Abstract
Human mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) cell lines are scarce and have been only sporadically described and validated, and only a few have been thoroughly molecularly or genetically characterized. We describe here the successful establishment of a new MCL line, PF-1, with typical MCL characteristics. Culturing primary MCL cells in vitro initially gave rise to an essential generative microenvironment “niche” involving macrophages required for MCL growth, and eventually produced the PF-1 MCL cell line. Our analysis revealed that PF-1 is morphologically and genotypically nearly identical to the original tumor cells. The PF-1 MCL cell line that we have developed will be useful for in vitro and in vivo studies of MCL pathogenesis and therapeutics.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Farahi Family Foundation for supporting this study. STR DNA fingerprinting was done by the Cancer Center Support Grant-funded Characterized Cell Line core, NCI # CA016672. The authors thank Elizabeth L. Hess for editing the manuscript.
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Lymphoma Tissue Bank is supported by the National Institutes of Health Lymphoma SPORE grant P50CA136411 and Fredrick B. Hagemeister Research Fund.