ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-17DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00779-y
Antonio Palazzo, Ilaria Piccolo, Crescenzio Francesco Minervini, Stefania Purgato, Oronzo Capozzi, Pietro D'Addabbo, Cosimo Cumbo, Francesco Albano, Mariano Rocchi, Claudia Rita Catacchio
{"title":"Genome characterization and CRISPR-Cas9 editing of a human neocentromere.","authors":"Antonio Palazzo, Ilaria Piccolo, Crescenzio Francesco Minervini, Stefania Purgato, Oronzo Capozzi, Pietro D'Addabbo, Cosimo Cumbo, Francesco Albano, Mariano Rocchi, Claudia Rita Catacchio","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00779-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00779-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The maintenance of genome integrity is ensured by proper chromosome inheritance during mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. The chromosomal counterpart responsible for chromosome segregation to daughter cells is the centromere, at which the spindle apparatus attaches through the kinetochore. Although all mammalian centromeres are primarily composed of megabase-long repetitive sequences, satellite-free human neocentromeres have been described. Neocentromeres and evolutionary new centromeres have revolutionized traditional knowledge about centromeres. Over the past 20 years, insights have been gained into their organization, but in spite of these advancements, the mechanisms underlying their formation and evolution are still unclear. Today, through modern and increasingly accessible genome editing and long-read sequencing techniques, research in this area is undergoing a sudden acceleration. In this article, we describe the primary sequence of a previously described human chromosome 3 neocentromere and observe its possible evolution and repair results after a chromosome breakage induced through CRISPR-Cas9 technologies. Our data represent an exciting advancement in the field of centromere/neocentromere evolution and chromosome stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":" ","pages":"239-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674717/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40704624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-10-11DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00782-3
Osman Demirhan, Erdal Tunç
{"title":"Cytogenetic status of patients with congenital malformations or suspected chromosomal abnormalities in Turkey: a comprehensive cytogenetic survey of 11,420 patients.","authors":"Osman Demirhan, Erdal Tunç","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00782-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00782-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cytogenetic analysis is helpful in diagnostic workup of patients having prenatal or early postnatal medical problems and provides a basis for genetic counseling or deciding on clinical treatment options. Chromosomal abnormalities (CAs) constitute one of the most important category of genetic defects which have the potential to cause irreversible disorders. In this study, chromosome analysis results of 11,420 patients having congenital malformations or suspected of having chromosomal abnormalities, who were referred to Çukurova University Research and Training Hospital Cytogenetic Laboratory over a 16-year period, were investigated, retrospectively. Of all patients analyzed, CAs were found in 1768 cases, accounting for 15.5% of all cases. It was observed that 1175 (15.5%) of CAs were numerical (10.3%) and 593 (5.2%) were structural chromosome abnormalities. Among numerical CAs, Down syndrome (DS), Turner syndrome (TS) and Klinefelter syndrome (KS) constituted common categories which were observed in 7, 1.1 and 0.9% of all cases, respectively. Among the structural CAs, translocations, inversions, fragilities, deletions,, and others were the most common categories and constituted 2.2, 0.9, 0.9, 0.7, 0.3, and 0.3% of all cases, respectively. The sex ratio (male/female) of all cases was 1.01 and of DS cases was 1.6. Our results further confirmed that cytogenetic analysis is necessary in terms of making definite diagnosis of genetic disorders, providing proper genetic counseling and clinical treatment, assessing the recurrence risk, and preventing the hereditary genetic diseases and disorders. Besides, such studies will greatly assist in constituting national and international databases or records of genetic disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 4","pages":"225-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33500097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-12DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00777-0
M Solé, J Blanco, D Gil, O Valero, B Cárdenas, G Fonseka, E Anton, Á Pascual, R Frodsham, F Vidal, Z Sarrate
{"title":"Time to match; when do homologous chromosomes become closer?","authors":"M Solé, J Blanco, D Gil, O Valero, B Cárdenas, G Fonseka, E Anton, Á Pascual, R Frodsham, F Vidal, Z Sarrate","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00777-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00777-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In most eukaryotes, pairing of homologous chromosomes is an essential feature of meiosis that ensures homologous recombination and segregation. However, when the pairing process begins, it is still under investigation. Contrasting data exists in Mus musculus, since both leptotene DSB-dependent and preleptotene DSB-independent mechanisms have been described. To unravel this contention, we examined homologous pairing in pre-meiotic and meiotic Mus musculus cells using a three-dimensional fluorescence in situ hybridization-based protocol, which enables the analysis of the entire karyotype using DNA painting probes. Our data establishes in an unambiguously manner that 73.83% of homologous chromosomes are already paired at premeiotic stages (spermatogonia-early preleptotene spermatocytes). The percentage of paired homologous chromosomes increases to 84.60% at mid-preleptotene-zygotene stage, reaching 100% at pachytene stage. Importantly, our results demonstrate a high percentage of homologous pairing observed before the onset of meiosis; this pairing does not occur randomly, as the percentage was higher than that observed in somatic cells (19.47%) and between nonhomologous chromosomes (41.1%). Finally, we have also observed that premeiotic homologous pairing is asynchronous and independent of the chromosome size, GC content, or presence of NOR regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":" ","pages":"193-205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9674740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40608744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-29DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00780-5
Tatiana Kulikova, Antonina Maslova, Polina Starshova, Juan Sebastian Rodriguez Ramos, Alla Krasikova
{"title":"Comparison of the somatic TADs and lampbrush chromomere-loop complexes in transcriptionally active prophase I oocytes.","authors":"Tatiana Kulikova, Antonina Maslova, Polina Starshova, Juan Sebastian Rodriguez Ramos, Alla Krasikova","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00780-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00780-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In diplotene oocyte nuclei of all vertebrate species, except mammals, chromosomes lack interchromosomal contacts and chromatin is linearly compartmentalized into distinct chromomere-loop complexes forming lampbrush chromosomes. However, the mechanisms underlying the formation of chromomere-loop complexes remain unexplored. Here we aimed to compare somatic topologically associating domains (TADs), recently identified in chicken embryonic fibroblasts, with chromomere-loop complexes in lampbrush meiotic chromosomes. By measuring 3D-distances and colocalization between linear equidistantly located genomic loci, positioned within one TAD or separated by a TAD border, we confirmed the presence of predicted TADs in chicken embryonic fibroblast nuclei. Using three-colored FISH with BAC probes, we mapped equidistant genomic regions included in several sequential somatic TADs on isolated chicken lampbrush chromosomes. Eight genomic regions, each comprising two or three somatic TADs, were mapped to non-overlapping neighboring lampbrush chromatin domains - lateral loops, chromomeres, or chromomere-loop complexes. Genomic loci from the neighboring somatic TADs could localize in one lampbrush chromomere-loop complex, while genomic loci belonging to the same somatic TAD could be localized in neighboring lampbrush chromomere-loop domains. In addition, FISH-mapping of BAC probes to the nascent transcripts on the lateral loops indicates transcription of at least 17 protein-coding genes and 2 non-coding RNA genes during the lampbrush stage of chicken oogenesis, including genes involved in oocyte maturation and early embryo development.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 4","pages":"207-223"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33441560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-10-11DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00781-4
Ana E Gasparotto, Diogo Milani, Emiliano Martí, Ana Beatriz S M Ferretti, Vanessa B Bardella, Frederico Hickmann, Magda Zrzavá, František Marec, Diogo C Cabral-de-Mello
{"title":"A step forward in the genome characterization of the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis: karyotype analysis, sex chromosome system and repetitive DNAs through a cytogenomic approach.","authors":"Ana E Gasparotto, Diogo Milani, Emiliano Martí, Ana Beatriz S M Ferretti, Vanessa B Bardella, Frederico Hickmann, Magda Zrzavá, František Marec, Diogo C Cabral-de-Mello","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00781-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00781-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Moths of the family Crambidae include a number of pests that cause economic losses to agricultural crops. Despite their economic importance, little is known about their genome architecture and chromosome evolution. Here, we characterized the chromosomes and repetitive DNA of the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis using a combination of low-pass genome sequencing, bioinformatics, and cytogenetic methods, focusing on the sex chromosomes. Diploid chromosome numbers differed between the sexes, i.e., 2n = 33 in females and 2n = 34 in males. This difference was caused by the occurrence of a WZ<sub>1</sub>Z<sub>2</sub> trivalent in female meiosis, indicating a multiple sex-chromosome system WZ<sub>1</sub>Z<sub>2</sub>/Z<sub>1</sub>Z<sub>1</sub>Z<sub>2</sub>Z<sub>2</sub>. A strong interstitial telomeric signal was observed on the W chromosome, indicating a fusion of the ancestral W chromosome with an autosome. Among repetitive DNAs, transposable elements (TEs) accounted for 39.18% (males) to 41.35% (females), while satDNAs accounted for only 0.214% (males) and 0.215% (females) of the genome. FISH mapping revealed different chromosomal organization of satDNAs, such as single localized clusters, spread repeats, and non-clustered repeats. Two TEs mapped by FISH were scattered. Although we found a slight enrichment of some satDNAs in the female genome, they were not differentially enriched on the W chromosome. However, we found enriched FISH signals for TEs on the W chromosome, suggesting their involvement in W chromosome degeneration and differentiation. These data shed light on karyotype and repetitive DNA dynamics due to multiple chromosome fusions in D. saccharalis, contribute to the understanding of genome structure in Lepidoptera and are important for future genomic studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 4","pages":"253-267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33500098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-09-01Epub Date: 2022-04-30DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00773-4
Mila Ilić, Irene C Zaalberg, Jonne A Raaijmakers, René H Medema
{"title":"Life of double minutes: generation, maintenance, and elimination.","authors":"Mila Ilić, Irene C Zaalberg, Jonne A Raaijmakers, René H Medema","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00773-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00412-022-00773-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advances in genome sequencing have revealed a type of extrachromosomal DNA, historically named double minutes (also referred to as ecDNA), to be common in a wide range of cancer types, but not in healthy tissues. These cancer-associated circular DNA molecules contain one or a few genes that are amplified when double minutes accumulate. Double minutes harbor oncogenes or drug resistance genes that contribute to tumor aggressiveness through copy number amplification in combination with favorable epigenetic properties. Unequal distribution of double minutes over daughter cells contributes to intratumoral heterogeneity, thereby increasing tumor adaptability. In this review, we discuss various models delineating the mechanism of generation of double minutes. Furthermore, we highlight how double minutes are maintained, how they evolve, and discuss possible mechanisms driving their elimination.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 1","pages":"107-125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470669/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48307019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-09-01Epub Date: 2022-07-30DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00775-2
Hadeel T Zedan, Fatma H Ali, Hatem Zayed
{"title":"The spectrum of chromosomal translocations in the Arab world: ethnic-specific chromosomal translocations and their relevance to diseases.","authors":"Hadeel T Zedan, Fatma H Ali, Hatem Zayed","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00775-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00412-022-00775-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chromosomal translocations (CTs) are the most common type of structural chromosomal abnormalities in humans. CTs have been reported in several studies in the Arab world, but the frequency and spectrum of these translocations are not well characterized. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review to estimate the frequency and spectrum of CTs in the 22 Arab countries. Four literature databases were searched: PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science, from the time of inception until July 2021. A combination of broad search terms was used to collect all possible CTs reported in the Arab world. In addition to the literature databases, all captured CTs were searched in three chromosomal rearrangement databases (Mitelman Database, CytoD 1.0 Database, and the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Hematology), along with PubMed and Google Scholar, to check whether the CTs are unique to the Arabs or shared between Arabs and non-Arabs. A total of 9,053 titles and abstracts were screened, of which 168 studies met our inclusion criteria, and 378 CTs were identified in 15 Arab countries, of which 57 CTs were unique to Arab patients. Approximately 89% of the identified CTs involved autosomal chromosomes. Three CTs, t(9;22), t(13;14), and t(14;18), showed the highest frequency, which were associated with hematological malignancies, recurrent pregnancy loss, and follicular lymphoma, respectively. Complex CTs were commonly reported among Arabs, with a total of 44 CTs, of which 12 were unique to Arabs. This is the first study to focus on the spectrum of CTs in the Arab world and compressively map the ethnic-specific CTs relevant to cancer. It seems that there is a distinctive genotype of Arabs with CTs, of which some manifested with unique clinical phenotypes. Although ethnic-specific CTs are highly relevant to disease mechanism, they are understudied and need to be thoroughly addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":" ","pages":"127-146"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470631/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40662353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s00412-021-00766-9
Mariya Shtumpf, Kristan V Piroeva, Shivam P Agrawal, Divya R Jacob, Vladimir B Teif
{"title":"NucPosDB: a database of nucleosome positioning in vivo and nucleosomics of cell-free DNA.","authors":"Mariya Shtumpf, Kristan V Piroeva, Shivam P Agrawal, Divya R Jacob, Vladimir B Teif","doi":"10.1007/s00412-021-00766-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-021-00766-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nucleosome positioning is involved in many gene regulatory processes happening in the cell, and it may change as cells differentiate or respond to the changing microenvironment in a healthy or diseased organism. One important implication of nucleosome positioning in clinical epigenetics is its use in the \"nucleosomics\" analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for the purpose of patient diagnostics in liquid biopsies. The rationale for this is that the apoptotic nucleases that digest chromatin of the dying cells mostly cut DNA between nucleosomes. Thus, the short pieces of DNA in body fluids reflect the positions of nucleosomes in the cells of origin. Here, we report a systematic nucleosomics database - NucPosDB - curating published nucleosome positioning datasets in vivo as well as datasets of sequenced cell-free DNA (cfDNA) that reflect nucleosome positioning in situ in the cells of origin. Users can select subsets of the database by a number of criteria and then obtain raw or processed data. NucPosDB also reports the originally determined regions with stable nucleosome occupancy across several individuals with a given condition. An additional section provides a catalogue of computational tools for the analysis of nucleosome positioning or cfDNA experiments and theoretical algorithms for the prediction of nucleosome positioning preferences from DNA sequence. We provide an overview of the field, describe the structure of the database in this context, and demonstrate data variability using examples of different medical conditions. NucPosDB is useful both for the analysis of fundamental gene regulation processes and the training of computational models for patient diagnostics based on cfDNA. The database currently curates ~ 400 publications on nucleosome positioning in cell lines and in situ as well as cfDNA from > 10,000 patients and healthy volunteers. For open-access cfDNA datasets as well as key MNase-seq datasets in human cells, NucPosDB allows downloading processed mapped data in addition to the regions with stable nucleosome occupancy. NucPosDB is available at https://generegulation.org/nucposdb/ .</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 1-2","pages":"19-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776978/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9236121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00767-2
Samadri Ghosh, Christian F Lehner
{"title":"Incorporation of CENP-A/CID into centromeres during early Drosophila embryogenesis does not require RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription.","authors":"Samadri Ghosh, Christian F Lehner","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00767-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00767-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In many species, centromere identity is specified epigenetically by special nucleosomes containing a centromere-specific histone H3 variant, designated as CENP-A in humans and CID in Drosophila melanogaster. After partitioning of centromere-specific nucleosomes onto newly replicated sister centromeres, loading of additional CENP-A/CID into centromeric chromatin is required for centromere maintenance in proliferating cells. Analyses with cultured cells have indicated that transcription of centromeric DNA by RNA polymerase II is required for deposition of new CID into centromere chromatin. However, a dependence of centromeric CID loading on transcription is difficult to reconcile with the notion that the initial embryonic stages appear to proceed in the absence of transcription in Drosophila, as also in many other animal species. To address the role of RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription for CID loading in early Drosophila embryos, we have quantified the effects of alpha-amanitin and triptolide on centromeric CID-EGFP levels. Our analyses demonstrate that microinjection of these two potent inhibitors of RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription has at most a marginal effect on centromeric CID deposition during progression through the early embryonic cleavage cycles. Thus, we conclude that at least during early Drosophila embryogenesis, incorporation of CID into centromeres does not depend on RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 1-2","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9079035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9236108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChromosomaPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s00412-022-00772-5
Zhen-Yu She, Ning Zhong, Ya-Lan Wei
{"title":"Kinesin-5 Eg5 mediates centrosome separation to control spindle assembly in spermatocytes.","authors":"Zhen-Yu She, Ning Zhong, Ya-Lan Wei","doi":"10.1007/s00412-022-00772-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-022-00772-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Timely and accurate centrosome separation is critical for bipolar spindle organization and faithful chromosome segregation during cell division. Kinesin-5 Eg5 is essential for centrosome separation and spindle organization in somatic cells; however, the detailed functions and mechanisms of Eg5 in spermatocytes remain unclear. In this study, we show that Eg5 proteins are located at spindle microtubules and centrosomes in spermatocytes both in vivo and in vitro. We reveal that the spermatocytes are arrested at metaphase I in seminiferous tubules after Eg5 inhibition. Eg5 ablation results in cell cycle arrest, the formation of monopolar spindle, and chromosome misalignment in cultured GC-2 spd cells. Importantly, we find that the long-term inhibition of Eg5 results in an increased number of centrosomes and chromosomal instability in spermatocytes. Our findings indicate that Eg5 mediates centrosome separation to control spindle assembly and chromosome alignment in spermatocytes, which finally contribute to chromosome stability and faithful cell division of the spermatocytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10248,"journal":{"name":"Chromosoma","volume":"131 1-2","pages":"87-105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9230306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}