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Fig. 2 | Epigenetics & Chromatin

Fig. 2

From: Independent functions of DNMT1 and USP7 at replication foci

Fig. 2

Ablation of USP7 does not affect steady-state level of DNMT1 or global DNA methylation. a MEFs that lack USP7 after Cre-mediated excision of a Floxed allele of Usp7 show normal levels of DNMT1 (lane 2) but no detectable USP7 protein. Biological replicates are shown as Experiments 1 and 2. b Normal expression of DNMT1 and UHRF1 in human H1299 lung carcinoma cells containing an inducible shRNA against USP7 mRNA. Ablation of USP7 has no detectable effect on expression of other proteins. c Normal steady-state expression of USP7 in the absence of DNMT1 in ES cells. d Normal DNA methylation in MEFs that lack USP7. McrBC cleaves methylated DNA; HpaII cleaves unmethylated DNA at CCGG sites; MspI cleaves CCGG sites whether methylated or unmethylated. DNA from wild-type and Usp7−/− MEFs show similar patterns of resistance to both McrBC and HpaII. e Removal of USP7 by an inducible shRNA against USP7 from H1299 human lung carcinoma cells does not affect DNA methylation levels as assessed by resistance of DNA to HpaII. f LUMA analysis shows that DNA methylation is not measurably affected by removal of USP7. n = 2 (biological replicates). Error bars show standard deviations, center value is mean, and p values were calculated using the two-tailed t test

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