Collagen matrices mediate glioma cell migration induced by an electrical signal

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Authors
Yao, Li
Tran, Kimmy
Nguyen, Diana
Advisors
Issue Date
2022-08-29
Type
Article
Keywords
Collagen , Migration , Electric field , Glioma , Astrocyte
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Citation
Yao, L.; Tran, K.; Nguyen, D. Collagen Matrices Mediate Glioma Cell Migration Induced by an Electrical Signal. Gels 2022, 8, 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8090545
Abstract

Glioma cells produce an increased amount of collagen compared with normal astrocytes. The increasing amount of collagen in the extracellular matrix (ECM) modulates the matrix structure and the mechanical properties of the microenvironment, thereby regulating tumor cell invasion. Although the regulation of tumor cell invasion mainly relies on cell–ECM interaction, the electrotaxis of tumor cells has attracted great research interest. The growth of glioma cells in a three-dimensional (3D) collagen hydrogel creates a relevant tumor physiological condition for the study of tumor cell invasion. In this study, we tested the migration of human glioma cells, fetal astrocytes, and adult astrocytes in a 3D collagen matrix with different collagen concentrations. We report that all three types of cells demonstrated higher motility in a low concentration of collagen hydrogel (3 mg/mL and 5 mg/mL) than in a high concentration of collagen hydrogel (10 mg/mL). We further show that human glioma cells grown in collagen hydrogels responded to direct current electric field (dcEF) stimulation and migrated to the anodal pole. The tumor cells altered their morphology in the gels to adapt to the anodal migration. The directedness of anodal migration shows a field strength-dependent response. EF stimulation increased the migration speed of tumor cells. This study implicates the potential role of an dcEF in glioma invasion and as a target of treatment.

Table of Contents
Description
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Publisher
MDPI
Journal
Book Title
Series
Gels
Volume 8, No. 9
PubMed ID
DOI
ISSN
2310-2861
EISSN