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P. Romano, A. Manniello et al. Nucl Acids Res 2009 37:D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105

MOLT-3 (human, peripheral blood, leukemia, T cell)

SPECIES: human
TISSUE/ORGAN: peripheral blood
TUMOR: leukemia, T cell

DSMZ catalog code: ACC 84
Morphology: round, single cells in suspension
Description: human T cell leukemia established from the peripheral blood of a 19-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in relapse in 1971; sister cell line of MOLT-4 (DSM ACC 362) confirmed as human with IEF of AST, MDH, NP
Viruses: ELISA: reverse transcriptase negative; PCR: EBV-, HBV-, HCV-, HHV-8-, HIV-, HTLV-I/II-
Depositor: Dr. J. Minowada, Fujisaki Cell Center, Okayama, Japan
General Restrictions

Available in the following LABORATORY:

German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ, Braunschweig)
90% RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS maintain at 0.5-1.0 x 106 cells/ml; split saturated culture 1:2 every second day; seed out at ca. 0.5-0.7 x 106 cells/ml at 37C with 5% CO2 maximal density at about 0.7-1.0 x 106 cells/ml; doubling time of ca. 40 hours; frozen with 70% medium, 20% FBS, 10% DMSO at about 5 x 106 cells/ampoule; negative in DAPI, microbiological culture, RNA hybridization, PCR assays;
Validated by: cytogenetics 1 (hypertetraploid karyotype; 98(94-101)<4n>XXYY, +6, +7, +8, +8, +17, +20, del(6)(q16)x2, der(7)t(7;7)(p15;q11)x2) * DNA fingerprinting (unique Hinf I-(gtg)5 DNA profile) * immunological analysis (CD2+ CD3- CD4- CD5+ CD6+ CD7+ CD8+ CD13- TCR_/beta-) * isoenzymes (confirmed as human with IEF of AST, MDH, NP) * reverse transcriptase (negative for reverse transcriptase, HLTV-I/II, HIV-1)

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1552, IZSBS: BS TCL44, ECACC: 90021901

Bibliographic references:

J Natl Cancer Inst 1972;49:891-895 - PMID: 4567231

MOLT-3 (human, peripheral blood, leukemia, acute lymphoblastic T cell)

IZSBS catalog code: BS TCL44
Continuous culture, grown as suspension
lymphoid morphology
SPECIES: human (male, 19 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: peripheral blood
TUMOR: leukemia, acute lymphoblastic T cell
PROPERTIES: tumor markers; antitumour testing; tumorigenicity

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSBS, Brescia)
RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS; Freezing medium: Culture medium + 10% DMSO; 37C, 5% CO2, split 1-2 , mycoplasma negative, culture
Patent strain, distribuition is subjected to authorization by the assignee.

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1552, ECACC: 90021901, DSMZ: ACC 84

MOLT-3 (human, peripheral blood, leukemia, acute lymphoblastic T cell)

Continuous culture, grown as suspension
lymphoid morphology
SPECIES: human (male, 19 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: peripheral blood
TUMOR: leukemia, acute lymphoblastic T cell
PROPERTIES: tumor markers; antitumour testing; tumorigenicity

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Russian Academy of Sciences (SPBIC, St. Petersburg)

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CRL 1552, IZSBS: BS TCL44, ECACC: 90021901, DSMZ: ACC 84

Bibliographic references:

J Natl Cancer Inst 1972;49:891-895 - PMID: 4567231

For information, get in touch with:
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10 - I-16132 Genova - Italy
Dott.ssa Paola Visconti
Email: paola.visconti@hsanmartino.it

If you want to cite CLDB and HyperCLDB, please use the following reference:

P. Romano, A. Manniello, O. Aresu, M. Armento, M. Cesaro, B. Parodi.
Cell Line Data Base: structure and recent improvements towards molecular authentication of human cell lines.
Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37(Database issue):D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105