Cell Line: NCI-H358

  • Cell Line: NCI-H358
  • Synonyms:
    • NCI-H358
    • NCIH358
    • H358
    • H-358
  • Culture Type: Cell line
  • Keywords: Human bronchioalveolar carcinoma cell line
  • Description: Established from primary bronchioalveolar carcinoma of the lung from a Caucasian male
  • Origin:
    • Organism:
      • Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
      • Age:-
      • Ethnicity: Caucasian
      • Gender: Male
      • Smoking habit:-
    • Tissue (origin): Lung
    • Disease: Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma, Non-small cell lung cancer
    • Primary/Metastasis: Primary (Collection Site: lung)
    • Year of origin: 1981
  • Cell line features:
    • Cell Type: Club cell
    • Morphology: Epithelial-like
    • Growth mode: Adherent
    • Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
    • Karyotype:-
      Doubling time: Approximately 38 hrs
    • Microsatellite instability: Stable
    • Special features:
    • Product:-
    • Soft agar colony formation assay: yes, colony forming efficiency : 0.83% (in soft agarose)
    • Tumorigenicity: yes, produce tumors in athymic nude mice
    • Gene expression: SP-A expression (both protein and RNA are derected)
    • Sequence variations:
      • KRAS (G12C mutation, Oncogenic, Gain-of-function, Heterozygous)
      • For information, please visit
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000860?tab=mutations
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000860?tab=fusions
  • 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 Medium + 10% FBS
    • Culture conditions: 
      • Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
      • Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
    • Subculturing:
      • Subculturing method: Enzymatic dissociation
      • Cell dissociation solution: 0.25% (w/v) Trypsin-0.53 mM EDTA solution
      • Harvesting time: Semi confluent culture (~ 80%)
      • Seeding density:-
      • Recommended split ratio: 1:3 to 1:6
      • Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days
    • Cryopreservation:
      • Freezing medium: Complete growth medium +  5% DMSO
      • Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
      • Cell suspension (cell density):-
      • Volume per vial: 1 ml
  • Applications: 
    • Cancer research
    • 3D cell culture
    • Test system for evaluating cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of chemicals to human lung
  • Availability:

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