For native RIP, MDA-MB-231 extract was incubated with 10 μg of anti-Ku70 (Cat No:MA5-13110, Clone No:N3H10, Thermo), anti-Ku80 (Cat No:MA5-12933, Clone No:111, Thermo), anti-DNA-PKcs (Cat No: MA5-13404, Thermo) antibody or control IgG (Cat No:5415S, CST) and then with Protein A Sepharose beads. After a total of three washes in RIP buffer, beads were boiled in SDS buffer for Western blot, or resuspended in TRIzol reagent for real-time RT-PCR. UV-Crosslink RIP (CLIP) was performed as described34 (link)–36 (link). Briefly, UV-irradiated MDA-MB-231 cells were lysed in RSB-Triton buffer, incubated with anti-Ku70 (Cat No:MA5-13110, Clone No:N3H10, Thermo), anti-Ku80 (Cat No:MA5-12933, Clone No:111, Thermo), anti-DNA-PKcs (Cat No: MA5-13404, Thermo) antibody or control IgG (Cat No:5415S, CST), and then precipitated with Protein A Sepharose beads. Beads were then extracted for Western blot or real-time RT-PCR.