title: Invasive properties of cadmium-resistant human fibrosarcoma HT-1080 cells.
abstract: Invasive properties of tumor cells having acquired heavy metal resistance were investigated. We selected the cadmium-resistant (Cd-R) cells from human fibrosarcoma HT-1080 cells. Total metallothionein levels in cytosol of HT-1080 Cd-R cells were significantly higher than original lines, and were of a highly resistant potency to cytotoxicity of cisplatin, as well as heavy metals. The HT-1080 Cd-R cells showed higher invasiveness into recombinant basement membrane Matrigel. However, HT-1080 Cd-R cells were inferior in locomotion ability. Significant differences in adhesive ability to extracellular matrix proteins were not observed between HT-1080 and HT-1080 Cd-R cells. High invasiveness of HT-1080 Cd-R cells was caused by their extremely strong enzymatic activities. High level of 92kDa matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) was recognized from the conditioned medium of HT-1080 Cd-R cells, whereas 72kDa MMP-2 was secreted equally from both cell lines. Our investigation suggests that drug resistance acquired through the mechanisms of cellular metal-tolerance may promote malignancy and tumor metastasis during cancer chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000378:metabolism; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D008668:Metallothionein