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Cellosaurus WM266-4 (CVCL_2765)

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Cell line name WM266-4
Synonyms WM-266-4; WM 266-4; WM-2664; WM2664; WM 2664; WM266; WM-266-mel; WM266mel; WC00097
Accession CVCL_2765
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WM266-4 (RRID:CVCL_2765)
Comments Part of: BRAF genetic alteration cell panel (ATCC TCP-1032).
Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE).
Part of: MD Anderson Cell Lines Project.
Part of: Wistar Institute melanoma cell line collection.
Population: Caucasian.
Doubling time: ~30 hours (PBCF).
Karyotypic information: Hypertriploid karyotype.
Omics: Deep exome analysis.
Omics: Deep proteome analysis.
Omics: Deep quantitative proteome analysis.
Omics: DNA methylation analysis.
Omics: Protein expression by reverse-phase protein arrays.
Omics: SNP array analysis.
Omics: Transcriptome analysis by microarray.
Omics: Transcriptome analysis by RNAseq.
Derived from site: Metastatic; Right thigh, skin; UBERON=UBERON_0004262.
Sequence variations
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (Wistar).
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1788; CDKN2B; Zygosity=Homozygous (Wistar).
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:9588; PTEN; Zygosity=Hemizygous (Wistar).
  • Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Asp (c.1799_1800delTGinsAT); ClinVar=VCV000375939; Zygosity=Heterozygous (PubMed=12068308; PubMed=19799798; PubMed=23851445; PubMed=29492214; ATCC=CRL-1676; DepMap=ACH-001239; Wistar).
  • Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:11730; TERT; Simple; c.1-146C>T (c.250C>T) (C250T); Zygosity=Unspecified; Note=In promoter (PubMed=31068700).
HLA typing Source: PubMed=15592718
Class I
HLA-AA*02:01,29:02
HLA-BB*13:02,44:03:01
HLA-CC*06:02,16:01
Class II
HLA-DPDPB1*02:01:02,02:01:02
HLA-DQDQB1*02:01,02:01
HLA-DRDRB1*07:01,07:01

Source: PubMed=25960936
Class I
HLA-AA*02:01,29:01
HLA-BB*13:02,44:02
HLA-CC*06:02,06:02
Class II
HLA-DQDQB1*06:04,06:04
HLA-DRDRB1*07:01,14:103

Source: PubMed=26589293
Class I
HLA-AA*02:01,29:02
HLA-BB*13:02,44:03
HLA-CC*06:02,16:01
Genome ancestry Source: PubMed=30894373

Origin% genome
African0.04
Native American0
East Asian, North0
East Asian, South0.62
South Asian0.32
European, North66.56
European, South32.46
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Originate from same individual CVCL_0040 ! WM115
CVCL_L033 ! WM165-1
CVCL_RN55 ! WM165-2
CVCL_6795 ! WM239A
CVCL_RN56 ! WM239B
CVCL_RN57 ! WM266-1
CVCL_RN58 ! WM266-2
CVCL_RN59 ! WM266-3
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 55Y
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): ATCC=CRL-1676; ESTDAB=ESTDAB-076; KCLB=21676; Wistar

Markers:
AmelogeninX
CSF1PO12
D2S133819
D3S135815,18
D5S81813
D7S8208
D8S117913,15
D13S31712,13
D16S53911,12
D18S5121
D19S43313
D21S1129
FGA21,23
TH017,9
TPOX8,11
vWA15,17

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Web pages https://www.wistar.org/our-scientists/meenhard-herlyn
https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn31544557
https://tcpaportal.org/mclp/
Publications

PubMed=3856042; DOI=10.1093/jnci/74.2.283
Herlyn M., Balaban-Malenbaum G.B., Bennicelli J.L., Guerry D. 4th, Halaban R., Herlyn D., Elder D.E., Maul G.G., Steplewski Z., Nowell P.C., Clark W.H. Jr., Koprowski H.
Primary melanoma cells of the vertical growth phase: similarities to metastatic cells.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 74:283-289(1985)

PubMed=4053039
Herlyn M., Thurin J., Balaban-Malenbaum G.B., Bennicelli J.L., Herlyn D., Elder D.E., Bondi E., Guerry D. 4th, Nowell P.C., Clark W.H. Jr., Koprowski H.
Characteristics of cultured human melanocytes isolated from different stages of tumor progression.
Cancer Res. 45:5670-5676(1985)

PubMed=3020539; DOI=10.1073/pnas.83.19.7197; PMCID=PMC386682
Westermark B., Johnsson A., Paulsson Y., Betsholtz C., Heldin C.-H., Herlyn M., Rodeck U., Koprowski H.
Human melanoma cell lines of primary and metastatic origin express the genes encoding the chains of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and produce a PDGF-like growth factor.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:7197-7200(1986)

PubMed=2253310; DOI=10.1007/BF00046337
Herlyn M.
Human melanoma: development and progression.
Cancer Metastasis Rev. 9:101-112(1990)

PubMed=11121133; DOI=10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00199.x
Lacal P.M., Failla C.M., Pagani E., Odorisio T., Schietroma C., Falcinelli S., Zambruno G., D'Atri S.
Human melanoma cells secrete and respond to placenta growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor.
J. Invest. Dermatol. 115:1000-1007(2000)

PubMed=12068308; DOI=10.1038/nature00766
Davies H.R., Bignell G.R., Cox C., Stephens P.J., Edkins S., Clegg S., Teague J.W., Woffendin H., Garnett M.J., Bottomley W., Davis N., Dicks E., Ewing R., Floyd Y., Gray K., Hall S., Hawes R., Hughes J., Kosmidou V., Menzies A., Mould C., Parker A., Stevens C., Watt S., Hooper S., Wilson R., Jayatilake H., Gusterson B.A., Cooper C.S., Shipley J.M., Hargrave D., Pritchard-Jones K., Maitland N.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Riggins G.J., Bigner D.D., Palmieri G., Cossu A., Flanagan A.M., Nicholson A., Ho J.W.C., Leung S.Y., Yuen S.T., Weber B.L., Seigler H.F., Darrow T.L., Paterson H.F., Marais R., Marshall C.J., Wooster R., Stratton M.R., Futreal P.A.
Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer.
Nature 417:949-954(2002)

PubMed=15467732; DOI=10.1038/sj.onc.1208152
Tanami H., Imoto I., Hirasawa A., Yuki Y., Sonoda I., Inoue J., Yasui K., Misawa-Furihata A., Kawakami Y., Inazawa J.
Involvement of overexpressed wild-type BRAF in the growth of malignant melanoma cell lines.
Oncogene 23:8796-8804(2004)

PubMed=15592718; DOI=10.1007/s00262-004-0561-5; PMCID=PMC11032966
Rodriguez T., Mendez R., Roberts C.H., Ruiz-Cabello Osuna F., Dodi I.A., Lopez-Nevot M.A., Paco L., Maleno I., Marsh S.G.E., Pawelec G., Garrido F.
High frequency of homozygosity of the HLA region in melanoma cell lines reveals a pattern compatible with extensive loss of heterozygosity.
Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 54:141-148(2005)

PubMed=17308088; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3311
Shields J.M., Thomas N.E., Cregger M., Berger A.J., Leslie M., Torrice C., Hao H.-L., Penland S., Arbiser J.L., Scott G.A., Zhou T., Bar-Eli M., Bear J.E., Der C.J., Kaufmann W.K., Rimm D.L., Sharpless N.E.
Lack of extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling shows a new type of melanoma.
Cancer Res. 67:1502-1512(2007)

PubMed=19799798; DOI=10.1186/1471-2407-9-352; PMCID=PMC2763007
Casula M., Muggiano A., Cossu A., Budroni M., Caraco C., Ascierto P.A., Pagani E., Stanganelli I., Canzanella S., Sini M.C., Palomba G., Palmieri G.
Italian Melanoma Intergroup (IMI)
Role of key-regulator genes in melanoma susceptibility and pathogenesis among patients from South Italy.
BMC Cancer 9:352.1-352.11(2009)

PubMed=20215515; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3458; PMCID=PMC2881662
Rothenberg S.M., Mohapatra G., Rivera M.N., Winokur D., Greninger P., Nitta M., Sadow P.M., Sooriyakumar G., Brannigan B.W., Ulman M.J., Perera R.M., Wang R., Tam A., Ma X.-J., Erlander M., Sgroi D.C., Rocco J.W., Lingen M.W., Cohen E.E.W., Louis D.N., Settleman J., Haber D.A.
A genome-wide screen for microdeletions reveals disruption of polarity complex genes in diverse human cancers.
Cancer Res. 70:2158-2164(2010)

PubMed=21424129; DOI=10.3892/or.2011.1220
Manca A., Sini M.C., Izzo F., Ascierto P.A., Tatangelo F., Botti G., Gentilcore G., Capone M., Mozzillo N., Rozzo C., Cossu A., Tanda F., Palmieri G.
Induction of arginosuccinate synthetase (ASS) expression affects the antiproliferative activity of arginine deiminase (ADI) in melanoma cells.
Oncol. Rep. 25:1495-1502(2011)

PubMed=22460905; DOI=10.1038/nature11003; PMCID=PMC3320027
Barretina J.G., Caponigro G., Stransky N., Venkatesan K., Margolin A.A., Kim S., Wilson C.J., Lehar J., Kryukov G.V., Sonkin D., Reddy A., Liu M., Murray L., Berger M.F., Monahan J.E., Morais P., Meltzer J., Korejwa A., Jane-Valbuena J., Mapa F.A., Thibault J., Bric-Furlong E., Raman P., Shipway A., Engels I.H., Cheng J., Yu G.-Y.K., Yu J.-J., Aspesi P. Jr., de Silva M., Jagtap K., Jones M.D., Wang L., Hatton C., Palescandolo E., Gupta S., Mahan S., Sougnez C., Onofrio R.C., Liefeld T., MacConaill L.E., Winckler W., Reich M., Li N.-X., Mesirov J.P., Gabriel S.B., Getz G., Ardlie K., Chan V., Myer V.E., Weber B.L., Porter J., Warmuth M., Finan P., Harris J.L., Meyerson M.L., Golub T.R., Morrissey M.P., Sellers W.R., Schlegel R., Garraway L.A.
The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity.
Nature 483:603-607(2012)

PubMed=23851445; DOI=10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-13-0006
Dahl C., Christensen C., Jonsson G., Lorentzen A., Skjodt M.L., Borg A., Pawelec G., Guldberg P.
Mutual exclusivity analysis of genetic and epigenetic drivers in melanoma identifies a link between p14 ARF and RARbeta signaling.
Mol. Cancer Res. 11:1166-1178(2013)

PubMed=25960936; DOI=10.4161/21624011.2014.954893; PMCID=PMC4355981
Boegel S., Lower M., Bukur T., Sahin U., Castle J.C.
A catalog of HLA type, HLA expression, and neo-epitope candidates in human cancer cell lines.
OncoImmunology 3:e954893.1-e954893.12(2014)

PubMed=25485619; DOI=10.1038/nbt.3080
Klijn C., Durinck S., Stawiski E.W., Haverty P.M., Jiang Z.-S., Liu H.-B., Degenhardt J., Mayba O., Gnad F., Liu J.-F., Pau G., Reeder J., Cao Y., Mukhyala K., Selvaraj S.K., Yu M.-M., Zynda G.J., Brauer M.J., Wu T.D., Gentleman R.C., Manning G., Yauch R.L., Bourgon R., Stokoe D., Modrusan Z., Neve R.M., de Sauvage F.J., Settleman J., Seshagiri S., Zhang Z.-M.
A comprehensive transcriptional portrait of human cancer cell lines.
Nat. Biotechnol. 33:306-312(2015)

PubMed=26589293; DOI=10.1186/s13073-015-0240-5; PMCID=PMC4653878
Scholtalbers J., Boegel S., Bukur T., Byl M., Goerges S., Sorn P., Loewer M., Sahin U., Castle J.C.
TCLP: an online cancer cell line catalogue integrating HLA type, predicted neo-epitopes, virus and gene expression.
Genome Med. 7:118.1-118.7(2015)

PubMed=28158294; DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0171512; PMCID=PMC5291375
Konstantakou E.G., Velentzas A.D., Anagnostopoulos A.K., Litou Z.I., Konstandi O.A., Giannopoulou A.F., Anastasiadou E., Voutsinas G.E., Tsangaris G.T., Stravopodis D.J.
Deep-proteome mapping of WM-266-4 human metastatic melanoma cells: from oncogenic addiction to druggable targets.
PLoS ONE 12:E0171512-E0171512(2017)

PubMed=28196595; DOI=10.1016/j.ccell.2017.01.005; PMCID=PMC5501076
Li J., Zhao W., Akbani R., Liu W.-B., Ju Z.-L., Ling S.-Y., Vellano C.P., Roebuck P., Yu Q.-H., Eterovic A.K., Byers L.A., Davies M.A., Deng W.-L., Gopal Y.N.V., Chen G., von Euw E.M., Slamon D.J., Conklin D., Heymach J.V., Gazdar A.F., Minna J.D., Myers J.N., Lu Y.-L., Mills G.B., Liang H.
Characterization of human cancer cell lines by reverse-phase protein arrays.
Cancer Cell 31:225-239(2017)

PubMed=29492214; DOI=10.18632/oncotarget.23989; PMCID=PMC5823576
Sini M.C., Doneddu V., Paliogiannis P., Casula M., Colombino M., Manca A., Botti G., Ascierto P.A., Lissia A., Cossu A., Palmieri G.
Genetic alterations in main candidate genes during melanoma progression.
Oncotarget 9:8531-8541(2018)

PubMed=30894373; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2747; PMCID=PMC6445675
Dutil J., Chen Z.-H., Monteiro A.N.A., Teer J.K., Eschrich S.A.
An interactive resource to probe genetic diversity and estimated ancestry in cancer cell lines.
Cancer Res. 79:1263-1273(2019)

PubMed=31068700; DOI=10.1038/s41586-019-1186-3; PMCID=PMC6697103
Ghandi M., Huang F.W., Jane-Valbuena J., Kryukov G.V., Lo C.C., McDonald E.R. 3rd, Barretina J.G., Gelfand E.T., Bielski C.M., Li H.-X., Hu K., Andreev-Drakhlin A.Y., Kim J., Hess J.M., Haas B.J., Aguet F., Weir B.A., Rothberg M.V., Paolella B.R., Lawrence M.S., Akbani R., Lu Y.-L., Tiv H.L., Gokhale P.C., de Weck A., Mansour A.A., Oh C., Shih J., Hadi K., Rosen Y., Bistline J., Venkatesan K., Reddy A., Sonkin D., Liu M., Lehar J., Korn J.M., Porter D.A., Jones M.D., Golji J., Caponigro G., Taylor J.E., Dunning C.M., Creech A.L., Warren A.C., McFarland J.M., Zamanighomi M., Kauffmann A., Stransky N., Imielinski M., Maruvka Y.E., Cherniack A.D., Tsherniak A., Vazquez F., Jaffe J.D., Lane A.A., Weinstock D.M., Johannessen C.M., Morrissey M.P., Stegmeier F., Schlegel R., Hahn W.C., Getz G., Mills G.B., Boehm J.S., Golub T.R., Garraway L.A., Sellers W.R.
Next-generation characterization of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia.
Nature 569:503-508(2019)

PubMed=31978347; DOI=10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.023; PMCID=PMC7339254
Nusinow D.P., Szpyt J., Ghandi M., Rose C.M., McDonald E.R. 3rd, Kalocsay M., Jane-Valbuena J., Gelfand E.T., Schweppe D.K., Jedrychowski M.P., Golji J., Porter D.A., Rejtar T., Wang Y.K., Kryukov G.V., Stegmeier F., Erickson B.K., Garraway L.A., Sellers W.R., Gygi S.P.
Quantitative proteomics of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia.
Cell 180:387-402.e16(2020)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) ATCC; CRL-1676 - Discontinued
Coriell; WC00097 - Discontinued
ECACC; 91061233 - Discontinued
KCLB; 21676
Rockland; WM266-4-01-0001
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0009612
CLO; CLO_0009615
CLDB; cl4726
cancercelllines; CVCL_2765
Cell_Model_Passport; SIDM00979
CGH-DB; 9312-4
DepMap; ACH-001239
ESTDAB; ESTDAB-076
LINCS_LDP; LCL-1259
Lonza; 1375
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO_0001595
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN05292442
BioSample; SAMN10988367
CRISP screens repositories BioGRID_ORCS_Cell_line; 344
Chemistry resources ChEMBL-Cells; CHEMBL4295431
ChEMBL-Targets; CHEMBL4296510
PharmacoDB; WM2664_1663_2019
PubChem_Cell_line; CVCL_2765
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994222
Experimental variables resources EFO; EFO_0006774
Gene expression databases ArrayExpress; E-MTAB-2706
ArrayExpress; E-MTAB-2770
ArrayExpress; E-MTAB-3610
GEO; GSE17551
GEO; GSM827418
GEO; GSM887737
GEO; GSM888832
GEO; GSM1138792
GEO; GSM1670578
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 687444
Cosmic; 905225
Cosmic; 932718
Cosmic; 972276
Cosmic; 1022277
Cosmic; 1054856
Cosmic; 1155273
Cosmic; 1238103
Cosmic; 1295343
Cosmic; 1303070
Cosmic; 1458970
Cosmic; 1459638
Cosmic; 1477409
Cosmic; 1507624
Cosmic; 1949557
Cosmic; 2163804
Cosmic; 2233687
Cosmic; 2651885
IARC_TP53; 30188
LiGeA; CCLE_891
Progenetix; CVCL_2765
Sequence databases EGA; EGAS00001000610
EGA; EGAS00001000978
EGA; EGAS00001002554
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update19-Dec-2024
Version number46