Characterization of the invasive and metastatic phenotype in human renal cell carcinoma - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1991 Nov-Dec;9(6):551-66.

doi: 10.1007/BF01768583.

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Characterization of the invasive and metastatic phenotype in human renal cell carcinoma

I Saiki et al. Clin Exp Metastasis. 1991 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The purpose of these studies was to identify some characteristics of metastatic cells and deficiencies of non-metastatic cells in the heterogeneous SN12 human renal cell carcinoma. The SN12 parental line and several isolated variants with different metastatic potential were studied both in vivo and in vitro. We compared the ability of metastatic and non-metastatic cells to adhere to components of the extracellular matrix or to endothelial cells, to migrate and invade, to form multicell aggregates, to survive in the circulation, and to produce experimental and spontaneous lung metastases. In general, highly metastatic SN12 cells capable of producing spontaneous lung metastases demonstrated invasion through reconstituted basement membrane-coated filters; the cells also released diffusible collagenolytic activity into the culture medium that could enhance invasion by otherwise non-invasive and non-metastatic SN12 cells. In addition to enhanced invasion, metastatic cells produced more homotypic aggregation then non-metastatic cells and survived to produce experimental metastasis. Collectively, these data confirm that metastatic cells must complete all steps of the process; in this process, failure to produce metastasis is probably due to one or more deficiencies.

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