title: A novel 3D fibril force assay implicates src in tumor cell force generation in collagen networks.
abstract: New insight into the biomechanics of cancer cell motility in 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) environments would significantly enhance our understanding of aggressive cancers and help identify new targets for intervention. While several methods for measuring the forces involved in cell-matrix interactions have been developed, previous to this study none have been able to measure forces in a fibrillar environment. We have developed a novel assay for simultaneously measuring cell mechanotransduction and motility in 3D fibrillar environments. The assay consists of a controlled-density fibrillar collagen gel atop a controlled-stiffness polyacrylamide (PAA) surface. Forces generated by living cells and their migration in the 3D collagen gel were measured with the 3D motion of tracer beads within the PAA layer. Here, this 3D fibril force assay is used to study the role of the invasion-associated protein kinase Src in mechanotransduction and motility. Src expression and activation are linked with proliferation, invasion, and metastasis, and have been shown to be required in 2D for invadopodia membranes to direct and mediate invasion. Breast cancer cell line MDA-MD-231 was stably transfected with GFP-tagged constitutively active Src or wild-type Src. In 3D fibrillar collagen matrices we found that, relative to wild-type Src, constitutively active Src: 1) increased the strength of cell-induced forces on the ECM, 2) did not significantly change migration speed, and 3) increased both the duration and the length, but not the number, of long membrane protrusions. Taken together, these results support the hypothesis that Src controls invasion by controlling the ability of the cell to form long lasting cellular protrusions to enable penetration through tissue barriers, in addition to its role in promoting invadopodia matrix-degrading activity.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Polackwich
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arevalo
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Miermont
authors.forename: Kathleen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jee
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: Susette C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Ryan G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: McAllister
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D022081:Cell Surface Extensions / Q000378:metabolism; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D022001:Focal Adhesions / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D053511:Matrix Metalloproteinase 14 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D014162:Transfection; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D053511:Matrix Metalloproteinase 14
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