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Bogolyubov DS. Karyosphere (Karyosome): A Peculiar Structure of the Oocyte Nucleus. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 337:1-48. [PMID: 29551157 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The karyosphere, aka the karyosome, is a meiosis-specific structure that represents a "knot" of condensed chromosomes joined together in a limited volume of the oocyte nucleus. The karyosphere is an evolutionarily conserved but morphologically rather "multifaceted" structure. It forms at the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase in many animals, from hydra and Drosophila to human. Karyosphere formation is generally linked with transcriptional silencing of the genome. It is believed that karyosphere/karyosome is a prerequisite for proper completion of meiotic divisions and further development. Here, a brief review on the karyosphere features in some invertebrates and vertebrates is provided. Special emphasis is made on terminology, since current discrepancies in this field may lead to confusions. In particular, it is proposed to distinguish the karyosphere with a capsule and the karyosome (a karyosphere devoid of a capsule). The "inverted" karyospheres are also considered, in which the chromosomes situate externally to an extrachromosomal structure (e.g., in human oocytes).
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- Dmitry S Bogolyubov
- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Kiselev AM, Stepanova IS, Adonin LS, Batalova FM, Parfenov VN, Bogolyubov DS, Podgornaya OI. The exon junction complex factor Y14 is dynamic in the nucleus of the beetle Tribolium castaneum during late oogenesis. Mol Cytogenet 2017; 10:41. [PMID: 29151891 PMCID: PMC5679382 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-017-0342-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The oocyte chromosomes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, are gathered into a knot, forming a karyosphere at the diplotene stage of meiotic prophase. Chromatin rearrangement, which is a characteristic feature of oocyte maturation, is well documented. The T. castaneum karyosphere is surrounded by a complex extrachromosomal structure termed the karyosphere capsule. The capsule contains the vast majority of oocyte RNA. We have previously shown using a BrUTP assay that oocyte chromosomes in T. castaneum maintain residual transcription up to the very end of oocyte maturation. Karyosphere transcription requires evidently not only transcription factors but also mRNA processing factors, including the components of the exon junction complex with its core component, the splicing factor Y14. We employed a gene engineering approach with injection of mRNA derived from the Myc-tagged Y14 plasmid-based construct in order to monitor the newly synthesized fusion protein in the oocyte nuclei. Results Our preliminary data have been presented as a brief correspondence elsewhere. Here, we provide a full-length article including immunoelectron-microscopy localization data on Y14–Myc distribution in the nucleus of previtellogenic and vitellogenic oocytes. The injections of the fusion protein Y14–Myc mRNA into the oocytes showed a dynamic pattern of the protein distribution. At the previtellogenic stage, there are two main locations for the protein: SC35 domains (the analogues of interchromatin granule clusters or nuclear speckles) and the karyosphere capsule. At the vitellogenic stage, SC35 domains were devoid of labels, and Y14–Myc was found in the perichromatin region of the karyosphere, presumably at the places of residual transcription. We show that karyosphere formation is accompanied by the movement of a nuclear protein while the residual transcription occurs during genome inactivation. Conclusions Our data indicate that the karyosphere capsule, being a destination site for a protein involved in mRNA splicing and export, is not only a specializes part of nuclear matrix separating the karyosphere from the products of chromosome activity, as believed previously, but represents a special nuclear compartment involved in the processes of gene expression in the case the karyosphere retains residual transcription activity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13039-017-0342-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Artem M Kiselev
- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia.,Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, 197341 Russia.,ITMO University, Institute of Translational Medicine, St. Petersburg, 197101 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia.,Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia.,Far Eastern Federal University, School of Biomedicine, Vladivostok, 690950 Russia
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Stepanova IS, Bogolyubov DS. Localization of the chromatin-remodeling protein ATRX in the oocyte nucleus of some insects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990519x17050091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Moiseeva E, Rabinowitz C, Paz G, Rinkevich B. Histological study on maturation, fertilization and the state of gonadal region following spawning in the model sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182677. [PMID: 28796817 PMCID: PMC5552035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The starlet sea-anemone Nematostella vectensis has emerged as a model organism in developmental biology. Still, our understanding of various biological features, including reproductive biology of this model species are in its infancy. Consequently, through histological sections, we study here key stages of the oogenesis (oocyte maturation/fertilization), as the state of the gonad region immediately after natural spawning. Germ cells develop in a secluded mesenterial gastrodermal zone, where the developing oocytes are surrounded by mucoid glandular cells and trophocytes (accessory cells). During vitellogenesis, the germinal vesicle in oocytes migrates towards the animal pole and the large polarized oocytes begin to mature, characterized by karyosphere formation. Then, the karyosphere breaks down, the chromosomes form the metaphase plate I and the eggs are extruded from the animal enclosed in a sticky, jelly-like mucoid mass, along with numerous nematosomes. Fertilization occurs externally at metaphase II via swimming sperm extruded by males during natural spawning. The polar bodies are ejected from the eggs and are situated within a narrow space between the egg's vitelline membrane and the adjacent edge of the jelly coat. The cortical reaction occurs only at the polar bodies' ejection site. Several spermatozoa can penetrate the same egg. Fertilization is accompanied by a strong ooplasmatic segregation. Immediately after spawning, the gonad region holds many previtellogenic and vitellogenic oocytes, though no oocytes with karyosphere. Above are the first histological descriptions for egg maturation, meiotic chromosome's status at fertilization, fertilization and the gonadal region's state following spawning, also documenting for the first time the ejection of the polar body.
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- Elizabeth Moiseeva
- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel-Shikmona, Haifa, Israel
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- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel-Shikmona, Haifa, Israel
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- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel-Shikmona, Haifa, Israel
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- Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel-Shikmona, Haifa, Israel
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Batalova FM, Bogolyubov DS. The karyosphere capsule in Tribolium castaneum oocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990519x14020023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Bogolyubov DS, Kiselyov AM, Shabelnikov SV, Parfenov VN. Polyadenylated RNA and mRNA export factors in extrachromosomal nuclear domains of vitellogenic oocytes in the yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990519x12050045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Maslova A, Krasikova A. Nuclear actin depolymerization in transcriptionally active avian and amphibian oocytes leads to collapse of intranuclear structures. Nucleus 2012; 3:300-11. [PMID: 22572951 PMCID: PMC3414407 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.20393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Actin, which is normally depleted in the nuclei of somatic cells, accumulates in high amounts in giant nuclei of amphibian oocytes. The supramolecular organization and functions of this nuclear pool of actin in growing vertebrate oocyte are controversial. Here, we investigated the role of nuclear actin in the maintenance of the spatial architecture of intranuclear structures in avian and amphibian growing oocytes. A meshwork of filamentous actin was not detected in freshly isolated or fixed oocyte nuclei of Xenopus, chicken or quail. We found that the actin meshwork inside the oocyte nucleus could be induced by phalloidin treatment. Actin polymerization is demonstrated to be required to stabilize the specific spatial organization of nuclear structures in avian and amphibian growing oocytes. In experiments with the actin depolymerizing drugs cytochalasin D and latrunculin A, we showed that disassembly of nuclear actin polymers led to chromosome condensation and their transportation to a limited space within the oocyte nucleus. Experimentally induced "collapsing" of chromosomes and nuclear bodies, together with global inhibition of transcription, strongly resembled the process of karyosphere formation during oocyte growth.
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- Saint-Petersburg State University; Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Periodic expression of Sm proteins parallels formation of nuclear Cajal bodies and cytoplasmic snRNP-rich bodies. Histochem Cell Biol 2011; 136:527-41. [PMID: 21904826 PMCID: PMC3192945 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0861-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) play a fundamental role in pre-mRNA processing in the nucleus. The biogenesis of snRNPs involves a sequence of events that occurs in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. Despite the wealth of biochemical information about the cytoplasmic assembly of snRNPs, little is known about the spatial organization of snRNPs in the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm of larch microsporocytes, a cyclic appearance of bodies containing small nuclear RNA (snRNA) and Sm proteins was observed during anther meiosis. We observed a correlation between the occurrence of cytoplasmic snRNP bodies, the levels of Sm proteins, and the dynamic formation of Cajal bodies. Larch microsporocytes were used for these studies. This model is characterized by natural fluctuations in the level of RNA metabolism, in which periods of high transcriptional activity are separated from periods of low transcriptional activity. In designing experiments, the authors considered the differences between the nuclear and cytoplasmic phases of snRNP maturation and generated a hypothesis about the direct participation of Sm proteins in a molecular switch triggering the formation of Cajal bodies.
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Interchromatin granule clusters of the scorpionfly oocytes contain poly(A)+RNA, heterogeneous ribonucleoproteins A/B and mRNA export factor NXF1. Cell Biol Int 2010; 34:1163-70. [DOI: 10.1042/cbi20090434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Shakes DC, Wu JC, Sadler PL, LaPrade K, Moore LL, Noritake A, Chu DS. Spermatogenesis-specific features of the meiotic program in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000611. [PMID: 19696886 PMCID: PMC2720455 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In most sexually reproducing organisms, the fundamental process of meiosis is implemented concurrently with two differentiation programs that occur at different rates and generate distinct cell types, sperm and oocytes. However, little is known about how the meiotic program is influenced by such contrasting developmental programs. Here we present a detailed timeline of late meiotic prophase during spermatogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans using cytological and molecular landmarks to interrelate changes in chromosome dynamics with germ cell cellularization, spindle formation, and cell cycle transitions. This analysis expands our understanding C. elegans spermatogenesis, as it identifies multiple spermatogenesis-specific features of the meiotic program and provides a framework for comparative studies. Post-pachytene chromatin of spermatocytes is distinct from that of oocytes in both composition and morphology. Strikingly, C. elegans spermatogenesis includes a previously undescribed karyosome stage, a common but poorly understood feature of meiosis in many organisms. We find that karyosome formation, in which chromosomes form a constricted mass within an intact nuclear envelope, follows desynapsis, involves a global down-regulation of transcription, and may support the sequential activation of multiple kinases that prepare spermatocytes for meiotic divisions. In spermatocytes, the presence of centrioles alters both the relative timing of meiotic spindle assembly and its ultimate structure. These microtubule differences are accompanied by differences in kinetochores, which connect microtubules to chromosomes. The sperm-specific features of meiosis revealed here illuminate how the underlying molecular machinery required for meiosis is differentially regulated in each sex.
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- Diane C. Shakes
- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DCS); (DSC)
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DCS); (DSC)
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Factors related to RNA polymerase II transcription are localized in interchromatin granule clusters of Panorpa communis oocytes. Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2009; 47:123-6. [DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bogolyubov D, Stepanova I, Parfenov V. Universal nuclear domains of somatic and germ cells: some lessons from oocyte interchromatin granule cluster and Cajal body structure and molecular composition. Bioessays 2009; 31:400-9. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bogolyubov D, Parfenov V. Chapter 2 Structure of the Insect Oocyte Nucleus with Special Reference to Interchromatin Granule Clusters and Cajal Bodies. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 269:59-110. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)01002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bogolyubov DS, Batalova FM, Ogorzałek A. Localization of interchromatin granule cluster and Cajal body components in oocyte nuclear bodies of the hemipterans. Tissue Cell 2007; 39:353-64. [PMID: 17889915 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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An oocyte nucleus contains different extrachromosomal nuclear domains collectively called nuclear bodies (NBs). In the present work we revealed, using immunogold labeling electron microscopy, some marker components of interchromatin granule clusters (IGCs) and Cajal bodies (CBs) in morphologically heterogeneous oocyte NBs studied in three hemipteran species: Notostira elongata, Capsodes gothicus (Miridae) and Velia caprai (Veliidae). Both IGC and CB counterparts were revealed in oocyte nuclei of the studied species but morphological and biochemical criteria were found to be not sufficient to determine carefully the define type of oocyte NBs. We found that the molecular markers of the CBs (coilin and non-phosphorylated RNA polymerase II) and IGCs (SC35 protein) may be localized in the same NB. Anti-SC35 antibody may decorate not only a granular material representing "true" interchromatin granules but also masks some fibrillar parts of complex NBs. Our first observations on the hemipteran oocyte NBs confirm the high complexity and heterogeneity of insect oocyte IGCs and CBs in comparison with those in mammalian somatic cells and amphibian oocytes.
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- D S Bogolyubov
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Avenue 4, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Bogolyubov DS, Bogolyubova IO. SC35 Splicing factor and coilin are colocalized within the “endobodies” in oocytes of the spider Araneus diadematus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990519x07040074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Stepanova IS, Bogolyubov DS, Parfenov VN. Cajal bodies in insects. II. Molecular composition of cajal bodies in oocytes of house cricket. Relationship between cajal bodies and interchromatin granule clusters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990519x07010038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bogolyubova IO, Bogoliubova NA, Bogolyubov DS, Parfenov VN. Nuclear structure in early mouse embryos: A comparative ultrastructural and immunocytochemical study with special emphasis on the "2-cell block in vitro". Tissue Cell 2006; 38:389-98. [PMID: 17052737 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The embryos from many outbred and inbred strains of mice are arrested at the late 2-cell stage when cultured in vitro in simple culture media. This phenomenon is referred to as the "2-cell block in vitro". The ultrastructural morphology of the nuclei of the blocked embryos is not yet well described. In the present paper we documented the results of a comparative study on the nuclei of mouse embryos, both normally developing and arrested at the 2-cell stage. The blocked embryos maintain the morphological integrity of their nuclei. Main nuclear domains (nucleolus precursor bodies, interchromatin granule clusters, perichromatin granules, and perichromatin fibrils), typical for the control embryos, are observed in the blocked ones. A number and morphological characteristics of these nuclear substructures are not changed significantly in the blocked embryos. At the same time, RNA polymerase II and pre-mRNA splicing factors are redistributed in the nucleus of the blocked embryos. Although something goes to show that nuclear organization of the blocked embryos differ from that of the control, we could not reveal in the blocked embryos distinct signs of degeneration which might characterize aged or dying cells. Our data confirm a peculiar functional state of the 2-cell blocked embryos.
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- I O Bogolyubova
- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Avenue, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Batalova FM, Stepanova IS, Skovorodkin IN, Bogolyubov DS, Parfenov VN. Identification and dynamics of Cajal bodies in relation to karyosphere formation in scorpionfly oocytes. Chromosoma 2005; 113:428-39. [PMID: 15647898 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-004-0328-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Revised: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 12/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In oocyte nuclei of the scorpionfly, Panorpa communis, we have recently defined a population of nuclear bodies (NBs) that contain some components of Cajal bodies (CBs). In the present study, we used several criteria [presence of coilin, U7 snRNA, RNA polymerase II (pol II) and specific ultrastructure] to identify these NBs as CBs. The essential evidence for CB identification came from experiments with microinjection of fluorescein-tagged U7 snRNA. Consistent with the U7 data, we found pol II and pre-mRNA splicing factor, SC35, in Panorpa oocyte CBs. We show here that the dynamics of CBs differs from that in somatic cells and correlates with the level of oocyte chromosome condensation. We also found that the significant increase of CB size is accompanied by condensation of the chromosomes in the karyosphere, which is indicative of a decline in transcription. Using immunogold microscopy we determined that pol II and coilin are shared by CBs and the granular material associated with condensed chromosomes in the Panorpa karyosphere. The colocalization of pol II, U7 snRNA and splicing factors with CBs at the inactive stage of late oogenesis suggests that the latter may serve as storage domains for components that were earlier engaged in RNA transcription and processing.
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- F M Batalova
- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Avenue, 194064, St Petersburg, Russia.
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Swiatek P. Structure of the germinal vesicle during oogenesis in leechGlossiphonia heteroclita (Annelida, Hirudinea, Rhynchobdellida). J Morphol 2005; 263:330-9. [PMID: 15688442 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oogenesis in the glossiphoniid leech Glossiphonia heteroclita (Hirudinea, Rhynchobdellida) is nutrimental, i.e., the growing oocyte is supported by specialized germline cells, the nurse cells. The main function of the nurse cells is to provide oocytes with cell organelles and RNAs (mainly rRNA). However, in studied leech species, irrespective of the nutrimental mode of oogenesis, the germinal vesicle (GV = oocyte nucleus) seems to be very active in rRNA production. As shown in the present study, during early previtellogenesis in the GV the meiotic chromosomes and prominent primary nucleoli occur. In late previtellogenesis the chromosomes condense and occupy a limited space of nucleoplasm in close vicinity to primary nucleolus, forming a karyosome. At the onset of vitellogenesis several prominent extrachromosomal DNA bodies appear in close association with the karyosome. At the same time, the primary nucleolus is no longer visible in the GV. As vitellogenesis proceeds the extrachromosomal DNA bodies undergo fragmentation and numerous spherical, RNA- and AgNOR-positive inclusions occur in the nucleoplasm. They are regarded as multiple nucleoli. Finally, in late oogenesis numerous accessory nuclei are formed in close proximity to the nuclear envelope. They usually contain one dense body, morphologically similar to multiple nucleoli. The amplification of rDNA genes, the occurrence of extrachromosomal DNA bodies, as well as the presence of multiple nucleoli and accessory nuclei are described for the first time in the phylum Annelida.
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- Piotr Swiatek
- Department of Animal Histology and Embryology, Silesian University, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
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Swiatek P, Jaglarz MK. snRNPs are present in the karyosome capsule in the weevil germinal vesicle. Tissue Cell 2004; 36:253-62. [PMID: 15261745 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2004] [Revised: 03/17/2004] [Accepted: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Within the oocyte nucleus of the apple blossom weevil, Anthonomus pomorum (Insecta, Coleoptera) highly condensed and transcriptionaly inactive chromosomes form the karyosome. During its formation, within the nucleoplasm numerous, variably sized spherical inclusions termed nuclear bodies occur. As oogenesis progresses, the karyosome is gradually surrounded by a prominent sheath, the karyosome capsule. The function and molecular composition of both the nuclear bodies and the karyosome capsule are largely unknown. Using cytochemical methods we demonstrate that DNA is confined to the karyosome and there is no extrachromosomal DNA accumulations within the nucleoplasm. In addition, none of the oocyte nucleus subdomains contain argyrophilic proteins. Our immunoEM study revealed that in contrast to similar structures in germinal vesicles in other insect species, the nuclear bodies of A. pomorum do not cross-react with antibodies recognising small nuclear ribonucleoproteins, coilin or the splicing factor SC-35. Unexpectedly, we found that as the karyosome capsule develops, mature small nuclear RNAs and proteins containing the Sm epitope associate with the capsule material. We suggest that the karyosome capsule is a storage site for small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles, which may be used during early embryonic development.
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- Piotr Swiatek
- Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, R. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland.
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Bogolyubov D, Parfenov V. Do nuclear bodies in oocytes of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Polyphaga, Tenebrionidae) contain two forms of RNA polymerase II? Tissue Cell 2004; 36:13-7. [PMID: 14729449 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2003.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Late vitellogenic oocytes of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, which are transcriptionally inert, contain numerous fibrogranular nuclear bodies (NBs). Previously, we have shown that these NBs contain both unphosphorylated and phosphorylated forms of RNA polymerase II (pol II) [Tissue Cell 33 (2001) 549]. The conclusion on the presence of phosphorylated pol II was based on our immunoelectron experiments with monoclonal antibody (mAb) H5 against the phosphorylated serine-2 of the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of pol II. Because the specificity of mAb H5 was recently questioned by demonstration of its cross-reaction with SR-proteins [J. Struct. Biol. 140 (2002) 154], we re-examined here the occurence of pol II in T. molitor oocyte NBs using other appropriate antibodies. We confirm the presence of phosphorylated pol II in NBs using the affinity-purified polyclonal antibody against the phosphorylated CTD. Using double immunogold labeling with this antibody plus mAb 8WG16 against the unphosphorylated CTD, we confirm the presence of two forms of pol II in NBs. Additionally, the presence of pol II in NBs was verified here using mAb ARNA3 against the epitope outside CTD. We suggest that at the transcriptionally inactive stage, T. molitor oocyte NBs represent storage domains for pol II disengaged from the transcription.
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- D Bogolyubov
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky Avenue 4, 194064 St Petersburg, Russia.
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Parfenov VN, Pochukalina GN, Davis DS, Reinbold R, Schöler HR, Murti KG. Nuclear distribution of Oct-4 transcription factor in transcriptionally active and inactive mouse oocytes and its relation to RNA polymerase II and splicing factors. J Cell Biochem 2003; 89:720-32. [PMID: 12858338 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The intranuclear distribution of the transcription factor Oct-4, which is specifically expressed in totipotent mice stem and germ line cells, was studied in mouse oocytes using immunogold labeling/electron microscopy and immunofluorescence/confocal laser scanning microcopy. The localization of Oct-4 was studied in transcriptionally active (uni/bilaminar follicles) and inactive (antral follicles) oocytes. Additionally, the Oct-4 distribution was examined relative to that of the unphosphorylated form of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and splicing factor (SC 35) in the intranuclear entities such as perichromatin fibrils (PFs), perichromatin granules (PGs), interchromatin granule clusters (IGCs), Cajal bodies (CBs), and nucleolus-like bodies (NLBs). It was shown that: (i) Oct-4 is localized in PFs, IGCs, and in the dense fibrillar component (DFC) of the nucleolus at the transcriptionally active stage of the oocyte nucleus; (ii) Oct-4 present in PFs and IGCs colocalizes with Pol II and SC 35 at the transcriptionally active stage; (iii) Oct-4 accumulates in NLBs, CBs, and PGs at the inert stage of the oocyte. The results confirm the previous suggestion that PFs represent the major nucleoplasmic structural domain involved in active pre-mRNA transcription/processing. The colocalization of Oct-4 with Pol II in both IGCs and PFs in active oocytes (uni/bilaminar follicles) suggests that Oct-4 is intimately associated with the Pol II holoenzyme before and during transcription. The colocalization of Oct-4, Pol II, and SC 35 with coilin-containing structures such as NLBs and CBs at the inert stage (antral follicles) suggests that the latter may represent storage sites for the transcription/splicing machinery during the decline of transcription.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vladimir N Parfenov
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia 194064
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