Cell Line: NCI-H524

  • Cell Line: NCI-H524
  • Synonyms:
    • NCI-H524
    • NCIH524
    • H524
    • H-524
  • Culture Type: Cell line
  • Keywords:  Human Lung Carcinoma Cell Line
  • Description: Established from the lungs of a 63-year-old, Caucasian male with Stage L carcinoma
  • Origin:
    • Organism:
      • Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
      • Age: 63 years
      • Ethnicity: Caucasian
      • Gender: Male
      • Smoking habit: smoker
    • Tissue (origin): Lung
    • Disease: Variant small cell lung cancer; Stage L
    • Primary/Metastasis: Metastatic (DepMap)
    • Collection site: lymph node (DepMap)
    • Year of origin: 1982
  • Cell line features:
    • Cell Type:-
    • Morphology:-
    • Growth mode: Suspension
    • Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
    • Karyotype:
    • Doubling time: 100 hours (Cellosaurus)
    • Microsatellite instability: Instable
    • Special features:-
    • Product:-
    • Soft agar colony formation assay:-
    • Tumorigenicity:-
    • Gene expression:
    • Sequence variations:
      • ATM (R337C mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Likely Loss-of-function, Heterozygous)
      • TP53 (T155N mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Likely Loss-of-function, Homozygous)
      • For information, please visit
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000816?tab=mutations
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000816?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% fetal bovine serum
    • Culture conditions: 
      • Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
      • Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
    • Subculturing:
      • Subculturing method: Dilution
      • Cell dissociation solution: NA
      • Harvesting time:-
      • Seeding density:-
      • Recommended split ratio:-
      • Medium Renewal:-
    • 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

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