Breast Cancer Cells Transition from Mesenchymal to Amoeboid Migration in Tunable Three-Dimensional Silk-Collagen Hydrogels. Khoo, A. S., Valentin, T. M., Leggett, S. E., Bhaskar, D., Bye, E. M., Benmelech, S., Ip, B. C., & Wong, I. Y. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 5(9):4341–4354, September, 2019.
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Invading cancer cells adapt their migration phenotype in response to mechanical and biochemical cues from the extracellular matrix. For instance, mesenchymal migration is associated with strong cell-matrix adhesions and an elongated morphology, while amoeboid migration is associated with minimal cell-matrix adhesions and a rounded morphology. However, it remains challenging to elucidate the role of matrix mechan-ics and biochemistry, since these are both dependent on ECM protein concentration. Here, we demonstrate a composite silk fibroin and collagen I hydrogel where stiffness and microstructure can be systematically tuned over a wide range. Using an overlay assay geometry, we show that the invasion of metastatic breast cancer cells exhibits a biphasic dependence on silk fibroin concentration at fixed collagen I concentration, first increasing as the hydrogel stiffness increases, then decreasing as the pore size of silk fibroin decreases. Indeed, mesenchymal morphology exhibits a similar biphasic depen-dence on silk fibroin concentration, while amoeboid morphologies were favored when cell-matrix adhesions were less effective. We used exogenous biochemical treatment to perturb cells towards increased contractility and a mesenchymal morphology, as well as to disrupt cytoskeletal function and promote an amoeboid morphology. Overall, we envision that this tunable biomaterial platform in a 96-well plate format will be widely applicable to screen cancer cell migration against combinations of designer biomaterials and targeted inhibitors.
@article{khoo_breast_2019,
	title = {Breast {Cancer} {Cells} {Transition} from {Mesenchymal} to {Amoeboid} {Migration} in {Tunable} {Three}-{Dimensional} {Silk}-{Collagen} {Hydrogels}},
	volume = {5},
	issn = {2373-9878},
	doi = {10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00519},
	abstract = {Invading cancer cells adapt their migration phenotype in response to mechanical and biochemical cues from the extracellular matrix. For instance, mesenchymal migration is associated with strong cell-matrix adhesions and an elongated morphology, while amoeboid migration is associated with minimal cell-matrix adhesions and a rounded morphology. However, it remains challenging to elucidate the role of matrix mechan-ics and biochemistry, since these are both dependent on ECM protein concentration. Here, we demonstrate a composite silk fibroin and collagen I hydrogel where stiffness and microstructure can be systematically tuned over a wide range. Using an overlay assay geometry, we show that the invasion of metastatic breast cancer cells exhibits a biphasic dependence on silk fibroin concentration at fixed collagen I concentration, first increasing as the hydrogel stiffness increases, then decreasing as the pore size of silk fibroin decreases. Indeed, mesenchymal morphology exhibits a similar biphasic depen-dence on silk fibroin concentration, while amoeboid morphologies were favored when cell-matrix adhesions were less effective. We used exogenous biochemical treatment to perturb cells towards increased contractility and a mesenchymal morphology, as well as to disrupt cytoskeletal function and promote an amoeboid morphology. Overall, we envision that this tunable biomaterial platform in a 96-well plate format will be widely applicable to screen cancer cell migration against combinations of designer biomaterials and targeted inhibitors.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {9},
	journal = {ACS Biomaterials Science \& Engineering},
	author = {Khoo, Amanda S. and Valentin, Thomas M. and Leggett, Susan E. and Bhaskar, Dhananjay and Bye, Elisa M. and Benmelech, Shoham and Ip, Blanche C. and Wong, Ian Y.},
	month = sep,
	year = {2019},
	pmid = {31517039},
	pmcid = {PMC6739834},
	keywords = {3D culture, extracellular matrix, high content screening, interpenetrating network, overlay assay},
	pages = {4341--4354},
}

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