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Cell Biology
ATCC® Number: HTB-20™    Price: $272.00
Designations: BT-474
Depositors:  EY Lasfargues
Biosafety Level: 1
Shipped: frozen
Medium & Serum: See Propagation
Growth Properties: adherent, patchy (The cells form adherent patches of epithelial-like cells The patches are compact multilayered colonies that rarely become confluent)
Organism: Homo sapiens (human)
Morphology: epithelial

Source: Organ: mammary gland; breast
Tissue: duct
Disease: ductal carcinoma
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Tumorigenic: Yes
DNA Profile (STR): Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 10,11
D13S317: 11
D16S539: 9,11
D5S818: 11,13
D7S820: 9,12
THO1: 7
TPOX: 8
vWA: 15,16
Cytogenetic Analysis: The cell line is aneuploid human female (XO usually), with most chromosome counts in the hypertetraploid range. Several chromosomes (N11, N13, and N22) are absent, and others are clearly under-represented (N9, N14, and N15) with respect to the other normal chromosomes. Chromosome N7 tends towards over-representation in several karyotypes. Some of the missing normal chromosomes are represented by their involvement in the nine stable marker chromosomes: der(14)t(14;?)(q32,?), unknown, iso(13q), der(6)t(6;7)(q21;q21), der(11)t(11;?)(14;?), del(11)(p11), unknown, unknown, der(2)t(2;?)(p21;?). Several of the latter were reported by E. Lasfargues, et al. [22542]
Isoenzymes: AK-1, 1
ES-D, 1
G6PD, B
GLO-I, 1
Me-2, 0
PGM1, 1
PGM3, 1
Age: 60 years adult
Gender: female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Comments: The BT-474 line was isolated by E. Lasfargues and W.G. Coutinho from a solid, invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast.
Propagation: ATCC complete growth medium: The base medium for this cell line is ATCC Hybri-Care Medium, Catalog No. 46-X. Hybri-Care Medium is supplied as a powder and should be reconstituted in 1 L cell-culture-grade water and supplemented with 1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate. To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum to a final concentration of 10%.
Temperature: 37.0°C
Atmosphere: air, 95%; carbon dioxide (CO2), 5%
Subculturing: Protocol: Remove medium, and rinse with 0.25% trypsin, 0.53 mM EDTA solution. Remove the solution and add an additional 1 to 2 ml of trypsin-EDTA solution. Allow the flask to sit at room temperature (or at 37C) until the cells detach. Add fresh culture medium, aspirate and dispense into new culture flasks.
Subcultivation Ratio: A subcultivation ratio of 1:2 to 1:3 is recommended
Medium Renewal: 2 to 3 times per week
Preservation: Freeze medium: Complete growth medium, 95%; DMSO, 5%
Storage temperature: liquid nitrogen vapor phase
Related Products: recommended serum:ATCC 30-2020
Recommended medium (without the additional supplements or serum described under ATCC Medium):ATCC 46-X
purified DNA:ATCC HTB-20D
References: 22542: Lasfargues EY, et al. Isolation of two human tumor epithelial cell lines from solid breast carcinomas. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 61: 967-978, 1978. PubMed: 212572
22660: Lasfargues EY, et al. A human breast tumor cell line (BT-474) that supports mouse mammary tumor virus replication. In Vitro 15: 723-729, 1979. PubMed: 94035
32275: Littlewood-Evans AJ, et al. The osteoclast-associated protease cathepsin K is expressed in human breast carcinoma. Cancer Res. 57: 5386-5390, 1997. PubMed: 9393764
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