Abstract
Tissue from four mouse mammary carcinomas was enzymatically disaggregated and cells from the resulting cell suspension were fractionated on a discontinuous density gradient column (5-20%) of Nycodenz (Nycomed A.S. Oslo). The cell fractions separating at the 10-15% and 15-20% interfaces (density 1.082 and 1.110 g/ml respectively) contained a mean of 83.2 +/- 10.8 (s.d.) and 79.9 +/- 17.4 tumour cells. Compared with the original cell suspension these cell bands contained less cell aggregates and cell debris. The cells in the bands also showed an equivalent ability to grow in tissue culture and to form pulmonary tumours on i.v. injection into isogenic mice, when compared with the tumour cells in the original suspension. The relatively pure preparations of carcinoma cells thus separated may be of value in limiting the unwanted effect of normal cell contamination when testing neoplastic cells in vitro for sensitivity to drugs or hormones.
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