Reassessment of immortalization complementation group D
Previous somatic cell hybridization studies have assigned many human cell lines to one of four complementation groups (A-D) for immortalization. We report here that the A 1698DM cell line, which contains selectable markers and has previously been defined as the immortalization group D representative...
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Published in | Experimental gerontology Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 663 - 670 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Elsevier Inc
01.11.1997
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Summary: | Previous somatic cell hybridization studies have assigned many human cell lines to one of four complementation groups (A-D) for immortalization. We report here that the A 1698DM cell line, which contains selectable markers and has previously been defined as the immortalization group D representative, was derived from T24 cells rather than A1698. A1698DM did not undergo senescence when fused with cell lines assigned to groups A, B, or C. This raises the possibility that this cell line has undergone further evolution and lost multiple putative senescence genes so that it is now unable to complement any, or most, other cell lines for senescence. Cell lines previously assigned to group D may, therefore, be heterogeneous with respect to the genetic changes that resulted in their immortalization. This has important implications for strategies to clone senescence genes based on complementation groups. |
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ISSN: | 0531-5565 1873-6815 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00092-2 |