Interhomolog recombination and loss of heterozygosity in wild-type and Bloom syndrome helicase (BLM)-deficient mammalian cells

  • Jeannine R. LaRocque
    Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065;
  • Jeremy M. Stark
    Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065;
  • Jin Oh
    Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065;
  • Ekaterina Bojilova
    Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10065; and
  • Kosuke Yusa
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Kyoji Horie
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Junji Takeda
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
  • Maria Jasin
    Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065;

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<jats:p>Genomic integrity often is compromised in tumor cells, as illustrated by genetic alterations leading to loss of heterozygosity (LOH). One mechanism of LOH is mitotic crossover recombination between homologous chromosomes, potentially initiated by a double-strand break (DSB). To examine LOH associated with DSB-induced interhomolog recombination, we analyzed recombination events using a reporter in mouse embryonic stem cells derived from F1 hybrid embryos. In this study, we were able to identify LOH events although they occur only rarely in wild-type cells (≤2.5%). The low frequency of LOH during interhomolog recombination suggests that crossing over is rare in wild-type cells. Candidate factors that may suppress crossovers include the RecQ helicase deficient in Bloom syndrome cells (BLM), which is part of a complex that dissolves recombination intermediates. We analyzed interhomolog recombination in BLM-deficient cells and found that, although interhomolog recombination is slightly decreased in the absence of BLM, LOH is increased by fivefold or more, implying significantly increased interhomolog crossing over. These events frequently are associated with a second homologous recombination event, which may be related to the mitotic bivalent structure and/or the cell-cycle stage at which the initiating DSB occurs.</jats:p>

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