Table I.

Chemotaxis of cells lacking PI3K, PLA2, and sGC

Strain
Chemotaxis
Speed
Persistence
Roundness
 % CI μm/min   
Wild type 92 ± 5 0.73 ± 0.05 9.1 ± 0.7 0.90 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.023 
Gc null 80 ± 3 0.64 ± 0.03 7.8 ± 0.4 0.76 ± 0.02 0.33 ± 0.036 
Gc null + LY + BPB 11 ± 5 0.19 ± 0.04 7.9 ± 0.3 0.43 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.030 
sgc/pla2 null 82 ± 9 0.74 ± 0.02 7.6 ± 0.5 0.85 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.036 
sgc/pla2 null + LY 10 ± 4 0.22 ± 0.04 5.0 ± 0.4 0.43 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.036 
Strain
Chemotaxis
Speed
Persistence
Roundness
 % CI μm/min   
Wild type 92 ± 5 0.73 ± 0.05 9.1 ± 0.7 0.90 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.023 
Gc null 80 ± 3 0.64 ± 0.03 7.8 ± 0.4 0.76 ± 0.02 0.33 ± 0.036 
Gc null + LY + BPB 11 ± 5 0.19 ± 0.04 7.9 ± 0.3 0.43 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.030 
sgc/pla2 null 82 ± 9 0.74 ± 0.02 7.6 ± 0.5 0.85 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.036 
sgc/pla2 null + LY 10 ± 4 0.22 ± 0.04 5.0 ± 0.4 0.43 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.036 

The chemotaxis index (CI), speed, persistence (displacement divided by the length of the path), and roundness (short axis divided by the long axis of a cell considered as an ellipse) were determined for the conditions indicated using the modified Zigmond chamber with 1 μM cAMP in the source. LY is the PI3K inhibitor LY294002; BPB is the PLA2 inhibitor p-BPB. The data shown are the means and SEM of 24–33 cells. The first chemotaxis column shows the chemotactic activity measured with the population assay.

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