HT1080 (ATCC® CCL-121™) is a human fibrosarcoma cell line initiated from a 35-year-old Caucasian male. The cells are adherent with an epithelial morphology. Following implantation into immunocompromised mice, the cells form primary tumors and distant metastases.

Route of Implantation	Mice	Tumor/Metastases	References
Intramuscular	Nude	Primary tumor, lung metastases	Miwa et al. (2014) Oncotarget 5: 12849-12861.
Tail-vein	Nude	Lung metastases	Hanyu et al. (2009) Cancer Science 100: 2085-2092. Fuse et al. (2007) J Biol Chem 282:8276-8283.
Subcutaneous	Immunosupressed	Subcutaneous tumor	Rasheed et al. (1974) Cancer 33:1027-1033.
Subcutaneous	Nude	Subcutaneous tumor	Shi et al. (2015) Int J Mol Med 35: 31-38.
Subcutaneous	Nude	Subcutaneous tumor, lung metastases, few liver and brain metastases	Praus et al. (1999) Gene Therapy 6: 227-236.
Mammary gland	Nude	Mammary tumor, lung metastases	Hanyu et al. (2009) Cancer Science 100: 2085-2092.

Note: The above information is based on available data from the indicated references. It is not meant to be comprehensive and Imanis has not directly tested each condition.

Our HT1080 reporter cell lines can be tracked in vivo, making them great tools for studying the mechanisms of tumor growth, as well as evaluating the effects of various drugs or therapies in animals. Our HT1080 cells are available with a variety of different reporters, including the human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS), firefly luciferase (Fluc), enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP), or near-infrared fluorescent protein (iRFP). Several dual reporter HT1080 cell lines are available to facilitate multi-modality imaging.

In order to ensure high, constitutive expression of the reporter proteins, our cell lines are generated by lentivirus transduction. The lentivirus vectors used for these transductions are self-inactivating (SIN) vectors in which the viral enhancer and promoter has been deleted. This increases the biosafety of the lentiviruses by preventing mobilization of replication competent viruses (Miyoshi et al., J Virol. 1998). 

For more information about a specific reporter and its uses, click on the photos below.