HeLa

CRM-CCL-2 ^™

HeLa is an epithelial cell that was isolated from the cervix of a 31-year-old, Black female with adenocarcinoma. The cell can be used in infectious disease research, sexually transmitted disease research, and bioproduction. The cell line can be used in testing and calibration in ISO 17025-accredited laboratories, to challenge assay performance, validate or compare test methods, and establish sensitivity, linearity, and specificity during assay validation or implementation.

Product category: Human cells
Product type: Certified reference material
Organism: Homo sapiens, human
Cell type: epithelial cell
Morphology: epithelial
Tissue: Uterus; Cervix
Disease: Adenocarcinoma
Applications: Assay development

Infectious disease research

Sexually transmitted disease research

Bioproduction
Product format: Frozen
Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen

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Product sheet

BSL 2

ATCC determines the biosafety level of a material based on our risk assessment as guided by the current edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is your responsibility to understand the hazards associated with the material per your organization’s policies and procedures as well as any other applicable regulations as enforced by your local or national agencies.

Cells contain Human papillomavirus (HPV)

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

These products are vital for the proper use of this item and have been confirmed as effective in supporting functionality. If you use alternative products, the quality and effectiveness of the item may be affected.

Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium (EMEM)

30-2003

Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)

30-2020

General

Specific applications

For use in testing and calibration in ISO 17025 accredited laboratories, to challenge assay performance, validate or compare test methods, and to establish sensitivity, linearity and specificity during assay validation or implementation.

This cell line is a suitable transfection host.

This cell line is useful for screening for Escherichia coli strains with invasive potential

Characteristics

Growth properties

Adherent

Age

31 years

Ethnicity

Black

Gender

Female

Karyotype

Modal number = 82; range = 70 to 164.
There is a small telocentric chromosome in 98% of the cells.
100% aneuploidy in 1385 cells examined.
Four typical HeLa marker chromosomes have been reported in the literature.
HeLa Marker Chromosomes: One copy of Ml, one copy of M2, four-five copies of M3, and two copies of M4 as revealed by G-banding patterns. M1 is a rearranged long arm and centromere of chromosome 1 and the long arm of chromosome 3. M2 is a combination of short arm of chromosome 3 and long arm of chromosome 5. M3 is an isochromosome of the short arm of chromosome 5. M4 consists of the long arm of chromosome 11 and an arm of chromosome 19.

Virus susceptibility

Human adenovirus 3

Encephalomyocarditis virus

Human poliovirus 1

Human poliovirus 2

Human poliovirus 3

Genes expressed

keratin positive by immunoperoxidase staining; lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) induces AP-1 activity; c-jun N-terminal kinase activity (JNK1) by a protein kinase C-independent pathway.

Isoenzymes

G6PD, A

Comments

Certificates of Analysis are available electronically at www.atcc.org, or by hardcopy upon request.

Certified Reference Material produced under an ISO 17034 accredited process.

The cells are positive for keratin by immunoperoxidase staining.

HeLa cells have been reported to contain human papilloma virus 18 (HPV-18) sequences.

P53 expression was reported to be low, and normal levels of pRB (retinoblastoma suppressor) were found.

Handling information

Unpacking and storage instructions

Check all containers for leakage or breakage.
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 Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium, Catalog No. ATCC 30-2003. To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum 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.

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).
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.
Transfer the vial contents to a centrifuge tube containing 9.0 mL complete growth medium and spin at approximately 125 x g for 5 to 7 minutes. Discard supernatant.
Resuspend the cell pellet with the recommended complete growth medium (see the specific batch information for the culture recommended dilution ratio) and dispense into a 25 cm² or a 75 cm² culture flask. 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).
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.

Subculturing procedure

Remove and discard culture medium.
Briefly rinse the cell layer with 0.25% (w/v) Trypsin- 0.53 mM EDTA solution to remove all traces of serum which contains trypsin inhibitor.
Add 2.0 to 3.0 mL of Trypsin-EDTA solution to flask and observe cells under an inverted microscope until cell layer is dispersed (usually within 5 to 15 minutes).
Note: To avoid clumping do not agitate the cells by hitting or shaking the flask while waiting for the cells to detach. Cells that are difficult to detach may be placed at 37°C to facilitate dispersal.
Add 6.0 to 8.0 mL of complete growth medium and aspirate cells by gently pipetting.
Add appropriate aliquots of the cell suspension to new culture vessels.
Incubate cultures at 37°C.

Subcultivation Ratio: A subcultivation ratio of 1:2 to 1:6 is recommended

Medium Renewal: 2 to 3 times per week

Reagents for cryopreservation

Complete growth medium supplemented with 5% (v/v) DMSO (ATCC 4-X)

Quality control specifications

Mycoplasma contamination: Not detected
STR profiling: Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 9,10
D13S317: 12,13.3
D16S539: 9,10
D5S818: 11,12
D7S820: 8,12
THO1: 7
TPOX: 8,12
vWA: 16,18
Quality accreditation: Manufactured under an ISO 17034 accredited process

History

Deposited as: Homo sapiens
Depositors: WF Scherer
Special collection: Certified Reference Materials

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.

Certified Reference Material produced under an ISO 17034 accredited process.

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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Please see the material transfer agreement (MTA) for further details regarding the use of this product. The MTA is available at www.atcc.org.

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.

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References

Curated Citations

American Public Health Association. Compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods. 3rd ed.Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 1992.

AOAC International Invasiveness by Escherichia coli of mammalian cells, microbiological method. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International;AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 982.36.

Baldi A, et al. Genomic structure of the human retinoblastoma-related Rb2/p130 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 4629-4632, 1996. PubMed: 8643454

Gey GO, et al. Tissue culture studies of the proliferative capacity of cervical carcinoma and normal epithelium. Cancer Res. 12: 264-265, 1952.

Chen TR. Re-evaluation of HeLa, HeLa S3, and HEp-2 karyotypes. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 48: 19-24, 1988. PubMed: 3180844

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