Table I.

Effect of AID deficiency of IgH locus stability in activated B cells deficient for DNA-PKcs, Artemis, or ATM

Genotype
No. mice (no. metaphases)
% Metaphases with IgH locus breaks (ave ± SD)
DNA-PKcs/AID   
    HL 3 (150) 2.0 ± 2.0 
    AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    DNA-PKcs−/−/HC/LC 3 (150) 15.3 ± 3.1 
    DNA-PKcs−/−/     AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
Artemis/AID   
    HL 2 (100) 1.0 ± 1.4 
    AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    Artemis−/−/HC/LC 6 (300) 9.7 ± 2.7 
    Artemis−/−/     AID−/−/HC/LC 3 (150) 0.0 ± 0.0 
ATM/AID   
    wild-type 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    AID−/− 1 (50) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    ATM−/− 3 (150) 18.0 ± 4.0 
    ATM−/−/ AID−/− 3 (150) 8.0 ± 2.0 
Genotype
No. mice (no. metaphases)
% Metaphases with IgH locus breaks (ave ± SD)
DNA-PKcs/AID   
    HL 3 (150) 2.0 ± 2.0 
    AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    DNA-PKcs−/−/HC/LC 3 (150) 15.3 ± 3.1 
    DNA-PKcs−/−/     AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
Artemis/AID   
    HL 2 (100) 1.0 ± 1.4 
    AID−/−/HC/LC 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    Artemis−/−/HC/LC 6 (300) 9.7 ± 2.7 
    Artemis−/−/     AID−/−/HC/LC 3 (150) 0.0 ± 0.0 
ATM/AID   
    wild-type 2 (100) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    AID−/− 1 (50) 0.0 ± 0.0 
    ATM−/− 3 (150) 18.0 ± 4.0 
    ATM−/−/ AID−/− 3 (150) 8.0 ± 2.0 

B cells of the indicated genotypes were activated with α-CD40/IL-4 for 4 d, and metaphase spreads were hybridized with BAC probes flanking IgH (3′ and 5′ IgH). IgH locus-specific breaks (end-dissociated probes) were scored in 50 metaphases per culture. See Table S3 for data on individual cultures.

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