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ECIS的/出租车细胞趋化测量

Published: April 01, 2012
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Summary

企业家信心指数/出租车系统是一个自动化的,实时的检测,测量细胞趋化。在这个实验中,细胞的琼脂糖层到达目标电极下方移动。细胞运动耐交流电流0开始测量。

Abstract

在回应外界刺激细胞运动是许多细胞过程,包括伤口愈合,炎症和感染的反应的基础。一种常见的方法来衡量趋Boyden小室检测,其中由多孔膜分离细胞和细胞趋化。通过向趋化膜作为细胞迁移,他们坚持膜,或下降到底层媒体的底面,并随后染色和视觉计算1。在此方法中,细胞暴露在一个陡峭的和短暂的趋化因子梯度,这被认为是2组织中发现的梯度差表示。

另一个检测系统,琼脂糖下的趋化检测,3,4项措施,各地根据琼脂糖凝胶层形成薄薄的水膜,在固体基质细胞运动。梯度在琼脂糖开发的是浅层的,被认为是一个应用程序ropriate代表性的自然发生的梯度。可行驶距离的显微成像评价趋。 Boyden小室法和下琼脂糖检测通常配置为端点检测。

ECIS的/出租车自动化系统相结合的电动细胞基质阻抗遥感(ECIS)的5,6下琼脂糖方法。在这个实验中,目标电极位于8室。一个大型的反电极贯穿每8室( 图2)。每个室充满琼脂糖和两个小口井是在琼脂糖上削减目标电极的两侧。一个也充满了测试细胞的人口,而其他持有扩散的趋化因子的来源( 图3)。通过系统的电流可以被用来确定在发生细胞越过目标电极的电阻变化。对靶细胞的焊条é增加阻力系统6。此外,在抵抗快速波动代表在细胞与电极表面相互作用的变化和正在进行的细胞形状变化的指示。 ECIS的/出租车系统可以在多长时间实时测量细胞群体的运动,但也很敏感,足以探测到一个单细胞,在到达目标电极。

被称为粘菌discoidium迁移叶酸梯度7,8 ECIS的/出租车9可以准确测量其趋化反应的存在。白细胞趋化反应到SDF1α趋拮抗剂也被ECIS的10,11 /出租车测量。一个白细胞反应SDF1α的例子如图1所示。

Protocol

1。 ECIS的/出租车电极的制备 ECIS的/的士电极的阵列(8%幻灯片商会组成)的金表面稳定在室温为15分钟,在无菌条件下用无菌去离子水(DH 2 O)的10毫米半胱氨酸的前处理。 从每个电极室吸半胱氨酸溶液,冲洗与消毒卫生署2 O的 3倍,并更换完全培养基250μL(RPMI 1640培养液,10%胎牛血清,25毫米的HEPES缓冲液)。 连接电极阵列联系仪器阵列支架引脚进行电极…

Discussion

ECIS的检测/出租车新颖等特点,包括其自动化实时数据的收集细胞以趋化因子的反应能力。虽然这项技术的最普遍的应用是测量细胞的反应,个别趋化梯度,或趋激动剂和拮抗剂的混合物组成的梯度,ECIS的/出租车方法的是服从这些配置的变化,这可能是非常有益的评估细胞的反应。有很好的证据,重叠或连续梯度可以影响细胞的行为,以新颖的方式。此外,它很可能是这些更为复杂的渐变是?…

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

这项工作是由来自美国国立卫生研究院(ES07408和EB00208)的赠款支持。

Materials

Name of Reagent Company Catalog number Comments
ECIS Zθ Applied Biophysics   http://www.biophysics.com/prodducts_Ecisz0.php
ECIS Electrode Array Applied Biophysics 8W Chemotaxis http://www.biophysics.com/cultureware.php
Seakem GTG agarose BioWhittaker Molecular Applications 50070  
RPMI1640 Cellgro 10-040  
HyClone Fetal Bovine Serum Thermo Scientific SH300703  
Penicillin/Streptomycin MP Biomedicals 1670049 Penicillin 5,000 IU/ml; Streptomycin 5 mg/ml
HEPES Buffer MP Biomedicals 1688449 1M solution, cell culture grade
14 Gauge stainless steel Cannula (2) 4 inch General Laboratory Supply 5-8365-1 Blunt point

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Pietrosimone, K. M., Yin, X., Knecht, D. A., Lynes, M. A. Measurement of Cellular Chemotaxis with ECIS/Taxis. J. Vis. Exp. (62), e3840, doi:10.3791/3840 (2012).

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