- Cell Line: PANC-1-Luc2
- Synonyms:
- Panc1-Luc2
- Panc-1-Luc2
- Panc 1-Luc2
- PANC1-Luc2
- Culture Type: Cell line
- Keywords: Luciferase-expressing Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Epithelial Cell Line
- Description:
- Parent line: PANC-1
- A clonal population of PANC-1 cells that stably express firefly luciferase under the control of the human EF-1 alpha promoter.
- Origin:
- Cell line features:
- Cell Type: Epithelial cell
- Morphology: Epithelial-like
- Growth mode: Adherent
- Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
- Karyotype:-
- Doubling time: ~ 23 h
- Tumorigenicity: Yes, in NSG mice
- Handling and maintenance:
- Biosafety level: BSL 2 (ATCC) (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country)
- Complete culture medium: DMEM + 8 µg/mL Blasticidin + 10% FBS
- Culture conditions:
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Subculturing:
- Subculturing method: Enzymatic dissociation
- Cell dissociation solution: 0.25% (w/v) Trypsin-0.53 mM EDTA solution
- Harvesting time: Sub-confluent culture
- Split ratio: 1:2 to 1:4
- 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): 1.5 – 2 x 106 viable cells/mL
- Volume per vial: 1 mL
- Freezing medium: Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
- Applications:
- Cancer research
- In vivo bioluminescence imaging of xenograft animal model
- Availability:
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
- References:
- ATCC
- Cellosaurus
- Lieber et al., 1975. Establishment of a continuous tumor-cell line (panc-1) from a human carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas. Int. J. Cancer 15: 741-747. PMID-1140870
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- Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
- FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
- DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
- DMEM (Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium)
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