Assay Name
In Vitro Scratch Assay (Migration)
Short Description
Kasumi-3-cell based In Vitro Scratch Assay (Migration)
Assay Description
A wound healing assay is one of the simple and common assays used to monitor cancer cell migration. In a normal wound healing assay, attached cancer cells are exposed to tested compound (s) and incubated for 1-2 hours. A scratch is then manually made using a sterile pipette tip or needle and the width of the scratch is recorded at different time intervals. The effects of a testing drug on invasiveness of cells can also be monitored using this assay. However, this assay cannot be carried out with non-adherent cells.
Assay Alternative Names
Wound Healing Assay
Assay Type
Cell Migration and Invasion Assays
Assay Type Details
The movement of cancer cells and formation of tumors in neighboring tissue is a sequential cascade known as invasion-metastatic cascade, which includes cancer cell invasion through extracellular matrix (ECM), intravasation into blood and colonization at sites after they exit from blood circulation. Migration and invasion are two dif ferent processes where, cell migration involves movement of cells without passing through a barrier such as ECM, whereas cell invasion involves passing through a barrier such as ECM while destroying it.
Assay Subtype
Cell Migration Assay
Assay MOA
Cell Migration Assay