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HCT-8

HCT-8

Catalogue No.

90032006

Cell Line Name

HCT-8

Cell Line Description

From a 67 year old male. The four cell lines: DLD-1 (90102540), HCT-15 (91030712), HCT-8 (90032006) and HRT-18 (86040306) have been shown to have a common genetic origin see Vermeulen SJ, Chen TR, Speleman F, Nollet F, Van Roy FM, Mareel MM 1998 Did the four human cancer cell lines DLD-1, HCT-15, HCT-8, and HRT-18 originate from one and the same patient? Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 107(1):76-9. PMID: 9809040. This has been confirmed at ECACC by STR profiling.

Characteristics

Products

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

Tissue of Origin

Ileum

Karyotype

2n = 46, pseudodiploid

Applications

Tumourigenicity studies

Disease

Adenocarcinoma

Culture Conditions

Cell Type

Epithelial

Subculture Routine

Split sub-confluent cultures (70-80%) 1:5 to 1:10 i.e. seeding at 1-2x10,000 cells/cm² using 0.05% trypsin or trypsin/EDTA; 5% CO₂; 37°C.

Culture Medium

RPMI 1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 1mM Sodium Pyruvate (NaP) + 10% Horse Serum (HS) or 5% Horse Serum (HS) + 5% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Growth Mode

Adherent

Additional Info

Depositor

Obtained from ATCC

Country of Origin

United States

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Applications

References

Tompkins WA, Watrach AM, Schmale JD, Schultz RM, Harris JA 1974 Cultural and antigenic properties of newly established cell strains derived from adenocarcinomas of the human colon and rectum. J Natl Cancer Inst. 52(4):1101-10 PMID: 4826581.

Bibliography

Nelson-Rees WA, Flandermeyer RR, Hawthorne PK 1975 Distinctive banded marker chromosomes of human tumor cell lines. Int J Cancer. 16(1):74-82 PMID: 1058173.

Available Formats

  • Frozen

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: HCT-8 (ECACC 90032006).

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