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Tissue Engineering of Tumor Stromal Microenvironment with Application to Cancer Cell Invasion

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Published on: March 18, 2014

メンブレーン型Iマトリックスメタルプロテインアゼは,三次元細胞外マトリックスによって課される腫瘍成長制御を奪う

Kevin B Hotary¹, Edward D Allen, Peter C Brooks

¹Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

|July 16, 2003

まとめ

マトリックスメタルプロテインアースMT1-MMPは,周細胞マトリックス分解を可能にすることで,3D環境で癌細胞の増殖を促進します. このプロセスは腫瘍の成長に不可欠であり,細胞が形状を変え,細胞外マトリックス内の抗成長信号を克服することを可能にします.

科学分野:

バイオケミストリーバイオケミストリー
細胞生物学細胞生物学
腫瘍学腫瘍学

背景:

癌細胞は,タイプIのコラーゲンに富んだ3D細胞外マトリックス (ECM) の内部で加速増殖を示します.
腫瘍細胞が3D環境で抗成長信号を回避するメカニズムは完全に理解されていません.

研究の目的:

腫瘍細胞に3D成長の利点を授与するマトリックス金属プロテインアースMT1-MMPの役割を調査する.
3D ECM内のMT1-MMPが癌細胞の増殖をどのように制御するかを明らかにする.

主な方法:

3Dコラーゲンマトリックスに埋め込まれたがん細胞を用いたin vitroおよびin vivo研究.
プロテアゼ感受性対プロテアゼ耐性コラーゲンゲルの腫瘍細胞増殖の比較.
細胞の形状,細胞骨格の再編成,および細胞周タンパク質分解の分析.

主要な成果:

MT1-MMPは,3D ECMにおける腫瘍細胞増殖を,インビトロとインビボの両方で,著しく強化します.
腫瘍細胞の増殖は,プロテアゼ耐性コラーゲンゲルで完全に抑制され,ECMプロテオリシスの必要性を強調しています.
タンパク質分解がなければ,腫瘍細胞は球形のままであり,3D成長に必要な形状の変化を受けることはできません.

結論:

MT1-MMPは,がん細胞の増殖を促進する腫瘍由来成長因子として作用します.
MT1-MMPは,細胞の幾何学を制御し,3Dマトリックス内の細胞周 ECMタンパク質分解を可能にすることで,癌細胞の成長を調節します.

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