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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2024

Microchip construction for migration assays: investigating the impact of physical confinement on cell morphology and motility during vaccinia virus infection.

Cheng Wang, Yueyue Huangfu, Ji Wang, Xiaofeng Lu, Dong Liu, Zhi-Ling Zhang

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Cheng Wang *School of Life Sciences, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong Laboratory of Development and Diseases, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China. chengwang@ntu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1127-5563
Yueyue Huangfu *College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
Ji WangCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
Xiaofeng LuSchool of Life Sciences, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong Laboratory of Development and Diseases, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
Dong LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong Laboratory of Development and Diseases, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China.
Zhi-Ling ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China. zlzhang@whu.edu.cn.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 22074107National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870359Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China 22KJB320020Science and Technology Foundation of Nantong City JC22022019
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Abstract

Vaccinia virus (VACV)-induced cell migration is thought to be closely related to the rapid transmission of viral infection in the body. The limited studies are mainly based on scratch assay using traditional cell culture techniques, which inevitably ignores the influences of extracellular microenvironment. Physical confinement, inherently presenting in vivo, has proven to be a critical extern cue in modulating migration behaviors of multiple cells, while its impacts on VACV-induced cell motility remain unclear. Herein, we developed a migration assay microchip featuring confined microchannel array to investigate the effect of physical confinement on infected cell morphology and motility during VACV infection. Results showed that different from the random cell migration observed in traditional scratch assay on planar substrate, VACV-infected cells exhibited accelerated directionally persistent migration under confinement microenvironment. Moreover, single-directed elongated dominant lamella appeared to contrast distinctly with multiple protrusions stretched in random directions under unconfined condition. Additionally, the Golgi complex tended to relocate behind the nucleus confined within the microchannel axis compared to the classical reorientation pattern. These differences in characteristic subcellular architecture and organelle reorientation of migrating cells revealed cell biological mechanisms underlying altered migration behavior. Collectively, our study demonstrates that physical confinement acting as a guidance cue has profound impacts on VACV-induced migration behaviors, which provides new insight into cell migration behavior and viral rapid spread during VACV infection.

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Cell MovementVaccinia virusHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesVacciniaCell migrationExtracellular microenvironmentMicrofluidic chipPhysical confinementVaccinia virus

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