Table 1. Summary of micropipette assay chemotactic responses.
Macrophages | Directional protrusion (%) | Retraction (%) | n (experiments; cells) |
shControl | 94.8±3.4 | 43.2±13.1 | 7; 49 |
shWASp | 91.1±3.3 | 78.7±7.1* | 7; 49 |
Y291F | 93.8±3.2 | 23.3±10 | 10; 36 |
WT BMM | 91.0±3.9 | 4.5±3.1 | 13; 32 |
WASp−/− BMM | 89.7±4.3 | 81.7±6.67*** | 10; 33 |
Percentages of cells that exhibited directional protrusions towards the micropipette and retracted within five minutes of CSF-1 stimulation are shown. Percentages were calculated by dividing the number of positive responses over the total number of cell responses recorded from each of the analyzed time-lapse images and averaging them. Indicates SEM. n indicates the total number of experiments and cells analyzed for each macrophage type.
*indicates p<0.05 compared to shControl and Y291F cells.
***indicates p<0.001 compared to wild type (WT) BMM.