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Figure 6

Pneumococcal competence in zebrafish larvae with pneumococcal meningitis

(A) Single-plane confocal microscopy images showing increased heterogeneous expression of SsbB-GFP over time in constitutively HlpA-mCherry-expressing pneumococci injected into the hindbrain ventricle of 2 dpf zebrafish larvae. Scale bar: 10 ?m.

(B) Competitive index (CI) analysis of 2 dpf larvae co-injected with similar number of S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ (HlpA-GFP) and S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ ?comCDE (HlpA-mKate2) (B) and CI of larvae co-injected with similar number of S. pneumoniae D39V ?cbpD and S. pneumoniae D39V ?cbpD?comCDE.

(C) Larvae were harvested at 24 hpi. A CI score of 1 denotes no difference in virulence. The data represent the mean � SEM of two biological replicates with 10 larvae per group; each dot represents a single larva; p < 0.0001, D39V PLY+ versus D39V PLY+ ?comCDE; p < 0.01, D39V ?cbpD versus ?cbpD?comCDE; determined by one sample t test.

(D) Survival curves of 2 dpf zebrafish larvae injected with 400 CFUs of S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ or S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ ?comCDE into the hindbrain ventricle. The data represent the mean � SEM of three biological replicates with 20 larvae per group (n = 60 in total/group); ^???p = 0.0001; determined by log rank test.

(E) Survival curves of 2 dpf zebrafish injected with 300 CFUs of S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ or S. pneumoniae D39V PLY+ ?comCDE into the hindbrain ventricle and treatment with 100 ?M GSK?872 (RIPK3 inhibitor) or vehicle (DMSO). The data represent the mean � SEM of three biological replicates with 20 larvae per group (n = 60 in total/group); ^?p = 0.0177, ^???p = 0.0006, ^????p < 0.0001; determined by log rank test.

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