Table I.
Commonly Used Commercially Available Prostate Cell Lines
| Cell Line | Site of Origin | Race/Ethnicity | Source | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22Rv1 | Primary xenograft | Not Available | ATCC | Sramkoski RM et al. 199932 |
| DU145 | Brain metastasis | Caucasian | ATCC | Stone KR et al. 197833 |
| E006AA-hT | Primary tumor | African American | ATCC | Koochekpour S et al. 201434 |
| LAPC-3 | Prostate xenograft | Not Available | ATCC | Klein KA et al. 199735 |
| LAPC-4 | Lymph node metastasis | Not Available | ATCC | Klein KA et al. 199735 |
| LNCaP | Lymph node metastasis | Caucasian | ATCC | Horoscewicz JS et al. 198336 |
| MDA-PCa-2a | Bone metastasis | Black | ATCC | Navone NM et al. 199737 |
| MDA-PCa-2b | Bone metastasis | Black | ATCC | Navone NM et al. 199737 |
| PC3 | Bone metastasis | Caucasian | ATCC | Kaighn ME et al. 197938 |
| PrEC | Normal human primary prostate epithelial cells | Variable | Lonza | Not applicable |
| PrSC/WPMY-1 | Normal prostate/stroma | Caucasian | ATCC, Lonza | Webber MM et al. 199939 |
| PWR-1E | Normal prostate | Caucasian | ATCC | Webber MM et al. 199640 |
| PZ-HPV-7 | Normal prostate/epithelial | Caucasian | ATCC | Weijerman PC, et al. 199441 |
| RWPE-1 | Normal prostate | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Bello D et al. 199742 |
| RWPE2 | Normal prostate | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Bello D et al. 199742 |
| RWPE2-W99 | Normal prostate | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Bello D et al. 199742 |
| VCaP | Vertebral metastasis | Caucasian | ATCC | Loberg RD et al. 200643 |
| WISH-PC2 | Neuroendocrine xenograft prostate small-cell carcinoma | Caucasian | ATCC | Pinthus JH et al. 200844 |
| WPE1-NA22 | Prostate | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Webber MM et al. 200145 |
| WPE1-NB11 | Normal prostate | Caucasian | ATCC | Webber MM et al. 200145 |
| WPE1-NB14 | Normal prostate/epithelial | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Bello D et al. 199742 |
| WPE1-NB26 | Normal prostate | Caucasian, White | ATCC | Webber MM et al. 200145 |
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection