Retroviral infection of the fgf2 gene into mcf7 cells. Plate the correct mcf7 split ratio volume into a new flask containing complete growth medium and incubate at 37c in humidified 5% co2 atmosphere. Altered regulation of pdk4 expression promotes antiestrogen. Anticancer activity of some filamentous cyanobacterial isolates against hepg2 and mcf 7 cancer cell lines jelan mofeed 1, mohamed a. Mcf7 cellschanging the course of breast cancer research and. Many recent studies still describe mcf 7 adr cells as originating from the breast cancer cell line mcf 7.
Mcf7 is an adenocarcinoma cell line derived from breast tissue with metastatic and pleural effusion morphology american type culture collection. Cell lines are widely used in laboratory research and particularly as in vitro models in cancer research. Mcf 7 cells htb22 were purchased from atcc manassas, va and maintained in dmemf12 complete media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum fbs, mem nonessential amino acids, gentamicin and 10. The psoc network bioresource core facility pbcf at atcc is a central resource for all members of the physical sciencesoncology network. Estrogen and tamoxifen upregulate fxyd3 on breast cancer. Mcf 7 human, caucasian, breast, adenocarcinoma species. Invasion and migration assay results for ht1080, nih3t3, and mcf7 cells based on absorbance are shown in figure 4.
Despite its origin from the metastases of an advanced tumor, the cell line is. Ncipbcfhtb26 mdamb231 breast adenocarcinoma atcc htb26. Mcf7 whole cell lysate was prepared by homogenization in modified ripa buffer 150 mm nacl, 50 mm trishcl, ph 7. Human breast adenocarcinoma mfc 7 cells were derived from breast cancer which was obtained from american type culture collection atcc. Cscs were directly isolated from mcf7 cultures and both mcf7 and mcf7 cscs were cultured at similar passage numbers. Chromosome analysis revealed that three of the lines shared several structural chromosome alterations and marker chromosomes. Mcf7l and tamrmcf 7 cells were established as previously described fagan et al. Subculturing reagents should be prewarmed before use by placing into a water bath set at 35 o c to 37 o c for 15 min to 30 min. Cells were cultured in dmem supplemented with 10% fbs and 1% antibiotics 100 uml penicillin in an incubator at 37c with 5% co 2. Cells derived from a floating population are available see mcf 12f, atcc crl10783. Cytotoxicity of methanol extracts of elaeis guineensis on. The growth rate of mcf 7 atcc was 50% slower than that of the other lines, and, unlike the other three lines, cell proliferation was unaffected by estrogen or antiestrogen treatment despite the presence of receptors. The mcf7 line retains several characteristics of differentiated mammary epithelium including ability to process estradiol via cytoplasmic estrogen receptors and. Cell micrograph cancer cell line mutation data transfex protocol mdamb231 cells restrictions unless the purchaser has a separate license agreement with the university of texas m.
Mcf7 human breast cancer cells form differentiated. Cd95fas increases stemness in cancer cells by inducing a. Absorbance at 590 nm was subtracted by the data of blank transwell without cells. Example for nucleofection of mcf 7 cells with egfp cdna. The effect of cycling hypoxia on mcf7 cancer stem cells and. The mcf 7 cell line, which was established from a pleural effusion at the michigan cancer foundation in 1973, is by far the most commonly used xenograft model of breast cancer.
Count%cellsdensityshouldnotexceed2x10 7 %cellsmlbypreferred%. My mcf 7 cell line was from atcc, and its recommended medium is minimum essential medium eagle with 2 mm lglutamine and earles bss adjusted to contain 1. Chp234 human neuroblastoma unknown human unknown atcc website no pmid clom 15 human glioblastoma unknown rat. Genetic variability in a frozen batch of mcf7 cells. Mcf7l and tamrmcf7 cells were established as previously described fagan et al. Database of crosscontaminated or misidentified cell lines international cell line authentication committee iclac version 7. The breast cancer cell line mcf7 was purchased from the american type culture collection atcc, usa, and was expanded as a monolayer in vented 75 cm 2 cell culture flasks membrane solutions, usa using rpmi 1640 media hyclone, logan, ut, usa.
The head and neck squamous cell carcinoma line scc61 and its radiationresistant variant nu61 were described before khodarev et al. Splitting cells at a higher or a lower ratio could lead to drastic changes in the cell proliferation rate. The differential susceptibilities of mcf7 and mdamb231. Mcf7 breast adenocarcinoma national cancer institute. Abd elhalim 3 1associate professor of microbiology, department of aquatic environment, faculty of fish resources, suez university, suez, egypt. Mcf 12a cells exhibit typical luminal epithelial morphology, three dimensional growth in collagen, and form domes in confluent cultures. I asked atcc last year about this since i also thought that my mcf 7 cells are unhealthy since they clump. The mcf7 cell line was established from the pleural effusion of a patient suffering from a breast. Breast cancer cell line mcf7 3d culture demonstrated in. Following first or second passage after receipt of cells and with sufficient number of cells to. Then after reaching confluency you can do the normal cell passaging with sufficient amount of seeding density. Some cell lines such as l929 atcc ccl1, hela atcc ccl2 and. In view of the fact that activation of the igfri is important for e2induced cell cycle progression in mcf 7 atcc and mcf 7 nki cells, we investigated the possibility of autocrine stimulation of the igfri in these mcf 7 strains.
Change medium the day after seeding and every 23 days thereafter. Tumorigenicity in athymic nude mice also varied considerably. Culture initiation the cryoprotectant dmso should be removed by centrifugation. Materialprogeny per the atcc mta, the transfer of atcc materialprogeny requires prior written authorization and is subject to any third party restrictions. Mdr in mcf 7 adr r is also associated with a loss of mitogenic response to estrogen and the development of crossresistance to the antiestrogen 4hydroxytamoxifen. Remarkably, the current modal number of chromosomes in mcf 7 cells provided by the american type culture collection atcc is 82 range 66 to 87. Atcc htb22 human recombinant insulin or bovine insulin. Database of crosscontaminated or misidentified cell lines. Mcf 7 atcc and mcf 7 nki cells secrete a factor that makes them more sensitive to e2treatment. Gene expression profile and signaling pathways in mcf7. Resuspend mcf7 cell pellet in 10 ml fresh growth medium. A new mcf7 breast cancer cell line resistant to the.
Mcf 7 was maintained in rpmi supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum fbs, while mdamb231 was maintained in dmem, supplemented with 10 %. Why are my mcf7 breast cancer cells not growing properly. Establishment and characterization of three new human. Add 15 ml of media to each new 150mm x 25mm tissue culture dish we split 1 dish into 34 dishes 9.
Biological differences among mcf7 human breast cancer cell. To avoid clumping do not agitate the cells by hitting or shaking the flask while waiting for the cells to detach. The breast cancer cell lines mcf 7, hs578t, skbr3, t47d, hcc70, and the human melanoma cell line mdamb435 were purchased from the atcc. In this report several biological properties were studied in four mcf 7 cell lines obtained from different laboratories. Nov 30, 2010 mcf 7 adr cells have been widely used as a multidrugresistant breast cancer cell model in cancer research. Mcf 7 is the acronym of michigan cancer foundation 7, referring to the institute in detroit where the cell line was established in 1973 by herbert soule and coworkers. Add 15 ml of media to 15ml tube containing cell pellet, and pipette up and down to mix. When grown in vitro, the cell line is capable of forming domes. Mitogens sharing epidermal growth factorlike functional properties had iiw values from. Media was changed every 23 days and cells were passaged when 6580% confluent. Mediashouldbechanged1daypriortocellcollectiontoinsurecellsare% growing%under%optimumconditions. All media used for the maintenance of cancer cells were supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum fbs and antibioticantimycotic solution penicillin g, strepto.
Cultures were treated with estradiol, arzm or estradiol in combination with arzm for the indicated time periods. Mcf 7 cells are thus selected from the genomic heterogeneity of the cells in the initial pleural effusion. Mcf 7 cells are fairly large adherent cells, with typical cell size measuring 2025 microns. The media was supplemented with heatinactivated fetal bovine serum fbs 10% vv hyclone. Even without over confluency i still find these cells require 7 8 minutes of trypsinization at 37c with a good whack to the flask to get the cells off the plastic. Atcc mcf 7 cells were obtained from the american type culture collection soule et al. Flavokawain b induced cytotoxicity in two breast cancer. The aims of this study is to examine the concentration and timerelated effects of curcumin on two different breast cancer cells, mcf 7 and mdamb231, and investigated the functional changes induced by curcumin treatment, as. Mcf7 cells are fairly large adherent cells, with typical cell size measuring 2025 microns. Anticancer activity of some filamentous cyanobacterial. Breast cancer is a major malignancy affecting females worldwide. Mcf7 cells retain characteristics of differentiated mammary epithelium, including ability to process estradiol via cytoplasmic estrogen receptors. The common medium for culturing mcf 7 cells is eagles mem emem, supplemented with 10% fbs and 1% penicillinstreptomycin, non essential amino acids 0.
The mcf 7 cell line was derived from a 69yearold caucasian female in 1970 and is the most extensively studied and frequently used of all the human breast cancer cell lines. These cells were originally derived from a 36yearold patient with fibrocystic changes 3. Estradiol responsiveness of mcf7 laboratory strains. Mcf7adr cells redesignated nciadrres are not derived. Mcf7 cellschanging the course of breast cancer research. Initially, we cultured mcf 7 cells in the atcc recommended medium with the supplements including insulin. Mcf7 cells were grown in dmem containing 10% heatinactivated fbs, 2 mm l. Promestriene affects greb1 expression in estrogen sensitive. At the next passage, split the adapting cultures 1. The cells are positive for epithelial cytokeratins 8, 14 and 18, and negative for cytokeratin 19. It is the most common cause of death from cancer in women. Thus, the real origin of mcf 7 adr cells remains more unclear.
Example for nucleofection of mcf7 cells with egfp cdna. Add 10 nm estrogen to media for a 34 x increase in cell population growth. In addition, we also examined the characteristics of each mcf7 cscs sample, including marker expression and. Yes, human recombinant insulin can be used instead of bovine insulin in preparation of the complete medium for atcc htb22. Mcf 7 human breast cancer cells are used widely for studies of tumor biology and hormone mechanism of action. Hi all, i got some problems in mcf 7 morphology and culturing medium. Hepg2 is an immortalized cell line consisting of human liver carcinoma cells, derived from the liver tissue of a 15yearold caucasian male who had a welldifferentiated hepatocellular carcinoma, which is the fifth mostcommon cancer worldwide.
Mcf 7 gal cells were generated by adapting atcc mcf 7 to progressively increased concentrations of. Bg1 human ovarian carcinoma mcf 7 human breast carcinoma korch et al, 2012 22710073 bhp 103 human thyroid, papillary. International cell line authentication committee iclac version 7. Insulinlike growth factor ii and insulin were less active, with i lw values of 0. Mcf 10a is an adherent, immortalized, nontransformed human mammary epithelial cell line that arose spontaneously from mcf 10 cells. Apart from mcf 7, the most commonly used breast cancer cell line in the world derived from a pleural effusion in the. Mcf7 was derived from the pleural effusion from a 69 year old female suffering from a breast adenocarcinoma1. Mcf7 cells human breast adenocarcinoma cell line cell. An mcf 7 cell line which was selected for resistance to adriamycin mcf 7. In addition, it has specific receptors and responsiveness to a wide range of other lowmolecularweight hormones, e. Mcf 7 is a breast cancer cell line isolated in 1970 from a 69yearold caucasian woman. How long does it take to culture mcf7 cells and subdivide. Currently, we are growing mcf 7 cells in dmemf12 medium.
Add 5mls of cell culturecontaining media to each tissue culture dish. Mcf7 cells were nucleofected using the cell line nucleofector tm kit v, program p20 and 2 g of a plasmid encoding the enhanced green fluorescent protein egfp. The recommended medium is emem containing 2 mm lglutamine, 0. Robert clarke of the georgetown university lombardi cancer center. Mda231 and t47d need to be split at higher densities if they are split to low then they take a. Probably this ambiguous response reflects split of the cell population into.
Product information mcf7 cells cls cell lines service. The michigan cancer foundation is now known as the barbara ann karmanos cancer institute prior to mcf 7, it was not possible. I am going to start growing mcf 7 cells to study the effect of certain growth factors different from estrogens on the proliferation of mcf 7 and on the expression of certain genes. Remarkably, the current modal number of chromosomes in mcf7 cells provided by the american type culture collection atcc is 82 range 66 to 87. The mechanism underlying the differential cytotoxicity of curcumin in various cancer types, however, remains largely unclear. Any request for transfer of atcc materialprogeny is only.
Maintenance and generation of seed stocks 1 change medium the day after seeding and every 23 days thereafter. Anderson cancer center institution, the atcc material is subject to the following restrictions. The cell lines mcf 7, mdamb231 and mcf10a were obtained from the atcc collection atcc, rockville, md, usa. The seeding density to use with a vial of mcf7 cells is about 5 x 10. Multidrugresistant mcf7 human breast cancer cell line which. Misidentified cell lines where no authentic stock is known misidentified cell line claimed species claimed cell type contaminating cell line actual species. Despite 45 years in culture, the chromosome number has remained relatively static. The enzymatic action of the trypsinedta is stopped by adding complete growth. Mcf7, zr751, t47d and bt474 human cell lines were obtained from the american type culture collection atcc. Mcf 7 stands for michigan cancer foundation 7 referring to the institute where in 1973 the cell line was discovered by soule and associates. Atcc is collaborating with the hcmi to offer scientists a wide variety of nextgeneration 2d and 3d patientderived in vitro cancer models, including organoids. Cscs were directly isolated from mcf 7 cultures and both mcf 7 and mcf 7 cscs were cultured at similar passage numbers. Atcc will followup only if additional information is required, otherwise transfer may proceed without prior authorization.
Getting started with an atcc cell line page 8 order online at. Jun 25, 2014 two human breast cancer cell lines, mdamb231 and mcf7 cells and one normal cell line, mcf10a cells were obtained from the american type culture collection atcc. Bound crystal violet in ht1080, nih3t3, and mcf7 cells was eluted using 33% acetic acid figure 3 and measured with a plate reader. Transfer the cell suspension to the centrifuge tube with the medium and cells from step 1, and centrifuge at approximately 125 xg for 5 to 10 minutes. Nov 10, 2015 atccmcf7 cells were obtained from the american type culture collection soule et al. Human mammary carcinoma cell lines mcf 7 and mdamb231 231 cells were purchased from atcc.
Differential oestrogen receptor binding is associated with. Mcf 7 cell lines will reach confluent within 6 7 days in a 60mm culture dish. Mcf 7 atcc, mcf 7, mcf 7 ko, and mcf 7 s demonstrated similar morphology in monolayer culture. An effect of culture media on epithelial differentiation markers in.
Conflicting results have often been obtained in studies reported from different laboratories. The origin of mcf 7 adr has been a matter of debate since mcf 7 adr cells were redesignated nciadrres in 1998. As it is one of the few cancer cell lines expressing estrogen receptor. Cell migration and invasion quantification assay with acetic. The pbcf serves as a centralized distributor and repository providing the network with common stocks of an authenticated set. Mcf7 cell culture protocol transfection mcf7 cells.
Resuspend cells in 10 mls fresh media and split and transfer 5 mls to each. In addition, all cells in our nuclight catalog have been certified mycoplasma free by atcc and our stable populations have been unambiguously authenticated using ats short tandem repeat str profiling. It was named after the michigan cancer foundation mcf and is the most studied human breast cancer cell line in the world2. Differential responsiveness of human breast cancer cell. Spin down the cells at 150g in a tissue culture centrifuge for 35 min. Altered regulation of pdk4 expression promotes antiestrogen resistance in human breast cancer cells william walter 1, jennifer thomalla 1. Centrifuge cell suspension at 125 x g for 5 to 10 minutes. Two vials of mcf 7 cells of identical lot numbers were purchased by each laboratory from the american type culture collection atcc, manassas, va, usa no. I dont know why atcc recommends centrifuge for subculturing, but we did not centrifuge the cells and did not experience any problems. The adherence increases with cell confluency, in other words if you let the cells get over confluent you might never get them off the flask to split them. The quality and concentration for michigan cancer foundation 7 mcf7 are1 ml, 1 x 106 cellsml in 70% dmem, 20% fbs, 10% dmso. Biological differences among mcf7 human breast cancer. If addressing these things doesnt improve your culture, id try to get a new vial from a trusted lab or atcc. An mcf 7 cell line which was selected for resistance to adriamycin mcf 7 adr r exhibits the phenotype of multidrug resistance mdr, and displays multiple biochemical changes.
Cloning efficiency of the four lines varied over a 10fold range. Mcf 7 human breast cancer cells provide a useful in vitro model system to study hormoneresponsive breast cancer as they contain receptors for estrogen and progesterone, and estrogen both induces the synthesis of specific proteins in these cells and increases their rate of proliferation. We noticed in the most recent lot that these cells got to be 6070% confluent in 23 days in a t25 10mls, but took another 5. Joellen welsh, in animal models for the study of human disease, 20. In addition, we also examined the characteristics of each mcf 7 cscs sample, including marker expression and. Robert clarke of the georgetown university lombardi. Mcf7 cells are thus selected from the genomic heterogeneity of the cells in the initial pleural effusion.
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