Biological Characteristics and Viral Susceptibility of a Stable Dog Kidney Cell Line

摘要

A cell line derived in 1956 from normal dog kidney is described. The cells are epithelial, contact-inhibited, and can be maintained in the same culture vessels for periods of more than 2.5 yr. Karyologically, the cells are hypodiploid was a modal number of 72 as opposed to the diploid number of 78. The karyotype indicates male origin of the cells and clonal derivation to extant cultures due to the presence of two marker chromosomes in all metaphases observed. At the 159th passage the dog kidney (DK) cells did not produce tumors in athymic rats. At last 13 viruses of various types produced transmissible cytopathogenic effect in the DK cells, including all of the human influenza viruses investigated.