Motility of rat ascites hepatoma cells, with reference to malignant characteristics in cancer metastasis.

Abstract

The motility of four strains of rat ascites tumor cells in an agar medium was studied quantitatively by means of time lapse cinematography. The motility of these cells differed characteristically with each strain. Yoshida sarcoma and AH-66F cells showed active locomotion and partial movement markedly, while AH-130 and AH-100B cells made no locomotion and only a slight movement.