Figure 8.
Cells lacking the Brca1–Ctip interaction are proficient for the MMEJ and SSA pathways of DSB repair. ES cells harboring either the EJ2-GFP (A and B; to measure MMEJ repair) or SA-GFP (C and D; to measure SSA repair) substrate integrated into the Pim1 or Hprt locus, respectively, were transfected with either an I-SceI expression vector or the empty vector. (B) I-SceI expression induced similar levels of GFP-positive cells in cultures of isogenic Ctip+/− (subclones 1 and 2) and CtipS326A/− (subclones 3 and 4) cells with the EJ2-GFP substrate, indicating that the Ctip–S326A mutation does not affect MMEJ. (D) Likewise, I-SceI expression induced comparable levels of GFP-positive cells in cultures of isogenic Ctip+/− (subclones 1 and 2) and CtipS326A/− (subclones 3, 4, and 5) cells with the SA-GFP substrate, indicating that the Ctip–S326A mutation does not affect SSA.
