Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality reveals homologous recombination sub-pathway architecture
doi: 10.64898/2026.03.06.709881
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative images of γH2AX foci in U2OS ATRX G2 cells following transfection with the indicated siRNAs and subsequent irradiation are shown. (B) U2OS ATRX cells, with (blue) and without (green) doxycycline-induced ATRX expression, were transfected with the indicated siRNAs, and γH2AX foci were enumerated at 12 h following 2 Gy IR in EdU-negative G2 cells. Spontaneous foci were subtracted. Striped bars indicate TOP3A depletion. All data show mean ± SEM (n = 3). Results from individual experiments, each derived from 40 cells, are indicated. Knockdown was confirmed by western blotting. (C) U2OS ATRX cells, with (blue) and without (green) doxycycline-induced ATRX expression, were transfected with the indicated siRNAs. They were irradiated with 2 Gy, collected after 16h, and processed to obtain chromosome spreads. SCEs per spread were quantified and normalized to 70 chromosomes. Results from individual experiments, each derived from 40 cells, are indicated (left), and red horizontal lines indicate the mean. The bar graph shows the IR-induced SCE numbers (total SCEs after background subtraction) (right). IR-induced SCE data show mean ± SEM, and results from individual experiments are indicated. 120 spreads and >7,000 chromosomes per condition were analysed from three independent experiments. (D) U2OS cells were transfected with siCTRL, siRAD54L and/or siTOP3A, labeled with EdU, irradiated with 4 Gy, and then incubated with BrdU. Representative images of BrdU foci reflecting DNA repair synthesis in G2 cells are shown. (E) BrdU foci were enumerated in EdU-negative G2 cells. Spontaneous foci were subtracted. All data show mean ± SEM (n = 3). Results from individual experiments, each derived from 40 cells, are indicated. **P < 0.01 (two-tailed t test). (F) Model illustrating the regulation of HR sub-pathway usage by TOP3A in intrinsically ATRX-deficient U2OS cells. TOP3A acts as a positive SDSA-promoting HR factor together with RAD51AP1 and RAD54B to facilitate SDSA usage. Additionally, TOP3A indirectly inhibits the usage of the dHJ sub-pathway in ATRX-deficient cells. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001; ns: not significant (two-tailed t test).
Article Snippet: U2OS (ATCC), U2OS DR-GFP, HeLa-S3 cells (ATCC), HeLa EV, HeLa RAD54L, HeLa RAD54B KO, HeLa RAD51AP1 KO, HeLa ATRX KO and HeLa pGC cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM; Sigma), supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Bio&SELL), 1% non-essential amino acid (NEAA; Sigma-Aldrich) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (Sigma-Aldrich).
Techniques: Transfection, Irradiation, Expressing, Derivative Assay, Knockdown, Western Blot, Labeling, Incubation, Two Tailed Test