhN-H)" 2,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl-(3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 ~4 )-1 ,2,3,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-manno pyranoside 6-{2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-0-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-(3-D-galactopyrano syl-(1~4)-2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl-a-D-mannopyranosyl phosphate 6-[2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl -(3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 ~4)-2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl-a-D-mannopyranosyl phosphate ]) bis-triethylammonium salt (11). Mixture of phosphotetrasaccharide acceptor 10 (15.6 mg, 0.015 mmol) and H-phosphonate donor 6 (20.8 mg, 0.024 mmol) was dried by evaporation of pyridine (500 III x 3). The residue was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine (500 Ill), and pivaloyl chloride (10 Ill, 0.083 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt after which a freshly prepared solution of iodine (500 Ill, 16 mg, 0.06 mmol in pyridine-water, 95:5) was added. After 30 min, CH2CI2 was added and the solution was washed successively with cold 1 M aq Na2S203 solution (5 ml x 2) and ice-cold 1 M TEAS buffer (5 ml x 2), dried over Na2S04 and concentrated. The silica column purification using 5% CH30H in CH2CI2 with 1 % EhN afforded compound 11 (16 mg, 63%); R, = 0.11 in 10% CH30H in CH2Cb; lH-NMR (CDCI3); assignments by 1 H_l H COSY and HMQC experiments. Due to repeating nature (three repeats of phosphoglycan) of the molecule, all NMR peaks could not be assigned:1H NMR 0 0.01 (s, 6H, OSiM~CMe3), 0.84 (s, 9H, OSiMe2CMe3), 2.15-1.96

2.15 (13 x OCOCH3), 3.50 (m, 4H, H2-6 Gal and Gal'), 3.87 (m, 1 H, H-5, Gal'), 3.94 (m, 1H, H-5, Gal), 4.07-4.10 (m, 1H, H-5, Man'), 4.07-4.14 (m, 1H, H-5, Man), 4.35 (m, 1 H, H-4, Man'), 4.39 (m, 4H, 4-H, H2-6, Man and H2-6, Man'), 4.40 (m, 1 H, H-4, Man), 4.48 (m, 1 H, H-3, Man'), 4.52 (m, 1 H, H-3, Man), 4.94 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 2H, H-1 ,Gal and H-1, Gal'), 5.28 (m, 4H, H-2 Man, H-4 Gal, H-3 Gal' and H-4 Gal'), 5.29 (m, 1 H, H-3, Gal), 5.43 (m, 1 H, H-2 Gal'), 5.45 (dd, JHH= 1.9 and JHP = 7.0 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Man'), 5.46 (m, 1 H, H-2, Gal), 6.01 (d, J = 2.7 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Man); 13C NMR: 0 -5.75, 17.95 and 25.57 (for TBOMS group), 20.48-20.79 (CH~02 x 13), 60.06 (C-6, Gal'), 60.42 (d, Jcp = 8 Hz, C-6, Gal), 62.22 (C-6, Man), 62.63 (C-6, Man'), 66.55 (d, C-2, Man'), 67.46 (d, C-5, Gal), 68.27 (C-4, Gal), 68.64 (C-4, Gal'), 69.37 (C-3, Man'), 69.66 (C-5, Man), 69.84 (C-3, Man), 70.14 (C-5, Man'), 70.75 (C-2, Gal'), 70.88 (C-2, Gal), 71.20 (C-2, Man), 73.31 (C-3, Gal'), 73.76 (C-3, Gal), 74.24 (C-4, Man'), 77.15 (C-4, Man), 78.95 (C-5, Gal'), 90.41 (d, C-1, Man'), 91.69 (C-1, Gal), 101.08 (C-1, Man), 101.29 (C-1, Gal'), 168-171 (CH3CO x 13); 31p_NMR: 0 -2.90 (dt, JPH 7.5 and 10); ESMS m/z 1405.2 (M-EhN-Hf; HRMS (ESMS): calcd for (M-Et3N-Hf C56H82037PSi 1405.4042, found 1405.4105. J3-D-Galactopyranosyl-(1 ~4)-a-D-mannopyranoside 6-[J3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1~)-a-D-mannopyranosyl phosphate] triethylammonium salt (9). A solution of 48% aqueous HF in CH3CN (5:95, 1.5 ml) was added to compound 8 (15 mg, 0.01 mmol) at 0 °C. The solution was stirred at 0 °C for 2 h. The reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous NaHC03 solution until effervescence ceased, and diluted with CH2CI2 (5 ml). The organic layer was washed with water, dried over Na2S04 and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in anhydrous CH30H (500 Ill) and NaOMe (15 mg) was added, the solution was stirred overnight at rt, deionized with AG-X8 resin (H+), filtered and immediately neutralized with Et3N. After concentration, water (500 III x 3) was evaporated off from the residue to afford tetrasaccharide phosphodiester 9 (7.9 mg, 94%); [a]o = 34° (c 0.15, H20); lH-NMR (020), lH_1H_ COSY assignments: 3.45 (m, 2H, H-2, GaVGal'), 3.46 (m, 1 H, H-5, Man'), 3.55 (m, 1 H, H-5, Man), 3.56-3.53 (m, 2H, H-3, Gal/Gal'), 3.60 (m, 2H, H-5, Gal/Gal'), 3.68 (m, 4H, H2-6, Man/Man'), 3.76 (m, 2H, H-3, Man/Man'), 3.80 (m, 4H, H2-6, Gal/Gal'), 3.83 (m, 2H, H-4, GaVGal'), 3.85 (m, 1 H, H-2, Man), 3.94 (m, 1 H, H-2, Man'), 4.32 (m, 1 H, H-4, Man), 4.37 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Gal'), 4.35 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Gal), 5.09 (d, J = 1.8 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Man), 5.36 (dd, JHH = 1.9 Hz and JHP = 6.8 Hz, 1 H, H-1, Man'); 13C-NMR, assignment made by 20 lH_13C HETCOR experiment, 61.37 (C-6,

66.57 (C-4'), 69.36 (C-3), 69.53 (C-5), 69.69 (C-2'), 71.20 (C-2). 73.30 (C-3'), 73.86 (C-5'), 91.59 (C-4), 92.54 (C-1), 101.09 (C-1'), 169.13-170.49 (COMe); 31p NMR: 8= 0.13; ESMS m/z 771.26 (M-Et3N-Hr; HRMS (ESMS): calcd for (M-EbN-Hr C30H48019PSi 771.2297, found 771.2276. 1 ,2,3,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-4-0-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-j3-D-galactopyranosyl)-a-D-manno pyranose (7). A solution of 48% aqueous HF in CH3CN (5:95, 8 ml) was added to compound 4 (100 mg, 0.132 mmol) at 0 °C and the solution was stirred for 2 h. The reaction was quenched with aqueous NaHC03 solution until effervescence ceased, and diluted with CH2CI2. The organic layer was washed thoroughly with water, dried over Na2S04 and concentrated to give 7 (72 mg, 85.7%); Rt = 0.3 in 70% ethyl acetate in hexane; [a]o = +4.6° (c 0.3, CHCI3); 1H NMR (CDCI3, 300 MHz) 81.97-2.16 (m, 21 H, 7 x OAc), 3.67-3.74 (m, 3H, H-5',6), 4.08-4.14 (m, 3H, H-5,6'), 4.58 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-1'), 5.16 (dd, J = 2.1 and 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-2'), 5.23 (dd, J = 2.1 and 3.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 5.32 (d, J = 3.3 Hz, 1 H, H-4), 5.41 (dd, J = 3.6 and 4.5 Hz, 1 H, H-3), 6.01 (d, J = 2.1 Hz, 1 H, H-1); 13C NMR (CDCI3, 75 MHz) 8 20.42-20.77 (7 x COMe), 60.74 (C-6'), 62.25 (C-6), 67.56 (C-4'), 68.31 (C-3), 69.35 (C-5), 69.43 (C-2'), 70.77 (C-2), 70.83 (C-3'), 73.98 (C-5'), 74.32 (C-4), 90.45 (C-1), 101.30 (C-1'), 168.32-170.80 (7 x COMe),; ESMS m/z659.28 (M+Nar; HRMS (ESMS): calcd for (M+NH4r C26H40N018 654.2245, found 654.2272. 2,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl-j3-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-?4)-1 ,2,3,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-manno pyranoside 6-[2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-0-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-j3-D-galactopyranosyl -(1 ~4)-1 ,2,3,6-tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-mannopyranosyl phosphate] triethyl ammonium salt (8). Mixture of H-phosphonate donor 6 (32 mg, 0.036 mmol) and acceptor 7 (23 mg, 0.036 mmol) was dried by evaporation of pyridine (500 III x 3). The residue was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine (600 Ill) and pivaloyl chloride (15 Ill, 0.123 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt and a freshly prepared iodine solution (600 Ill, 18 mg, 0.078 mmol in pyridine-water, 95:5) was added. After 30 min. CH2CI2 (10 ml) was added and the solution was washed successively with cold 1 M aqueous solution of Na2S203 (5 ml x 2) and ice-cold 1 M TEAS buffer (5 ml x 2), dried over Na2S04 and concentrated. Column chromatography on silica gel (3% CH30H in CH2CI2 with 1 % EbN) afforded product 8 (40 mg, 73.8%); Rt= 0.21 in 10% CH30H in CH2CI2; [a]o = -6.1° (c 0.18, CHCI3); 1H_ NMR (CDCI3, 300 MHz); assignments confirmed by 1H_1H COSY and HMQC experiments: 1 H NMR 8 0.01 (5, 6H, OSiM9:2CMe3), 0.84 (s, 9H, OSiMe2CMe3). 1.96-

2,3,6-Tri-O-acetyl-4-0-[2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-0-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-(3-D-galactop yranosyl]-a-D-mannopyranose (5). Compound 4 (100 mg, 0.132 mmol) was dissolved in saturated Me2NH solution in anhydrous CH3CN (20 ml) at -20°C and stirred for 3 h after which TlC confirmed disappearance of the starting material. Excess of Me2NH was removed under reduced pressure below 30°C and the reaction mixture was concentrated to give the desired anomeric deprotected compound 5 in quantitative yield; R, = 0.25 in 70% ethyl acetate in hexane; [a]D = +3.75° (c 0.16, CHCI3); 1H NMR (CDCI3, 300 MHz) 80.01 (s, 6H, M~SiCMe3), 0.84 (s, 9H, Me2SiCMSJ), 1.95-2.19 (m, 18H, 6 x OAc), 3.56-3.66 (m, 4H, H-6,6'), 3.91 (m, 1H, H-5), 4.12-4.16 (m, 2H, H-5', OH), 4.40 (d, J= 4.5 Hz, 1H, H-4), 4.40 (d, J= 7.8 Hz, 1 H, H-1'), 4.99 (dd, J = 3.3 and 7.8 Hz, H-3'), 5.09 (dd, J = 2.1 and 7.8 Hz, 1 H, H-2'), 5.17 (dd, J = 2.1 and 3.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 5.23 (dd, J = 3.6 and 4.5 Hz, 1 H, H-3), 5.43 (m, 2H, H-4',1); 13C NMR (CDCI3, 75 MHz) 8 -5.77 (M~SiCMe3), 17.98 , (Me2SiCMe3)" 20.40-21.38 (OAc), 25.58 (Me2SiCMe3), 60.06 (C-6'), 62.62 (C-6), 66.56 (C-4'), 68.78 (C-3), 69.30 (C-5), 69.51 (C-2'), 70.06 (C-2), 71.21 (C-3'), 73.37 (C-5'), 74.15 (C-4), 91.82 (C-1), 101.04 (C-1'), 169.10-170.52 (COMe); ESMS m/z 731.3 (M+Nat. Triethylammonium 2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl-4-0-[2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-0-(t-butyldimethyl silyl)-(3-D-galactopyranosyl]-a-D-mannopyranosyl hydrogen phosphonate (6). To a stirred solution of imidazole (224 mg, 3.28 mmol) in anhydrous CH3CN (5 ml) at o °C was added PCI3 (160 Ill, 1.8 mmol) and EhN (480 Ill, 3.44 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 20 min, after which a solution of compound 5 dissolved in anhydrous CH3CN (5 ml) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at 0 °C for 3 hand quenched with 1 M triethylammonium bicarbonate (TEAS) buffer (pH 7, 2 ml). The clear solution was stirred for 15 min, diluted with CH2CI2 (20 ml), and the organic layer was washed with ice cold water (10 ml x 2) and cold 1 M TEAS solution (10 ml x 2) successively, dried over Na2S04 and concentrated to yield phosphoglycan donor 6 (100 mg, 86%); R, = 0.45 in 20% CH30H in CH2CI2; [a]D = -4.5° (c 0.27, CHCb); 1H NMR (CDCI3, 300 MHz) 8 0.01 (s, 6H, M~SiCMe3), 0.82 (s, 9H, M~SiCMSJ), 1.95-2.09 (m, 18H, 6 x OAc), 3.49-3.68 (m, 4H, H-6,6'), 3.88 (m, 1 H, H-5), 4.14 (m, 1 H, H-5'),4.36 (d, J = 4.5 Hz, 1 H, H-4), 4.47 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1 H, H-1'), 4.95 (dd, J = 3.3 and 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-3'), 5.05 (dd, J = 2.1 and 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-2'), 5.21 (dd, J = 2.1 and 3.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 5.41 (d, J = 3.3 Hz, 1 H, H-4'), 5.48 (dd, J = 1.8 and 8 Hz, 1 H, H-1), 6.92 (d, JH,p= 637.0 Hz, 1H, H-1); 13C NMR (CDCI3, 75 MHz) 8 -5.80, (M~SiCMe3), 17.98 (Me2SiCMe3), 20.48-20.76 (OAc), 25.57 (Me2SiCMSJ), 60.10 (C-6'), 62.42 (C-6),

chromatography (8% CH30H in CH2CI2) to provide compound 2 (10.8 g, 79.5%); Rf = 0.47 in 15% CH30H in CH2CI2; [a]o = +3.45° (c 0.29, CH30H); 1H NMR (020, 300 MHz) 00.01 (s, 6H, M~SiCMe3), 0.82 (s, 9H, Me2SiCM~), 3.48 (m, 1 H, H-2'), 3.58 (m, 1 H, H-3'), 3.65 (m, 1 H, H-5), 3.76 (m, 4H, H-6,6'), 3.82 (d, J = 3.1 Hz, 1 H, H-4'), 3.92 (m, 1 H, H-5'), 4.38 (m, 1 H, H-3), 4.31 (d, J = 5.7 Hz, 1 H, H-4), 4.46 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1 H, H-1'), 4.76 (dd, J = 3.6 and 6.3 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 6.37 (dd, J = 1.1 and 6.2 Hz, 1 H, H-1); 13C NMR (020, 75 MHz) 0 -4.84 (M~SiCMe3), 25.23 (Me2SiCM~), 59.57 (C-6'), 60.89 (C-6), 67.14 (C-4'), 68.45 (C-3), 70.87 (C-5), 72.52 (C-2'), 75.23 (C-2), 76.68 (C-3'), 77.43 (C-5'), 101.73 (C-4), 102.87 (C-1'), 143.88 (C-1); ESMS m/z 445.10 (M+Naf; HRMS (FAB): calcd for (M+Lif C18H3409SiLi 429.2132, found 429.2126. 1,2,3,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-4-0-[2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-0-( t-butyldimethylsilyl)-~-D-gala ctopyranosyl]-a-D-mannopyranose (4). A solution of 2 (5 g, 11.8 mmol) in water (50 mL) was stirred, to which was added a solution of m-CPBA (6.5 g, 36 mmol) in diethyl ether (50 mL) dropwise at -10 °C. The reaction mixture was brought to 0 °C and stirred for 4 h, and aqueous layer was extracted thoroughly with ether, Iyoph iii zed to afford 4-0-[6-0-( t-butyldi methylsilyl)-f3-0-galactopyranosyl]-a-0-mannopyranose (3) . This was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine (25 mL) and acetic anhydride (25 mL) was added dropwise at 0 °C. The mixture was gradually brought to rt and stirred for 16 h, and after completion of the reaction it was quenched with ice and diluted with CH2CI2. The organic layer was washed with water, dried (Na2S04) and concentrated to give a syrup which was purified by silica column (20% ethyl acetate in hexane) to provide compound 4 as white amorphous solid (7.5 g, 84%); [a]o = +6.72° (c 0.55, CHCI3); Rf = 0.69 in 70% ethyl acetate in hexane; 1H NMR (COCI3, 300 MHz) 0 0.01 (s, 6H, M~SiCMe3)' 0.84 (s, 9H, Me2SiCMe3), 1.95-2.14 (m, 21 H, 7 x OAc), 3.56-3.64 (m, 4H, H-6,6'), 4.17-5.04 (m, 2H, H-5,5'), 4.53 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-1'), 5.01 (dd, J = 3.3 and 7.8 Hz, 2H, H-4), 5.12 (dd, J = 2.1 and 7.8 Hz, 1H, H-2'), 5.21 (dd, J = 2.1 and 3.6 Hz, 1H, H-2), 5.34 (dd, J = 3.6 and 4.5 Hz, 1H, H-3), 5.41 (d, J = 3.3 Hz, 1H, H-4'), 6.01 (d, J = 2.1 Hz, 1H, H-1); 13C NMR (COCI3, 75 MHz) 8 -5.85 (M~SiCMe3), 17.94 (Me2SiCMe3), 20.40-20.86 (OAc), 25.54 (Me2SiCMe3), 60.01 (C-6'), 62.14 (C-6), 66.45 (C-4'), 68.18 (C-3), 69.25 (C-5), 69.39 (C-2'), 70.58 (C-2), 70.79 (C-3'), 73.38 (C-5'), 73.62 (C-4), 90.25 (C-1), 101.14 (C-1'), 168.08-170.23 (7 x CO); ESMS m/z 773.24 (M+Naf; HRMS (ESMS): calcd for (M+NH4f C32Hs4 N018 Si 768.3110, found 768.3139

Lactal (1). A solution of cyanocobalamin83 (Vitamin B12, 1.5 g, 1.14 mmol) in anhydrous CH30H (400 mL) was thoroughly purged with nitrogen gas for 30 min and zinc powder (87.5 g, 1.338 mol) and ammonium chloride (71 g, 1.33 mol) were added to the solution. The reaction was stirred for another 45 min and hepta-O-acetyl lactosyl bromide (47 g, 67.5 mmol), freshly prepared from lactose [peracetylation using acetic anhydride and sodium acetate, followed by anomeric bromination (48% hydrobromic acid in acetic acid)], was dissolved in CH30H (150 mL) and added. Immediately after addition of the bromide, the dark red solution changed to reddish-yellow and then back to dark red in 5 min. The solution was filtered through celite to remove zinc, the celite pad was washed with CH30H and the filtrate was concentrated to give a white and red solid. This mixture was dissolved in water (500 mL) and extracted with CH2CI2 (300 mL x 3). Organic extracts were combined, dried over Na2S04, and concentrated to provide hexa-O-acetyl lactal (36 g, 87%) as an amorphous solid, mp 113° (lit84 mp 114°); [a)D = -18° (c 1.0, CHCI3) (Iit84, -18°, c 1.0, CHCI3). In the next step of complete deacylation, hexa-O-acetyl lactal (36 g, 64.5 mmol) and freshly dried Na2C03 (45 g, 425 mmol) were suspended in anhydrous CH30H (750 mL) and stirred for 90 min at rt. The suspension was filtered to remove excess of Na2C03 and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give deprotected lactal (1) as an amorphous solid (19.4 g, 98%); R,= 0.2 in 30% CH30H in CH2CI2; mp 191-193°; [a]D = +27° (c 1.6, H20) (lit84, +27°, c 1.6, H20). 6'-0-(f-butyldimethylsilyl)-lactal (2). A solution of lactal (1, 10 g, 32.4 mmol) and BU2SnO (8 g, 32.5 mmol) in anhydrous CH30H (1000 mL) was heated to reflux for 4 h followed by removal of solvent which provided a yellow powder. The dibutyltin complex was dissolved in anhydrous THF (1000 mL) and TBDMSCI (4.9 g, 32.3 mmol) was added, and the solution was stirred for 48 h at rt. After the completion of reaction, the solvent was evaporated to give a residue which was purified by silica

Solution Phase Synthesis of Phosphoglycans

Synthesis of Phosphoglycan Repeats of Lipophosphoglycan

Inbred male BALB/c.T mice (6-8 week, Small Experimental Animal Facility, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India) were immunized intramuscularly (i.m.) with 100 J.lg of respective plasmid DNA or VR1020 vector in 100 J.ll saline (0.9% NaCl) in the anterior tibialis muscle in the hind limbs (each receiving 50 J.ll). Two booster injections of 100 J.lg DNA in saline were given on day 21 and 35. On day 45, mice in each group received i.m. injection of E. coli expressed recombinant protein (20 J.lg/mouse in saline). Mice were anesthetized and bled retro-orbitally on days 0, 45 and 52 for analysis of respective antibody responses.

Plasmid DNA administered in saline

albumin (BSA) in PBS for 2 hat 4°C. For detection of r-bmZPI, a murine monoclonal antibody (MAb), MA-813, generated against E. coli expressed r-bmZP1 (Govind et al., 2000), was used as the primary antibody. The cells were incubated with 1 :500 dilution of MA-813 ascites fluid for 2 hat 4°C. Cells were washed 5 times with PBS and incubated for 1 h with a 1:800 dilution of goat anti-mouse Ig-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugate (Sigma) at 4°C. After washing with PBS, coverslips with the cells were mounted in glycerol : PBS (9 : 1 ), and examined under an Optiphot fluorescent microscope (Nikon, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan). For detecting r-dZP3, MAb, MA-451 (1 :500 dilution of ascites fluid), generated against porcine ZP3f3 (a homologue of dZP3) and immunlogically cross-reactive with dZP3 (Santhanam et al., 1998) was used. For detecting r-rG, rabbit polyclonal antibodies (1:1000 dilution) against E. coli expressed r-rG, was used as primary antibody. The polyclonal antibody was provided by Dr. Sangeeta Choudhury, Project Associate, Gamete Antigen Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Goat anti-mouse immunoglobulins-FITC conjugate (1 :800) and goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulins-FITC conjugate (1 :2000; Pierce) were used for detecting anti-dZP3 and anti-rG antibodies respectively

Initial standardization of transfection conditions was done using VRbmZPl plasmid DNA and COS-I mammalian cell line. In brief, cells were cultured in T-25 tissue culture flasks in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) at 37°C with 5% C02. For subculturing, cells were trypsinized (0.5% trypsin + 0.2% EDTA in DMEM without FCS), centrifuged at 250 X g for 10 min, resuspended in DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and aliquoted into T-25 flasks. For transfection, cells were seeded on coverslips in a 24-well tissue culture plate at a density of 5x 104 cells/well, a day prior to transfection. To standardize in vitro transfection conditions for optimum expression of bmZP1, varying amount of plasmid DNA was mixed with lipofectamine in DMEM devoid ofFCS (final reaction volume 200 f.!l) and incubated at RT for 45 min. The cells on the coverslips were washed twice with plain DMEM devoid of FCS. DNA-Iipofectamine complex was added dropwise to the cells and the plate incubated for 8 h at 3 7°C in humidified atmosphere of 5% C02• Subsequently, 1 ml of DMEM containing 10% FCS was added per well and cells allowed to grow for 48 h. After incubation, cells were processed for visualization of r-bmZPl by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Cells were washed twice with phosphate buffer saline (PBS; 50 mM Phosphate and 150 mM NaCI, pH 7.4), fixed in chilled methanol (-20°C) for 3 min and blocked with 3% bovine serum

Detection of the expressed recombinant protein following i11 vitro transfection of mammalian cells with the plasmid DNA.

GAAGATCTCAGACCATCTGGCCAACT-3' as the forward pnmer, and 5'-GAAGATCTT-TAAGTGTGGGAAACAGACTT-3' as the reverse primer as described for bmZPl except that primer annealing was performed at 53°C for 1 min.

The dog ZP3 ( dZP3) eDNA, excluding the SS and the TD, was cloned in prokaryotic expression v~ctor, pQE30 (QIAGEN) as described previously (Santhanam et al., 1998). To clone dZP3 eDNA in mammalian expression vector, VR1020, the pQE30-dZP3 clone was used as a template to PCR amplify dZP3 eDNA (79-1056 nt; 978 bp) using 5'-

PCR amplification of dZP3 eDNA

ultrapureHNO3andtissuesamplesweredissolvedin70%HNO3;microwavedfor5minat90W,180W,270Wand360W,untiltotaldigestionhadoccurredandthendilutedwithMilli-Qgradewater(Millipore,Acton,Massachusetts,U.S.A)

Totalsodium,potassiumandcalciumconcentrationsweredeterminedwithatomicabsorptionspectrophotometry.Tothispurpose,plasmasamplesweredilutedwith1%

Ionconcentrations

Percentage lethality was calculated as:100×((number of non-CyO/ number CyO)×100)

Flies were maintained at 18°C or 25°C as appropriate. Through out this thesis, flies defined as wild-type were yellow white of the genotype: y67c23w118. BEAF32 null lines BEAF32AB-KO/CyOGFP, kindly provided by Craig Hart, University of Illinois (Roy et al., 2007a). Homozygous BEAF32AB-KOlines were obtained by selection against the CyOGFPmarker at the 3rdinstar larvae stage, using a Leica M165 FC with a GFP filter. Lethality of the BEAF32AB-KOallele was assessed against the dppHr27hypersensitive allele (genotype: dppHr27,cn1,bw1/CyO P{dpp-P23}). For this embryos were collected from the following crosses as set up by Catherine Sutcliffe:BEAF32AB-KO/+ ×dppHr27,cn1,bw1/CyO P{dpp-P23}and+/+ ×dppHr27,cn1,bw1/CyO P{dpp-P23}

Fly Stocks and Crosses

werethen recovered by centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 30-min. The pellet was washed oncewith 70% ethanol, air-dried and re-suspended in 100 μl of TE-buffer. It was treatedwith RNase at a concentration of 20 μg/ml by incubating at 37ºC for 1-hr. It was furtherextracted with an equal volume of phenol:chloroform mixture followed bychloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24:1) mixture. After centrifugation, the clear supernatantwas used for recovering the nucleic acids. The nucleic acids were precipitated with 200μl of alcohol in presence of 0.3 M sodium acetate (Sambrook and Russell, 2001). In casewhere high purity plasmid preparations are required (DNA sequencing) the plasmidisolation was carried out with the commercially available kits following themanufacturer’s instruction. Plasmids were observed on 1% agarose gel

1.5 ml of cells from an overnight culture waspelleted by centrifuging in cold (4ºC) for10-min at 6000 rpm. The cells were re-suspended in 200 μl solution I (50 mM glucose; 25 mM Tris-Cl, pH-8; 10 mM EDTA, pH-8) with vortexing. 400 μl of freshly preparedsolution II (0.2% NaOH, 1% SDS) was added and mixed by gently inverting the tubes.Subsequently, 300 μl of solution III (prepared by mixing 60 ml of 5 M CH3COOK,11.5 ml glacial acetic acid, 28 ml water) was added and the tubes were invertedrepeatedly and gently for homogeneous mixing followed by incubation for 5-min onice. After centrifuging at 12,000 rpm for 15-min, supernatant wasdecanted into a freshtube, an equal volume of iso-propanol was added, the precipitated nucleic acids

Isolation of plasmid DNA

The colonies to be tested were streaked on the surface of minimal A-glucose plates containing either 0.4-0.7 M NaCl with 1 mM glycine betaine, and incubated at 37oC. NaCl-tolerant strains grew toform single colonies in 36-60 hrs whereas NaCl-sensitive ones did not. As controls, MC4100 (WT) and other previously identified NaCl sensitive mutants were streakedfor comparison

NaCl-sensitivity testing

Competent cells for high efficiency transformations were prepared by a method ofInoue et al. (1990) with few modifications. An overnight culture of the strain (routinelyDH5α) was sub-cultured into fresh sterile LB-brothin 1:100 dilutions and grown at 18ºC to an A600of 0.55. The cells were harvested by centrifugation at 2500 rpm for 10-min at 4ºC. This was re-suspended in 0.4 volumes of INOUE buffer and incubated inice for 10 min. The cells were recovered by centrifugation at 2500 rpm at 4ºC for 10-min and finally re-suspended in 0.01 volume of the same buffer. Sterile DMSO wasadded to a final concentration of 7%. After incubating for 10-min in ice, the cells werealiquoted in 100 μl volumes, snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at –70ºC

Preparation of high efficiency competent cells

the infection mixture was centrifuged, washed in 5 ml of citratebuffer and plated without phenotypic expression

To 2 ml of fresh overnight culture of recipient strain, 108pfu equivalent of phage lysatewas added and incubated at 37ºC without shaking for 15-min to facilitate phageadsorption. The un-adsorbed phage particles were removed by centrifugation at 4000rpm for 5-min and pellet of bacterial cells was re-suspended in 5 ml of LB-brothcontaining 20 mM sodium citrate to prevent further phage adsorption. This wasincubated for 30-min at 37ºC without shaking to allow the phenotypic expression of theantibiotic resistance gene. The mixture was then centrifuged, and the pellet was resuspendedin 0.3 ml citrate buffer. 100 μl aliquots were plated on appropriate antibioticcontaining plates supplemented with 2.5 mM sodium citrate. A control tube withoutaddition of P1 lysate was also processed in the same way. In the case of selection ofnutritional requirement,

Phage P1 transduction

Themethod was used for isolation of good quality genomic DNA that wasused to map Tn7insertionin C. glabratamutants.Briefly,10 mlsaturated yeast culturewasharvested, resuspendedin 1 ml sterile water and transferred toa2 ml microcentrifuge tube. Cells were pelleteddown by centrifugation at 4,000 rpm for 5 min. Supernatant was discarded and the pellet was resuspendedin 500 μl freshly prepared solutioncontaining100mM EDTAand 5% β-mercaptoethanol andincubated at 42 ̊C for 10 min. After incubation,cells were spun down at 5,000 rpm for 1 minand resuspendedin 500μl freshly-prepared BufferB. One tip full of lyticase(Sigma # L4025) was added and cellsuspension was incubated at 37 ̊C for 1 h. Following incubation,cell suspension was spun down at 6,000 rpm to recover spheroplasts.Spheroplasts weregently resuspendedin 500μl BufferCand DNA was twice extracted with 500μl phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1)solution.Aqueous layer was collected in a new 2ml microcentrifuge tube and DNA was precipitated with 1ml ethanol and 1/10thvolume of 3M sodium acetate (pH 5.2)by centrifugation at 13,000 rpm for 5 min. Pellet was resuspendedin 200 μl TE containing 0.3 μl of RNase Cocktail™and incubated at 37 ̊C for 30 min.After incubation, 300 μl additional TE was added and DNAwas re-precipitated withethanol and 3 M sodium acetateas described above. Pellet was washed with 70% ethanol anddried under air. DNA pellet was finally suspended in 100 μl TE and stored at -20 ̊C

Protocol III(Spheroplast lysis method

phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1)was added to the tube and mixed thoroughly.Aqueous phase was collected after centrifugationat 12,000 rpm for 3 minand was transferred toanew 2 ml microcentrifuge tube.1 ml absoluteethanol was added to the aqueous phase and DNA was precipitated by centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 8 minat 4 ̊C.DNA pellet was washed with chilled 70%ethanol and dried under air. DNA pellet was resuspendedin 50 μl TE containing 0.3 μl of RNase Cocktail™(Ambion®# AM2286)and incubated at 50 ̊C for 20 min. 200 μl additional TE was added to the above suspension and DNA was stored at -20 ̊C

In this method of genomic DNA extraction,yeast cells werelysed by mechanical disruption with glass beads. Briefly, yeast cells were harvested after overnight growth in YPD medium, resuspendedin 500 μl waterand transferred toa2 ml microcentrifuge tube.Cells were pelleteddown at 10,000rpm for 1 min. Resulting supernatant was discarded and the pellet was resuspendedin 500 μl Buffer A. The tube was incubated at 65 ̊C for 15 min. After incubation, 500 μl ofphenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1) and 0.5 gm of acid-washed glass beads (Sigma # G8772) were addedto the tube. Cells were lysed by three cycles of high speed vortexing withintermittent ice breaksfor 45 secand pelleteddown at 12,000 rpm for 3 minat 4 ̊C.Uppermost aqueous phase was transferred to a 2 ml microcentrifuge tube,500 μl of

Protocol II (Glass bead lysis method)

This quick extraction method was used to isolate genomic DNA which was used as templateto amplify gene of interestor toverify the knock-out. C. glabratacells were grownovernight to saturation in 10 mlYPD medium at 30 ̊C.Cells were harvested at 4,000 rpm for 5 min, resuspendedin 400 μl Buffer Acontaining 50 mM Tris-HCl, 10 mM EDTA, 150 mM NaCl, 1%Triton X-100 and 1%SDSand weretransferred to a2 ml microcentrifuge tube. Equal volume ofphenol-chloroform solution was added to the abovesuspensionfollowed byvortexingfor 2-3 minand incubationat 42 ̊C for 30 minwithcontinuous agitation at 800 rpm on thermomixer (Eppendorf). Cell debris was removed bycentrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 5 minand aqueous fraction(~ 350 μl)was transferred to a new 2 ml microcentrifuge tube.0.3 μl RNaseCocktail™(Ambion® # AM2286) containing RNase A (500 U⁄ml) and RNase T1 (20,000 U⁄ml) was added and tubes were incubated at 37 ̊C for 30 min. DNA was precipitated with 2.5 volumesof chilled ethanol and 1/10thvolume of 3 M sodium acetate (pH 5.2).DNA pellet was washed with chilled 70%ethanol and semi-dried under air.Pellet was suspendedin 100μlTE (10 mM Tris-HCland 1 mM EDTA; pH 8.0)and stored at -20 ̊C.DNA concentration was determined by recordingabsorbance at 280 nmin Nanodrop (Nanodrop ND-1000, Thermo Scientific).

Protocol

Based on the subsequent use, DNA from C. glabratacells was extracted using three different methodologie

Yeast genomic DNA isolation

preparedin appropriate solvents, sterilizedby autoclaving or filtrationand stored at appropriate temperature

For growth analysisof C. glabratastrains, a single colony from YPD or YNBagar mediumwas inoculated in appropriate liquid medium and incubated at 30 ̊C with shaking at 200 rpmfor 14-16 h. This overnight grown culture was used toinoculatetest medium to an initial OD600of 0.1to 0.3.Optical density/Absorbance of the cell suspensionwas measured using Ultraspec 2100 pro UV/visible spectrophotometer (Amersham Biosciences) at600nmat regular time-intervals up to a period of 96 h.Absorbance values were plotted with respect to time. Generation time of yeast strains wascalculated fromthe logarithmic (log) phase of cellgrowth. Growth profilesbetween 4 (t1)and 8 h(t2)time interval wereconsideredfor calculationof generation time usingfollowing formula. Generationtime(G)= (t2-t1) x {log (2)/ [log (Bf/Bi)]}G= Generation time in ht1=Initial timepoint taken for analysist2 = Final timepoint taken for analysisBf= Number of cells at time t2(calculated on the basis of OD600values, wherein1 OD600of C. glabratacorresponds to 2 X 107cells.)Bi= Number of cells at time t1(calculatedas mentioned above)Severalyeast strains used in this study were analysed for their susceptibility to variouschemical compounds,drugsand metal ions. For this purpose, stock solutions were

Growth assayand measurementof generation time

Bacterial strainEscherichia coli DH5αused for cloning purposewas revived on LB medium and grown at 37°C withcontinuous shaking at 200 rpm. LB medium was supplemented with appropriate antibiotics to growbacterial strains carrying plasmids. AnotherE. coli strain,BW23473,was used to rescue the Tn7transposon cassette from C. glabrataTn7insertion mutants. For plasmid DNA purification, bacterial strains were grown overnight in LB broth medium containingsuitable antibiotics

C. glabratastrains were routinely grown either in rich YPD medium or synthetically-defined YNB medium at 30°C withcontinuous shaking at 200 rpm unless otherwise stated. In general, C. glabratafrozen glycerol stocks wererevivedonYPD medium by streaking and allowed to grow for 1-2 days. C. glabratastrainsharboringthe plasmid with URA3as selectable marker were revived onCAA medium.To prepare liquid cell culture, single colony of eachC. glabratastrainwasinoculated either in YPD or YNB broth mediumand grown for 14-16 h. C. glabratastrains streaked on plates were storedat 4°C fora maximum period of2 weeks

Strains and culture conditions

To isolate primary peritoneal macrophages, 6-8 week old BALB/c mice were injected with 3% (w/v) thioglycollate broth (0.55% dextrose, 0.05% sodium thioglycollate, 0.5% sodium chloride, 0.05% agar)intraperitonealy (I.P. 50 μl/g body weight). After five days of injection, mice were euthanized by CO2inhalationand peritoneal macrophages were harvested byflushing the peritoneal cavity (lavage) with 10 mlDMEM medium(Zhang et al., 2008)

Isolation of primary (peritoneal) macrophages from BALB/c mice

Total RNA was isolated by TRIzol method using the manufacturer’s protocol. Briefly, medium was removed from culture dish and recommended amount of TRIzol wasadded directly on to the dish and kept at room temperature for 5 minutes for lysis of cells. The cellular homogenate was then transferred to a 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube. For each mlof TRIzol, 200μl of chloroform was added and tubes were shaken vigorously for 10 seconds to completely dissociate the nucleoprotein complexes, followed by vortexing for about 30 seconds. The mixture was kept for 3-5 minutes at room temperature and then centrifuged at maximum speed of 12,000 rpm for 10 minutes. The upper aqueous phase was transferred into a fresh micro centrifuge tube and RNA was precipitated by adding 500μl of iso-propanol. The RNA pellet was obtainedby centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 30 minutes at 4°C. The pellet was washed with 1ml of chilled 70% ethanol followed by centrifugation at 12,000 rpmfor 5minutes. The supernatant was removed and the pellet air-dried for about 5 minutes. The pellet was resuspendedin 30-50μl RNase free deionisedwater and dissolved at 55ºC followed by quantificationusingnanodrop spectrophotometerfor further use.The RNA integrity was checked by evaluating the 18S and 28S rRNA signals by running 1μl of total RNA on denaturing agarose gel stained with ethidium bromide

Total RNA isolation from cultured cells

Themixture is incubated in a water bath at 37⁰C for 15 min and afterwards transferred on ice and 4μl of DNA loading buffer is added. The samples were then run on a polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis which had been pre-run for 30 min. Electrophoresis was carried out at 4⁰C for 3h till the bromophenol blue migrated to 2cm above the bottom of gel. The gel was taken out and kept on Whatman filter paper sheet and covered by saran wrap followed by drying in a gel dryer at 80⁰C for 1h under suction. The dried gel was exposed to phosphoimager screen by keeping in phosphoimager cassette overnight

A binding reaction mixture was prepared by adding the following components to a microcentrifuge tube on ic

Binding reaction

Cells were seeded in replicates of five @ 3X103cells per wellinfive different 96well cell culture platesand grown in complete media. The method described earlier was slightly modified and followed (Gillies et al., 1986). After every 24h of seeding, one plate was stained with 0.2% crystal violet in 2% ethanolfor 15 minutestill 4thday i.e. 96h.One plate was stained just after the cells get attached to use as 0h time point. Excess dye was removed from the plates by washing with ample amount of water. Crystal violet dye incorporated in the cells was extracted using 0.1% SDS solution by shaking for 10 minutes on a shaker. Absorbance of the extracted dye was then determined at 570 nm in a spectrophotometer. The experiment was repeated at least three times and the average absorbance was plotted for each time point to generate a growth curve

Cell growth Assay

Cell lysis Buffer

Fixative

TAE

Resuspension solution(Solution I)

Polydeoxy (Inosinate-cytidylate) (Poly dI-dC)

Cytoplasmic extractionbuffer (without protease inhibitors)

Fixative : 4% Formaldehyde

Cell lysis buffer(RIPA Buffer)

Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)

Ammonium persulfate(APS)

Acrylamide (29:1)

Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF)

Benzamidine

Aprotinin

Leupeptin

NP-40ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 10 mlNP-4010%1mlH2O9ml

Dithiothreitol (DTT)ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 5 mlDTT1.0M0.7725gH2Oq.s

Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), pH 8.0ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 500 mlEDTA0.5M93.05gH2Oq.sThe pH is adjusted to 8.0 using 10M NaOH

Ethylene Glycol Tetraacetic acid (EGTA), pH 7.0ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 50 mlEGTA0.1M1.902gH2Oq.sThe pH is adjusted to 7.0 using 10M NaOH

Potassium Chloride (KCl)ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 100 mlKCl2M14.91gH2Oq.s

Sodium Chloride (NaCl)ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 100 mlNaCl5M29.22gH2Oq.s

Potassium Chloride (KCl)

HEPES pH 7.9ComponentsFinal concentrationFor 100 mlHEPES1M23.83gH2Oq.sThe pH wasadjusted to 7.9 using 10M NaOH

Stock solution

Extraction buffer

10XBinding buffer

Agarose gel

Nuclear lysis buffer (without protease inhibitors

Permeabilisation buffer: 0.2% Triton X100

Stripping buffer

Blocking buffer

TBS-T

Transfer buffer

(f) Running buffer

(e) Stacking polyacrylamide gel

(d) Resolvingpolyacrylamide gel

(c) 6X Protein loading buffer (Lammeli buffer)

(b) Celllysis buffer B(For IB)

Cell lysis bufferA(For IP)

II. For Immunoprecipitation(IP)and Immunoblotting(IB)

200 rpm in LBbroth supplemented with appropriate antibiotics (plasmid antibiotic marker). Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 12,000 g for 5 min. Plasmids were extracted using Qiagen plasmid miniprep ormidiprep kit following the manufacturer’s instructions. Concentration of the extracted plasmid DNAs was measured using spectrophotometer at 280 nm and stored at -20°C

E.colistrains carrying plasmids were inoculated and grown overnight at 37°C and

Plasmid DNA purification

For growth analysis of Xanthomonasstrains, a loopful of bacterial colony was inoculated in appropriate broth medium and grown for 14-16 h. 0.2% of overnight grown culture was used to inoculate the test medium (for iron limitation, PS with 50 or 100 μM of 2,2’-dipyridyl, and for iron supplementation, different concentrations of either FeCl3or FeSO4was added). Cultures were transferred to a shaker incubator set at 28°C and 200 rpm. Absorbance of cultures was measured using Ultraspec 2100 pro UV/visible spectrophotometer (Amersham Biosciences)at 600 nm at regular time-intervals till 48 h. Absorbance values were plotted with respect to time and generation time was determined from the logarithmic (log) phase of bacterial growth using the following formula.G = Generation time (h)T1= Initial time point taken for analysisT2= Final time point taken for analysisNf = Absorbance at time T2(Final OD)Ni= Absorbance at time T1(Initial OD)

Growth analysis and determination of generation time

For bacterial isolates, a single colony from a nutrient agar slant was inoculated into 50 ml of nutrient broth in a 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask. These flasks were incubated at 37±1°C in a incubator shaker till an optical density of 0.6 at 660nm. Now these cultures were used to inoculate 50 ml of the tannase production medium in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks using 2% v/v inoculum. These flasks were incubated at 37±1°C in an incubator shaker (Multitron AG-27; Switzerland) at 200 rpm for 72h. The experiments were carried out in triplicates. Samples (2.0 ml for bacteria and same for fungi) were withdrawn at regular intervals of 12h upto 72 h. The samples thus obtained were centrifuged at 10,000 rpm in a refrigerated centrifuge (SIGMA 4K15 Germany) for 10 min at 4°C. The supernatant/s were analyzed for tannase activity

Microorganisms were isolated from the above mentioned sources using direct plating method. Serial dilution of the different soil samples with normal saline was carried out and the different dilutions were spread plated on to potato dextrose agar (PDA) for isolation of fungi and on to nutrient agar (NA) for the isolation of bacteria. The plates were incubated at either 30 or 37±1°C in a bacteriological incubator so that the different organisms could grow and form visible colonies. The different fungal and bacterial colonies isolated by the procedure mentioned above were purified by subculturing on respective media, and subsequently screened for tannase production. The new isolates, alongwith different cultures obtained from laboratory stock culture collection, were revived on potato dextrose agar (PDA) slants. These cultures were regularly subcultured and stored at 8±1°C in a BOD incubator. Their purity was periodically checked by microscopic examination.

This method was used to isolate highly pure genomic DNA. Briefly, 10 ml overnight grownC. glabratacultures were spun downandwashed with 10 ml sterile water. Washed cells wereresuspended in500 μl sterile water and transferred toa1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. Tubes were spundownat 4,000 rpm for 5 min, supernatant was discarded andcell pellet was resuspended in 500 μl of buffer containing 100 mM EDTA and 5% β-mercaptoethanol and incubatedat 42°C for 10 min. Post incubation, cells were spun down at 4,000 rpm for 5 min and resuspended in freshly prepared Buffer B. To this, one tip-full of lyticase (Sigma, L4025) was added and incubated at 37°C for 1 h.After incubation, spheroplasts were collected by spinning downtubes at 6,000 rpm for 5 min, supernatant was discarded and the pellet was resuspended in 500 μl of Buffer C. DNA was extracted twice with 500 μl of PCI (25:24:1) solution and the aqueous layer was transferred toa new1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. To this, 2.5 volume of absolute ethanol and 1/10thvolume of 3 M sodium acetate (pH 5.3) wereadded. Tubes were spundownat 13,000 rpm for 10 min, DNA pellet was resuspended in 200 μl of 1X TE buffer containing0.3 μl of RNase cocktail (Ambion) and incubated at 37°C for30 min. DNA was precipitated again by adding absolute ethanol and sodium acetate as mentioned above. DNA pellet was washed once with 70% ethanol, centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, air-dried at room temperature and was resuspended in 100-200 μl of 1X TE buffer by gently tapping the tube. DNAwas stored at -20°C until use

Spheroplast lysis method

This method was used to isolate highly pure genomic DNA. Briefly, 10 ml overnight grownC. glabratacultures were spun downandwashed with 10 ml sterile water. Washed cells wereresuspended in500 μl sterile water and transferred toa1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. Tubes were spundownat 4,000 rpm for 5 min, supernatant was discarded andcell pellet was resuspended in 500 μl of buffer containing 100 mM EDTA and 5% β-mercaptoethanol and incubatedat 42°C for 10 min. Post incubation, cells were spun down at 4,000 rpm for 5 min and resuspended in freshly prepared Buffer B. To this, one tip-full of lyticase (Sigma, L4025) was added and incubated at 37°C for 1 h.After incubation, spheroplasts were collected by spinning downtubes at 6,000 rpm for 5 min, supernatant was discarded and the pellet was resuspended in 500 μl of Buffer C. DNA was extracted twice with 500 μl of PCI (25:24:1) solution and the aqueous layer was transferred toa new1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. To this, 2.5 volume of absolute ethanol and 1/10thvolume of 3 M sodium acetate (pH 5.3) wereadded. Tubes were spundownat 13,000 rpm for 10 min, DNA pellet was resuspended in 200 μl of 1X TE buffer containing0.3 μl of RNase cocktail (Ambion) and incubated at 37°C for30 min. DNA was precipitated again by adding absolute ethanol and sodium acetate as mentioned above. DNA pellet was washed once with 70% ethanol, centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, air-dried at room temperature and was resuspended in 100-200 μl of 1X TE buffer by gently tapping the tube. DNAwas stored at -20°C until use

Spheroplast lysis method

C. glabratastrains were routinely grown in rich YPD medium or synthetically defined YNB medium, or YNB medium supplemented with CAA, unlessstatedotherwise.To obtain overnight grown liquid cultures, C. glabratacells were inoculated in appropriate medium and incubated at 30°C under constant agitation (200 rpm) to maintain proper aeration.To revive the frozenstocks,about one tipfull of frozen culture was streaked either on YPD-agar or on CAA-agar medium. In general, frozen stocks of C. glabratastrains were revived on YPD-agar medium.However,C. glabratastrains harbouring plasmidscontainingURA3as a selectable marker were revived on CAA-agar medium. After streaking, plates were allowed to grow for 24-48 h at 30°C and were stored at 4°C for a maximum period of two weeks. For long term storage, freezer stocks of C. glabratastrainswere prepared in 15% glycerol and stored at -80° C.Escherichia colistrain DH5αwas revived on LB-agar medium from frozenstock and incubated at 37°C for 14-16 h. DH5α strainwas used for transformation purpose and maintaining plasmids. Bacterial strains harbouring plasmids containing selection markerswere revived on LB-agar medium supplemented with appropriate antibiotics.Bacterial liquid cultures were either grown in LB broth or LB broth containing suitable antibioticsand incubatedin a shakerincubator set at 37°C, 200 rpm for 14-16 h. For preparation of bacterial frozenstocks, 1 ml overnight grown bacterial culture was added to500 μl of 50% glycerolto obtain final concentration of ~16 % glyceroland stored at -80°Cuntil use

Strains and culture conditions

For cryopreservation of THP-1 and Lec-2 cells, 5-6 million cells wereresuspendedin 0.5 ml of eithercommercially procuredcell preservation medium from GIBCO(12648010)or complete medium supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum and 10 % DMSO.Cells were initially kept inanisopropanol bath and werelatertransferred to -70°C freezer. After 2-3 days, frozencells were transferred to liquid nitrogen container till further use. To revive the cells, frozenstockswere taken out of the liquid nitrogen container and immediately transferred to water bath set at 37°Cfor thawing. When freezing medium has thawed completely, cells were transferred to a 100 mm cell culture dishcontaining 12 ml completemedium and incubated under tissue culture conditions at 37°C and 5% CO2for 12 h. Afterincubation, medium was replaced by 12 ml fresh pre-warmed medium and incubated under tissue culture conditions till they reached 70-80% of confluencebefore splitting

Cryopreservation and revival of cell lines

following the manufacturer’s instructions. For genomic DNA, 1ml culture was used for DNA isolationusing Qiagen or Invitrogen kits. The quality of plasmid/genomic DNApreparations was assessed following electrophoresis on 0.8% agarose gels

3ml (for high copy number)or 10 ml (for low-copy number) of cells from an overnight culture were pelleted by centrifuging for 5 minutes at 6000rpm forthe plasmid isolation which was carried out with the commercially available kits (Qiagen or Invitrogen)

Isolation of plasmid and chromosomal DNA

To 2 ml of fresh overnight culture of recipient strain, 108 pfu equivalent of phage lysate was added and incubated at 37ºC without shaking for 30 minutes to facilitate phage adsorption. The unadsorbed phage particles were removed by centrifugation at 6000 rpm for 5 minutes and the pellet ofbacterial cells was resuspended in 5 ml of LB broth containing 20 mM sodium citrate to prevent further phage adsorption. This was incubated for 25-60 minutes at desired temperaturewithout shaking to allow the phenotypic expression of the antibiotic resistance gene. The mixture was then centrifuged and the pellet was resuspended in 300 μl of 0.1M citrate buffer. 100 μl aliquots were spreadon appropriate antibiotic containing plates supplemented with 2.5 mM sodium citrate. A control tube without addition of P1 lysate was also processed in the same way. In the case of selection of nutritional requirement, the infection mixture was centrifuged, resuspended in 300 μl of 0.1M citrate buffer and plated without phenotypic expression

Phage P1 transduction

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