| Abstract: | The normal human fibroblast cell line (NHF8) derivd from normal adult foreskin was passaged successfully in cell culture for more than 400 days.The cells were fibro-blast-like and were grown in the cell culture media NO.I with 15% newborn calf serum and were subcultured by trypsinization at a 1 : 2 split ratio. The cell line had a log phase doubling time of 26 h and its growth curve appeared in "s" shape. The mode of the chromosomes of the cell line was 46 and its frequency of sister-chroma -tid exchange (SCE), induced by UV irradiation or not, was 0.143/per chromosome and 0.144/per chromosome respectively. The level of UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) was also normal. The results demonstrate that the cell line is normal human diploid fibroblast cell line with normal function of excision repair of DNA damage and can be used as control cells in many studies. |
