Proteolysis-free amoeboid migration of melanoma cells through crowded environments via bleb-driven worrying.
Dev Cell
; 2024 Jun 05.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38870943
ABSTRACT
In crowded microenvironments, migrating cells must find or make a path. Amoeboid cells are thought to find a path by deforming their bodies to squeeze through tight spaces. Yet, some amoeboid cells seem to maintain a near-spherical morphology as they move. To examine how they do so, we visualized amoeboid human melanoma cells in dense environments and found that they carve tunnels via bleb-driven degradation of extracellular matrix components without the need for proteolytic degradation. Interactions between adhesions and collagen at the cell front induce a signaling cascade that promotes bleb enlargement via branched actin polymerization. Large blebs abrade collagen, creating feedback between extracellular matrix structure, cell morphology, and polarization that enables both path generation and persistent movement.
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Dev Cell
Journal subject:
EMBRIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos