Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Distinct roles of BRCA2 in replication fork protection in response to hydroxyurea and DNA interstrand crosslinks
doi: 10.1101/811968
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Immunofluorescence images of RAD51 foci, 8h following 12 Gy ionizing radiation (IR) of BJ WT fibroblast and patient derived HSC62 fibroblast, detected with anti-RAD51 antibody. Third row images are individual cells enlarged to better demonstrate differences in RAD51 foci size. (B) Quantification of RAD51 foci 1h, 8h, and 24h following 12 Gy IR of BJ WT fibroblast and HSC62 fibroblast. Error bars indicate s.d. of two independent experiments (≥200 cells per experiment). (C) Quantification of RAD51 foci 8h after 12 Gy IR of BJ WT fibroblast, wild type HSC62 - (HSC62 WT ) clones 1-3, and HSC62 uncorrected patient cell line (HSC62 mut ). (D) Quantification of RAD51 foci 24h following 1h treatment with 3 µM MMC. Error bars indicate s.d. of three independent experiments (≥200 cells per experiment). (E) Quantification of RAD51 foci in isogenic BJ fibroblasts clones at 1h, 8h and 24h following 6 Gy IR of BJ WT fibroblasts, BJ WT fibroblast clone (BRCA2 WT ), BRCA2 8488-1G>A BJ clones 2-3, BRCA2 8524C>T BJ clones 1-2, and a BRCA2 homozygous truncation mutant, c.8531dupA (BRCA2 Trun ). Error bars indicate s.d. of three independent experiments (≥200 cells per experiment) (F) Representative images of RAD51 foci in isogenic BJ fibroblasts clones, 8h post 6 Gy IR, detected by immunofluorescence with anti-RAD51 antibody. Third row images are individual cells enlarged to better demonstrate differences in RAD51 foci size. (G) Quantification of RPA foci 24h following 1h treatment with 3 μM MMC of BJ WT fibroblast, CRISPR/Cas9 corrected wild type HSC62 clones (HSC62 WT ), and HSC62 uncorrected patient cell line (HSC62 mut ). (H) Quantification of RPA foci 24h following 1h treatment with 3 μM MMC in HSC62 mut cells depleted of DNA2, MRE11, EXO1, CTIP, WRN, or BLM by siRNA compared to luciferase control (Luc). Error bars indicate s.d. of four independent experiments. (I) Immunoblot analysis of RPA phosphorylation in isogenic BJ fibroblasts clones 24h post 1h treatment with 3 μM MMC. BRCA2 WT , BRCA2 8524C>T , and BRCA2 8488-1G>A BJ fibroblast cells were transfected with siRNA control luciferase (Luc) or siRNAs targeting DNA2 or WRN. (J-K) MMC cell survival of BJ BRCA2 WT , BRCA2 8488-1G>A , and BRCA2 8524C>T fibroblasts overexpressing (OE) WT RAD51 or empty vector (EV) control. Relative cell survival was normalized to untreated controls to give percent survival. Error bars indicate s.d.
Article Snippet: To correct the BRCA2 c.8488-1G>A variants in HSC62 fibroblasts, cells were transduced with the pCW-Cas9-Puro (addgene #50661) vector which contains a doxycycline inducible Cas9.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Derivative Assay, Clone Assay, Mutagenesis, CRISPR, Luciferase, Western Blot, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation