title: Expression of cell adhesion molecules in an established and characterized new human renal cell cancer line, CCF-RC7.
abstract: In order to investigate the importance of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a cell line, designated as CCF-RC7, was established from a human RCC of the clear cell type. CCF-RC7 was passaged over 50 times in vitro for 3 1/2 years. The cell line has an epithelial morphology and a doubling time of 30 h, forming colonies in soft agar with an average efficiency of 10.4% and producing clear cell tumors in athymic nude mice. CCF-RC7 cells have an aneuploid-hypotetraploid karyotype with a modal chromosome number of 82 and rearrangements in chromosomes 9, 12 and 14. Immunohistochemical and flow immunocytometric analyses revealed high expression of ICAM-1 (CD54), and Hermes antigen (CD44), which was significantly upregulated by cytokine and PMA treatment. VLA-4 was expressed on approximately 20% of tumor cells and could not be altered by cytokine or PMA stimulation. High expression of sialyl Lewis X was also demonstrated by immunohistological examination. This newly characterized cell line will serve as a useful model for the study of CAMs during hematogenous metastasis and host defense mechanisms in human RCC.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007621:Karyotyping; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011003:Ploidies
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016207:Cytokines; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm