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. 2023 Oct 5;13:16823. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44062-1

Table 2.

Characteristics of the canine PAC cell lines.

CPACd CPACr
p AB4 AC12 AD4 AE3 BB4 CG11 DC10 p AD4 AH4 BC9 BH12 CB2 DC3 DD10
Cellular morphologya E E E E I E E M E, I E M I I E I E
Proliferative capasityb ++ + ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++ +++ ++
Expression of vimentin + ++ + ++ + + + + + ++ + ++ +
EMT
 Migration ability
  (WHA)c + ++ +  ±  ++  ±  ++ + + +  ±  ++ + ++ ++ +
  (TMA) d + ++ +  ±   ±   ±  ++ + + + + ++  ±   ±   ±   ± 
 Invasion abilityd  ±  ++  ±   ±   ±   ±  +  ±  + +  ±  ++  ±   ±   ±   ± 
CSC
 Sphere forming ability e ± +  ±  + ++ + +  ±  + + +  ±  ++ + +  ± 
 Population of SPf ± +  ±   ±   ±   ±  ++ ++  ±  +  ±   ±   ±   ±   ±  ++
Sensitivity to vinorelbineg +  ±   ±  + ++ ++  ±  + ++ ++ ++ + ++ + ++ +

EMT epithelial mesenchymal transition, CSC cancer stem cell, WHA wound-healing assay, TMA traswell migration assay, SP side population.

aE: Epithelium, I: Intermediate between epithelium and mesenchmal, M: Mesenchyma.

b+ : > 30 h of doubling time (DT), ++: 20–30 h of DT, +++: < 20 h of DT.

c± : < 40% of wound closure, 40–70% of wound closure, ++: > 70% of wound closure.

d ± : < 60 migration or invasion cells, +: 60–120 maigration or invasion cells, ++ ; > 120 migration or invasion cells.

e ± : < 15 spheres, + : 15–30 spheres, ++; > 30 spheres.

f ± : < 5% SP, + : 5–10% SP, ++; > 10 SP.

g ± : > 1000 nM of IC50, +: 10–1000 nM of IC50, ++: < 10 nM of IC50.