Matrix stiffness induces heritable changes in chromosome numbers, consistent with solid tumor heterogeneity
discher, d.; anlas, a.; Wang, M.; Sprenger, M.; Ontko, N.; Phan, S. H.
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Solid tumors often have an abundance of collagen-I that stiffens the tissue, and they are invariably driven by mutations that include chromosome losses and gains. These observations are linked here by showing that 3D matrix stiffness induces heritable changes to a cells DNA. We use live-cell chromosome reporters (ChReporters) and hydrogels of tunable stiffness to show mitotic compression, micronuclei counts, ChReporter losses and heterogeneity all increase as functions of stiffness. Increased mistakes occur despite suppressed cell division in stiff matrix and minimal size variation between spheroids. Colonies of ChReporter-negative cells within cancer spheroids align with Luria-Delbrucks seminal theory for heritable mutations, which predicts inter-spheroid variances that exceed Poisson statistics. Suppression of the contractility motor Myosin-II also increases chromosome loss in 3D but not 2D and does not affect spheroid growth - thus clarifying Myosin-IIs putative role as a tumor suppressor. Consistent with experiments, pan-cancer analyses of clinical data associates chromosome losses and gains with collagen-I levels and genetic variation. Stiff extracellular matrix thus drives mechano-evolution of solid tumors as a Darwin-Lamarck process with heterogeneity that complicates therapy.
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