ArticleLab on a chip2023
Microfluidic single-cell migration chip reveals insights into the impact of extracellular matrices on cell movement.
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- A soft-stiff patterned bioengineering model reveals kinase pathways driving directional cell migration in pulmonary arterial hypertension.Biomaterials science · 2025Article
- 3D-printed plugs enhance cell usage efficiency for single-cell migration and neuron axon guidance assays.Cell reports methods · 2025Article
- High-Throughput Empirical and Virtual Screening To Discover Novel Inhibitors of Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells in Breast Cancer.Analytical chemistry · 2025Article
- High-Throughput Empirical and Virtual Screening to Discover Novel Inhibitors of Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells in Breast Cancer.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Single-cell morphological and transcriptome analysis unveil inhibitors of polyploid giant breast cancer cells in vitro.Communications biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cell migration is a complex process that plays a crucial role in normal physiology and pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, and mental disorders. Conventional cell migration assays face limitations in tracking a large number of individual migrating cells. To address this challenge, we have developed a high-throughput microfluidic cell migration chip, which seamlessly integrates robotic liquid handling and computer vision to swiftly monitor the movement of 3200 individual cells, providing unparalleled single-cell resolution for discerning distinct behaviors of the fast-moving cell population. This study focuses on the ECM's role in regulating cellular migration, utilizing this cutting-edge microfluidic technology to investigate the impact of ten different ECMs on triple-negative breast cancer cell lines. We found that collagen IV, collagen III, and collagen I coatings were the top enhancers of cell movement. Combining these ECMs increased cell motility, but the effect was sub-additive. Furthermore, we examined 87 compounds and found that while some compounds inhibited migration on all substrates, significantly distinct effects on differently coated substrates were observed, underscoring the importance of considering ECM coating. We also utilized cells expressing a fluorescent actin reporter and observed distinct actin structures in ECM-interacting cells. ScRNA-Seq analysis revealed that ECM coatings induced EMT and enhanced cell migration. Finally, we identified genes that were particularly up-regulated by collagen IV and the selective inhibitors successfully blocked cell migration on collagen IV. Overall, the study provides insights into the impact of various ECMs on cell migration and dynamics of cell movement with implications for developing therapeutic strategies to combat diseases related to cell motility.
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