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. 1994 Mar;4(3):583-6.
doi: 10.3892/ijo.4.3.583.

Establishment of 2 human thyroid-carcinoma cell-lines (8305c, 8505c) bearing p53 gene-mutations

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Establishment of 2 human thyroid-carcinoma cell-lines (8305c, 8505c) bearing p53 gene-mutations

T Ito et al. Int J Oncol. 1994 Mar.

Abstract

New cell lines, designated 8305C and 8505C, were established from undifferentiated thyroid carcinomas of a 67 year-old-female patient and a 78-year-old-female patient, respectively. Pathologically both these primary undifferentiated carcinoma tissues contained residual well differentiated components, suggesting well differentiated to undifferentiated carcinoma progression. Cell kinetic analysis indicate that the cell population doubling time is 43 h for 8305C and 36 h for 8505C. The saturation density at confluency is 5.7 x 10(4) cells/cm2 for 8305C and 1.1 x 10(5) cells/cm2 for 8505C. To identify genetic changes that may have occurred in these two cell lines, tumor suppressor genes p53, Rb, APC and MCC were analyzed. Sequence analysis confirmed a C:G to T:A transition at the first base of p53 gene codon 273 in 8305C and a C:G to G:C transversion at the first base of p53 codon 248 in 8505C. Polymerase chain reaction-loss of heterozygosity assays confirmed allelic deletion of p53 gene from the 8505C cell line. Loss of heterozygosity of other tumor suppressor genes were not observed. Given that p53 mutations associate with undifferentiated carcinoma but not with well differentiated carcinoma during multistep carcinogenesis of the thyroid, these cell lines should prove useful for research into the role of p53 gene mutations in malignant transformation.

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