| Literature DB >> 9459208 |
A Navolotski1, A Rumjnzev, H Lü, D Proft, P Bartholmes, K S Zänker.
Abstract
Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as well as cell migration play an essential role in the metastatic cascade of human tumors. We show a dependence of metastatogenic phenotypes of human tumor cells (cell lines T 24, SCC-25, MDA-MB-361 and SK-BR-3) from the GJIC and the migration activity. The GJIC was studied by microinjection of the fluorescent dye Lucifer Yellow (LY) and cell migration was studied by investigating the locomotion of the tumor cells in 3-dimensional collagen matrices. Diminished GJIC seems to be more influential for the metastatic phenotype than modulation of the locomotory behavior of the tumor cells.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9459208 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(97)00329-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679