TY - JOUR AB - The incidence and mortality rates of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) are higher among African Americans (AAs) compared with Caucasian Americans (CAs). To assess the molecular properties associated with racial health disparity, three cell lines derived from colorectal tumors of three AA subjects were established. Cellular and molecular characterization of the cell lines designated CHTN06, SB501 and SB521 was performed using standard technologies, including immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, karyotyping, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, ELISA and immunoblot analysis. The histology and morphology of CHTN06 xenografts were examined by hematoxylin and eosin staining. A total of three AA CRC cell lines derived from primary tumors were established and characterized. These cell lines were successfully cultured without immortalization and were found to be tumorigenic as mouse xenografts. In the present study, immunoblotting and immunofluorescence confirmed the expression of proteins known to be dysregulated in CRC, such as p53, DNA mismatch repair proteins and villin-1. Oncogenic miRNAs (i.e., miR-17, miR-21, miR-182, miR-210 and miR-222) were overexpressed in the AA CRC lines compared with the CA CRC lines (HT-29, HCT116 and SW480). Additionally, the AA CRC cell lines exhibited a differential inflammatory profile compared with HT-29 (CA CRC cell line); specifically noted was IL-8 secretion in response to inflammatory stimuli. In conclusion, three novel cell lines derived from AA CRC tissues were generated. These cell lines were characterized as epithelial in nature and exhibited differential expression of several miRNAs and inflammatory responses compared with commercially available cell lines of CA origin. The CRC cell lines CHTN06, SB501 and SB521 represent novel tools that may be used to provide diverse in vitro and in vivo models for studying CRC and racial health disparity. AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA AU - Paredes,Jenny AU - Ji,Ping AU - Lacomb,Joseph ,F. AU - Shroyer,Kenneth ,R. AU - Martello,Laura ,A. AU - Williams,Jennie ,L. DA - 2018/10/01 DO - 10.3892/ijo.2018.4510 EP - 1528 IS - 4 JO - Int J Oncol KW - racial health disparity chemoprevention colorectal carcinoma microRNA PY - 2018 SN - 1019-6439 1791-2423 SP - 1516 ST - Establishment of three novel cell lines derived from African American patients with colorectal carcinoma: A unique tool for assessing racial health disparity T2 - International Journal of Oncology TI - Establishment of three novel cell lines derived from African American patients with colorectal carcinoma: A unique tool for assessing racial health disparity UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2018.4510 VL - 53 ER -