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HCC1187

CRL-2322

HCC1187 is a mammary gland epithelial cell that was isolated from a 41-year-old, White female patient with ductal carcinoma TNM Stage IIA, grade 3. The cell can be used in cancer research.
Product category
Human cells
Organism
Homo sapiens, human
Cell type
epithelial cell
Morphology
epithelial
Tissue
Breast; Mammary gland
Disease
Carcinoma; Ductal; TNM Stage IIA, grade 3
Applications
3D cell culture
Cancer research
Product format
Frozen
Storage conditions
Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
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Documentation

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ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

Required Products

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Detailed product information

Characteristics

Growth properties
Mixed: adherent and suspension
Derivation
This cell line was initiated on 9/13/94 from a patient who had received prior chemotherapy. The cell line took 4.5 months to establish.
Age
41 days
Ethnicity
White
Gender
Female
Karyotype
multiploid; cell population has several ploidy indices
Oncogene
her2/neu-; p53+
Genes expressed
epithelial glycoprotein 2 (EGP2); cytokeratin 19
Expression markers
Progesterone receptor, negative
Comments
The tumor was classified as TNM stage IIA, grade 3, invasive ductal carcinoma. Information regarding lymph node metastasis is not available.
The cells are poorly differentiated.

An EBV transformed lymphoblastoid cell line (HCC1187 BL) from the same patient is available as ATCC CRL-2323.

HCC1187 is positive for the epithelial cell specific marker Epithelial Glycoprotein 2 (EGP2) and for cytokeratin 19. The cells are negative for expression of Her2-neu; they overexpress p53. The cells are negative for expression of progesterone receptor (PR).

Handling information

Unpacking and storage instructions
  1. Check all containers for leakage or breakage.
  2. Remove the frozen cells from the dry ice packaging and immediately place the cells at a temperature below ­-130°C, preferably in liquid nitrogen vapor, until ready for use.
Complete medium
The base medium for this cell line is ATCC-formulated RPMI-1640 Medium, ATCC 30-2001. To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum (ATCC 30-2020) to a final concentration of 10%.
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
95% Air, 5% CO2
Handling procedure
To insure the highest level of viability, thaw the vial and initiate the culture as soon as possible upon receipt. If upon arrival, continued storage of the frozen culture is necessary, it should be stored in liquid nitrogen vapor phase and not at -70°C.  Storage at -70°C will result in loss of viability.

  1. Thaw the vial by gentle agitation in a 37°C water bath. To reduce the possibility of contamination, keep the O-ring and cap out of the water.  Thawing should be rapid (approximately 2 minutes).
  2. Remove the vial from the water bath as soon as the contents are thawed, and decontaminate by dipping in or spraying with 70% ethanol. All of the operations from this point on should be carried out under strict aseptic conditions.
  3. Transfer the vial contents to a 75 cm2 tissue culture flask and dilute with the recommended complete culture medium (see the specific batch information for the recommended dilution ratio). It is important to avoid excessive alkalinity of the medium during recovery of the cells.  It is suggested that, prior to the addition of the vial contents, the culture vessel containing the complete growth medium be placed into the incubator for at least 15 minutes to allow the medium to reach its normal pH (7.0 to 7.6).
  4. Incubate the culture at 37°C in a suitable incubator.  A 5% CO2 in air atmosphere is recommended if using the medium described on this product sheet.

Note: If it is desired that the cryoprotective agent be removed immediately, or that a more concentrated cell suspension be obtained, centrifuge the cell suspension at approximately 125 x g for 5 to 10 minutes.  Discard the supernatant and resuspend the cells with fresh growth medium at the dilution ratio recommended in the specific batch information.

Subculturing procedure

Cultures grow as floating aggregates of round cell clusters and as attached epithelial-like cells. Cultures can be maintained by the addition of fresh medium to the flask, or centrifuging and removing the spent medium, resuspending the cell pellet in fresh medium and returning the resuspended cells to the flask.


To subculture the attached cells, remove and reserve the suspended cells (recover the suspended cells by centrifugation if desired). Rinse the monolayer with fresh 0.25% trypsin-0.53 mM EDTA, neutralize with an equal volume complete medium and centrifuge. Remove supernatant and resuspend cell pellet with complete medium and pool into reserved suspended cells. Add appropriate aliquots of the pooled cell suspension to new culture vessels.


Subcultivation Ratio: A subcultivation ratio of 1:2 is recommended
Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days
Reagents for cryopreservation
Complete growth medium supplemented with 5% (v/v) DMSO (ATCC 4-X)

Quality control specifications

Mycoplasma contamination
Not detected
STR profiling
D3S1358: 15
TH01: 6
D21S11: 29,30
D18S51: 17
Penta_E: 16
D5S818: 12
D13S317: 11
D7S820: 8,11
D16S539: 10
CSF1PO: 13
Penta_D: 11
Amelogenin: X
vWA: 19
D8S1179: 11
TPOX: 8
FGA: 23
D19S433: 13,15
D2S1338: 19

History

Depositors
AF Gazdar, AK Virmani
Special collection
NCRR Contract

Legal disclaimers

Intended use
This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for any animal or human therapeutic use, any human or animal consumption, or any diagnostic use.
Warranty

The product is provided 'AS IS' and the viability of ATCC® products is warranted for 30 days from the date of shipment, provided that the customer has stored and handled the product according to the information included on the product information sheet, website, and Certificate of Analysis. For living cultures, ATCC lists the media formulation and reagents that have been found to be effective for the product. While other unspecified media and reagents may also produce satisfactory results, a change in the ATCC and/or depositor-recommended protocols may affect the recovery, growth, and/or function of the product. If an alternative medium formulation or reagent is used, the ATCC warranty for viability is no longer valid.  Except as expressly set forth herein, no other warranties of any kind are provided, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, manufacture according to cGMP standards, typicality, safety, accuracy, and/or noninfringement.

Disclaimers

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Permits & Restrictions

Import Permit for the State of Hawaii

If shipping to the U.S. state of Hawaii, you must provide either an import permit or documentation stating that an import permit is not required. We cannot ship this item until we receive this documentation. Contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Industry Division, Plant Quarantine Branch to determine if an import permit is required.

This cell line was deposited by Dr. A. Gazdar and is provided for research purposes only. This material is subject to the following restrictions in addition to those outlined in the ATCC Material Transfer Agreement:

  1. Transfers - Biological Materials may not be transferred to third parties for purposes of sale, or producing for sale.
  2. Commercial Use - all for-profit and non-profit Recipients must obtain a commercial use license prior to Commercial Use.

Any proposed Commercial Use with these cells must first be negotiated with:

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75235
Telephone: (214) 648-1888
Email: [email protected]

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Gazdar AF, et al. Characterization of paired tumor and non-tumor cell lines established from patients with breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 78: 766-774, 1998. PubMed: 9833771

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