Table 4.
Assay Quality Control—Angiogenesis Assays
| Interplate reproducibilitya | Interday reproducibilitya | %CV of negative controlsb | Z′-factorb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metric | Cells | Gelc | Hydrod | Gel | Hydro | Gel | Hydro | Chemicals | Gel | Hydro |
| Total tube length | HUVEC | S: 0.70 (<0.0001) | S: 0.81 (<0.0001) | S: 0.72 (<0.0001) | S: 0.75 (<0.0001) | 12 | 6.6 | Nocoe | 0.35 | 0.67 |
| P: 0.66 (<0.0001) | P: 0.88 (<0.0001) | P: 0.86 (<0.0001) | P: 0.86 (<0.0001) | Suraminf | −0.46 | −2.8 | ||||
| iPSC-Endog | S: 0.61 (<0.0001) | S: 0.35 (0.0024) | S: 0.55 (<0.0001) | S: 0.37 (0.0016) | 15 | 28 | Noco | −1.5 | −0.31 | |
| P: 0.70 (<0.0001) | P: 0.56 (<0.0001) | P: 0.63 (<0.0001) | P: 0.59 (<0.0001) | Suramin | 0.49 | −5.7 | ||||
| Mean tube length | HUVEC | S: 0.82 (<0.0001) | S: 0.64 (<0.0001) | S: 0.80 (<0.0001) | S: 0.57 (<0.0001) | 6.1 | 2.7 | Noco | −0.011 | −0.66 |
| P: 0.80 (<0.0001) | P: 0.80 (<0.0001) | P: 0.84 (<0.0001) | P: 0.75 (<0.0001) | Suramin | −1.5 | −2.0 | ||||
| iPSC-Endog | S: 0.72 (<0.0001) | S: 0.40 (0.0004) | S: 0.75 (<0.0001) | S: 0.65 (<0.0001) | 14 | 4.3 | Noco | −7.0 | −0.58 | |
| P: 0.84 (<0.0001) | P: 0.61 (<0.0001) | P: 0.83 (<0.0001) | P: 0.76 (<0.0001) | Suramin | −3.4 | −77 | ||||
| Total tube area | HUVEC | S: 0.56 (<0.0001) | S: 0.81 (<0.0001) | S: 0.70 (<0.0001) | S: 0.71 (<0.0001) | 14 | 7.1 | Noco | 0.44 | 0.65 |
| P: 0.54 (<0.0001) | P: 0.86 (<0.0001) | P: 0.83 (<0.0001) | P: 0.80 (<0.0001) | Suramin | −0.35 | −3.9 | ||||
| iPSC-Endog | S: 0.61 (<0.0001) | S: 0.38 (0.001) | S: 0.53 (<0.0001) | S: 0.56 (<0.0001) | 15 | 31 | Noco | −1.9 | −0.42 | |
| P: 0.71 (<0.0001) | P: 0.55 (<0.0001) | P: 0.63 (<0.0001) | P: 0.71 (<0.0001) | Suramin | 0.51 | −7.0 | ||||
aS: Spearman's ρ, P: Pearson's r. Correlation analysis sample size ranged from n = 60–72. P values provided below correlation values.
bSample size ranges from n = 18–36.
cGel: Geltrex™.
dHydro: SP-105 hydrogel.
eNoco: 100 nM nocodazole.
fSuramin: 50 μM suramin.
giPSC-Endo: iCell endothelial cells from Cellular Dynamics International.
Plots of the data used to calculate Z′-factors shown in this table are included as Supplementary Figure S2.