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Establishment and characterization of human lingual squamous cell carcinoma cell lines designated Nialym derived from metastatic foci of lymph node, and Nialymx derived from transplanted tumor of Nialym cells

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The squamous cell carcinoma cell lines Nialym was successfully established from metastatic foci of lymph nodes from a 48-year-old male Japanese patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. In addition, the Nialymx cell line was established from a transplanted tumor of Nialym cells in SCID mice. Nialym cells were angular, with neoplastic and pleomorphic features. Two types of Nialym cell were observed by electron microscopy; light cells and dark cells. The dark cells had a number of waved tonofilaments in the cytoplasm, while light cells showed poorly developed organelles. The population doubling times for Nialym and Nialymx cells were approximately, 46 and 42 h at the 10th passage. Nialym cells secreted 4.8 ng/ml VEGF and 5.9 ng/ml HGF, Nialymx cells also secreted 6.7 ng/ml VEGF and 4.3 ng/ml HGF at the 10th passage for 3 days of culture. Histopathological aspects of Nialym and Nialymx cell lines were similar. We believe that these cell lines are valuable tools for elucidating the mechanisms of cancer metastasis and developing immunotherapy and chemotherapy regimens.

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We would like to thank Dr. Akihiro Ohyama, Junko Toyomura, Minako Suzuki, Miyuki Kawakami and Taka Nakahara for helpful discussion. We are also grateful to Dr. Toshiaki Tachibana, who provided guidance for electron microscopy.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Systemic Medicine, Course of Clinical Science, Nippon Dental University Graduate School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, 1-8 Hamaura-cho, Chuo-Ku, Niigata, 951-1500, Japan

    Haruka Takahashi & Akira Tanaka

  2. Department of NDU Life Sciences, Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 102-8159, Japan

    Hiroshi Ishikawa

  3. Department of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 102-8159, Japan

    Izumi Mataga

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Takahashi, H., Ishikawa, H., Mataga, I. et al. Establishment and characterization of human lingual squamous cell carcinoma cell lines designated Nialym derived from metastatic foci of lymph node, and Nialymx derived from transplanted tumor of Nialym cells. Human Cell 28, 143–153 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-014-0107-x

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