(COLO 205, HCT 116, and SW620) and one normal human fetal small intestine
cell line (HIEC6) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection
(ATCC). COLO205, HCT116, and SW620 were grown in RPMI-1640 (Gibco)
supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), while HIEC-6 was grown
in OptiMEM 1 reduced serum medium (Gibco) supplemented with 20 mM
HEPES (Gibco), 10 mM GlutaMAX (Gibco), 10 ng/mL epidermal growth factor
(EGF) (Gibco), and FBS to a final concentration of 4%. All cells were
maintained at 37 °C with 5% CO2.
Cells were
rinsed with warm phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) before being trypsinized
with TrypLE Express Enzyme (1×) (Gibco) for 5–15 min at
37 °C with 5% CO2. The harvested material was then
spun at 1000 rpm for 5 min, rinsed once with warm PBS, and then resuspended
in ice-cold PBS. After cell count, replicates of 2 × 108 cells were pelleted and frozen at −80 °C until further
use.