A novel quantitative volumetric spreading index definition and assessment of astrocyte spreading in vitro

© 2017 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry..

A novel quantitative volumetric spreading index (VSI) is defined that depends on the total distance between object voxels and the contact surface plane in three-dimensional (3D) space. The VSI, which ranges from 0 to 1, is rotationally invariant around the z-axis. VSI can be used to quantify the degree of individual cell spreading, which is important for analysis of cell interactions with their environment. The VSIs of astrocytes cultured on a nanofibrillar surface and three different comparative planar surfaces have been calculated from confocal laser scanning microscope z-series images, and the effects of both culture surface and immunoreactivity on the degree of cell spreading were investigated. VSI calculations indicated a statistical correlation between increased reactivity, based on immunolabeling for glial fibrillary acidic protein, and decreased cell spreading. Further results provided a quantitative measure for the increased spreading of quiescent-like and reactive-like astrocytes on planar substrates functionalized with poly-l-lysine. © 2017 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology - 91(2017), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 794-799

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tiryaki, Volkan Müjdat [VerfasserIn]
Ayres, Virginia M [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Ijaz [VerfasserIn]
Shreiber, David I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D shape descriptor
Cell morphology
Confocal laser scanning microscope
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Immunoreactivity
Journal Article
Quantitative cell spreading
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 30.04.2018

Date Revised 05.06.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cyto.a.23183

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274214229