Table 1.

Sensitivity (LC50) of human breast cell lines to chemotherapeutic drugs

Cell line Receptor status Elevated MYC Paclitaxel Doxorubicin 
   µM µM 
MDA-MB-231 TN Yes 0.82 0.73 
HCC3153 TN Yes 0.15 >5.0 
BT549 TN Yes 0.14 0.61 
MCF10AMYC TN Yes 0.21 0.77 
SUM149 TN Yes 0.67 4.6 
HCC1428 RP No >5.0 0.72 
UACC812 RP No 1.3 0.85 
T47D RP No 0.06 0.37 
LY2 RP No >5.0 0.55 
SKBR3 RP Intermediate 0.05 0.91 
Cell line Receptor status Elevated MYC Paclitaxel Doxorubicin 
   µM µM 
MDA-MB-231 TN Yes 0.82 0.73 
HCC3153 TN Yes 0.15 >5.0 
BT549 TN Yes 0.14 0.61 
MCF10AMYC TN Yes 0.21 0.77 
SUM149 TN Yes 0.67 4.6 
HCC1428 RP No >5.0 0.72 
UACC812 RP No 1.3 0.85 
T47D RP No 0.06 0.37 
LY2 RP No >5.0 0.55 
SKBR3 RP Intermediate 0.05 0.91 

MYC protein expression by quantitative Western blotting in triple-negative (TN) and receptor-positive (RP) cell lines is indicated. No correlation between elevated MYC expression and sensitivity to paclitaxel or doxorubicin was observed (two-tailed Student’s t test).

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