Table 1 Summary of gene-targeting assays in LIG4−/−POLQ−/− cells.

From: Dual loss of human POLQ and LIG4 abolishes random integration

Target locus

Targeting vector

No. of cells treated ( × 106)

Gene-targeting efficiency

 

5′-arm

3′-arm

Selection marker*

  

HPRT

3.8 kb

5.1 kb

PPGK -Neo

40.0

100% (138/138)

HPRT

1.7 kb

2.8 kb

2A-Puro

24.0

100% (59/59)

AAVS1

4.4 kb

3.1 kb

PPGK -Neo

4.0

100% (8/8)

PRKDC

2.1 kb

5.1 kb

PPGK -Hyg

8.0

100% (3/3)

RAD54B

3.3 kb

4.5 kb

PPGK -Hyg

8.0

100% (5/5)

RAD54L

2.9 kb

3.6 kb

2A-Puro

8.0

100% (1/1)

TP53BP1

0.9 kb

1.5 kb

IRES-Hyg

8.0

100% (2/2)

  1. PPGK, PGK promoter; 2A, 2A peptide sequence.
  2. *It is noteworthy that although Hygr and Puror (hygromycin- and puromycin-resistance gene, respectively) have already been used to disrupt POLQ, increasing drug concentrations allowed us to reuse these genes as gene-targeting selection markers.