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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

Global versus local matrix remodeling drives rotational versus invasive collective migration of epithelial cells.

Sural K Ranamukhaarachchi, Alyssa Walker, Man-Ho Tang, William D Leineweber, Sophia Lam, Wouter-Jan Rappel, Stephanie I Fraley

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Article in Developmental cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Single-cell chiral symmetry breaking under confinement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Computational models in directed cell migration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Sural K RanamukhaarachchiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Alyssa WalkerDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Man-Ho TangDepartment of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
William D LeineweberDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Sophia LamDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Wouter-Jan RappelDepartment of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: wouter@ucsd.edu.
Stephanie I FraleyDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: sifraley@ucsd.edu.

Funding

The Cancer Cell Map Initiative v2.0U54CA274502 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nevan J Krogan · 2022 to 2026
$14.2M
UCSD Cancer Center Training Program in Drug DevelopmentT32CA121938 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Michael Bouvet, Dwayne G. Stupack · 2006 to 2026
$10.3M
U of Calif, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy ImagingP30NS047101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLEESON, JOSEPH G, ZHENG, BINHAI · 2003 to 2022
$9.0M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA121938NCI NIH HHS U54 CA274502NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coordinated movement of cell collectives is essential for normal epithelial tissue development, maintenance, and cancer progression. Here, we report on a minimal 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) system wherein both invasive collective migration (ICM) and rotational collective migration (RCM) arise spontaneously from individually seeded epithelial cells of mammary and hepatic origin, regardless of whether they express adherens junctions, and lead to ductal-like and acinar-like structures, respectively. Quantitative microscopy and cellular Potts modeling reveal that initial differences in cell protrusion dynamics and matrix-remodeling localization generate RCM and ICM behavior in confining 3D ECM. Matrix-remodeling activity by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is localized to the base of protrusions in cells that initiate ICM, whereas RCM does not require MMPs and is associated with ITGβ1-mediated remodeling localized globally around the cell body. Further analysis in vitro and in vivo supports the concept that distinct matrix-remodeling strategies encode collective migration behaviors and tissue structure.

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Cell MovementEpithelial CellsExtracellular MatrixAdherens JunctionsAnimalsFemaleHumansIntegrin beta1Matrix MetalloproteinasesMiceIntegrin beta1Matrix Metalloproteinasesadherens junctionsadhesioncollective migrationinvasive migrationITGβ1matrix metalloproteinasematrix remodelingMT1-MMProtational migration

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PMID39706188
PMCPMC11945606

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