The immortalized human mammary progenitor cells hTERT (K5+/K19+) is a clonal cell population of progenitors coexpressing normal mammary and stem cell markers. It has the ability to self-renew and differentiate into luminal and/or myoepithelial cell lineages. Through propagation in different optimized media, the cells are able to give rise to new population of cells with different morphology and characteristics, such as mucin-1 positive cells, vimentin-negative cells, or expressing basal, luminal, and other stem cell markers. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A3 enzyme is noticeably higher in expression, a marker commonly used for isolating normal and tumor mammary stem cells. K5+/K19+ cells have Wnt, Notch, and hedeghog gene regulatory pathways. It is a valuable tool in research in the field of biology, the stem/progenitor origin, and the heterogeneity mechanisms in breast cancer.
Cell Type
Immortalized Cells
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Expression Level
K5, K14, vimentin, E-cadherin, p63, K8, K18, K19, CD29, CD49f a-SMA, CD10, Thy-1 when grown in DCFI-1
Quantity
1x106 cells / 1.0 ml
Tissue
Breast
Morphology
Cobble-stone|Spindle shaped
Population Doubling
24 - 48 hours
Species
Human (H. sapiens)
Propagation
Use of PriCoatTM T25 Flasks (G299) or Applied Cell Extracellular Matrix (G422) is required for cell adhesion to the culture vessels. Grow cells in ECM-coated culture vessels unless otherwise specified in the Propagation Requirements below.Optimized Media:To express basal, luminal, and stem cell markers with some myoepithelial cell markers (a-SMA, CD10, Thy-1), grow cells in DFCI-1 media.To make DFCI-1 the base medium is Prigrow VIII and Prigrow IV (1:1, vol/vol) medium available at abm (TM018 and TM004). To make the complete growth medium, add the following components to the base medium: fetal bovine serum (TM999)* to a final concentration of 1%, Penicillin/Streptomycin Solution (G255) to a final concentration of 1%, HEPES (Gibco) to a final concentration of 10 mM, 12.5 ng/ml Recombinant Human EGF (Z100135) to a final concentration of 12.5 ng/ml, 6.5 ng/ml triiodothyronine (Sigma), 0.545 ng/ml beta-estradiol (Sigma), 1 µg/ml insulin (TM053), 1 µg/ml hydrocortisone (Sigma), 0.006X ethanolamine (Sigma), 14.1 µg/ml phosphoethanolamine (Sigma), 10 µg/ml transferrin (Sigma), 2 mM L-glutamine (G275), 2.6 ng/ml sodium selenite (Sigma), 1 ng/ml cholera toxin (Sigma), 35 µg/ml bovine pituitary extract (Hammond Cell Tech), and 10 µg/ml ascorbic acid (Sigma). Adjust pH to 7.4.Change media every 2-3 days.Carbon dioxide (CO2): 5%, Temperature: 37.0°C.* Do not use heat-inactivated FBS for cell culture unless specified otherwise.For cells to adopt spindle-shape morphology around tight epithelial cell colonies and for the presence of mucin-1 positive cells: grow cells in mammary epithelial growth medium (MEGM; Lonza) supplemented with B27 (10ml/500ml medium), 20 ng/ml Recombinant Human EGF (Z100135), 20 ng/ml Recombinant Human FGF2 (Z101455), 4 µg/ml heparin, and Penicillin/Streptomycin Solution (G255) to a final concentration of 1%.Carbon dioxide (CO2): 6.5%, Temperature: 37.0°C.For luminal differentiation, the absence of myoepithelial differentiation, and the appearance of mucin-1 positive and vimentin-negative cells: grow the cells in DCFI-2 media where the base is Prigrow VIII and Prigrow IV (1:1, vol/vol) medium available at abm (TM018 and TM004). Supplement with 10 mM HEPES (Gibco), 12.5 ng/ml Recombinant Human EGF (Z100135), 6.5 ng/ml triiodothyronine (Sigma), 0.545 ng/ml beta-estradiol (Sigma), 1 µg/ml insulin (TM053), 1 µg/ml hydrocortisone (Sigma), 0.006X ethanolamine (Sigma), 14.1 µg/ml phosphoethanolamine (Sigma), 10 µg/ml transferrin (Sigma), 2 mM L-glutamine (G275), 2.6 ng/ml sodium selenite (Sigma), 1 ng/mg cholera toxin (Sigma), 0.05% bovine serum albumin (BSA), Penicillin/Streptomycin Solution (G255) to a final concentration of 1%, and 10 µg/ml ascorbic acid (Sigma). Adjust pH to 7.4.Carbon dioxide (CO2): 6.5%, Temperature: 37.0°C.
Quality Control
1) Western blot to assess cell lineage-related and stem cell markers; 2) Immunofluorescence staining analysis for lineage markers; 3) Gene expression profiling for gene regulatory pathways
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