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  • Title: [Cell-matrix interactions involved in the process of tumor cell metastasis].
    Author: Suzuki S.
    Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho; 1984 Mar; 11(3 Pt 2):677-80. PubMed ID: 6712265.
    Abstract:
    Variant subpopulations of FM3A mouse mammary carcinoma cells increasing lung-colonizing potential were obtained by previously sequentially harvesting pulmonary metastases, culturing their cells in vitro, and reestablishing the metastases in vivo. In the present study, glycosaminoglycan production by the parental and variant cells was studied after metabolic labeling of cultures by [14C]glucosamine for 24 hr. Analysis of the products indicated that the rate of incorporation of the labeled precursor into hyaluronic acid in the high-metastatic variant cells was 27 to 54 times the rate in the low-metastatic cells and that the increase in hyaluronic acid synthesis was not associated with an increase in the rate of synthesis of other glycosaminoglycans. Both the cell layers and media of high-metastatic variants contained a much higher proportion of radioactivity in hyaluronic acid than did the corresponding fractions of low-metastatic cell lines. The results provide a basis for further investigation of the potential role of hyaluronic acid in control of the behavior of epithelial tumor cells during metastasis.
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