title: Invasiveness in vitro of mixed aggregates composed of two human mammary cell lines MCF-7 and HBL-100.
abstract: Interactions between invasive and noninvasive cells were studied via confronting cultures between mixed cell aggregates and embryonic chick heart fragments in vitro. The mixed aggregates were composed of MCF-7 and HBL-100 cells, both derived from human mammary epithelium. HBL-100 cells invade into the heart fragments when confronted as unmixed aggregates, while MCF-7 cells do not. Using mixed aggregates HBL-100 cells still invade into the heart tissue, but MCF-7 cells sort out to the periphery of the cultures and do not invade. Two mechanisms concerning the noninvasiveness of MCF-7 cells in vitro are discussed: the homotypic adhesion of the MCF-7 cell population due to the presence of numerous desmosomes, and the incapability of MCF-7 cells to migrate on extracellular laminin present in the embryonic chick heart and in the HBL-100 cell population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: De Bruyne
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bracke
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plessers
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mareel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007797:Laminin / Q000032:analysis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D007797:Laminin; D003094:Collagen