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  • Title: Effect of microtubule inhibitors on malignant invasion in vitro.
    Author: Mareel MM, De Brabander MJ.
    Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst; 1978 Sep; 61(3):787-92. PubMed ID: 278855.
    Abstract:
    The malignant C3H/3T3 mouse cells MO4 invaded embryonic chick heart fragments in an organotypic coculture system on semisolid medium, which mimicked malignant invasion. In this system, at a dose of 1 microgram/ml, the microtubule inhibitors colchicine, demecolcine, vincristine sulfate, vinblastine sulfate, or methyl[5-(2-thienylcarbonyl)-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl]-carbamate (Nocodazole) totally inhibited malignant invasion. At the same dose the drugs were also mitostatic, which was apparent from C-mitoses and from the absence of postmetaphase figures. At a mitostatic dose of 10 microgram/ml, 5-fluorouracil (FUra), cytosine arabinoside, or bleomycin did not interfere with malignant invasion. Combined treatment of the cocultures with the antimetabolite FUra (10 microgram/ml) plus the microtubule inhibitor Nocodazole (1 microgram/ml) completely inhibited invasion. These cocultures also showed the effective inhibition of mitosis by FUra, because Nocodazole-induced C-mitoses were absent. The reversibility of the anti-invasive effect of 4-day treatment with Nocodazole (1 microgram/ml) was demonstrated in shaker cocultures with the use of fluid medium. Our in vitro experiments indicated that cytoplasmic microtubules were involved in malignant invasion and that cell division and invasion constituted separate characteristics of malignant cells.
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