Fig. 8. Potential signaling pathways implicated in the spontaneous motility of neurospheres. (A~D) Representative still images of cultured neurospheres obtained using a live cell imaging apparatus. Images were taken at the time points designated at the upper right corners. 0 h indicates a start of image tracking for the next 12 h, not the absolute start of the culture. Neurospheres were treat with control (CTL) PBS (A), a PI3K inhibitor LY294002 (10 µM) (B), an MEK/ERK inhibitor U0126 (10 µM) (C), and a ROCK inhibitor Y27632 (10 µg/ml) (D). Grid lines were drawn to facilitate tracking positions of neurospheres. Colored dots indicate the marks of neurosphere centers that are traced to quantify distances of neurosphere movements. Neurospheres marked with dots of the same color in the images at different time points are the identical ones. Scale bars indicate 100 µm. (E, F) Quantification graphs of the moving distance (E) of the tracked neurospheres and the length of changes in cytoplasmic protrusions (F) growing from the tracked neurospheres. Total cumulative distance or length traced for the entire culture duration was plotted. N=15 neurospheres tracked from three independent cultures. * and *** represent p<0.05 and p<0.001 compared to CTL condition by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc analysis.
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