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High-Content Neurite Development Study Using Optically Patterned Substrates

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  • Jonathan M Bélisle
  • Leonard A Levin
  • Santiago Costantino

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The study of neurite guidance in vitro relies on the ability to reproduce the distribution of attractive and repulsive guidance molecules normally expressed in vivo. The identification of subtle variations in the neurite response to changes in the spatial distribution of extracellular molecules can be achieved by monitoring the behavior of cells on protein gradients. To do this, automated high-content screening assays are needed to quantify the morphological changes resulting from growth on gradients of guidance molecules. Here, we present the use of laser-assisted protein adsorption by photobleaching (LAPAP) to allow the fabrication of large-scale substrate-bound laminin-1 gradients to study neurite extension. We produced thousands of gradients of different slopes and analyzed the variations in neurite attraction of neuron-like cells (RGC-5). An image analysis algorithm processed bright field microscopy images, detecting each cell and quantifying the soma centroid and the initiation, terminal and turning angles of the longest neurite.

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  • Jonathan M Bélisle & Leonard A Levin & Santiago Costantino, 2012. "High-Content Neurite Development Study Using Optically Patterned Substrates," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(4), pages 1-8, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0035911
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035911
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