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B16 Melanoma Cancer Cells with Higher Metastatic Potential are More Deformable at a Whole-Cell Level.
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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Metastasis is a process in which cancer cells spread from the primary focus site to various other organ sites. Many studies have suggested that reduced stiffness would facilitate passing through extracellular matrix when cancer cells instigate a metastatic process. Here we investigated the compressive properties of melanoma cancer cells with different metastatic potentials at the whole-cell level. Differences in their compressive properties were analyzed by examining actin filament structure and actin-related gene expression.Methods
Compressive tests were carried out for two metastatic B16 melanoma variants (B16-F1 and B16-F10) to characterize global compressive properties of cancer cells. RNA-seq analysis and fluorescence microscopic imaging were performed to clarify contribution of actin filaments to the global compressive properties.Results
RNA-seq analysis and fluorescence microscopic imaging revealed the undeveloped structure of actin filaments in B16-F10 cells. The Young's modulus of B16-F10 cells was significantly lower than that of B16-F1 cells. Disruption of the actin filaments in B16-F1 cells reduced the Young's modulus to the same level as that of B16-F10 cells, while the Young's modulus in B16-F10 cells remained the same regardless of the disruption.Conclusions
In B16 melanoma cancer cell lines, cells with higher metastatic potential were more deformable at the whole-cell level with undeveloped actin filament structure, even when highly deformed. These results imply that invasive cancer cells may gain the ability to inhibit actin filament development.Supplementary information
The online version contains supplementary material available at (10.1007/s12195-021-00677-w).
SUBMITTER: Ujihara Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280262 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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B16 Melanoma Cancer Cells with Higher Metastatic Potential are More Deformable at a Whole-Cell Level.
Cellular and molecular bioengineering 20210527 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>Metastasis is a process in which cancer cells spread from the primary focus site to various other organ sites. Many studies have suggested that reduced stiffness would facilitate passing through extracellular matrix when cancer cells instigate a metastatic process. Here we investigated the compressive properties of melanoma cancer cells with different metastatic potentials at the whole-cell level. Differences in their compressive properties were analyzed by examining actin f ...[more]
