Biochemically labelled human lymphoblastoid cell line. I. Its karyotypic, growth and physiological characteristics

A study was made of the properties of human lymphoid cell line RPMI-6410 derived from peripheral blood of a patient with acute myeloblastic leukaemia. The lymphoblastoid cell line was found to be resistant to 5-brom-deoxyuridine and to have a low thymidine kinase activity. The modal chromosome number for RPMI-6410 is 46-47 XY. The karyotype includes marker chromosomes: two large submetacentrics --M1 and M2, and two small acrocentrics--M3 and M4. Ways of marker chromosome formation are discussed. The properties of RPMI-6410 line make it possible to use it for somatic cell hybridization, in particular, for obtaining hybridoma synthesizing human monoclonal antibodies.