- Cell Line: HCC1599
- Synonyms:
- HCC-1599
- Hamon Cancer Center 1599
- Culture Type: Cell line
- Keywords: Human mammary gland epithelial-like, ER negative, PR negative, HER2 negative ductal carcinoma cell line
- Description: Established from the primary tumor cells of a 44-year-old white woman with breast carcinoma (ductal type; TNM stage IIIA, grade 3)
- Origin:
- Cell line features:
- Morphology: Epithelial-like (ATCC)
- Cell Type: Breast carcinoma
- Growth mode: Suspension, multicellular aggregates
- Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
- Karyotype: Hypertetraploid
- Doubling time:-
- Clinically relevant genes:
- her2/neu negative (oncogene)
- p53 negative (oncogene)
- Estrogen receptor (ER) negative
- Progesterone receptor (PR) positive
- Gene expression
- Epithelial glycoprotein 2 (EGP2) positive (epithelial cell-specific marker)
- Cytokeratin 19 positive (epithelial cell-specific marker)
- Sequence variations (gene mutations/deletions/fusions/translocations):
- TP53 (R248W mutation, Loss-of-function) (depmap)
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- Morphology: Epithelial-like (ATCC)
- Handling and maintenance:
- Biosafety level: BSL 1 (ATCC) (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country)
- Complete culture medium: RPMI-1640 + 10% FBS
- Culture conditions:
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Subculturing:
- Subculturing method: Dilution
- Medium Renewal: Every 3 to 4 days (depending on cell density)
- Subculturing method: Dilution
- Cryopreservation:
- Applications:
- Cancer research
- 3D cell culture
- Availability
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
- DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH: Product link
- References
- https://www.atcc.org/products/crl-2331
- https://www.dsmz.de/collection/catalogue/details/culture/ACC-503
- https://www.cellosaurus.org/CVCL_1256
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000196?tab=overview
- Gazdar et al., 1998. Characterization of paired tumor and non-tumor cell lines established from patients with breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 78: 766-774, 1998. PMID-9833771; Full Text: Wiley (Download PDF)
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- Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
- FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
- DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
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