FIGURE 6

Endogenous TMEM230 promoted U87-MG cell migration, tumor-endothelial cell contact and displacement in co-culture assays. (A) Low magnification shows the co-culture assay set up. (B) Representative images showing the periphery (outgrowth) and core (initial location of cell plating) of U87shTMEM230 cells at 48 h. Downregulation of TMEM230 in U87 cells was associated with cytoplasm of reduced mass, disrupted cytoplasmic invadopodium like extensions, decreased cell anchorage and reduced contacts among initially confluent plated cells. (C) Representative images of U87shTMEM230 cells at periphery and core at 9 days. U87 cells with reduced TMEM230 expression displayed reduced anchorage capacity and motility (see red circle at periphery of initial site of plating of the confluent cells) compared to control cells. (D–F) Displacement of the confluent human umbilical vein endothelial cells by U87 control cells (U87shSCR) expressing endogenous TMEM230 through infiltration into the confluent mass of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (see red circles), a behavior that is associated with the first step of intussusceptive induced blood vessel branching.