Description
This cell line was established from prostate cancer tissue harvested from a metastatic lesion to a lumbar vertebral body of a patient with hormone refractory prostate cancer. The cells are reported to express large quantities of prostate specific antigen (PSA). This cell line also expresses prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), cytokeratin-18 and the androgen receptor, and is androgen sensitive in vitro and in vivo. This cell line offers a cell-based model system of human prostate cancer. The cells are tumourigenic in SCID mice.
Tissue of Origin
Prostate metastasis
Organism
Homo sapiens, human
STR DNA Profile
Amelogenin: X,Y
CSF1PO: 10,12
D13S317: 11,12
D16S539: 9
D5S818: 12
D7S820: 9,12
THO1: 9.3
TPOX: 8,11
vWA: 18,19
Source
Prostate metastasis
Culture Properties
adherent
Quality Control
Tests for mycoplasma, bacteria and fungi were negative
Storage and Shipping
liquid nitrogen vapor phase
Disease
Prostate carcinoma
Application
It has been shown that VCaP prostate cancer cells produce the mouse xenotropic retrovirus Bxv-1, which was likely acquired by the cells during their xenotransplantation in mice.
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