Cell Line: A10-85

CELL LINE ORIGIN
OrganismRat (Rattus norvegicus) (Claisse et al., 1979)
Sex
Female (Claisse et al., 1979)
Strain
BD-IX (Claisse et al., 1979)
Age
?
Source/TissueBrain, Glioma
DiseaseBrain glioma induced transplacentally by ethylnitroso urea (Claisse et al., 1979)
Year of origin (publication date
1979 (Claisse et al., 1979)
CELL LINE FEATURES
MorphologyEpithelial-like
Cell type?
Growth modeAdherent, Monolayer
Doubling time?
Life spanInfinite (continuous culture)
Transformed?
TumorigenicForm malignant astrocytic tumours after short latent periods syngeneric animals.
Drug resistance?
Products?
Karyotype?
Others– A10-85 cells form processes in response to cAMP.
– GAPDH can be induced by hydrocortisone succinate.
– Grow in semi-solid medium
GENE EXPRESSION
  
APPLICATIONS
  
CULTURE MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE
Culture conditions and handling
Biosafety Level2 REF (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country)
Plating efficiency?
Temperature37°C
AtmosphereHumidified incubator, 95% air + 5% CO2
Base mediumDMEM
Complete culture mediumDMEM + 10% FBS
Medium Renewal?
Subculturing procedure
Harvesting timeSubconfluent culture (70 – 80%)
Split methodTrypsin/EDTA
Split ratio 
Seeding density 
Split frequency 
Cryopreservation
Cryomedium

Culture medium + 20% FBS + 10% DMSO

Storage conditions
Liquid nitrogen vapor phase
AVAILABILITY / SOURCE

Public Health England Culture Collections

Product page link
 CELL LINE IDENTIFICATIONS
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Remarks 
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References

  • Claisse et al., 1979. Cellular heterogeneity in an ethylnitrosourea-induced glioma: malignancy, karyology and other properties of tumour cell types. Br J Exp Pathol. 1979 Apr; 60(2): 209–224. PMID-221002; Full Text Links:  PMC2041444
  • https://www.culturecollections.org.uk/products/celllines/generalcell/detail.jsp?refId=93040117&collection=ecacc_gc

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