Whether they are representative of the tumours from which they originated remains a matter of debate. Establishment and characterization of three new human breast. Breast cancer is a major malignancy affecting females worldwide. The cell lines in this panel have been used successfully to generate mouse models of breast cancer for studying metastasis and egfrmek signaling, oncogenes in cell transformation, and for testing anti cancer compounds1114. Consequently the process of invtro development of drugs to treat. These cell lines have been developed, characterised and published for a number of subtypes of parental the human breast cancer cell lines mcf7 and t47d which demonstrate resistance to hormonedependent breast cancer treatments, both firstline tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, anastrozole, exemestane, letrozole and secondline treatments. Selective cytotoxicity is a desired feature of a new candidate anticancer agent.
This is a list of major breast cancer cell lines that are primarily used in breast cancer. Combined gene expression data of cell lines, breast tumors and normal breast. The inhibitory effects of naringin on breast cancer cell lines such as mdamb231 and mcf7 cells have been reported by some in vitro studies kanno et al. Stability of glycoprotein expression profiles figure s1. However, very little information is available on the cellular mechanisms responsible for manifestation of the ibc phenotype. The scaffold program proteome software was used to merge a total of 20. Molecular characterization of breast cancer cell lines through. How to establish a breast cancer primary cell line. Deep wholegenome sequencing of 3 cancer cell lines on 2. These cells possess cancer stem cell characters, such as the capability of sphere formation in vitro and high tumor incident rate 85% in mouse model. It was another 20 years, however, before establishing breast cancer cell lines became more widespread, including the md anderson series 3 and what still remains the most commonly used breast cancer cell line in the world, mcf7 established in 1973 at the michigan. Therefore, primary tumor cells and tissues are an extremely valuable resource for understanding the biology of human tumors and how tumors respond to. Accurate identification breast cancer subtype is extremely important in treating this disease effectively.
We have used the expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase as assessed by the aldefluor assay to isolate and characterize cancer stem cell csc populations in 33 cell lines derived from normal and malignant mammary tissue. The aim of this study was to identify novel antigens that are able to isolate the tic population of basalabasallike breast cancer cell lines. Ensure that cells cultured as a monolayer are healthy and are 80 90% confluent. D, merged images and higher magnification insets of coimmunofluorescence staining for.
Primary cancer cellstissues and cancer cell lines axol. The majority of cancer cell lines are propagated through hundreds of passages and as a result a single clone dominates the culture and the genetic heterogeneity of the primary tumor is lost. We then combined our cell linetumor data set with three previously published cell line data. Microsoft word list breast cancer cell lines update2017 author. The cells support in vitro studies including cancer, gene regulation, cellmatrix interactions as well as toxicology, drug screening and development. Today we know that there are several different types of breast cancer. Breast cancer charity merger is right the guardian. Mcf7 breast cancer cell line, a model for the study of the. Anillin regulates breast cancer cell migration, growth, and. Giri, 4 mikhail doubrovin, 3 vladimir ponomarev, 3 william l. Unlike many socalled targeted therapies, the drug does not work by directly targeting cells with specific genetic alterations.
Development and characterization of two human triplenegative. Hierarchical cluster analysis of breast cancer cell lines with subclusters i through v indicated by colored bars at side. These cell lines have been developed, characterised and published for a number of subtypes of the parental human breast cancer cell lines mcf7 and. Cell line naming does not, in general, reflect its. Breast cancer cell lines contain functional cancer stem cells.
Breast cancer researchers use cell lines to model myriad phenomena ranging from dna repair to cancer stem cell phenotypes. In an analysis of 1,144 genes from a panel of 28 human breast cancer cell lines given in the geo data set. Sodium butyrate nabu is regarded as a potential reagent for cancer therapy. The cytotoxicity for ce was tested by the mtt 34, 5dimethylthiazol2yl2, 5diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Pdf relevance of breast cancer cell lines as models for breast. Fatemeh kalalinia, fatemeh mosaffa and javad behravan december 14th 2011.
Further studies that combine molecular profiling and lineage tracing experiments are. Russo, md breast cancer research laboratory, fox chase cancer centertemple university health system, philadelphia, pa, usa. Each row represents a bac probe, and each column represents a cell line or tumor sample. A collection of breast cancer cell lines for the study of functionally distinct cancer subtypes author links open overlay panel richard m. Ximbio cancer research technology, uk has announced the availability of antioestrogen resistant breast cancer cell lines from the research of dr anne lykkesfeldt at the danish cancer society. Learn about the various risk factors, both genetic and lifestylerelated, as well as prevention methods for breast cancer from the american cancer society. Comparison of mammosphere formation from breast cancer cell.
Though appropriate, and even requisite, for many studies, the suitability of cell lines as tumour models has come into question owing to possibilities of tissue culture artefacts and clonal selection. Breast cancer cell adhesome and degradome interact to. Cell lines breast cancerproject linkedin slideshare. The cell lines that comprise the system also exhibit the substantial genomic, transcriptional, and biological heterogeneity found in primary tumors. Luminal often chemotherapy responsive and endocrine responsive basal often chemotherapy responsive and endocrine nonresponsive claudinlow intermediate response to chemotherapy normal and normal like cell breast cancer cell lines arose after chemical exposure such as 184a1 and primary cell. It was another 20 years, however, before establishing breast cancer cell lines became more widespread, including the md anderson series 3 and what still remains the most commonly used breast cancer cell line in the world. Tumorsphere culture of breast cancer cell lines mdamb231, mcf7, skbr3, au565, bt474, sum149. To aid in the selection of cell lines and tumor cell panels, information regarding four of the major genes associated. The estrogen receptor erpositive breast cancer cell line, mcf7, was treated with the er targeting drugs tamoxifen or fulvestrant long term and resistant clones were propagated further. Breast cancer stem cells bcscs constitute a subpopulation of tumor cells that express stem cellassociated markers and have a high capacity for tumor generation in vivo.
Figures 1a and 1b show that the recurrent abnormalities in the cell lines are similar to those in primary tumors, indicating that cell lines have retained most of the genomic abnormalities of the original tumors including regions of highlevel amplification, and they have not selected abundant new abnormalities. Baehner 2 tea fevr 2 laura clark 1 nora bayani 1 jeanphilippe coppe 1 frances tong 3 terry speed 3 paul t. Mcf7 is a breast cancer cell line isolated in 1970 from a 69yearold caucasian woman. Inflammatory breast cancer ibc is the most lethal form of locally invasive breast cancer known. Development and characterization of two human triple. Pdf the number of available breast cancer cell bcc lines is small, and only a. Evidence for the existence of triplenegative variants in. Aug 22, 2016 proper cell models for breast cancer primary tumors have long been the focal point in the cancers research. The two most similar clusters were merged, and the distances. Radiotherapy plays an important role in the multimodal treatment of. Mcf7 breast cancer cell line, a model for the study of.
Forty percent of the nabu resistant cells express the cancer. Cancer stem cells cscs possess selfrenewal and heterogeneous cancer cell lines formation. Jan 23, 2017 data information exomeseq gse48215 75 breast cancer cell lines underwent exomeseq to identify mutations samples by type. Breast cancer cell lines contain functional cancer stem cells with metastatic capacity and a distinct molecular signature. In triplenegative breast cancer, targeting an addiction.
Numerous data confirm the existence of a model in which cscs have an important role in cancer. This sample is limited in amount and the genetic manipulation is almost impossible 3. Our first job is to listen to and observe what our customers need, and meet those needs with quality products and services. Classification of breast cancer cell lines into subtypes based on genetic profile abstract. Mcf7 was derived from the pleural effusion from a 69 year old female suffering from a breast adenocarcinoma1. Cell line work can be flawed as heterogeneity has been proven within the most established breast cancer cell lines and a tendency exists for cell lines to phenotypically drift burdall et al.
Gene expression profiling of whole breast tumors further stratifies breast cancer into several molecular subtypes which also cosegregate with the receptor status of the tumor cells. While numerous similarities have long been found between cell. Experiments using cell culture are used for developing new diagnostic tests and new treatments for diseases. Consistently, we confirmed the antitumor potential of naringin in three tnbc cell lines and a mouse xenograft tumor model. The xenografts models nude mice are used for testing the tumorigenicity and metastatic ability of cancer cell lines. The cells support in vitro studies including cancer, gene regulation, cell matrix interactions as well as toxicology, drug screening and development. Human breast cancer associated fibroblasts exhibit subtype.
Breast cancer cell line classification and its relevance with. Assessing breast cancer cell lines as tumour models by. In the study, a drug that blocks the activity of an enzyme called cdk7 halted tumor cell proliferation in cell lines of triplenegative breast cancer, and shrank tumors in mouse models of this cancer type. The university has agreed to license the marketing of the breast cancer cell lines, known as the sum lines, through asterand in an effort to provide an exceptional tool to a broad base of.
Comparison of mammosphere formation from breast cancer. The number of available breast cancer cell bcc lines is small, and only a very few of them have been extensively studied. Mcf7 breast cancer cell line, a model for the study of the association between inflammation and abcg2mediated multi drug resistance, breast cancer focusing tumor microenvironment, stem cells and metastasis, mehmet gunduz and esra gunduz, intechopen, doi. We previously showed that if mcf7 cells were cultured for a prolonged period either in the absence of estrogen or in the presence of the antiestrogen tamoxifen, sublines were selected. To consider any agent as cytotoxic against cell lines, its ic 50 should be less than 20. Pdf development and characterisation of acquired radioresistant.
Breast cancer cell line classification and its relevance. Development and characterisation of acquired radioresistant breast cancer cell lines. Breast cancer cell adhesome and degradome interact to drive. Distinct organspecific metastatic potential of individual. The resulting cell lines are available together with the parental, drug sensitive mcf7 cell line. Whether their diversity mirrors the wellknown intertumoural heterogeneity is another essential question. Recurrent gene copy number changes in the 51 breast cancer cell lines that match.
National engineering laboratory for cereal fermentation technology, jiangnan university, wuxi, china. Characterization of cell lines derived from breast cancers and. Proper cell models for breast cancer primary tumors have long been the focal point in the cancers research. Turnbull2,3, carol ward1,2, james meehan2,4, carlos martinezperez2,3, maria bonello2, lisa y. Charafejauffret e1, ginestier c, iovino f, wicinski j, cervera n, finetti p, hur mh, diebel me, monville f, dutcher j, brown m, viens p, xerri l, bertucci f, stassi g, dontu g, birnbaum d, wicha ms. Bcscs isolation has allowed the analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in. A collection of breast cancer cell lines for the study of. Establishment and characterization of three new human. Genes were restricted to those showing significant variance across all samples, resulting in clustering of 1438 probe sets see experimental procedures.
Consistently, we confirmed the antitumor potential of naringin in three tnbc cell lines and a. To compare the global gene expression profiles of cell lines with in vivo breast samples, we profiled a panel of in vitro breast cancer cell lines bccls, human mammary fibroblasts hmfs, and hmecs, and combined the microarray data unc105, gse50470 with our previously published unc337 data set that is composed of 320 breast tumors and 17 normal breast samples gse18229. Nomenclature of breast cancer cell lines ever since the establishment of the first breast cancer cell line, bt20, in 1958 11, relatively few cell lines have been obtained due to technical difficulties in extracting viable tumor cells from the surrounding. Hcc1143 and hcc1187 were isolated from patients with ductal carcinoma breast cancer. Breast cancer cell lines contain functional cancer stem. Cdkn2a cyclindependent kinase inhibitor 2a cdkn2a is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes at least three different splice variants, two of which can induce arrest at the g1 phase of the cell cycle by inhibiting the cdk4 kinase. Relevance of breast cancer cell lines as models for breast. However, culturing mammospheres from primary breast tumors are costly and difficult to control.
Basal 17, claudinlow 8, luminal 29, nonmalignant 5, unknown 16 rnaseq gse482 56 cell lines were profiled in their baseline, unperturbed state. Development and characterization of two human triplenegative breast cancer cell lines with highly tumorigenic and metastatic capabilities. Invasion and mmp expression and activity in human breast cancer cell lines. The michigan cancer foundation is now known as the barbara ann karmanos cancer institute. Thats one reason why meyerson takes a pragmatic view about the best way to study cancer genomes. Sep 12, 2014 consequently, breast cancer cell lines are considered tools with which to identify and characterize tics.
Neve rm, chin k, fridlyand j, yeh j, baehner fl, fevr t. Breast cancer cell line classification and its relevance with breast tumor subtyping. A collection of breast cancer cell lines for the study of functionally distinct cancer subtypes. It was named after the michigan cancer foundation mcf and is the most studied human breast cancer cell line in the world2. Comparison of mammosphere formation from breast cancer cell lines and primary breast tumors original article rong wang 1,2, qing lv 1, wentong meng 3, qiuwen tan 1, shu zhang 1, xianming mo 3, xiaoqin yang 1. Vitamin c promotes apoptosis in breast cancer cells by increasing. In this paper, a comprehensive comparison in copy number variation cnv. In this study, a specific breast cancer cell population that is resistant nabu treatment was identified. Neve 1 2 9 koei chin 2 9 jane fridlyand 2 6 jennifer yeh 2 frederick l. Oct 27, 20 to compare the global gene expression profiles of cell lines with in vivo breast samples, we profiled a panel of in vitro breast cancer cell lines bccls, human mammary fibroblasts hmfs, and hmecs, and combined the microarray data unc105, gse50470 with our previously published unc337 data set that is composed of 320 breast tumors and 17 normal breast samples gse18229. Gene expression profiles of 51 human breast cancer cell lines.
But we found that the routinely used breast cancer cell lines were mostly derived from caucasians or africanamericans. Breast cancer cell lines by gene tumor cell lines become more powerful tools for cancer research and drug discovery when the genetic abnormalities that drive their phenotype are known. Comprehensive comparison of molecular portraits between cell. In experiments on cell lines, thz1 suppressed the proliferation of triplenegative breast cancer cells but had no effect on the proliferation of breast cancer cells that express hormone receptors, even though thz1 blocked cdk7 activity in both cell lines. Despite its long history, mcf7 is a surprisingly heterogeneous line. Xiaofeng dai 1, 2, hongye cheng 1, 2, zhonghu bai 1, 2, jia li 1, 2. Transfection solutions for cancer cells thermo fisher. Together with the normal and early transformed counterparts, herein we provide a complete cancer model for the study of initiation, evolution, and identification of new therapeutics for tnbc.
Feb 17, 2010 sequencing cancer cell lines makes sense in the short term, he says, but millions and millions of people are getting cancer, and over time the statistical power of looking at primary tumours is. Scientists study the behaviour of isolated cells grown in the laboratory for insights into how cells function in the body in health and disease. Breast cancer stem cells bcscs can be enriched by culturing of cells in nonadherent nondifferentiating conditions. Kunkler2, alan murray5 and david argyle1 abstract background. Get basic information about breast cancer, such as what it is and how it forms, as well as the signs and symptoms of the disease. In general, the recurrent genomic and transcriptional characteristics of 51 breast cancer cell lines mirror those of 145 primary breast tumors, although some significant differences are documented.
Breast cancer charity merger is right but its hard to lose good colleagues head of breast cancer now explains how merging two charities will boost vital research baroness delyth morgan. Aug 12, 2011 the first breast cancer cell line to be established was bt20 in 1958 2. It is the most common cause of death from cancer in women. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of genome aberrations in 51 breast cancer cell lines and 145 primary breast tumors. Find your cell linespecific protocol for breast, lung, prostate, or liver cancer. The importance of cancer cell lines as in vitro models in cancer methylome analysis and anticancer drugs testing 143 tumour. Nomenclature of breast cancer cell lines ever since the establishment of the first breast cancer cell line, bt20, in 1958 11, relatively few cell lines have been obtained due to technical difficulties in extracting viable tumor cells from the surrounding stroma 12, and the bottleneck of longterm propagation during cultivation 12, 14. Tumorsphere culture of human breast cancer cell lines. In vitro analysis of the invasive phenotype of sum 149, an. Prior to tumorsphere culture, breast cancer cell lines are grown as monolayers according to the suppliers recommendations on tissue culturetreated 10 cm dishes. The mcf7 line, derived in 1973 from a malignant pleural effusion, is one of the most commonly used culture models for human breast cancer. To understand the unique phenotype of ibc, we compared the motile and adhesive interactions of an ibc cell line, sum 149, to the nonibc cell line sum 102. Brca1 mutation analysis of 41 human breast cancer cell lines reveals three new deleterious mutants. These issues are compounded by the inability of cancer cells grown in.
Comprehensive comparison of molecular portraits between. Oct 28, 2015 adhesome and degradome molecules in metastatic versus nonmetastatic breast cancers. Clusters show results at 1952 bac probes common between the tumor and cell line cgh arrays. The mtt assay is a colorimetric assay for evaluating cell viability. Choosing the right cell line for breast cancer research. Breast cancer cell lines are frequently used as model systems to study the cellular properties and biology of breast cancer. Both normal and cancer stem cells express transmembrane transporters, including abcg2.
Notably, tet expression in these breast cancer cell lines varied greatly. Atcc stands ready to support our customers needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Mcf7 which are hormonal dependent breast cancer cell line. The genomic comparison between cell lines and tumors can investigate the similarity and dissimilarity and help to select right cell model to mimic tumor tissues to properly evaluate the drug reaction in vitro. Glycoproteins in claudinlow breast cancer cell lines have a. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease for which prognosis and treatment strategies are largely governed by the receptor status estrogen, progesterone and her2 of the tumor cells. Consequently, breast cancer cell lines are considered tools with which to identify and characterize tics. Distinct organspecific metastatic potential of individual breast cancer cells and primary tumors andy j. After 48 h of viral transduction, stable cell lines were selected by cotreatment with three different antibiotics. Review breast cancer cell line classification and its. The first breast cancer cell line to be established was bt20 in 1958 2.
Research open access development and characterisation of acquired radioresistant breast cancer cell lines mark gray1,2, arran k. Introducing validated transfection protocols for the most studied cancer cell lines and cancer types, designed to help you get the results you want the first time with minimal optimization. Mcf7 is the acronym of michigan cancer foundation7, referring to the institute in detroit where the cell line was established in 1973 by herbert soule and coworkers. See the appendix for all of the breast cancer cell lines included in each breast cancer tumor cell panel tumor cell panels. Cell lines are widely used in laboratory research and particularly as in vitro models in cancer research. Primary cancer cell lines offered by celther are derived from tissues obtained from patients.
In order to overcome problems associated with using primary human tissues, continuous breast cancer cell lines have been developed from various sources. Minn, 1,2 yibin kang, 1 inna serganova, 3 gaorav p. Twentythree of the 33 cell lines contained an aldefluorpositive. Naringin inhibits growth potential of human triple. Tumors may be initiated and maintained by a cellular subcomponent that displays stem cell properties. This is a wellrecognized criterion for a compound to be judged as cytotoxic or not, as defined by the national cancer institute nci22.