A two-dimensional model of cell movement. Well differentiated human rectal adenocarcinoma cells move as coherent sheets upon TPA stimulation.
Pathol Res Pract
; 191(1): 76-83, 1995 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7651936
ABSTRACT
We previously found that 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-enhanced invasion of Matrigel was associated with augmentation of cell motility but not with metalloproteinase activity in a highly metastatic variant (L-10) of human rectal adenocarcinoma cell line RCM-1. In the present study, with a two-dimensional cell motility assay, we investigated morphology of TPA-induced motility and biochemical pathways that may be involved in the induction of such a motile response to TPA. TPA induced active cell locomotion in L-10 cells with characteristic morphology the cells moved outwards from the cell islands mainly as a localized coherent sheet of cells with few single moved out cells, but not cell proliferation. The front cells showed locomotor morphologies with front-tail polarity and well-spread leading lamella. Thus, this TPA-induced L-10 cell spreading and motility system seems to be a good model to investigate how well-differentiated adenocarcinoma cells move as cohesive cell nests. Agents which selectively modulate the adenylate cyclase or G protein-related pathways, e.g., 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine and pertussis toxin, had negligible effect upon motility. In contrast, the membrane-permeable synthetic diacylglycerol 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol, which has been reported to activate protein kinase C (PKC) directly, could induce cell spreading and motility. Unexpectedly, PKC inhibitors staurosporine and H-7 enhanced TPA-induced cell spreading and motility. Staurosporine itself could induce cell spreading and motility. Taken together, these observations suggested possible involvement of PKC in TPA-induced L-10 cell spreading and motility and that staurosporine might have PKC agonist effect on induction of the spreading and motility.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rectal Neoplasms
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Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
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Adenocarcinoma
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Cell Movement
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Pathol Res Pract
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan