KC-0380

MCF7-Cell-Line-(Not-for-sale)

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Background of MCF7-Cell-Line-(Not-for-sale)

MCF7 was established from the pleural effusion of a 69-year-old woman with metastatic invasive breast adenocarcinoma (after radio- and hormone therapy) in 1970; widely used and extensively characterized cell line; described as ER-positive, but HER2neu negative; listed in the NCI cancer cell line panel and in the CCLE (ref 18232); a derivative expressing GFP is available (ACC 983); RNA sequencing data are available (see Ref 40906 and RNA-Seq)

Specifications

Catalog Number	KC-0380
Cell Line Name	MCF7-Cell-Line-(Not-for-sale)
Host Cell Line	NA
Description	Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line, established from the pleural effusion of a 69-year-old woman with metastatic mammary carcinoma
Quantity	Two vials of frozen cells (≥2-10⁶/vial)
Stability	Stable in culture over a minimum of 10 passages
Application	3D cell culture; Cancer research
Freezing Medium	70% EMEM+20% FBS+10% DMSO
Propagation Medium	EMEM+10%FBS+0.01 mg/ml insulin
Selection Marker	NA
Morphology	Epithelial
Subculture	Split saturated culture 1:2-1:4 every 3-4 days; seed out at about 1-3 × 10⁵ cells/mL
Incubation	37 °C with 5% CO₂
Storage	Liquid nitrogen immediately upon receiving
Doubling Time	Approximately 50 hours
Mycoplasma Status	Negative
In Vivo Validation	Yes

Cell Line Generation

Characterization

Cell Resuscitation

Prewarm culture medium (EMEM+10%FBS+0.01 mg/ml insulin)in a 37°C water bath.
Thaw the frozen vial in a 37°C water bath for 1-2 minutes.
Transfer the vial into biosafety cabinet, and wipe the surface with 70% ethanol.
Unscrew the top of the vial and transfer the cell suspension gently into a sterile centrifuge tube containing 9.0mL complete culture medium.
Spin at ~ 125 × g for 5-7 minutes at room temperature, and discard the supernatant without disturbing the pellet.
Resuspend cell pellet with the appropriate volume of complete medium and transfer the cell suspension into a T25 culture flask.
Incubate the flask at 37°C, 5% CO₂ incubator.
Split saturated culture 1:2-1:4 every 3-4 days; seed out at about 1-3 × 10⁵ cells/mL.

Cell Freezing

Prepare the freezing medium (70% EMEM + 20% FBS + 10% DMSO) fresh immediately before use.
Keep the freezing medium on ice and label cryovials.
Transfer cells to a sterile, conical centrifuge tube, and count the cells.
Centrifuge the cells at 250×g for 5 minutes at room temperature and carefully aspirate off the medium.
Resuspend the cells at a density of at least 3×10⁶ cells/mL in chilled freezing medium.
Aliquot 1 mL of the cell suspension into each cryovial.
Freeze cells in the CoolCell freezing container overnight in a -80°C freezer.
Transfer vials to liquid nitrogen for long-term storage

References

Parallel genome-scale loss of function screens in 216 cancer cell lines for the identification of context-specific genetic dependencies.Sci. Data 1:140035-140035(2014)
The effect of weightlessness on cytoskeleton architecture and proliferation of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7.FASEB J. 15:1104-1106(2001)