Characterization of the spontaneously transformed human endothelial cell line ECV304: 1. Multiple chromosomal rearrangements in ECV304 cells |
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Authors: | N M Yartseva R F Fedortseva |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia;(2) Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency, and the Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | Using differential G-staining of chromosomes, the karyotype of the endothelial cell line ECV304 obtained from endotheliocytes of the human umbilical vein was studied. The cells have been shown to have a polyploid karyotype with a number of chromosomes ranging from 96 to 112, as well as multiple numerical and structural clonal chromosome abnormalities. The structural rearrangements involve almost all chromosomes of the karyotype. Several paired chromosomal rearrangements have been revealed and include del(9)(p21), as well as two derivates of chromosome 3 with a breakpoint at the p25 locus, i.e., der(3)t(3;12)(3p25;12q11~12;12q21~24.?1) and der(3)t(3;?)(3p25). The role of these rearrangements in the immortalization of endotheliocytes and in angiogenesis is discussed. A comparison of the karyotypes of the cell line ECV304 and of the bladder carcinoma T24 cell line has shown that these karyotypes differ in all of the main cytogenetic characteristics. No identical structural chromosomal rearrangements, nor rearrangements characteristic of bladder carcinoma cells have been revealed. The studied endothelial cell line ECV304 is not identical to the T24 cell line. |
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Keywords: | cell lines T24 cell line endotheliocytes karyotype chromosomal rearrangements p16 INK4A /p14 AR genes pVHL |
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