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To evaluate the role of animal age in chemically induced transformation, pancreatic cells were grown in culture 6 to 8 wk after injecting mice at either 6 or 22 mo. of age with a single dose ofN-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU). The cell type and the frequency with which lines were obtained from aged animals paralleled the frequency and pattern of tumor induction by NMU in vivo. Outgrowth of pancreatic explants from young animals required the presence of the tumor promoter 12-o-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate to establish continuously growing cell lines. Whereas NMU alone produced lines from aged mice, the promoter did not increase the frequency with which continuous lines were recovered from the aged animals. Of eight cloned cell lines (four young and four old), all had characteristics of transformed mouse pancreatic acinar cells when tested for lectin binding, lactate dehydrogenase isozyme pattern, chromosome number, and anchorage-independent growth. Cell lines derived from aged animals were slower growing and had higher chromosome numbers than lines derived from their younger counterparts.
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Zelinsky-Papez, K., Carter, T.H. & Zimmerman, J.A. Isolation and characterization of chemically transformed pancreatic acinar cell lines from young and old mice. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 23, 118–122 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02623591
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