Type I collagen fibrils and discoidin domain receptor 1 set invadosomes straight

Abstract

Accumulation of type I collagen fibrils in tumors is associated with an increased risk of metastasis. We recently demonstrated that the collagen sensor discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) interacts with type I collagen fibrils to allow proteolysis-based cancer cell invasion through the formation of a new class of invadosomes, termed linear invadosomes.