Development of an Enhanced-Throughput Radial Cell Migration Device. 2021

C Ryan Oliver, and Andrew C Little, and Trisha M Westerhof, and Pragathi Pathanjeli, and Joel A Yates, and Sofia D Merajver
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

It is often desirable to evaluate the ability of cells to move in an unrestricted manner in multiple directions without chemical gradients. By combining the standard radial migration assay with injection-molded gaskets and a rigid fixture, we have developed a highly reliable and sensitive method for observing and measuring radial cell migration. This method is adapted for use on high-throughput automated imaging systems. The use of injection-molded gaskets enables low-cost replacement of cell-wetted components. Moreover, the design enables secondary placement of attractants and co-cultures. This device and its enhanced throughput permit the use of therapeutic screening to evaluate phenotypic responses, for example, cancer cell migration response due to drugs or chemical signals. This approach is orthogonal to other 2D cell migration applications, such as scratch wound assays, although here we offer a noninvasive, enhanced-throughput device, which currently is not commercially available but is easily constructed. The proposed device is a systematic, reliable, rapid application to monitor phenotypic responses to chemotherapeutic screens, genetic alterations (e.g., RNAi and CRISPR), supplemental regimens, and other approaches, offering a reliable methodology to survey unbiased and noninvasive cell migration.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D002465 Cell Movement The movement of cells from one location to another. Distinguish from CYTOKINESIS which is the process of dividing the CYTOPLASM of a cell. Cell Migration,Locomotion, Cell,Migration, Cell,Motility, Cell,Movement, Cell,Cell Locomotion,Cell Motility,Cell Movements,Movements, Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001681 Biological Assay A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc. Bioassay,Assay, Biological,Assays, Biological,Biologic Assay,Biologic Assays,Assay, Biologic,Assays, Biologic,Bioassays,Biological Assays

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