Loss of intercellular junctional communication correlates with metastatic potential in mammary adenocarcinoma cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Nicolson, G L
RESUMO
A series of rat 13762NF mammary adenocarcinoma cell sublines and clones of various spontaneous pulmonary metastatic potentials from the mammary fat pads of syngeneic rats were examined for their intercellular junctional communication. Using the scrape-loading dye-transfer technique to introduce Lucifer yellow (Mr 457) into cells, we measured the abilities of 13762NF cells to transfer dye to adjacent cells. There was an excellent correlation between loss of Lucifer yellow dye transfer and spontaneous metastatic potential (average total volume of lung metastases inversely correlated to % cells coupled, r = 0.93; average total number of lung metastases inversely correlated to % cells coupled, r = 0.91). The data suggest that high metastatic potentials are closely correlated with loss of intercellular junctional communication in these malignant mammary tumor cells.
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