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A novel method for selection of invasive tumor cells: Derivation and characterization of highly metastatic K1735 melanoma cell lines based onin vitro andin vivo invasive capacity

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Tumor cell invasion of basement membranes is required at several steps in the process of metastasis. To study the genetic and biochemical events mediating invasion, a variant cell line (TK) was selected from the metastatic M2 K1735 murine melanoma cell line. A novel selection procedure was used, based onin vitro andin vivo invasion and growth upon basement membrane and stroma. Additionally, two extrapulmonary metastases of the TK cell line, TK-Eve and TK-Liver, were established as cell lines and characterized. The TK cell line demonstrates greater metastatic potentialin vivo and invasive abilityin vitro than the parent M2 cell line, confirming the validity of the selection procedure. In addition, the M2 and TK cell lines were examined for other cell functions involved in the metastatic process. Cellular growth rates and sensitivity to T lymphocyte and natural killer cell lysis were not determining factors in the metastatic potentials of the M2 and selected cell lines; possible macrophage contribution to metastatic behavior was noted. [35S]methionine pulse labeling of protein synthesis and karyotypic analysis confirm the close relationship of parental and selected cell lines.

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    Present address: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Field, P.O. Box 123, WC2A 3PX, London, UK

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  1. Tumor Invasion and Metastasis Section, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Tea Kalebic, Jeannette E. Williams, Lance A. Liotta, Mark E. Sobel & Patricia S. Steeg

  2. Cytogenetic Oncology Section, Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Chien-Song Kao-Shan & Betsy Kravitz

  3. Preclinical Screening Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-FCRF, 21701, Frederick, Maryland

    James E. Talmadge

  4. Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Kimberly Locklear & Gene P. Siegal

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Supported by contract NDI-23910.

Supported by ACS Institution Grant IN-15-Y and NIH Grant MRC-5T34-GM08037.

Was a fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research. This investigation has been aided by a grant from the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research. Also supported by NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship #HD06423.

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Kalebic, T., Williams, J.E., Talmadge, J.E. et al. A novel method for selection of invasive tumor cells: Derivation and characterization of highly metastatic K1735 melanoma cell lines based onin vitro andin vivo invasive capacity. Clin Exp Metast 6, 301–318 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01753577

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