title: Growth factor requirement, oncogene expression and TP53 mutations of a tumorigenic and a non-tumorigenic subline of the human breast carcinoma cell line, HMT-3909.
abstract: From a human breast carcinoma cell line, HMT-3909, a tumorigenic and a non-tumorigenic subline have previously been described. Cells of both sublines have been characterised as carcinoma cells. In the present work we examined whether differences in growth factor requirements or oncogene expression may explain the difference in tumorigenicity. We found that exogenous growth factor dependence discriminated between the two sublines. No alterations in oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes were demonstrated that could explain the differences in tumorigenicity. The lower growth factor requirement and the higher growth rate of the tumorigenic subline indicates that, in these cells, growth potential may determine the outcome of the tumorigenicity assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Endocrinology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moyret
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theillet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briand
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009857:Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics*; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances