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A model for membrane degradation using a gelatin invadopodia assay

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One of the most crucial and lethal characteristics of solid tumors is represented by the increased ability of cancer cells to migrate and invade other organs during the so-called metastatic spread. This is allowed thanks to the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), enzymes capable of degrading a type of collagen abundant in the basal membrane separating the epithelial tissue from the connective one. In this work, we employ a synergistic experimental and mathematical modelling approach to explore the invasion process of tumor cells. A mathematical model composed of reaction-diffusion equations describing the evolution of the tumor cells density on a gelatin substrate, MMPs enzymes concentration and the degradation of the gelatin is proposed. This is completed with a calibration strategy. We perform a sensitivity analysis and explore a parameter estimation technique both on synthetic and experimental data in order to find the optimal parameters that describe the in vitro experiments. A comparison between numerical and experimental solutions ends the work.
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hal-04446414 , version 1 (08-02-2024)

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Giorgia Ciavolella, Nathalie Ferrand, Michèle Sabbah, Benoît Perthame, Roberto Natalini. A model for membrane degradation using a gelatin invadopodia assay. 2024. ⟨hal-04446414⟩
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