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MDA-MB-231

MDA-MB-231

Catalogue No.

92020424

Cell Line Name

MDA-MB-231

Cell Line Description

MDA-MB-231 was established from a pleural effusion of a 51 year old woman with metastatic breast cancer.

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General Info

Species

Human

Release Conditions

Restricted - commercial organisations are required to complete the 'Cell Line Release Authorisation for Research Use in Commercial Organisations' release conditions form in the supporting documents section.

Characteristics

Tissue of Origin

Breast

DNA profile (STR Profile)

Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 12,13
D5S818: 12
D7S820: 8,9
D13S317: 13
D16S539: 12
TH01: 7,9.3
TPOX: 8,9
vWA: 15,18

Karyotype

Range 52-68, Modal number 64, near triploid

Disease

Adenocarcinoma

Culture Conditions

Cell Type

Epithelial

Subculture Routine

Split sub-confluent cultures (70-80%) 1:3 to 1:6, i.e. seeding at 1-3 x10,000 cells/cm² using 0.05% trypsin or trypsin/EDTA; 37°C. CO₂ is not required.

Culture Medium

L15 + 2mM Glutamine + 15% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Growth Mode

Adherent

Additional Info

Depositor

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Office of Technology Commercialization 7515 S. Main, Suite 490, Unit 0510 Houston, Texas 77030

Country of Origin

United States

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Applications

References

Cailleau R, Young R, Olivé M, Reeves WJ Jr 1974 Breast tumor cell lines from pleural effusions. J Natl Cancer Inst. 53(3):661-74. PMID: 4412247.

Bibliography

Cruciger QV, Pathak S, Cailleau R.1976 Human breast carcinomas: marker chromosomes involving 1q in seven cases. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 17(4):231-5. PMID: 1001030. Cailleau R, Olivé M, Cruciger QV 1978 Long-term human breast carcinoma cell lines of metastatic origin: preliminary characterization. In Vitro. 14(11):911-5.PMID: 730202. Brinkley BR, Beall PT, Wible LJ, Mace ML, Turner DS, Cailleau RM 1980 Variations in cell form and cytoskeleton in human breast carcinoma cells in vitro. Cancer Res.;40(9):3118-29.PMID: 7000337. Siciliano MJ, Barker PE, Cailleau R 1979 Mutually exclusive genetic signatures of human breast tumor cell lines with a common chromosomal marker. Cancer Res.39(3):919-22. PMID: 427779. Huguet EL, McMahon JA, McMahon AP, Bicknell R, Harris AL 1994 Differential expression of human Wnt genes 2, 3, 4, and 7B in human breast cell lines and normal and disease states of human breast tissue. Cancer Res. 54(10):2615-21. PMID: 8168088. Bates SE, Valverius EM, Ennis BW, Bronzert DA, Sheridan JP, Stampfer MR, Mendelsohn J, Lippman ME, Dickson RB 1990 Expression of the transforming growth factor-alpha/epidermal growth factor receptor pathway in normal human breast epithelial cells. Endocrinology. 126(1):596-607. PMID: 2294006. Satya-Prakash KL, Pathak S, Hsu TC, Olivé M, Cailleau R.1981 Cytogenetic analysis on eight human breast tumor cell lines: high frequencies of 1q, 11q and HeLa-like marker chromosomes.Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 3(1):61-73. PMID: 7272986. Littlewood-Evans AJ, Bilbe G, Bowler WB, Farley D, Wlodarski B, Kokubo T, Inaoka T, Sloane J, Evans DB, Gallagher JA.1997 The osteoclast-associated protease cathepsin K is expressed in human breast carcinoma. Cancer Res. 57(23):5386-90. PMID: 9393764. Abaan OD, Polley EC, Davis SR, Zhu YJ, Bilke S, Walker RL, Pineda M, Gindin Y, Jiang Y, Reinhold WC, Holbeck SL, Simon RM, Doroshow JH, Pommier Y, Meltzer PS.2013 The exomes of the NCI-60 panel: a genomic resource for cancer biology and systems pharmacology. Cancer Res. 73(14):4372-82. PMID: 23856246.

Available Formats

  • Frozen
  • DNA-5µg (100ng/µl)

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: MDA-MB-231 (ECACC 92020424).

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