Analysis of cell migration using the Dunn chemotaxis chamber and time-lapse microscopy

CM Wells, AJ Ridley - Cell Migration: Developmental Methods and …, 2005 - Springer
CM Wells, AJ Ridley
Cell Migration: Developmental Methods and Protocols, 2005Springer
The directed migration of cells (chemotaxis) occurs not only during wound healing and
inflammatory responses but also during embryonic development. However, the intracellular
signaling pathways that enable a cell to detect a chemoattractant and subsequently migrate
toward the source are not clearly defined. The Dunn chemotaxis chamber in conjunction
with time-lapse microscopy is a powerful tool that enables the user to observe directly the
morphological response of cells to a chemoattractant in real time. Here, we describe using …
Abstract
The directed migration of cells (chemotaxis) occurs not only during wound healing and inflammatory responses but also during embryonic development. However, the intracellular signaling pathways that enable a cell to detect a chemoattractant and subsequently migrate toward the source are not clearly defined. The Dunn chemotaxis chamber in conjunction with time-lapse microscopy is a powerful tool that enables the user to observe directly the morphological response of cells to a chemoattractant in real time. Here, we describe using the Dunn chemotaxis chamber to study the response of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages to colony stimulating factor-1. This is a particularly useful protocol as it can be adapted to study bone marrow-derived macrophages isolated from genetically modified mice and thus study the requirement for a specific protein in cell migration and chemotaxis.
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