Fig. 6

MT1-MMP activity is inversely correlated to the migratory potential of MCF-7 breast cancer cells (a) MCF-7 MT1-MMP cell lines stably expressing zsGreen were seeded on Alexa594-gelatin coated coverlips in media containing 0.1 % DMSO (control) or 10 μm BB94 and incubated in a live imaging chamber. Each sample was imaged at the same five stage positions every 10 mins for 20 h to visualize zsGreen cell movement and associated ECM degradation (Additional files 3, 4, 5 and 6). Shown are stills of the Alexa594 gelatin channel and an overlay including the zsGreen cells at time 0 and 20 h post-seeding of the control sample (BB94 not shown). Scale bars = 100 μm. b Time-lapse videos from (a) were analyzed using the ADAPT plugin for ImageJ and all individual cells tracked from each cell line were examined and grouped according to their migration distance from initial point of tracking. c Percentage of cells per field of view from each cell line that degraded the underlying AlexaFluour594-gelatin at five different time points