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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 4, Pages 459-464Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200403021
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NHEJ; ATM; H2AX; V(D)J recombination; DNA repair
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA100109, R01 CA100109] Funding Source: Medline
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53BPI participates early in the DNA damage response and is involved in cell cycle checkpoint control. Moreover, the phenotype of mice and cells deficient in 53BP1 suggests a defect in DNA repair (Ward et al., 2003b). Therefore, we asked whether or not 53BPI would be required for the efficient repair of DNA double strand breaks. Our data indicate that homologous recombination by gene conversion does not depend on 53BPI. Moreover, 53BPI-deficient mice support normal V(D)J recombination, indicating that 53BP1 is not required for classic non-homologous end joining. However, class switch recombination is severely impaired in the absence of 53BP1, suggesting that 53BP1 facilitates DNA end joining in a way that is not required or redundant for the efficient closing of RAG-induced strand breaks. These findings are similar to those observed in mice or cells deficient in the tumor suppressors ATM and H2AX, further suggesting that the functions of ATM, H2AX, and 53BP1 are closely linked.
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