RAPID QUANTITATION OF NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS - USE OF A POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE-FREE POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANE IN A MULTIWELL ASSEMBLY
RAPID QUANTITATION OF NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS - USE OF A POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE-FREE POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANE IN A MULTIWELL ASSEMBLY
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1759(80)90179-9
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
LEONARD, EJ
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作者:
HARVATH, L;FALK, W;LEONARD, EJ
A [human] meutrophil chemotaxis assay was developed which permits rapid, quantitative assessment of migration across a membrane filter. The critical factor in the assay was the use of a 10 .mu.m thick polycarbonate membrane without the usual polyvinylpyrrolidone coating. Migrated neutrophils remain adherent to the uncoated membrane, whereas 20-50% fall off polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated membranes. A major advantage of the method is that neutrophil chemotaxis can be readily quantified, since the migrated cells adhere to the membrane surface and are in 1 optical plane for counting. A 25 mm .times. 80 mm membrane sheet was used in a 48-well microchemotaxis assembly, which requires only 20,000 neutrophils and 25 .mu.l of attractant per assay well. Neutrophil chemotaxis was complete within 10-20 min at 37.degree. C, with 20-30% of the cells migrating to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine and 40-50% migrating to C5a [a fragment of complement component 5].