IMR-32Homo sapiens (Human)Cancer cell line

Also known as: IMR 32, IMR32, Institute for Medical Research-32, GM03320, GM3320C, GM03320D, AG03320, AG3320, IRM-32 (Occasionally.), IMR-92 (Occasionally.)

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Quick Overview

Human neuroblastoma cell line with MYCN amplification and chromosomal abnormalities.

Detailed Summary

IMR-32 is a human neuroblastoma cell line derived from a neuroblastoma tumor. It is characterized by the presence of a long marker chromosome with a homogeneously staining region (HSR) and double minute chromosomes. These chromosomal abnormalities are associated with gene amplification and may contribute to the malignant phenotype. IMR-32 is commonly used in research to study neuroblastoma biology, drug resistance, and genetic alterations. The cell line has been utilized in studies involving transcriptomic profiling, chromosomal analysis, and drug sensitivity testing. It is also noted for its use in understanding the role of MYCN amplification in neuroblastoma progression.

Research Applications

Neuroblastoma researchGene amplification studiesDrug resistance mechanismsChromosomal abnormalities analysisTranscriptomic profiling

Key Characteristics

MYCN amplificationHomogeneously staining region (HSR)Double minute chromosomesChromosomal instability
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Basic Information

Database IDCVCL_0346
SpeciesHomo sapiens (Human)
Tissue SourceAbdomen[UBERON:UBERON_0000916]

Donor Information

Age1
Age CategoryPediatric
SexMale
Racecaucasian
Subtype FeaturesMYC_Amplified

Disease Information

DiseaseNeuroblastoma
LineagePeripheral Nervous System
SubtypeNeuroblastoma
OncoTree CodeNBL

DepMap Information

Source TypeATCC
Source IDACH-000310_source

Haplotype Information (STR Profile)

Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile for cell line authentication.

Amelogenin
X,Y
CSF1PO
11,12
D13S317
9
D16S539
8
D18S51
12,15
D19S433
14,15
D21S11
30,31
D2S1338
23,24
D3S1358
16
D5S818
11,12
D7S820
9,10
D8S1179
13
FGA
21,24
Penta D
11,12
Penta E
7,15
TH01
7,9.3
TPOX
11
vWA
15
Gene Expression Profile
Gene expression levels and statistical distribution
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Full DepMap dataset with combined data across cell lines

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Publications

PEA15 impairs cell migration and correlates with clinical features predicting good prognosis in neuroblastoma.

Opoku-Ansah J., Wada R.K., Bachmann A.S., Ramos J.W.

Int. J. Cancer 131:1556-1568(2012).

Cross-contamination meets misclassification: awakening of CHP-100 from sleeping beauty sleep -- a reviewed model for Ewing's sarcoma.

Nagel S., Steenpass L., Becker J.

Int. J. Cancer 148:2608-2613(2021).

Intact-cell MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry for the authentication of drug-adapted cancer cell lines.

Michaelis M.

Cells 8:1194.1-1194.12(2019).

Next-generation characterization of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia.

Sellers W.R.

Nature 569:503-508(2019).

An interactive resource to probe genetic diversity and estimated ancestry in cancer cell lines.

Dutil J., Chen Z.-H., Monteiro A.N.A., Teer J.K., Eschrich S.A.

Cancer Res. 79:1263-1273(2019).

Transcriptomic profiling of 39 commonly-used neuroblastoma cell lines.

Hart L.S., Dent M.H., Fortina P., Reynolds C.P., Maris J.M.

Sci. Data 4:170033-170033(2017).

TCLP: an online cancer cell line catalogue integrating HLA type, predicted neo-epitopes, virus and gene expression.

Loewer M., Sahin U., Castle J.C.

Genome Med. 7:118.1-118.7(2015).

A mass spectrometric-derived cell surface protein atlas.";

Aebersold R., Boheler K.R., Zandstra P.W., Wollscheid B.

PLoS ONE 10:E0121314-E0121314(2015).

A resource for cell line authentication, annotation and quality control.

Neve R.M.

Nature 520:307-311(2015).

A comprehensive transcriptional portrait of human cancer cell lines.

Settleman J., Seshagiri S., Zhang Z.-M.

Nat. Biotechnol. 33:306-312(2015).

Testing of SNS-032 in a panel of human neuroblastoma cell lines with acquired resistance to a broad range of drugs.

Fichtner I., Ghafourian T., Westermann F., Cinatl J. Jr.

Transl. Oncol. 6:685-696(2013).

The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity.

Morrissey M.P., Sellers W.R., Schlegel R., Garraway L.A.

Nature 483:603-607(2012).

Neuroblastoma.";

Thiele C.J.

(In book chapter) Human cell culture. Vol. 1. Cancer cell lines part 1; Masters J.R.W., Palsson B.O. (eds.); pp.21-53; Kluwer Academic Publishers; New York; USA (1999).

Chromosome abnormalities in human tumor cells in culture.";

Biedler J.L.

(In book chapter) Human tumor cells in vitro; Fogh J. (eds.); pp.359-394; Springer; New York; USA (1975).

Homogeneously staining regions and double minute chromosomes, prevalent cytogenetic abnormalities of human neuroblastoma cells.

Biedler J.L., Meyers M.B., Spengler B.A.

(In book chapter) Advances in cellular neurobiology, Vol. 4; Fedoroff S., Hertz L. (eds.); pp.267-307; Academic Press; New York; USA (1983).

Tumor cell lines of the peripheral nervous system.";

Israel M.A., Thiele C.J.

(In book chapter) Atlas of human tumor cell lines; Hay R.J., Park J.-G., Gazdar A.F. (eds.); pp.43-78; Academic Press; New York; USA (1994).

A novel chromosome abnormality in human neuroblastoma and antifolate-resistant Chinese hamster cell lives in culture.

Biedler J.L., Spengler B.A.

J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 57:683-695(1976).

Double minute chromosomes and the homogeneously staining regions in chromosomes of a human neuroblastoma cell line.

Balaban-Malenbaum G.B., Gilbert F.

Science 198:739-741(1977).

One hundred and twenty-seven cultured human tumor cell lines producing tumors in nude mice.

Fogh J., Fogh J.M., Orfeo T.

J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 59:221-226(1977).

Absence of HeLa cell contamination in 169 cell lines derived from human tumors.

Fogh J., Wright W.C., Loveless J.D.

J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 58:209-214(1977).

Chromosomal aberrations in human neuroblastomas.";

Brodeur G.M., Sekhon G.S., Goldstein M.N.

Cancer 40:2256-2263(1977).

Phenotypic diversification in human neuroblastoma cells: expression of distinct neural crest lineages.

Ciccarone V.C., Spengler B.A., Meyers M.B., Biedler J.L., Ross R.A.

Cancer Res. 49:219-225(1989).

Human tumor lines for cancer research.";

Fogh J.

Cancer Invest. 4:157-184(1986).

Inhibition of human melanoma growth by prostaglandin A, D, and J analogues.

Bregman M.D., Funk C., Fukushima M.

Cancer Res. 46:2740-2744(1986).

Definition of a continuous human cell line derived from neuroblastoma.

Tumilowicz J.J., Nichols W.W., Cholon J.J., Greene A.E.

Cancer Res. 30:2110-2118(1970).

Cell culture quality control by rapid isoenzymatic characterization.

Halton D.M., Peterson W.D. Jr., Hukku B.

In Vitro 19:16-24(1983).

Amplified DNA with limited homology to myc cellular oncogene is shared by human neuroblastoma cell lines and a neuroblastoma tumour.

Gilbert F., Brodeur G.M., Goldstein M.N., Trent J.M.

Nature 305:245-248(1983).

Distinction of seventy-one cultured human tumor cell lines by polymorphic enzyme analysis.

Wright W.C., Daniels W.P., Fogh J.

J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 66:239-247(1981).

Selective toxicity of 6-hydroxydopamine and ascorbate for human neuroblastoma in vitro: a model for clearing marrow prior to autologous transplant.

Reynolds C.P., Reynolds D.A., Frenkel E.P., Smith R.G.

Cancer Res. 42:1331-1336(1982).

Abnormalities of chromosome 1p in human neuroblastoma tumors and cell lines.

Schlesinger H.R.

Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 7:33-42(1982).

The National Institute on Aging repository cell cultures.";

Das N.K., Murphy D.G.

Mech. Ageing Dev. 16:1-17(1981).

Presence of glycogen and growth-related variations in 58 cultured human tumor cell lines of various tissue origins.

Rousset M., Zweibaum A., Fogh J.

Cancer Res. 41:1165-1170(1981).

Deletion mapping in neuroblastoma cell lines suggests two distinct tumor suppressor genes in the 1p35-36 region, only one of which is associated with N-myc amplification.

Speleman F., Versteeg R.

Oncogene 10:291-297(1995).

Mutations of the p53 gene are involved in Ewing's sarcomas but not in neuroblastomas.

Kamoshita S., Hanada R., Yamamoto K., Hongo T., Yamada M., Tsuchida Y.

Cancer Res. 53:5284-5288(1993).

Neurofibromatosis type 1 gene mutations in neuroblastoma.";

Gusella J.F., Bernards A.

Nat. Genet. 3:62-66(1993).

The p16 and p18 tumor suppressor genes in neuroblastoma: implications for drug resistance.

Diccianni M.B., Chau L.S., Batova A., Vu T.Q., Yu A.L.-T.

Cancer Lett. 104:183-192(1996).

Increased efficacy of aphidicolin killing of human neuroblastoma cells in vitro by encapsulation in liposomes.

Gumbel H.O.C., Rabenau H.F., Kornhuber B., Doerr H.-W.

Neoplasma 44:91-95(1997).

Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of human neuroblastomas: detection of distal 1p deletions and further molecular genetic characterization of neuroblastoma cell lines.

De Paepe A., Cremer T., Speleman F.

Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 97:135-142(1997).

Analysis of 1;17 translocation breakpoints in neuroblastoma: implications for mapping of neuroblastoma genes.

van der Drift P., Chan A., Versteeg R., Speleman F.

Eur. J. Cancer 33:1974-1978(1997).

Combined M-FISH and CGH analysis allows comprehensive description of genetic alterations in neuroblastoma cell lines.

Salwen H.R., Laureys G., Manoel N., De Paepe A., Speleman F.

Genes Chromosomes Cancer 32:126-135(2001).

Immunocytochemical analysis of cell lines derived from solid tumors.

Quentmeier H., Osborn M., Reinhardt J., Zaborski M., Drexler H.G.

J. Histochem. Cytochem. 49:1369-1378(2001).

Malignant rhabdoid tumor shows incomplete neural characteristics as revealed by expression of SNARE complex.

Yoshida S., Narita T., Taga T., Ohta S., Takeuchi Y.

J. Neurosci. Res. 69:642-652(2002).

PPM1D is a potential target for 17q gain in neuroblastoma.";

Sugimoto T., Inazawa J.

Cancer Res. 63:1876-1883(2003).

Expression profiles and clinical relationships of ID2, CDKN1B, and CDKN2A in primary neuroblastoma.

Gebauer S., Yu A.L.-T., Omura-Minamisawa M., Batova A., Diccianni M.B.

Genes Chromosomes Cancer 41:297-308(2004).

High-resolution detection and mapping of genomic DNA alterations in neuroblastoma.

Maris J.M.

Genes Chromosomes Cancer 43:390-403(2005).

Characterization of a neuronal cell line expressing native human melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1).

Frost L.J., McNally T., Reilly R.M., Collins C.A.

Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 38:1290-1299(2006).

Mutations in PIK3CA are infrequent in neuroblastoma.";

Dam V., Morgan B.T., Mazanek P., Hogarty M.D.

BMC Cancer 6:177.1-177.10(2006).

p53 determines multidrug sensitivity of childhood neuroblastoma.";

MacKenzie K.L., Gurova K.V., Norris M.D., Gudkov A.V.

Cancer Res. 67:10351-10360(2007).

NF1 is a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma that determines retinoic acid response and disease outcome.

Messiaen L.M., Versteeg R., Bernards R.

Cell 142:218-229(2010).

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