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Lima JT, Ferreira JG. Mechanobiology of the nucleus during the G2-M transition. Nucleus 2024; 15:2330947. [PMID: 38533923 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2024.2330947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Cellular behavior is continuously influenced by mechanical forces. These forces span the cytoskeleton and reach the nucleus, where they trigger mechanotransduction pathways that regulate downstream biochemical events. Therefore, the nucleus has emerged as a regulator of cellular response to mechanical stimuli. Cell cycle progression is regulated by cyclin-CDK complexes. Recent studies demonstrated these biochemical pathways are influenced by mechanical signals, highlighting the interdependence of cellular mechanics and cell cycle regulation. In particular, the transition from G2 to mitosis (G2-M) shows significant changes in nuclear structure and organization, ranging from nuclear pore complex (NPC) and nuclear lamina disassembly to chromosome condensation. The remodeling of these mechanically active nuclear components indicates that mitotic entry is particularly sensitive to forces. Here, we address how mechanical forces crosstalk with the nucleus to determine the timing and efficiency of the G2-M transition. Finally, we discuss how the deregulation of nuclear mechanics has consequences for mitosis.
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- Joana T Lima
- Epithelial Polarity and Cell Division Laboratory, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Unidade de Biologia Experimental, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Programa Doutoral em Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Epithelial Polarity and Cell Division Laboratory, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biomedicina, Unidade de Biologia Experimental, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Mori M, Koshiguchi M, Takenouchi O, Mukose MA, Takase HM, Mishina T, Mei H, Kihara M, Abe T, Inoue A, Kitajima TS. Aging-associated reduction of chromosomal histones in mammalian oocytes. Genes Cells 2024; 29:808-819. [PMID: 39044347 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 07/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
Mammalian oocytes undergo a long-term meiotic arrest that can last for almost the entire reproductive lifespan. This arrest occurs after DNA replication and is prolonged with age, which poses a challenge to oocytes in maintaining replication-dependent chromosomal proteins required for the completion of meiosis. In this study, we show that chromosomal histones are reduced with age in mouse oocytes. Both types of histone H3 variants, replication-dependent H3.1/H3.2 and replication-independent H3.3, decrease with age. Aging-associated histone reduction is associated with transcriptomic features that are caused by genetic depletion of histone H3.3. Neither the genetic reduction of chromosomal H3.1/H3.2 nor H3.3 accelerates the aging-associated increase in premature chromosome separation that causes meiotic segregation errors. We suggest that aging-associated reduction of chromosomal histones is linked to several transcriptomic abnormalities but does not significantly contribute to errors in meiotic chromosome segregation during the reproductive lifespan of mice.
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- Masashi Mori
- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Epigenome Inheritance, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Epigenome Inheritance, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Li K, Qi Z, Xie Z, Li W, Yang X, Zhai Y, Zhou X, Xie X, Song W. TDMPP activation of estrogen receptor 2a regulates smc2 and p53 signaling to interfere with liver development in zebrafish (Danio rerio). JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 477:135379. [PMID: 39096633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 07/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
Abstract
Tris (2,6-dimethylphenyl) phosphate (TDMPP), a novel organic phosphorus flame retardant (OPFR), has been found to have estrogenic activity. Estrogens are critical in regulating various biological responses during liver development. However, the effects of TDMPP on zebrafish liver development remain largely unexplored. Here, we utilized a chemical genetic screening approach to assess the estrogenic effects of TDMPP on liver development and to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism. Our findings revealed that zebrafish larvae exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of TDMPP (0.05 and 0.5 μM) exhibited concentration-dependent liver impairments, including reduced liver size, histopathological changes, and hepatocyte apoptosis. In addition, E2 caused similar adverse effects to TDMPP, but the pharmacological blockade of estrogen synthesis alleviated the effects on liver development. Chemical inhibitors and morpholino knockdown assays indicated that the reduction of esr2a blocked TDMPP-induced liver impairments, which was further confirmed in the esr2a-/- mutant line. Subsequently, transcriptomic analysis showed that the estrogen receptor activated by TDMPP inhibited the expression of smc2, which was linked to the suppression of liver development through p53 activation. Consistently, overexpression of smc2 and inhibition of p53 evidently rescued hepatic damages induced by TDMPP. Taken together, the above findings identified esr2a, downstream smc2, and p53 as important regulators for the estrogenic effects of TDMPP on liver development. Our work fills crucial gaps in the current knowledge of TDMPP's hepatotoxicity, providing new insights into the adverse effects of TDMPP and the molecular mechanisms of action. These findings underscore the need for further ecological risk assessment and regulatory considerations.
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- Keying Li
- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- China Zebrafish Resource Center, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Genetics and Environmental Medicine, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
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Samejima K, Gibcus JH, Abraham S, Cisneros-Soberanis F, Samejima I, Beckett AJ, Pučeková N, Abad MA, Medina-Pritchard B, Paulson JR, Xie L, Jeyaprakash AA, Prior IA, Mirny LA, Dekker J, Goloborodko A, Earnshaw WC. Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.18.590027. [PMID: 38659940 PMCID: PMC11042376 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.18.590027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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During mitosis, interphase chromatin is rapidly converted into rod-shaped mitotic chromosomes. Using Hi-C, imaging, proteomics and polymer modeling, we determine how the activity and interplay between loop-extruding SMC motors accomplishes this dramatic transition. Our work reveals rules of engagement for SMC complexes that are critical for allowing cells to refold interphase chromatin into mitotic chromosomes. We find that condensin disassembles interphase chromatin loop organization by evicting or displacing extrusive cohesin. In contrast, condensin bypasses cohesive cohesins, thereby maintaining sister chromatid cohesion while separating the sisters. Studies of mitotic chromosomes formed by cohesin, condensin II and condensin I alone or in combination allow us to develop new models of mitotic chromosome conformation. In these models, loops are consecutive and not overlapping, implying that condensins do not freely pass one another but stall upon encountering each other. The dynamics of Hi-C interactions and chromosome morphology reveal that during prophase loops are extruded in vivo at ~1-3 kb/sec by condensins as they form a disordered discontinuous helical scaffold within individual chromatids.
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- Kumiko Samejima
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School; Worcester, USA
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- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool; Liverpool, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Oshkosh, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Oshkosh, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
- Gene Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool; Liverpool, UK
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- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School; Worcester, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Chevy Chase, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh, UK
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Yoshida MM, Kinoshita K, Shintomi K, Aizawa Y, Hirano T. Regulation of condensin II by self-suppression and release mechanisms. Mol Biol Cell 2024; 35:ar21. [PMID: 38088875 PMCID: PMC10881152 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-10-0392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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In vertebrates, two distinct condensin complexes, condensin I and condensin II, cooperate to drive mitotic chromosome assembly. It remains largely unknown how the two complexes differentially contribute to this process at a mechanistic level. We have previously dissected the role of individual subunits of condensin II by introducing recombinant complexes into Xenopus egg extracts. Here we extend these efforts by introducing a modified functional assay using extracts depleted of topoisomerase IIα (topo IIα), which allows us to further elucidate the functional similarities and differences between condensin I and condensin II. The intrinsically disordered C-terminal region of the CAP-D3 subunit (the D3 C-tail) is a major target of Cdk1 phosphorylation, and phosphorylation-deficient mutations in this region impair condensin II functions. We also identify a unique helical structure in CAP-D3 (the D3 HEAT docker) that is predicted to directly interact with CAP-G2. Deletion of the D3 HEAT docker, along with the D3 C-tail, enhances the ability of condensin II to assemble mitotic chromosomes. Taken together, we propose a self-suppression mechanism unique to condensin II that is released by mitotic phosphorylation. Evolutionary implications of our findings are also discussed.
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- Makoto M. Yoshida
- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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El Yakoubi W, Akera T. Condensin dysfunction is a reproductive isolating barrier in mice. Nature 2023; 623:347-355. [PMID: 37914934 PMCID: PMC11379054 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06700-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Reproductive isolation occurs when the genomes of two populations accumulate genetic incompatibilities that prevent interbreeding1,2. Understanding of hybrid incompatibility at the cell biology level is limited, particularly in the case of hybrid female sterility3. Here we find that species divergence in condensin regulation and centromere organization between two mouse species, Mus musculus domesticus and Mus spretus, drives chromosome decondensation and mis-segregation in their F1 hybrid oocytes, reducing female fertility. The decondensation in hybrid oocytes was especially prominent at pericentromeric major satellites, which are highly abundant at M. m. domesticus centromeres4-6, leading to species-specific chromosome mis-segregation and egg aneuploidy. Consistent with the condensation defects, a chromosome structure protein complex, condensin II7,8, was reduced on hybrid oocyte chromosomes. We find that the condensin II subunit NCAPG2 was specifically reduced in the nucleus in prophase and that overexpressing NCAPG2 rescued both the decondensation and egg aneuploidy phenotypes. In addition to the overall reduction in condensin II on chromosomes, major satellites further reduced condensin II levels locally, explaining why this region is particularly prone to decondensation. Together, this study provides cell biological insights into hybrid incompatibility in female meiosis and demonstrates that condensin misregulation and pericentromeric satellite expansion can establish a reproductive isolating barrier in mammals.
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- Warif El Yakoubi
- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Many cellular processes require large-scale rearrangements of chromatin structure. Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are molecular machines that can provide structure to chromatin. These complexes can connect DNA elements in cis, walk along DNA, build and processively enlarge DNA loops and connect DNA molecules in trans to hold together the sister chromatids. These DNA-shaping abilities place SMC complexes at the heart of many DNA-based processes, including chromosome segregation in mitosis, transcription control and DNA replication, repair and recombination. In this Review, we discuss the latest insights into how SMC complexes such as cohesin, condensin and the SMC5-SMC6 complex shape DNA to direct these fundamental chromosomal processes. We also consider how SMC complexes, by building chromatin loops, can counteract the natural tendency of alike chromatin regions to cluster. SMC complexes thus control nuclear organization by participating in a molecular tug of war that determines the architecture of our genome.
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- Claire Hoencamp
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Spicer MFD, Gerlich DW. The material properties of mitotic chromosomes. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 81:102617. [PMID: 37279615 PMCID: PMC10448380 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chromosomes transform during the cell cycle, allowing transcription and replication during interphase and chromosome segregation during mitosis. Morphological changes are thought to be driven by the combined effects of DNA loop extrusion and a chromatin solubility phase transition. By extruding the chromatin fibre into loops, condensins enrich at an axial core and provide resistance to spindle pulling forces. Mitotic chromosomes are further compacted by deacetylation of histone tails, rendering chromatin insoluble and resistant to penetration by microtubules. Regulation of surface properties by Ki-67 allows independent chromosome movement in early mitosis and clustering during mitotic exit. Recent progress has provided insight into how the extraordinary material properties of chromatin emerge from these activities, and how these properties facilitate faithful chromosome segregation.
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- Maximilian F D Spicer
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), 1030, Vienna, Austria; Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, Doctoral School of the University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, A-1030, Vienna, Austria. https://twitter.com/Spicer__Max
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), 1030, Vienna, Austria.
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Liu J, Rahim F, Zhou J, Fan S, Jiang H, Yu C, Chen J, Xu J, Yang G, Shah W, Zubair M, Khan A, Li Y, Shah B, Zhao D, Iqbal F, Jiang X, Guo T, Xu P, Xu B, Wu L, Ma H, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Shi Q. Loss-of-function variants in KCTD19 cause non-obstructive azoospermia in humans. iScience 2023; 26:107193. [PMID: 37485353 PMCID: PMC10362269 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Azoospermia is a significant cause of male infertility, with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) being the most severe type of spermatogenic failure. NOA is mostly caused by congenital factors, but our understanding of its genetic causes is very limited. Here, we identified a frameshift variant (c.201_202insAC, p.Tyr68Thrfs∗17) and two nonsense variants (c.1897C>T, p.Gln633∗; c.2005C>T, p.Gln669∗) in KCTD19 (potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 19) from two unrelated infertile Chinese men and a consanguineous Pakistani family with three infertile brothers. Testicular histological analyses revealed meiotic metaphase I (MMI) arrest in the affected individuals. Mice modeling KCTD19 variants recapitulated the same MMI arrest phenotype due to severe disrupted individualization of MMI chromosomes. Further analysis showed a complete loss of KCTD19 protein in both Kctd19 mutant mouse testes and affected individual testes. Collectively, our findings demonstrate the pathogenicity of the identified KCTD19 variants and highlight an essential role of KCTD19 in MMI chromosome individualization.
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- Junyan Liu
- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Zoology Division, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Hainan Jinghua Hejing Hospital for Reproductive Medicine, Hainan 570125, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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Proteomic Analysis of Murine Bone Marrow Very Small Embryonic-like Stem Cells at Steady-State Conditions and after In Vivo Stimulation by Nicotinamide and Follicle-Stimulating Factor Reflects their Germ-Lineage Origin and Multi Germ Layer Differentiation Potential. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2023; 19:120-132. [PMID: 35986128 PMCID: PMC9823037 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-022-10445-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) are a dormant population of development early stem cells deposited in adult tissues that as demonstrated contribute to tissue/organ repair and regeneration. We postulated developmental relationship of these cells to migrating primordial germ cells (PGCs) and explained the quiescent state of these cells by the erasure of differently methylated regions (DMRs) at some of the paternally imprinted genes involved in embryogenesis. Recently, we reported that VSELs began to proliferate and expand in vivo in murine bone marrow (BM) after exposure to nicotinamide (NAM) and selected pituitary and gonadal sex hormones. In the current report, we performed proteomic analysis of VSELs purified from murine bone marrow (BM) after repeated injections of NAM + Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) that in our previous studies turned out to be an effective combination to expand these cells. By employing the Gene Ontology (GO) resources, we have performed a combination of standard GO annotations (GO-CAM) to produce a network between BM steady-state conditions VSELs (SSC-VSELS) and FSH + NAM expanded VSELs (FSH + NAM VSELs). We have identified several GO biological processes regulating development, organogenesis, gene expression, signal transduction, Wnt signaling, insulin signaling, cytoskeleton organization, cell adhesion, inhibiting apoptosis, responses to extra- and intracellular stimuli, protein transport and stabilization, protein phosphorylation and ubiquitination, DNA repair, immune response, and regulation of circadian rhythm. We report that VSELs express a unique panel of proteins that only partially overlapped with the proteome of BM - derived hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and hematopoietic mononuclear cells (MNCs) and respond to FSH + NAM stimulation by expressing proteins involved in the development of all three germ layers. Thus, our current data supports further germ-lineage origin and multi germ layer differentiation potential of these cells.
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Ectopic expression of meiotic cohesin generates chromosome instability in cancer cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2204071119. [PMID: 36179046 PMCID: PMC9549395 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204071119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This work originated from mining of cancer genome data and proceeded to analyze the effects of ectopic expression of meiotic cohesins in mitotic cells in culture. In the process, apart from conclusively answering the question on mechanisms for RAD21L toxicity and its underrepresentation in tumor transcriptomes, we found an association of meiotic cohesin binding with BORIS/CTCFL sites in the normal testis. We also elucidated the patterns and outcomes of meiotic cohesin binding to chromosomes in model cell lines. Furthermore, we uncovered that RAD21L-based meiotic cohesin possesses a self-contained chromosome restructuring activity able to trigger sustainable but imperfect mitotic arrest leading to chromosomal instability. The discovered epigenomic and genetic mechanisms can be relevant to chromosome instability in cancer. Many tumors express meiotic genes that could potentially drive somatic chromosome instability. While germline cohesin subunits SMC1B, STAG3, and REC8 are widely expressed in many cancers, messenger RNA and protein for RAD21L subunit are expressed at very low levels. To elucidate the potential of meiotic cohesins to contribute to genome instability, their expression was investigated in human cell lines, predominately in DLD-1. While the induction of the REC8 complex resulted in a mild mitotic phenotype, the expression of the RAD21L complex produced an arrested but viable cell pool, thus providing a source of DNA damage, mitotic chromosome missegregation, sporadic polyteny, and altered gene expression. We also found that genomic binding profiles of ectopically expressed meiotic cohesin complexes were reminiscent of their corresponding specific binding patterns in testis. Furthermore, meiotic cohesins were found to localize to the same sites as BORIS/CTCFL, rather than CTCF sites normally associated with the somatic cohesin complex. These findings highlight the existence of a germline epigenomic memory that is conserved in cells that normally do not express meiotic genes. Our results reveal a mechanism of action by unduly expressed meiotic cohesins that potentially links them to aneuploidy and chromosomal mutations in affected cells.
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A mitotic chromatin phase transition prevents perforation by microtubules. Nature 2022; 609:183-190. [PMID: 35922507 PMCID: PMC9433320 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Dividing eukaryotic cells package extremely long chromosomal DNA molecules into discrete bodies to enable microtubule-mediated transport of one genome copy to each of the newly forming daughter cells1–3. Assembly of mitotic chromosomes involves DNA looping by condensin4–8 and chromatin compaction by global histone deacetylation9–13. Although condensin confers mechanical resistance to spindle pulling forces14–16, it is not known how histone deacetylation affects material properties and, as a consequence, segregation mechanics of mitotic chromosomes. Here we show how global histone deacetylation at the onset of mitosis induces a chromatin-intrinsic phase transition that endows chromosomes with the physical characteristics necessary for their precise movement during cell division. Deacetylation-mediated compaction of chromatin forms a structure dense in negative charge and allows mitotic chromosomes to resist perforation by microtubules as they are pushed to the metaphase plate. By contrast, hyperacetylated mitotic chromosomes lack a defined surface boundary, are frequently perforated by microtubules and are prone to missegregation. Our study highlights the different contributions of DNA loop formation and chromatin phase separation to genome segregation in dividing cells. Histone deacetylation at the onset of mitosis induces a chromatin-intrinsic phase transition that endows chromosomes with the physical characteristics necessary for their precise movement during cell division.
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A phase transition for chromosome transmission when cells divide. Nature 2022; 609:35-36. [PMID: 35922488 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01925-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Macdonald L, Taylor GC, Brisbane JM, Christodoulou E, Scott L, von Kriegsheim A, Rossant J, Gu B, Wood AJ. Rapid and specific degradation of endogenous proteins in mouse models using auxin-inducible degrons. eLife 2022; 11:e77987. [PMID: 35736539 PMCID: PMC9273210 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Auxin-inducible degrons are a chemical genetic tool for targeted protein degradation and are widely used to study protein function in cultured mammalian cells. Here, we develop CRISPR-engineered mouse lines that enable rapid and highly specific degradation of tagged endogenous proteins in vivo. Most but not all cell types are competent for degradation. By combining ligand titrations with genetic crosses to generate animals with different allelic combinations, we show that degradation kinetics depend upon the dose of the tagged protein, ligand, and the E3 ligase substrate receptor TIR1. Rapid degradation of condensin I and II - two essential regulators of mitotic chromosome structure - revealed that both complexes are individually required for cell division in precursor lymphocytes, but not in their differentiated peripheral lymphocyte derivatives. This generalisable approach provides unprecedented temporal control over the dose of endogenous proteins in mouse models, with implications for studying essential biological pathways and modelling drug activity in mammalian tissues.
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- Lewis Macdonald
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoCanada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State UniversityEast LansingUnited States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering; Michigan State UniversityEast LansingUnited States
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State UniversityEast LansingUnited States
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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Parker MW, Kao JA, Huang A, Berger JM, Botchan MR. Molecular determinants of phase separation for Drosophila DNA replication licensing factors. eLife 2021; 10:e70535. [PMID: 34951585 PMCID: PMC8813052 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in proteins can drive the formation of membraneless compartments in cells. Phase-separated structures enrich for specific partner proteins and exclude others. Previously, we showed that the IDRs of metazoan DNA replication initiators drive DNA-dependent phase separation in vitro and chromosome binding in vivo, and that initiator condensates selectively recruit replication-specific partner proteins (Parker et al., 2019). How initiator IDRs facilitate LLPS and maintain compositional specificity is unknown. Here, using Drosophila melanogaster (Dm) Cdt1 as a model initiation factor, we show that phase separation results from a synergy between electrostatic DNA-bridging interactions and hydrophobic inter-IDR contacts. Both sets of interactions depend on sequence composition (but not sequence order), are resistant to 1,6-hexanediol, and do not depend on aromaticity. These findings demonstrate that distinct sets of interactions drive condensate formation and specificity across different phase-separating systems and advance efforts to predict IDR LLPS propensity and partner selection a priori.
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- Matthew W Parker
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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Wenda JM, Prosée RF, Gabus C, Steiner FA. Mitotic chromosome condensation requires phosphorylation of the centromeric protein KNL-2 in C. elegans. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:272713. [PMID: 34734636 PMCID: PMC8714079 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Centromeres are chromosomal regions that serve as sites for kinetochore formation and microtubule attachment, processes that are essential for chromosome segregation during mitosis. Centromeres are almost universally defined by the histone variant CENP-A. In the holocentric nematode C. elegans, CENP-A deposition depends on the loading factor KNL-2. Depletion of either CENP-A or KNL-2 results in defects in centromere maintenance, chromosome condensation and kinetochore formation, leading to chromosome segregation failure. Here, we show that KNL-2 is phosphorylated by CDK-1 in vitro, and that mutation of three C-terminal phosphorylation sites causes chromosome segregation defects and an increase in embryonic lethality. In strains expressing phosphodeficient KNL-2, CENP-A and kinetochore proteins are properly localised, indicating that the role of KNL-2 in centromere maintenance is not affected. Instead, the mutant embryos exhibit reduced mitotic levels of condensin II on chromosomes and significant chromosome condensation impairment. Our findings separate the functions of KNL-2 in CENP-A loading and chromosome condensation, and demonstrate that KNL-2 phosphorylation regulates the cooperation between centromeric regions and the condensation machinery in C. elegans. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: Phosphorylation of the essential centromere protein KNL-2 is required for mitotic chromosome condensation, but not for the role of KNL-2 in centromere maintenance and kinetochore formation.
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- Joanna M Wenda
- Department of Molecular Biology and Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Houlard M, Cutts EE, Shamim MS, Godwin J, Weisz D, Presser Aiden A, Lieberman Aiden E, Schermelleh L, Vannini A, Nasmyth K. MCPH1 inhibits Condensin II during interphase by regulating its SMC2-Kleisin interface. eLife 2021; 10:e73348. [PMID: 34850681 PMCID: PMC8673838 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Dramatic change in chromosomal DNA morphology between interphase and mitosis is a defining features of the eukaryotic cell cycle. Two types of enzymes, namely cohesin and condensin confer the topology of chromosomal DNA by extruding DNA loops. While condensin normally configures chromosomes exclusively during mitosis, cohesin does so during interphase. The processivity of cohesin's loop extrusion during interphase is limited by a regulatory factor called WAPL, which induces cohesin to dissociate from chromosomes via a mechanism that requires dissociation of its kleisin from the neck of SMC3. We show here that a related mechanism may be responsible for blocking condensin II from acting during interphase. Cells derived from patients affected by microcephaly caused by mutations in the MCPH1 gene undergo premature chromosome condensation. We show that deletion of Mcph1 in mouse embryonic stem cells unleashes an activity of condensin II that triggers formation of compact chromosomes in G1 and G2 phases, accompanied by enhanced mixing of A and B chromatin compartments, and this occurs even in the absence of CDK1 activity. Crucially, inhibition of condensin II by MCPH1 depends on the binding of a short linear motif within MCPH1 to condensin II's NCAPG2 subunit. MCPH1's ability to block condensin II's association with chromatin is abrogated by the fusion of SMC2 with NCAPH2, hence may work by a mechanism similar to cohesin. Remarkably, in the absence of both WAPL and MCPH1, cohesin and condensin II transform chromosomal DNAs of G2 cells into chromosomes with a solenoidal axis.
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- Martin Houlard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUnited Kingdom
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Bioengineering, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
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- Division of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUnited Kingdom
- Human TechnopoleMilanItaly
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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Vernizzi L, Lehner CF. Bivalent individualization during chromosome territory formation in Drosophila spermatocytes by controlled condensin II protein activity and additional force generators. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009870. [PMID: 34669718 PMCID: PMC8559962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Reduction of genome ploidy from diploid to haploid necessitates stable pairing of homologous chromosomes into bivalents before the start of the first meiotic division. Importantly, this chromosome pairing must avoid interlocking of non-homologous chromosomes. In spermatocytes of Drosophila melanogaster, where homolog pairing does not involve synaptonemal complex formation and crossovers, associations between non-homologous chromosomes are broken up by chromosome territory formation in early spermatocytes. Extensive non-homologous associations arise from the coalescence of the large blocks of pericentromeric heterochromatin into a chromocenter and from centromere clustering. Nevertheless, during territory formation, bivalents are moved apart into spatially separate subnuclear regions. The condensin II subunits, Cap-D3 and Cap-H2, have been implicated, but the remarkable separation of bivalents during interphase might require more than just condensin II. For further characterization of this process, we have applied time-lapse imaging using fluorescent markers of centromeres, telomeres and DNA satellites in pericentromeric heterochromatin. We describe the dynamics of the disruption of centromere clusters and the chromocenter in normal spermatocytes. Mutations in Cap-D3 and Cap-H2 abolish chromocenter disruption, resulting in excessive chromosome missegregation during M I. Chromocenter persistence in the mutants is not mediated by the special system, which conjoins homologs in compensation for the absence of crossovers in Drosophila spermatocytes. However, overexpression of Cap-H2 precluded conjunction between autosomal homologs, resulting in random segregation of univalents. Interestingly, Cap-D3 and Cap-H2 mutant spermatocytes displayed conspicuous stretching of the chromocenter, as well as occasional chromocenter disruption, suggesting that territory formation might involve forces unrelated to condensin II. While the molecular basis of these forces remains to be clarified, they are not destroyed by inhibitors of F actin and microtubules. Our results indicate that condensin II activity promotes chromosome territory formation in co-operation with additional force generators and that careful co-ordination with alternative homolog conjunction is crucial.
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- Luisa Vernizzi
- Department of Molecular Life Science (DMLS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Life Science (DMLS), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Condensation and faithful separation of the genome are crucial for the cellular life cycle. During chromosome segregation, mechanical forces generated by the mitotic spindle pull apart the sister chromatids. The mechanical nature of this process has motivated a lot of research interest into the mechanical properties of mitotic chromosomes. Although their fundamental mechanical characteristics are known, it still remains unclear how these characteristics emerge from the structure of the mitotic chromosome. Recent advances in genomics, computational and super-resolution microscopy techniques have greatly promoted our understanding of the chromosomal structure and have motivated us to review the mechanical characteristics of chromosomes in light of the current structural insights. In this review, we will first introduce the current understanding of the chromosomal structure, before reviewing characteristic mechanical properties such as the Young's modulus and the bending modulus of mitotic chromosomes. Then we will address the approaches used to relate mechanical properties to the structure of chromosomes and we will also discuss how mechanical characterization can aid in elucidating their structure. Finally, future challenges, recent developments and emergent questions in this research field will be discussed.
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Li X, Song G, Zhao Y, Ren J, Li Q, Cui Z. Functions of SMC2 in the Development of Zebrafish Liver. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9091240. [PMID: 34572426 PMCID: PMC8465584 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9091240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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SMC2 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 2) is the core subunit of condensins, which play a central role in chromosome organization and segregation. However, the functions of SMC2 in embryonic development remain poorly understood, due to the embryonic lethality of homozygous SMC2−/− mice. Herein, we explored the roles of SMC2 in the liver development of zebrafish. The depletion of SMC2, with the CRISPR/Cas9-dependent gene knockout approach, led to a small liver phenotype. The specification of hepatoblasts was unaffected. Mechanistically, extensive apoptosis occurred in the liver of SMC2 mutants, which was mainly associated with the activation of the p53-dependent apoptotic pathway. Moreover, an aberrant activation of a series of apoptotic pathways in SMC2 mutants was involved in the defective chromosome segregation and subsequent DNA damage. Therefore, our findings demonstrate that SMC2 is necessary for zebrafish liver development.
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- Xixi Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China; (X.L.); (J.R.)
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; (G.S.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; (G.S.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China; (X.L.); (J.R.)
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; (G.S.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China; (X.L.); (J.R.)
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; (G.S.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-020-87137656
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Female meiotic drive is the phenomenon where a selfish genetic element alters chromosome segregation during female meiosis to segregate to the egg and transmit to the next generation more frequently than Mendelian expectation. While several examples of female meiotic drive have been known for many decades, a molecular understanding of the underlying mechanisms has been elusive. Recent advances in this area in several model species prompts a comparative re-examination of these drive systems. In this review, we compare female meiotic drive of several animal and plant species, highlighting pertinent similarities.
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- Frances E. Clark
- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Kim KD. Potential roles of condensin in genome organization and beyond in fission yeast. J Microbiol 2021; 59:449-459. [PMID: 33877578 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-021-1039-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The genome is highly organized hierarchically by the function of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex proteins such as condensin and cohesin from bacteria to humans. Although the roles of SMC complex proteins have been well characterized, their specialized roles in nuclear processes remain unclear. Condensin and cohesin have distinct binding sites and mediate long-range and short-range genomic associations, respectively, to form cell cycle-specific genome organization. Condensin can be recruited to highly expressed genes as well as dispersed repeat genetic elements, such as Pol III-transcribed genes, LTR retrotransposon, and rDNA repeat. In particular, mitotic transcription factors Ace2 and Ams2 recruit condensin to their target genes, forming centromeric clustering during mitosis. Condensin is potentially involved in various chromosomal processes such as the mobility of chromosomes, chromosome territories, DNA reannealing, and transcription factories. The current knowledge of condensin in fission yeast summarized in this review can help us understand how condensin mediates genome organization and participates in chromosomal processes in other organisms.
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- Kyoung-Dong Kim
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea.
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Paulson JR, Hudson DF, Cisneros-Soberanis F, Earnshaw WC. Mitotic chromosomes. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 117:7-29. [PMID: 33836947 PMCID: PMC8406421 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Our understanding of the structure and function of mitotic chromosomes has come a long way since these iconic objects were first recognized more than 140 years ago, though many details remain to be elucidated. In this chapter, we start with the early history of chromosome studies and then describe the path that led to our current understanding of the formation and structure of mitotic chromosomes. We also discuss some of the remaining questions. It is now well established that each mitotic chromatid consists of a central organizing region containing a so-called "chromosome scaffold" from which loops of DNA project radially. Only a few key non-histone proteins and protein complexes are required to form the chromosome: topoisomerase IIα, cohesin, condensin I and condensin II, and the chromokinesin KIF4A. These proteins are concentrated along the axis of the chromatid. Condensins I and II are primarily responsible for shaping the chromosome and the scaffold, and they produce the loops of DNA by an ATP-dependent process known as loop extrusion. Modelling of Hi-C data suggests that condensin II adopts a spiral staircase arrangement with an extruded loop extending out from each step in a roughly helical pattern. Condensin I then forms loops nested within these larger condensin II loops, thereby giving rise to the final compaction of the mitotic chromosome in a process that requires Topo IIα.
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- James R Paulson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA.
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, ICB, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, ICB, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK.
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Jain N, Janning P, Neumann H. 14-3-3 Protein Bmh1 triggers short-range compaction of mitotic chromosomes by recruiting sirtuin deacetylase Hst2. J Biol Chem 2020; 296:100078. [PMID: 33187982 PMCID: PMC7948448 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ac120.014758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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During mitosis, chromosomes are compacted in length by more than 100-fold into rod-shaped forms. In yeast, this process depends on the presence of a centromere, which promotes condensation in cis by recruiting mitotic kinases such as Aurora B kinase. This licensing mechanism enables the cell to discriminate chromosomal from noncentromeric DNA and to prohibit the propagation of the latter. Aurora B kinase elicits a cascade of events starting with phosphorylation of histone H3 serine 10 (H3S10ph), which signals the recruitment of lysine deacetylase Hst2 and the removal of lysine 16 acetylation in histone 4. The unmasked histone 4 tails interact with the acidic patch of neighboring nucleosomes to drive short-range compaction of chromatin, but the mechanistic details surrounding the Hst2 activity remain unclear. Using in vitro and in vivo assays, we demonstrate that the interaction of Hst2 with H3S10ph is mediated by the yeast 14-3-3 protein Bmh1. As a homodimer, Bmh1 binds simultaneously to H3S10ph and the phosphorylated C-terminus of Hst2. Our pull-down experiments with extracts of synchronized cells show that the Hst2–Bmh1 interaction is cell cycle dependent, peaking in the M phase. Furthermore, we show that phosphorylation of C-terminal residues of Hst2, introduced by genetic code expansion, stimulates its deacetylase activity. Hence, the data presented here identify Bmh1 as a key player in the mechanism of licensing of chromosome compaction in mitosis.
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- Neha Jain
- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany; Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
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The condensin holocomplex cycles dynamically between open and collapsed states. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2020; 27:1134-1141. [PMID: 32989304 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0508-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein complexes are the key organizers of the spatiotemporal structure of chromosomes. The condensin SMC complex has recently been shown to be a molecular motor that extrudes large loops of DNA, but the mechanism of this unique motor remains elusive. Using atomic force microscopy, we show that budding yeast condensin exhibits mainly open 'O' shapes and collapsed 'B' shapes, and it cycles dynamically between these two states over time, with ATP binding inducing the O to B transition. Condensin binds DNA via its globular domain and also via the hinge domain. We observe a single condensin complex at the stem of extruded DNA loops, where the neck size of the DNA loop correlates with the width of the condensin complex. The results are indicative of a type of scrunching model in which condensin extrudes DNA by a cyclic switching of its conformation between O and B shapes.
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Kleinschnitz K, Vießmann N, Jordan M, Heidmann SK. Condensin I is required for faithful meiosis in Drosophila males. Chromosoma 2020; 129:141-160. [PMID: 32314039 PMCID: PMC7260282 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-020-00733-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The heteropentameric condensin complexes play vital roles in the formation and faithful segregation of mitotic chromosomes in eukaryotes. While the different contributions of the two common condensin complexes, condensin I and condensin II, to chromosome morphology and behavior in mitosis have been thoroughly investigated, much less is known about the specific roles of the two complexes during meiotic divisions. In Drosophila melanogaster, faithful mitotic divisions depend on functional condensin I, but not on condensin II. However, meiotic divisions in Drosophila males require functional condensin II subunits. The role of condensin I during male meiosis in Drosophila has been unresolved. Here, we show that condensin I-specific subunits localize to meiotic chromatin in both meiosis I and II during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Live cell imaging reveals defects during meiotic divisions after RNAi-mediated knockdown of condensin I-specific mRNAs. This phenotype correlates with reduced male fertility and an increase in nondisjunction events both in meiosis I and meiosis II. Consistently, a reduction in male fertility was also observed after proteasome-mediated degradation of the condensin I subunit Barren. Taken together, our results demonstrate an essential role of condensin I during male meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster.
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- Lehrstuhl für Genetik, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Genetik, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Yan THK, Wu Z, Kwok ACM, Wong JTY. Knockdown of Dinoflagellate Condensin CcSMC4 Subunit Leads to S-Phase Impediment and Decompaction of Liquid Crystalline Chromosomes. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8040565. [PMID: 32295294 PMCID: PMC7232253 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8040565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Dinoflagellates have some of the largest genomes, and their liquid-crystalline chromosomes (LCCs) have high degrees of non-nucleosomal superhelicity with cation-mediated DNA condensation. It is currently unknown if condensins, pentameric protein complexes containing structural maintenance of chromosomes 2/4, commonly involved in eukaryotic chromosomes condensation in preparation for M phase, may be involved in the LCC structure. We find that CcSMC4p (dinoflagellate SMC4 homolog) level peaked at S/G2 phase, even though LCCs do not undergo global-decondensation for replication. Despite the differences in the chromosomal packaging system, heterologous CcSMC4p expression suppressed conditional lethality of the corresponding fission yeast mutant, suggesting conservation of some canonical condensin functions. CcSMC4p-knockdown led to sustained expression of the S-phase marker PCNAp, S-phase impediment, and distorted nuclei in the early stage of CcSMC4p depletion. Prolonged CcSMC4p-knockdown resulted in aneuploidal cells and nuclear swelling with increasing LCC decompaction-decondensation. Cumulatively, our data suggested CcSMC4p function was required for dinoflagellate S-phase progression, and we propose that condensin-mediated higher-order compaction provisioning is involved in the provision of local rigidity for the replisome.
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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes play pivotal roles in controlling chromatin organization. Condensin is an essential SMC complex that compacts chromatin to form condensed chromosomes in mitosis. Complete condensin inactivation is necessary to reveal how condensin converts interphase chromatin into mitotic chromosomes. Here, we have developed a condensin depletion system in fission yeast that combines transcriptional repression with auxin-inducible protein degradation. This achieves efficient condensin depletion without need for a temperature shift. Our system is useful when studying how condensin contributes to chromosome architecture and is applicable to the study of other SMC complexes.
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Shoaib M, Nair N, Sørensen CS. Chromatin Landscaping At Mitotic Exit Orchestrates Genome Function. Front Genet 2020; 11:103. [PMID: 32158468 PMCID: PMC7052122 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chromatin architecture is highly dynamic during different phases of cell cycle to accommodate DNA-based processes. This is particularly obvious during mitotic exit, where highly condensed rod-like chromatids need to be rapidly decondensed. Such chromatin structural transitions are tightly controlled and organized as any perturbance in this dynamic process can lead to genome dysfunction which may culminate in loss of cellular fitness. However, the mechanisms underlying cell cycle-dependent chromatin structural changes are not fully understood. In this mini review, we highlight our current knowledge of chromatin structural organization, focusing on mitotic exit. In this regard, we examine how nuclear processes are orchestrated during chromatin unfolding and compartmentalization and discuss the critical importance of cell cycle-controlled chromatin landscaping in maintaining genome integrity.
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- Muhammad Shoaib
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lee J. Is age-related increase of chromosome segregation errors in mammalian oocytes caused by cohesin deterioration? Reprod Med Biol 2020; 19:32-41. [PMID: 31956283 PMCID: PMC6955592 DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mammalian oocytes initiate meiosis in fetal ovary and are arrested at dictyate stage in prophase I for a long period. It is known that incidence of chromosome segregation errors in oocytes increases with advancing age, but the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon has not been clarified. METHODS Cohesin, a multi-subunit protein complex, mediates sister chromatid cohesion in both mitosis and meiosis. In this review, molecular basis of meiotic chromosome cohesion and segregation is summarized. Further, the relationship between chromosome segregation errors and cohesin deterioration in aged oocytes is discussed. RESULTS Recent studies show that chromosome-associated cohesin decreases in an age-dependent manner in mouse oocytes. Furthermore, conditional knockout or activation of cohesin in oocytes indicates that only the cohesin expressed before premeiotic S phase can establish and maintain sister chromatic cohesion and that cohesin does not turnover during the dictyate arrest. CONCLUSION In mice, the accumulating evidence suggests that deterioration of cohesin due to the lack of turnover during dictyate arrest is one of the major causes of chromosome segregation errors in aged oocytes. However, whether the same is true in human remains elusive since even the deterioration of cohesin during dictyate arrest has not been demonstrated in human oocytes.
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- Jibak Lee
- Laboratory of Developmental BiotechnologyGraduate School of Agricultural ScienceKobe UniversityKobeJapan
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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes are key organizers of chromosome architecture in all kingdoms of life. Despite seemingly divergent functions, such as chromosome segregation, chromosome maintenance, sister chromatid cohesion, and mitotic chromosome compaction, it appears that these complexes function via highly conserved mechanisms and that they represent a novel class of DNA translocases.
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- Stanislau Yatskevich
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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Kim JH, Youn Y, Kim KT, Jang G, Hwang JH. Non-SMC condensin I complex subunit H mediates mature chromosome condensation and DNA damage in pancreatic cancer cells. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17889. [PMID: 31784646 PMCID: PMC6884527 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54478-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Non-SMC condensin I complex subunit H (NCAPH) is a vital gene associated with chromosome stability and is required for proper chromosome condensation and segregation. However, the mechanisms through which NCAPH affects pancreatic cancer (PC) and its molecular function remain unclear. In this study, we examined the role of NCAPH in PC cells. Our results showed that NCAPH was overexpressed in clinical PC specimens (GEPIA) and cell lines. In addition, in NCAPH-knockdown cells, colony formation and proliferation were inhibited, and the cell cycle was arrested at the S and G2/M phases owing to failure of mature chromosome condensation (MCC) in poorly condensed chromosomes. Increased cell death in NCAPH-knockdown cells was found to help initiate apoptosis through the activation of caspase-3 and PARP cleavage. Furthermore, NCAPH-knockdown cells showed an increase in chromosomal aberrations and DNA damage via activation of the DNA damage response (Chk1/Chk2) signaling pathways. These data demonstrated that NCAPH played an important role in cell cycle progression and DNA damage by maintaining chromosomal stability through progression of MCC from poorly condensed chromosomes. Ultimately, NCAPH knockdown induced apoptotic cell death, which was partially mediated by caspase-dependent pathways. These findings highlight the potential role of NCAPH as a therapeutic target for PC.
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- Jae Hyeong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
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Chromosome disentanglement driven via optimal compaction of loop-extruded brush structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:24956-24965. [PMID: 31757850 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906355116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Eukaryote cell division features a chromosome compaction-decompaction cycle that is synchronized with their physical and topological segregation. It has been proposed that lengthwise compaction of chromatin into mitotic chromosomes via loop extrusion underlies the compaction-segregation/resolution process. We analyze this disentanglement scheme via considering the chromosome to be a succession of DNA/chromatin loops-a polymer "brush"-where active extrusion of loops controls the brush structure. Given type-II DNA topoisomerase (Topo II)-catalyzed topology fluctuations, we find that interchromosome entanglements are minimized for a certain "optimal" loop that scales with the chromosome size. The optimal loop organization is in accord with experimental data across species, suggesting an important structural role of genomic loops in maintaining a less entangled genome. Application of the model to the interphase genome indicates that active loop extrusion can maintain a level of chromosome compaction with suppressed entanglements; the transition to the metaphase state requires higher lengthwise compaction and drives complete topological segregation. Optimized genomic loops may provide a means for evolutionary propagation of gene-expression patterns while simultaneously maintaining a disentangled genome. We also find that compact metaphase chromosomes have a densely packed core along their cylindrical axes that explains their observed mechanical stiffness. Our model connects chromosome structural reorganization to topological resolution through the cell cycle and highlights a mechanism of directing Topo II-mediated strand passage via loop extrusion-driven lengthwise compaction.
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Akera T, Trimm E, Lampson MA. Molecular Strategies of Meiotic Cheating by Selfish Centromeres. Cell 2019; 178:1132-1144.e10. [PMID: 31402175 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Asymmetric division in female meiosis creates selective pressure favoring selfish centromeres that bias their transmission to the egg. This centromere drive can explain the paradoxical rapid evolution of both centromere DNA and centromere-binding proteins despite conserved centromere function. Here, we define a molecular pathway linking expanded centromeres to histone phosphorylation and recruitment of microtubule destabilizing factors, leading to detachment of selfish centromeres from spindle microtubules that would direct them to the polar body. Exploiting centromere divergence between species, we show that selfish centromeres in two hybrid mouse models use the same molecular pathway but modulate it differently to enrich destabilizing factors. Our results indicate that increasing microtubule destabilizing activity is a general strategy for drive in both models, but centromeres have evolved distinct mechanisms to increase that activity. Furthermore, we show that drive depends on slowing meiotic progression, suggesting that selfish centromeres can be suppressed by regulating meiotic timing.
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- Takashi Akera
- Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Large-scale chromatin organisation in interphase, mitosis and meiosis. Biochem J 2019; 476:2141-2156. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20180512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AbstractThe spatial configuration of chromatin is fundamental to ensure any given cell can fulfil its functional duties, from gene expression to specialised cellular division. Significant technological innovations have facilitated further insights into the structure, function and regulation of three-dimensional chromatin organisation. To date, the vast majority of investigations into chromatin organisation have been conducted in interphase and mitotic cells leaving meiotic chromatin relatively unexplored. In combination, cytological and genome-wide contact frequency analyses in mammalian germ cells have recently demonstrated that large-scale chromatin structures in meiotic prophase I are reminiscent of the sequential loop arrays found in mitotic cells, although interphase-like segmentation of transcriptionally active and inactive regions are also evident along the length of chromosomes. Here, we discuss the similarities and differences of such large-scale chromatin architecture, between interphase, mitotic and meiotic cells, as well as their functional relevance and the proposed modulatory mechanisms which underlie them.
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Diminished Condensin Gene Expression Drives Chromosome Instability That May Contribute to Colorectal Cancer Pathogenesis. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11081066. [PMID: 31357676 PMCID: PMC6721357 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11081066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Chromosome instability (CIN), or constantly evolving chromosome complements, is a form of genome instability implicated in the development and progression of many cancer types, however, the molecular determinants of CIN remain poorly understood. Condensin is a protein complex involved in chromosome compaction, and recent studies in model organisms show that aberrant compaction adversely impacts mitotic fidelity. To systematically assess the clinical and fundamental impacts that reduced condensin gene expression have in cancer, we first assessed gene copy number alterations of all eight condensin genes. Using patient derived datasets, we show that shallow/deep deletions occur frequently in 12 common cancer types. Furthermore, we show that reduced expression of each gene is associated with worse overall survival in colorectal cancer patients. To determine the overall impact that reduced condensin gene expression has on CIN, a comprehensive siRNA-based screen was performed in two karyotypically stable cell lines. Following gene silencing, quantitative imaging microscopy identified increases in CIN-associated phenotypes, including changes in nuclear areas, micronucleus formation, and chromosome numbers. Although silencing corresponded with increases in CIN phenotypes, the most pronounced phenotypes were observed following SMC2 and SMC4 silencing. Collectively, our clinical and fundamental findings suggest reduced condensin expression and function may be a significant, yet, underappreciated driver of colorectal cancer.
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Manalastas-Cantos K, Kschonsak M, Haering CH, Svergun DI. Solution structure and flexibility of the condensin HEAT-repeat subunit Ycg1. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:13822-13829. [PMID: 31350339 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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High-resolution structural analysis of flexible proteins is frequently challenging and requires the synergistic application of different experimental techniques. For these proteins, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) allows for a quantitative assessment and modeling of potentially flexible and heterogeneous structural states. Here, we report SAXS characterization of the condensin HEAT-repeat subunit Ycg1Cnd3 in solution, complementing currently available high-resolution crystallographic models. We show that the free Ycg1 subunit is flexible in solution but becomes considerably more rigid when bound to its kleisin-binding partner protein Brn1Cnd2 The analysis of SAXS and dynamic and static multiangle light scattering data furthermore reveals that Ycg1 tends to oligomerize with increasing concentrations in the absence of Brn1. Based on these data, we present a model of the free Ycg1 protein constructed by normal mode analysis, as well as tentative models of Ycg1 dimers and tetramers. These models enable visualization of the conformational transitions that Ycg1 has to undergo to adopt a closed rigid shape and thereby create a DNA-binding surface in the condensin complex.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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Vazquez Nunez R, Ruiz Avila LB, Gruber S. Transient DNA Occupancy of the SMC Interarm Space in Prokaryotic Condensin. Mol Cell 2019; 75:209-223.e6. [PMID: 31201090 PMCID: PMC6934413 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multi-subunit SMC ATPases control chromosome superstructure and DNA topology, presumably by DNA translocation and loop extrusion. Chromosomal DNA is entrapped within the tripartite SMCkleisin ring. Juxtaposed SMC heads ("J heads") or engaged SMC heads ("E heads") split the SMCkleisin ring into "S" and "K" sub-compartments. Here, we map a DNA-binding interface to the S compartment of E heads SmcScpAB and show that head-DNA association is essential for efficient DNA translocation and for traversing highly transcribed genes in Bacillus subtilis. We demonstrate that in J heads, SmcScpAB chromosomal DNA resides in the K compartment but is absent from the S compartment. Our results imply that the DNA occupancy of the S compartment changes during the ATP hydrolysis cycle. We propose that DNA translocation involves DNA entry into and exit out of the S compartment, possibly by DNA transfer between compartments and DNA segment capture.
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- Roberto Vazquez Nunez
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment Biophore, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Chromosome Organization and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment Biophore, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Chromosome Organization and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Chapard C, Jones R, van Oepen T, Scheinost JC, Nasmyth K. Sister DNA Entrapment between Juxtaposed Smc Heads and Kleisin of the Cohesin Complex. Mol Cell 2019; 75:224-237.e5. [PMID: 31201089 PMCID: PMC6675936 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cohesin entraps sister DNAs within tripartite rings created by pairwise interactions between Smc1, Smc3, and Scc1. Because Smc1/3 ATPase heads can also interact with each other, cohesin rings have the potential to form a variety of sub-compartments. Using in vivo cysteine cross-linking, we show that when Smc1 and Smc3 ATPases are engaged in the presence of ATP (E heads), cohesin rings generate a "SMC (S) compartment" between hinge and E heads and a "kleisin (K) compartment" between E heads and their associated kleisin subunit. Upon ATP hydrolysis, cohesin's heads associate in a different mode, in which their signature motifs and their coiled coils are closely juxtaposed (J heads), creating alternative S and K compartments. We show that K compartments of either E or J type can entrap single DNAs, that acetylation of Smc3 during S phase is associated with J heads, and that sister DNAs are entrapped in J-K compartments.
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- Christophe Chapard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
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Bolcun-Filas E, Handel MA. Meiosis: the chromosomal foundation of reproduction. Biol Reprod 2019; 99:112-126. [PMID: 29385397 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioy021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Meiosis is the chromosomal foundation of reproduction, with errors in this important process leading to aneuploidy and/or infertility. In this review celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, the important chromosomal structures and dynamics contributing to genomic integrity across generations are highlighted. Critical unsolved biological problems are identified, and the advances that will lead to their ultimate resolution are predicted.
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Lee J. The Regulation and Function of Cohesin and Condensin in Mammalian Oocytes and Spermatocytes. Results Probl Cell Differ 2019; 63:355-372. [PMID: 28779325 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60855-6_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Germ cells, such as oocytes and spermatocytes, produce haploid gametes by a special type of cell division called meiosis. The reduction of chromosome number is achieved in meiosis I, in which homologous chromosomes (homologs) are paired and recombined with their counterparts and finally segregated from each other. How meiotic chromosomes behave in a different manner from mitotic chromosomes has been a fascinating problem for cellular and developmental biology. Cohesin and condensin are multi-subunit protein complexes that play central roles in sister chromatid cohesion and chromosome condensation (also segregation), respectively. Recent studies investigating the expression and function of cohesin and condensin in mammalian germ cells greatly advance our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying the meiotic chromosomal events. Furthermore, accumulating evidence suggests that reduction of cohesin during prophase I arrest in mammalian oocytes is one of the major causes for age-related chromosome segregation error. This review focuses on the regulation and functions of cohesins and condensins during mammalian meiosis.
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- Jibak Lee
- Laboratory of Developmental Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Batty P, Gerlich DW. Mitotic Chromosome Mechanics: How Cells Segregate Their Genome. Trends Cell Biol 2019; 29:717-726. [PMID: 31230958 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During mitosis, replicated chromosomes segregate such that each daughter cell receives one copy of the genome. Faithful mechanical transport during mitosis requires that chromosomes undergo extensive structural changes as the cell cycle progresses, resulting in the formation of compact, cylindrical bodies. Such structural changes encompass a range of different activities, including longitudinal condensation of the chromosome axis, global chromatin compaction, resolution of sister chromatids, and individualisation of chromosomes into separate bodies. After mitosis, chromosomes undergo further reorganisation to rebuild interphase cell nuclei. Here we review the requirements for mitotic chromosomes to successfully transmit genetic information to daughter cells and the biophysical principles that underpin such requirements.
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- Paul Batty
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria.
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Zelkowski M, Zelkowska K, Conrad U, Hesse S, Lermontova I, Marzec M, Meister A, Houben A, Schubert V. Arabidopsis NSE4 Proteins Act in Somatic Nuclei and Meiosis to Ensure Plant Viability and Fertility. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:774. [PMID: 31281325 PMCID: PMC6596448 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The SMC 5/6 complex together with cohesin and condensin is a member of the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein family. In non-plant organisms SMC5/6 is engaged in DNA repair, meiotic synapsis, genome organization and stability. In plants, the function of SMC5/6 is still enigmatic. Therefore, we analyzed the crucial δ-kleisin component NSE4 of the SMC5/6 complex in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Two functional conserved Nse4 paralogs (Nse4A and Nse4B) are present in A. thaliana, which may have evolved via gene subfunctionalization. Due to its high expression level, Nse4A seems to be the more essential gene, whereas Nse4B appears to be involved mainly in seed development. The morphological characterization of A. thaliana T-DNA mutants suggests that the NSE4 proteins are essential for plant growth and fertility. Detailed investigations in wild-type and the mutants based on live cell imaging of transgenic GFP lines, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), immunolabeling and super-resolution microscopy suggest that NSE4A acts in several processes during plant development, such as mitosis, meiosis and chromatin organization of differentiated nuclei, and that NSE4A operates in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Differential response of NSE4A and NSE4B mutants after induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) suggests their involvement in DNA repair processes.
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- Mateusz Zelkowski
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
- Plant Cytogenomics Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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Microinjection Techniques in Fly Embryos to Study the Function and Dynamics of SMC Complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2019. [PMID: 31147923 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9520-2_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins are critical to maintain mitotic fidelity in all organisms. Over the last decades, acute inactivation of these complexes, together with the analysis of their dynamic binding to mitotic chromatin, has provided important insights on the molecular mechanism of these complexes as well as into the consequences of their failure at different stages of mitosis.Here, we describe a methodology to study both SMC function and dynamics using Drosophila melanogaster syncytial embryos. This system presents several advantages over canonical inactivation or imaging approaches. Efficient and fast inactivation of SMC complexes can be achieved by the use of tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease in vivo to cleave engineered versions of the SMC complexes. In contrast to genetically encoded TEV protease expression, Drosophila embryos enable prompt delivery of the protease by microinjection techniques, as detailed here, thereby allowing inactivation of the complexes within few minutes. Such an acute inactivation approach, when coupled with real-time imaging, allows for the analysis of the immediate consequences upon protein inactivation. As described here, this system also presents unique advantages to follow the kinetics of the loading of SMC complexes onto mitotic chromatin. We describe the use of Drosophila embryos to study localization and turnover of these molecules through live imaging and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) approaches.
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Takahashi M, Hirota T. Folding the genome into mitotic chromosomes. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 60:19-26. [PMID: 30999230 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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How linear DNA molecules are packaged into compact cylindrical chromosomes in preparation for cell division has remained one of the central outstanding questions in cell biology. Condensin is a highly conserved protein complex that universally determines large-scale DNA geometry during mitotic chromosome assembly. A wide range of recently developed approaches, including super resolution microscopy, single molecule imaging, Hi-C analyses and computational modeling, have profoundly changed how we view mitotic chromosomes. This review highlights recent discoveries on chromosome architecture and condensin function.
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- Motoko Takahashi
- Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), Tokyo, Japan.
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Baxter J, Oliver AW, Schalbetter SA. Are SMC Complexes Loop Extruding Factors? Linking Theory With Fact. Bioessays 2018; 41:e1800182. [PMID: 30506702 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201800182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The extreme length of chromosomal DNA requires organizing mechanisms to both promote functional genetic interactions and ensure faithful chromosome segregation when cells divide. Microscopy and genome-wide contact frequency analyses indicate that intra-chromosomal looping of DNA is a primary pathway of chromosomal organization during all stages of the cell cycle. DNA loop extrusion has emerged as a unifying model for how chromosome loops are formed in cis in different genomic contexts and cell cycle stages. The highly conserved family of SMC complexes have been found to be required for DNA cis-looping and have been suggested to be the enzymatic core of loop extruding machines. Here, the current body of evidence available for the in vivo and in vitro action of SMC complexes is discussed and compared to the predictions made by the loop extrusion model. How SMC complexes may differentially act on chromatin to generate DNA loops and how they could work to generate the dynamic and functionally appropriate organization of DNA in cells is explored.
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- Jonathan Baxter
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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Condensin action and compaction. Curr Genet 2018; 65:407-415. [PMID: 30361853 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-018-0899-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex that belongs to the family of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes. Condensins regulate chromosome structure in a wide range of processes including chromosome segregation, gene regulation, DNA repair and recombination. Recent research defined the structural features and molecular activities of condensins, but it is unclear how these activities are connected to the multitude of phenotypes and functions attributed to condensins. In this review, we briefly discuss the different molecular mechanisms by which condensins may regulate global chromosome compaction, organization of topologically associated domains, clustering of specific loci such as tRNA genes, rDNA segregation, and gene regulation.
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Hwang G, Verver DE, Handel MA, Hamer G, Jordan PW. Depletion of SMC5/6 sensitizes male germ cells to DNA damage. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:3003-3016. [PMID: 30281394 PMCID: PMC6333175 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-07-0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The structural maintenance of chromosomes complex SMC5/6 is thought to be essential for DNA repair and chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis. To determine the requirements of the SMC5/6 complex during mouse spermatogenesis we combined a conditional knockout allele for Smc5, with four germ cell–specific Cre-recombinase transgenes, Ddx4-Cre, Stra8-Cre, Spo11-Cre, and Hspa2-Cre, to mutate Smc5 in spermatogonia, in spermatocytes before meiotic entry, during early meiotic stages, and during midmeiotic stages, respectively. Conditional mutation of Smc5 resulted in destabilization of the SMC5/6 complex. Despite this, we observed only mild defects in spermatogenesis. Mutation of Smc5 mediated by Ddx4-Cre and Stra8-Cre resulted in partial loss of preleptotene spermatocytes; however, spermatogenesis progresses and mice are fertile. Mutation of Smc5 via Spo11-Cre or Hspa2-Cre did not result in detectable defects of spermatogenesis. Upon exposure to gamma irradiation or etoposide treatment, each conditional Smc5 mutant demonstrated an increase in the number of enlarged round spermatids with multiple acrosomes and supernumerary chromosome content. We propose that the SMC5/6 complex is not acutely required for premeiotic DNA replication and meiotic progression during mouse spermatogenesis; however, when germ cells are challenged by exogenous DNA damage, the SMC5/6 complex ensures genome integrity, and thus, fertility.
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- G Hwang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Walther N, Hossain MJ, Politi AZ, Koch B, Kueblbeck M, Ødegård-Fougner Ø, Lampe M, Ellenberg J. A quantitative map of human Condensins provides new insights into mitotic chromosome architecture. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:2309-2328. [PMID: 29632028 PMCID: PMC6028534 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201801048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The two Condensin complexes in human cells are essential for mitotic chromosome structure. We used homozygous genome editing to fluorescently tag Condensin I and II subunits and mapped their absolute abundance, spacing, and dynamic localization during mitosis by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FSC)-calibrated live-cell imaging and superresolution microscopy. Although ∼35,000 Condensin II complexes are stably bound to chromosomes throughout mitosis, ∼195,000 Condensin I complexes dynamically bind in two steps: prometaphase and early anaphase. The two Condensins rarely colocalize at the chromatid axis, where Condensin II is centrally confined, but Condensin I reaches ∼50% of the chromatid diameter from its center. Based on our comprehensive quantitative data, we propose a three-step hierarchical loop model of mitotic chromosome compaction: Condensin II initially fixes loops of a maximum size of ∼450 kb at the chromatid axis, whose size is then reduced by Condensin I binding to ∼90 kb in prometaphase and ∼70 kb in anaphase, achieving maximum chromosome compaction upon sister chromatid segregation.
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- Nike Walther
- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Schiklenk C, Petrova B, Kschonsak M, Hassler M, Klein C, Gibson TJ, Haering CH. Control of mitotic chromosome condensation by the fission yeast transcription factor Zas1. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:2383-2401. [PMID: 29735745 PMCID: PMC6028546 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201711097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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How chromosomes compact into rod-shaped structures is a longstanding unresolved question of cell biology. Schiklenk et al. identify the transcription factor Zas1 as a central regulator of mitotic chromosome condensation in fission yeast and show that it uses a conserved transactivation domain–based mechanism to control gene expression. Although the formation of rod-shaped chromosomes is vital for the correct segregation of eukaryotic genomes during cell divisions, the molecular mechanisms that control the chromosome condensation process have remained largely unknown. Here, we identify the C2H2 zinc-finger transcription factor Zas1 as a key regulator of mitotic condensation dynamics in a quantitative live-cell microscopy screen of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. By binding to specific DNA target sequences in their promoter regions, Zas1 controls expression of the Cnd1 subunit of the condensin protein complex and several other target genes, whose combined misregulation in zas1 mutants results in defects in chromosome condensation and segregation. Genetic and biochemical analysis reveals an evolutionarily conserved transactivation domain motif in Zas1 that is pivotal to its function in gene regulation. Our results suggest that this motif, together with the Zas1 C-terminal helical domain to which it binds, creates a cis/trans switch module for transcriptional regulation of genes that control chromosome condensation.
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- Christoph Schiklenk
- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany .,Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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