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Cellosaurus MT-1 [Human contaminated breast cancer] (CVCL_0441)

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Cell line name MT-1 [Human contaminated breast cancer]
Accession CVCL_0441
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MT-1 [Human contaminated breast cancer] (RRID:CVCL_0441)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=10508494; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from a breast carcinoma.
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00148.
Population: African American.
Doubling time: 42.4 +- 6.0 hours (PubMed=9150904).
Microsatellite instability: Stable (MSS) (PubMed=12661003; PubMed=15677628).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 333761; Human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18).
Derived from site: In situ; Uterus, cervix; UBERON=UBERON_0000002.
Disease Human papillomavirus-related cervical adenocarcinoma (NCIt: C27677)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0030 (HeLa)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 30Y6M
Category Cancer cell line
Web pages https://www.cellosaurus.org/pawefish/BreastCellLineDescriptions/MT-1.html
https://iclac.org/wp-content/uploads/Cross-Contaminations_v12_distribution.xlsx
Publications

PubMed=1446057; DOI=10.1007/BF01831480
Naundorf H., Rewasowa E.C., Fichtner I., Buttner B., Becker M., Gorlich M.
Characterization of two human mammary carcinomas, MT-1 and MT-3, suitable for in vivo testing of ether lipids and their derivatives.
Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 23:87-95(1992)

PubMed=9150904; DOI=10.1023/A:1005756632293
Hambly R.J., Double J.A., Thompson M.J., Bibby M.C.
Establishment and characterisation of new cell lines from human breast tumours initially established as tumour xenografts in NMRI nude mice.
Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 43:247-258(1997)

PubMed=10508494; DOI=10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991112)83:4<555::AID-IJC19>3.0.CO;2-2
MacLeod R.A.F., Dirks W.G., Matsuo Y., Kaufmann M., Milch H., Drexler H.G.
Widespread intraspecies cross-contamination of human tumor cell lines arising at source.
Int. J. Cancer 83:555-563(1999)

PubMed=11044355; DOI=10.1054/bjoc.2000.1458
Davidson J.M., Gorringe K.L., Chin S.-F., Orsetti B., Besret C., Courtay-Cahen C., Roberts I., Theillet C., Caldas C., Edwards P.A.W.
Molecular cytogenetic analysis of breast cancer cell lines.
Br. J. Cancer 83:1309-1317(2000)

PubMed=12661003; DOI=10.1002/gcc.10196
Seitz S., Wassmuth P., Plaschke J., Schackert H.K., Karsten U., Santibanez-Koref M.F., Schlag P.M., Scherneck S.
Identification of microsatellite instability and mismatch repair gene mutations in breast cancer cell lines.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 37:29-35(2003)

PubMed=15677628; DOI=10.1093/carcin/bgi032
Gorringe K.L., Chin S.-F., Pharoah P.D.P., Staines J.M., Oliveira C., Edwards P.A.W., Caldas C.
Evidence that both genetic instability and selection contribute to the accumulation of chromosome alterations in cancer.
Carcinogenesis 26:923-930(2005)

PubMed=20143388; DOI=10.1002/ijc.25242
Capes-Davis A., Theodosopoulos G., Atkin I., Drexler H.G., Kohara A., MacLeod R.A.F., Masters J.R.W., Nakamura Y., Reid Y.A., Reddel R.R., Freshney R.I.
Check your cultures! A list of cross-contaminated or misidentified cell lines.
Int. J. Cancer 127:1-8(2010)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources MCCL; MCC:0000337
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151746
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54906927
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number23