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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Three-dimensional cage-like microscaffolds for cell invasion studies
Contributor:
Spagnolo, Barbara;
Brunetti, Virgilio;
Leménager, Godefroy;
De Luca, Elisa;
Sileo, Leonardo;
Pellegrino, Teresa;
Paolo Pompa, Pier;
De Vittorio, Massimo;
Pisanello, Ferruccio
Published:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015
Published in:
Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1038/srep10531
ISSN:
2045-2322
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Cancer cell motility is one of the major events involved in metastatic process. Tumor cells that disseminate from a primary tumor can migrate into the vascular system and, being carried by the bloodstream, transmigrate across the endothelium, giving rise to a new tumor site. However, during the invasive process, tumor cells must pass through the extracellular matrix, whose structural and mechanical properties define the parameters of the migration process. Here, we propose 3D-complex cage-like microstructures, realized by two-photon (TP) direct laser writing (DLW), to analyze cell migration through pores significantly smaller than the cell nucleus. We found that the ability to traverse differently sized pores depends on the metastatic potential and on the invasiveness of the cell lines, allowing to establish a pore-area threshold value able to discriminate between non-tumorigenic and tumorigenic human breast cells.</jats:p>