Establishment and partial characterisation of a human fibrosarcoma cell line MR-83

We describe a mycoplasma-free human fibrosarcoma cell line, MR-83, which grows readily in liquid culture and as clones in semi-solid agar with a plating efficiency of about 0.5%. It has a stable karyotype consisting of a modal number of 49-51 chromosomes, with two translocations and a deletion. The cell line shows resistance to adriamycin in semi-solid agar assay, and responds to Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) by increased DNA synthesis, as measured by thymidine uptake.