Cell Line: NCI-H841

  • Cell Line: NCI-H841
  • Synonyms:
    • NCI-H841
    • NCIH841
    • H841
    • H-841
  • Culture Type: Cell line
  • Keywords: Human Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell line
  • Description: Established from lungs of a 51-year-old, Caucasian male with Stage L carcinoma
  • Origin:
    • Organism:
      • Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
      • Age: 51 years
      • Ethnicity: Caucasian
      • Gender: Male
      • Smoking habit: smoker
    • Tissue (origin): Lung
    • Disease: Lung small cell carcinoma, Stage L
    • Primary/Metastasis: Metastatic
    • Year of origin: 1984
  • Cell line features:
    • Cell Type:-
    • Morphology: Epithelial-like (adherent cells)
    • Growth mode: Mixed: adherent and suspension
    • Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
    • Karyotype: t(2p,3p), t(3q,9q)
      Doubling time:-
    • Microsatellite instability: Stable
    • Special features:
    • Product:-
    • Soft agar colony formation assay:-
    • Tumorigenicity:-
    • Gene expression:
    • Sequence variations:
      • TP53 (C242S mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Loss-of-function, Homozygous)
      • For information, please visit
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000292?tab=mutations
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000292?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: DMEM:F12 Medium supplemented with:
      • 0.005 mg/ml Insulin
      • 0.01 mg/ml Transferrin
      • 30nM Sodium selenite (final conc.)
      • 10 nM Hydrocortisone (final conc.)
      • 10 nM beta-estradiol (final conc.)
      • extra 2mM L-glutamine (for final conc. of 4.5 mM)
      • 5% fetal bovine serum (final conc.)
    • Culture conditions: 
      • Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
      • Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
    • Subculturing:
      • Subculturing method: Dilution, detach attached cells using 0.25% trypsin-0.03% EDTA
      • Cell dissociation solution:
      • Harvesting time:-
      • Seeding density:-
      • Recommended split ratio: 1:3 to 1:5
      • 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
  • Availability:
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  • Abbreviations
    • BSL (Biosafety level)
    • FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
    • DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
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