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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
Human breast carcinomas have been one of the most difficult tumor types to culture in agar-based clonogenic assays. This fact has limited their clinical applicability. We have used statistically motivated experimental designs to systematically improve the clonal culture of enzymatically monodispersed primary human carcinoma cells in an anchorage-independent agar system. Based upon an initial comparison of two basal media, we selected one which gave the best colony growth and then sought to optimize the individual additives in the medium. Hydrocortisone, fetal bovine serum, and red blood cells all improved both plating efficiency and median size of colonies derived from breast carcinoma cells. Next, the concentrations of these three components were simultaneously idealized using response surface methodology. By these methods, it was found that the optimal concentration of hydrocortisone was 0.35 microgram/ml, fetal bovine serum was 6.5%, and red blood cells was 2.1 X 10(7) cells/ml. Using these culture conditions, we have achieved plating efficiencies of 0.39% and 0.19% for colonies with diameters greater than 50 (50 cells) or 70 (130 cells) micron, respectively.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2306-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Systematic optimization of the clonal growth of human primary breast carcinoma cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.