Three-dimensional cell culture conditions promoted the Mesenchymal-Amoeboid Transition in the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer cell line MDA-MB-231.

Rodríguez-Cruz, D., Boquet-Pujadas, A., López-Muñoz, E., Rincón-Heredia, R., Paredes-Díaz, R., Flores-Fortis, M., Olivo-Marin, J.-C., Guillén, N., & Aguilar-Rojas, A. (2024). Three-dimensional cell culture conditions promoted the Mesenchymal-Amoeboid Transition in the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1435708

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of death among women, primarily due to its potential for metastasis. As BC progresses, the extracellular matrix (ECM) produces more type-I collagen, resulting in increased stiffness. This alteration influences cellular behaviors such as migration, invasion, and metastasis. Specifically, cancer cells undergo changes in gene expression that initially promote an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and subsequently, a transition from a mesenchymal to an amoeboid (MAT) migration mode. In this way, cancer cells can migrate more easily through the stiffer microenvironment. Despite their importance, understanding MATs remains challenging due to the difficulty of replicating in vitro the conditions for cell migration that are observed in vivo.



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