Establishment and characterization of human metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma cell line

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide with a poor prognosis. Recently, we established a HCC cell line from a metastatic HCC tumor. GTG banding analysis was performed and the karyotype showed that this metastatic HCC cell line is a hypertriploid (71-78 chromosomes) with a large marker chromosome containing a long homogeneously staining region (hsr). Comparative genomic hybridization was applied to characterize the chromosomal alterations in this metastatic HCC cell line. The results showed that the hsr was composed of amplified DNA sequences from 11q13. Further characterization of the hsr may lead to the isolation of the putative amplified oncogene at 11q13.     

高转移性人成骨肉瘤细胞系在裸小鼠体内的筛选和维持

目的：筛选人成骨肉瘤高转移细胞并探讨维持其高转移性状的方法。方法：采用低转移性成骨肉瘤细胞系在裸小鼠腹腔内连续传代和体外培养肺转移灶筛选高转移亚系,通过体内、外交替传代维持其高转移性状,并用流式细胞仪、染色体分析等方法,研究该高转移亚系的细胞周期、形态、增殖等生物学特性。结果：筛选所得腹水型高转移亚系自发性肺转移率达100％。在细胞形态、增殖速度、染色体数目等方面与母系有较大差别,经体内、外交替传代高转移性状得以维持,且出现较高比例的脑、骨、肌肉转移。结论：腹腔连续传代培养转移灶和体内、外交替传代是筛选和维持高转移细胞的可靠方法。     

Establishment and characterization of a new human synovial sarcoma cell line, HS-SY-II.

BACKGROUND: The line of differentiation in synovial sarcoma still remains controversial. Thus far, only a few human synovial sarcoma cell lines have been described. However, their morphologic characteristics have not been fully established. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We established a new synovial sarcoma cell line (HS-SY-II) from pleural effusion with lung metastasis in a typical example of the monophasic spindle cell type. The HS-SY-II cells, in vitro and in vivo, were examined by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and cytogenetics. RESULTS: The HS-SY-II cells showed a hypertriploid karyotype with complex chromosome abnormalities including pathognomonic t(X;18)(p11;q11), and have been stably maintained for more than 40 months in vitro, showing rather small spindle or polygonal shape without conspicuous pleomorphism. Histologic features of initially and serially transplanted tumors in nude mice were essentially the same as those of the original sarcoma, corresponding to the monophasic spindle cell variant with a prominent palisading pattern and calcified foci in parts. The HS-SY-II cells in vitro and in vivo similarly expressed vimentin and cytokeratin by immunohistochemistry, and also exhibit the same ultrastructural features such as irregularly shaped nuclei with prominent nucleoli, many paranuclearly running intermediate filaments, and filopodia-like processes. CONCLUSIONS: This HS-SY-II cell line retaining the distinct morphological characteristics as the monophasic spindle cell type of synovial sarcoma therefore will be extremely useful for various pathomorphologic investigations on synovial sarcoma.     

Establishment of a new human chondrosarcomatous cell line.

A new cultured cell line (HuOS) was established from tumor cells obtained from the pulmonary metastatic foci of a patient diagnosed as chondroblastic osteosarcoma. The tumor cell line was maintained for over 19 months, and morphological and biological characteristics were studied. These cells retained their malignant properties and produced nodules when transferred intramuscularly to nude mice. Morphologically, these nodules revealed a chondromatous pattern.     

Establishment and characterization of a new Ewing's sarcoma cell line.

A new human Ewing's sarcoma cell line (CADO-ES1) was established from the malignant pleural effusion of a 19-year-old woman. These cells grew both anchorage dependently and anchorage independently. When cultured in bacteriologic dishes, they grew as tightly packed multicellular tumor spheroids; they were also capable of proliferating in soft agar. Flow cytometric DNA analysis demonstrated a nearly diploid DNA content (DNA index = 0.902). Chromosomal studies of cultured cells showed an isodicentric chromosome 8 in all examined cells, but t(11;22)(q24;q12), a translocation reported previously in Ewing's sarcoma, was not detected. Under normal culture conditions, no morphologic evidence of neural differentiation was detected. In addition, immunocytochemical studies showed that vimentin was intensely positive, whereas neurofilament (NF) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) were weakly positive. Treatment with cyclic AMP (cAMP) induced pronounced morphologic evidence of neural differentiation and strong expression of NF in cultured cells. S-100 protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), desmin, cytokeratin, and epithelial membrane antigen were not detected immunohistochemically in either untreated or cAMP-treated cells, however. These data suggest that this cell line is derived from a highly undifferentiated neural cell with high chromosomal clonality, differentiating into neural features under certain conditions.     

Establishment and characterization of HKESC-1, a new cancer cell line from human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

The establishment of an esophageal cancer cell line can facilitate the search for molecular mechanisms involved in esophageal carcinogenesis. A new human cancer cell line, HKESC-1, was established from a primary moderately-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus from a 47-year-old Hong Kong Chinese man. The pathological characteristics (morphology, immunohistochemical, and electron microscopic studies), the tumorigenecity in nude mice, the cytogenetic features, the DNA ploidy, and telomerase activity of the cell line were investigated. The HKESC-1 cells have been maintained continuously in vitro for more than 16 months and passaged over 96 times. HKESC-1 cells grow as a monolayer, with a doubling time of 46 hours. The HKESC-1 cells are of a squamous epithelial origin, as shown by their immunopositivity with the anti-cytokeratin antibodies and ultrastructural demonstration of tonofilaments and desmosomes. The HKESC-1 cells possess characteristics of malignancy because they are highly tumorigenic in nude mice and have strong telomerase activity. The HKESC-1 cells had an aneuploid DNA content, as demonstrated by flow cytometric analysis. Cytogenetic analysis revealed hyperdiploidy of greater than 50 in 80% of analyzable metaphases. Chromosome gains and losses were common, and loss of the Y chromosome was a consistent numerical aberration. Additionally, many structural chromosomal abnormalities were encountered, with frequent breakpoints at 1p32, 7p22, 7q34, and 20q13. This newly established cell line serves as a useful model for studying the molecular pathogenesis, and testing new therapeutic reagents for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.     

Establishment and characterization of a human gastric carcinoma cell line TMC-1

Established cancer cell lines are useful in the study of various cancers. We established a human gastric carcinoma cell line TMC-1 derived from the lymph node of a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach. TMC-1 cells grew in vitro as a mixture of attached and suspension cells, and exhibited spindle or ovoid morphology. They had a population doubling time of 15 h, a plating efficiency of 61%, formed colonies in semisolid agar, secreted the tumor marker CA 19-9, and were tumorigenic in athymic nude mice. The cells expressed E-cadherin and beta-catenin. The karyotypic analysis demonstrated hyperdiploid features with a modal chromosome of 53. The cell had the deletion at chromosome 18q and gains at chromosome 2p13-25, 5p15, 5q21-35, 7, 8q24, 9q, 11, 12p, 14q24-32 and 20. Analysis by fluorescence in situ hybridization showed the deletion at 7qtel and duplication at 7q11.2 at the rearranged chromosome 7. Growth of TMC-1 cells was inhibited by 27-32% by interferon-alpha (2,000 U/ml) and by interferon-gamma with an IC50 of 125 U/ml. The cell line is tumorigenic in vivo, and its growth is moderately inhibited by interferon-alpha and interferon-gamma. It can be used to develop new modalities of human gastric cancer treatment.     

Establishment of human osteosarcoma cell lines with high metastatic potential to lungs and their utilities for therapeutic studies on metastatic osteosarcoma

Relevant animal models for metastasis of osteosarcoma is needed to understand the biology and to develop the treatment modality of metastasis of human osteosarcoma. Therefore, we screened six human osteosarcoma cell lines for metastatic ability in nude mice. The HuO9 cell line was identified as being metastatic to the lung after intravenous injection. We established two sublines, HuO9-M112 and HuO9-M132, with high metastatic potential to the lung from the parental HuO9 cells by in vivo selection. There were no differences between these two sublines and the parental cells in the growth rate in vitro and the tumorigenicity after subcutaneous injection in nude mice, however, mice injected with the metastatic sublines became moribund earlier than mice injected with the parental HuO9 cells did. Thus, adriamycin (ADR) and recombinant interleukin-12 (IL-12) were administered to mice injected with the HuO9-M112 subline to suppress experimental lung metastases. Production of lung colonies was significantly suppressed and the prognoses of mice were significantly improved by both ADR and IL-12 treatments. These results indicate that both ADR and IL-12 are effective agents against pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma, and that these sublines are useful for studies on the biological behavior and treatment of pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Establishment and characterization of a new xenograft-derived human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line SLMT-1 of Chinese origin

A new human esophageal cancer cell line, named SLMT-1, was established from a nude-mouse xenograft of a well-differentiated esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) of the lower esophagus from a male Hong Kong Chinese patient. SLMT-1, passaged over 34 times and with a doubling time of 31 hours, has the microscopic features of epithelial cells with adherent growth as a monolayer. The general biologic properties of SLMT-1 cells were characterized by (1) a positive test of tumorigenicity obtained by injecting cells subcutaneously into athymic nude mice and observing their development into well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma; (2) immunohistochemical staining using antibodies (AE1/AE3, CAM5.2 and MAK 6) which show the presence of cytokeratin intermediate filaments; and (3) electron microscopy demonstrating the morphologic features of epithelial cells with the presence of desmosomes. The cytogenetic abnormalities found in both the primary culture and SLMT-1 included der(1;14)(q10;q10), add(1)(p1?), +1, +2, del(3)(q11), +6, +7, i(8)(q10), +8, +10, +11, -13, -15, +16, +17, -18, -19, -Y and marker chromosomes. Additional changes observed in the 34th passage included gains as well as losses of both numerical and structural abnormalities. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) indicated copy number gains on chromosomal regions 3q32-qter, 5p, 8p12-p11.2, 11q13-q22 and 13q22-qter, and loss of the Y. The gains of 8p12-p11.2 in SLMT-1 cells are novel to ESCC. Based on its distinct and common characteristics, the SLMT-1 cell line serves as a useful tool for studying the molecular and genetic basis of the pathogenesis of ESCC.     

Establishment and characterization of a new xenograft-derived human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line HKESC-4 of Chinese origin

A new human esophageal cancer cell line, HKESC-4, was established from a nude-mouse xenograft of a moderately differentiated esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) developed from a 65-year-old Hong Kong Chinese man. The cellular characteristics (morphological, electron microscopic, and immunohistochemical studies), tumorigenicity in athymic nude mice, cytogenetic features, and DNA ploidy of the cell line were investigated. The cell line was maintained in vitro for 17 months and passaged 80 times. HKESC-4 grew as a monolayer, with a doubling time of 63 hours. The epithelial nature of HKESC-4 included the presence of cytokeratin intermediate filaments, as shown by antibodies (AE1/AF3, CAM5.2, and MAK 6), and the presence of the tonofilaments, as seen under electron microscopy. HKESC-4 was tumorigenic in nude mice and had DNA aneuploidy. The cytogenetic abnormalities of HKESC-4 included -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -15, -16, -17, -18, -19, +20, -21, -22, +del(11)(p11), +i(11)(q10), and +21 marker chromosomes. Comparative genomic hybridization analysis demonstrated chromosomal gains at 1p36.13, 3q23 approximately q28, 5p15.33 approximately p15.1, 6p25.1 approximately p22.3, 7p21.3 approximately p11.2, 7q11.21 approximately q21.13, 8q23.3 approximately q23.3, 11p11.2, 11q12.1 approximately q13.2, 14q21.3 approximately q32.2, 17p13.3, 18p11.32 approximately p11.31, and 20p13 approximately p12.2 and chromosomal losses at 1q12, 2p25.1 approximately p24.3, 13p13 approximately p11.2, 21p, 22p13 approximately p11.2, and Y. The newly established cell line HKESC-4 promises to be a useful tool in future studies of molecular pathogenesis and therapeutics in ESCC.     

人骨肉瘤耐阿霉素细胞模型的建立及其生物学特性

背景：多药耐药是骨肉瘤化疗失败的重要原因,目前其耐药机制不明。 目的：诱导建立耐阿霉素的人骨肉瘤细胞株并观察多药耐药蛋白1、多药耐药相关蛋白1和肺耐药蛋白的表达。 方法：采用逐步递增阿霉素浓度间歇作用的方法诱导143B/WT细胞株建立143B/阿霉素耐药细胞株。 结果与结论：经阿霉素诱导45 d建立了143B/阿霉素细胞株,其对阿霉素高度耐药,对顺铂、甲氨蝶呤、异环磷酰胺、长春新碱和紫杉醇亦产生不同程度交叉耐药;流式细胞仪检测显示与143B野生型细胞相比,143B/阿霉素细胞周期中G1和S期所占比例增加,而G2/M期所占比例明显减少;罗丹明外排实验显示,143B/阿霉素细胞药物外排能力显著高于143B/WT细胞(P < 0.01);流式细胞仪和激光共聚焦显微镜观察发现,143B/阿霉素细胞阿霉素相关性细胞凋亡率显著低于143B/WT(P < 0.01);Western blot检测显示143B/阿霉素细胞多药耐药蛋白1表达水平较143B/WT显著升高(P < 0.01),二者多药耐药相关蛋白1和肺耐药蛋白表达差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05)。提示143B/阿霉素细胞多药耐药的产生与多药耐药蛋白1表达升高相关。     

Karyotypic characterization of a new human embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cell line

Chromosomal analysis of an advanced recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma of the embryonal type was performed on cell cultures in the 9th passage of in vitro cultivation. This tumor showed a modal karyotype of 54 and was characterized by multiple numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities, all present in high frequencies. Abnormalities observed in 100% of the cells included a der(1) chromosome with a short unidentified insertion between q31 and q32; a der(1) chromosome, arising from insertion at the same breakpoint of a longer segment with a duplicated 1q31 band and translocation of 13q23----qter to 1p36, a deleted tetrasomic 13q23----qter, and a der(4) chromosome showing 1p36----pter translocated to 4p13. Other common abnormalities included trisomy of chromosomes 8, 13, and 9p, deletions of chromosomes 6, 10, 11, and 12, and presence of marker chromosomes. Characterization of the established line at the 38th passage evidenced the persistence of both the modal karyotype and all the numerical and structural abnormalities previously found. The results of this study provide further evidence of the major involvement of alterations in chromosome 1 in the progression of rhabdomyosarcoma.     

高转移人卵巢癌裸鼠皮下移植瘤模型的建立及其生物学特性

用人卵巢癌细胞系HO－8910移植探鼠，建立高转移人卵巢癌探鼠皮下移植瘤模型命名为（NSMO），已传代23次，仍保持高转移的特性。共接种BALB/c棵小鼠57只，皮下成瘤率为100％，平均带瘤存活时间为159．9天。在解剖47只裸鼠中有转移瘤鼠42只（89．4％）。最早出现转移的时间为56天。移植瘤组织学和超微结构保持原来人卵巢分化差的浆液性乳头状囊腺癌的形态特征和分泌功能。流式细胞术分析显示DNA指数为1．4，染色体分析显示众数为54（属于超二倍体），显示人类癌症的特征。移植瘤相关标记物检测显示大多数癌细胞雌激素受体和孕激素受体阳性。该模型为转移机制的研究和寻找抗转移药物提供了理想的工具。     

小鼠髓母细胞瘤细胞系的建立与鉴定

目的 建立表达PARP-1和P53基因双缺失的小鼠髓母细胞瘤细胞系,为研究髓母细胞瘤（medulloblastoma,MB）发生机制提供细胞模型。方法 对小鼠髓母细胞瘤细胞进行原代培养,体外传代观察,传代30次以上对培养细胞进行形态学观察、细胞标志性蛋白的免疫荧光分析、用Western blot法检测PARP-1蛋白的表达、用含有PARP-1蛋白功能区域的重组质粒pEGFP-C1-Hparp-1和绿色荧光蛋白空质粒pEGFP-C1转染细胞进行检测。结果 新建立的小鼠髓母细胞瘤细胞系,呈多角形、短梭形,免疫荧光分析可见未成熟神经元标志性蛋白Vimentin、Dcx、 III-Tubulin等表达阳性,Western blot检测PARP-1蛋白阴性,导入外源PAPR-1基因后呈阳性。结论 成功的建立了DNA损伤修复蛋白功能缺陷的小脑神经源性髓母细胞瘤细胞系,有助于深入研究髓母细胞瘤的病因及发病机制。     

Establishment and characterization of a cytotrophoblast cell line from normal placenta of human origin

A cell line has been established from human placentae at thefirst trimester of normal pregnancy. The cell line was obtainedby culture of purified cytotrophoblast cells in serum-free mediumsupplemented with epidermal growth factor, insulin, dexamethasoneand 0.1% bovine serum albumin. The cells can be subculturedfor >30 passages in one to three splits. All the cells weremononuclear epithelial-like cells positive to cytokeratin 18,gonadotrophin-releasing . hormone (GnRH), neuropeptide Y, neurotensin,leucine-enkephalin, dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine inununo-cytochemicalstaining. The cells secreted GnRH, progesterone and oestradiol(in the presence of testosterone) but little human chorionicgonadotrophin and no -endorphin. The cell line showed humankaryotypes and had a population doubling time of 48 h in serum-freemedium. However, the cells would stop growing in the mediumcontaining fetal bovine serum. A normal cytotrophoblast cellline established in serum-free medium will be particularly usefulin the study of cytotrophoblast cell proliferation and differentiation.