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Ramakrishnan Chandra J, Kalidass M, Demidov D, Dabravolski SA, Lermontova I. The role of centromeric repeats and transcripts in kinetochore assembly and function. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:982-996. [PMID: 37665331 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Centromeres are the chromosomal domains, where the kinetochore protein complex is formed, mediating proper segregation of chromosomes during cell division. Although the function of centromeres has remained conserved during evolution, centromeric DNA is highly variable, even in closely related species. In addition, the composition of the kinetochore complexes varies among organisms. Therefore, it is assumed that the centromeric position is determined epigenetically, and the centromeric histone H3 (CENH3) serves as an epigenetic marker. The loading of CENH3 onto centromeres depends on centromere-licensing factors, chaperones, and transcription of centromeric repeats. Several proteins that regulate CENH3 loading and kinetochore assembly interact with the centromeric transcripts and DNA in a sequence-independent manner. However, the functional aspects of these interactions are not fully understood. This review discusses the variability of centromeric sequences in different organisms and the regulation of their transcription through the RNA Pol II and RNAi machinery. The data suggest that the interaction of proteins involved in CENH3 loading and kinetochore assembly with centromeric DNA and transcripts plays a role in centromere, and possibly neocentromere, formation in a sequence-independent manner.
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Braude Academic College of Engineering, Snunit 51, Karmiel, 2161002, Israel
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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Hernández-Varela JD, Gallegos-Cerda SD, Chanona-Pérez JJ, Rojas Candelas LE, Martínez-Mercado E. Comparison of the SMLM technique and the MSSR algorithm in confocal microscopy for super-resolved imaging of cellulose fibres. J Microsc 2024. [PMID: 38420882 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Nowadays, the use of super-resolution microscopy (SRM) is increasing globally due to its potential application in several fields of life sciences. However, a detailed and comprehensive guide is necessary for understanding a single-frame image's resolution limit. This study was performed to provide information about the structural organisation of isolated cellulose fibres from garlic and agave wastes through fluorophore-based techniques and image analysis algorithms. Confocal microscopy provided overall information on the cellulose fibres' microstructure, while techniques such as total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy facilitated the study of the plant fibres' surface structures at a sub-micrometric scale. Furthermore, SIM and single-molecule localisation microscopy (SMLM) using the PALM reconstruction wizard can resolve the network of cellulose fibres at the nanometric level. In contrast, the mean shift super-resolution (MSSR) algorithm successfully determined nanometric structures from confocal microscopy images. Atomic force microscopy was used as a microscopy technique for measuring the size of the fibres. Similar fibre sizes to those evaluated with SIM and SMLM were found using the MSSR algorithm and AFM. However, the MSSR algorithm must be cautiously applied because the selection of thresholding parameters still depends on human visual perception. Therefore, this contribution provides a comparative study of SRM techniques and MSSR algorithm using cellulose fibres as reference material to evaluate the performance of a mathematical algorithm for image processing of bioimages at a nanometric scale. In addition, this work could act as a simple guide for improving the lateral resolution of single-frame fluorescence bioimages when SRM facilities are unavailable.
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- Josué David Hernández-Varela
- Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y de Alimentos, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
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Light Microscopy Technologies and the Plant Cytoskeleton. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2604:337-352. [PMID: 36773248 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2867-6_28] [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: 02/12/2023]
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The cytoskeleton is a dynamic and diverse subcellular filament network, and as such microscopy is an essential technology to enable researchers to study and characterize these systems. Microscopy has a long history of observing the plant world not least as the subject where Robert Hooke coined the term "cell" in his publication Micrographia. From early observations of plant morphology to today's advanced super-resolution technologies, light microscopy is the indispensable tool for the plant cell biologist. In this mini review, we will discuss some of the major modalities used to examine the plant cytoskeleton and the theory behind them.
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Super-resolution microscopy reveals the number and distribution of topoisomerase IIα and CENH3 molecules within barley metaphase chromosomes. Chromosoma 2023; 132:19-29. [PMID: 36719450 PMCID: PMC9981516 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-023-00785-8] [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] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Topoisomerase IIα (Topo IIα) and the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENH3 are key proteins involved in chromatin condensation and centromere determination, respectively. Consequently, they are required for proper chromosome segregation during cell divisions. We combined two super-resolution techniques, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) to co-localize Topo IIα and CENH3, and photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) to determine their molecule numbers in barley metaphase chromosomes. We detected a dispersed Topo IIα distribution along chromosome arms but an accumulation at centromeres, telomeres, and nucleolus-organizing regions. With a precision of 10-50 nm, we counted ~ 20,000-40,000 Topo IIα molecules per chromosome, 28% of them within the (peri)centromere. With similar precision, we identified ~13,500 CENH3 molecules per centromere where Topo IIα proteins and CENH3-containing chromatin intermingle. In short, we demonstrate PALM as a useful method to count and localize single molecules with high precision within chromosomes. The ultrastructural distribution and the detected amount of Topo IIα and CENH3 are instrumental for a better understanding of their functions during chromatin condensation and centromere determination.
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Randall RS, Jourdain C, Nowicka A, Kaduchová K, Kubová M, Ayoub MA, Schubert V, Tatout C, Colas I, Kalyanikrishna, Desset S, Mermet S, Boulaflous-Stevens A, Kubalová I, Mandáková T, Heckmann S, Lysak MA, Panatta M, Santoro R, Schubert D, Pecinka A, Routh D, Baroux C. Image analysis workflows to reveal the spatial organization of cell nuclei and chromosomes. Nucleus 2022; 13:277-299. [PMID: 36447428 PMCID: PMC9754023 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2022.2144013] [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] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nucleus, chromatin, and chromosome organization studies heavily rely on fluorescence microscopy imaging to elucidate the distribution and abundance of structural and regulatory components. Three-dimensional (3D) image stacks are a source of quantitative data on signal intensity level and distribution and on the type and shape of distribution patterns in space. Their analysis can lead to novel insights that are otherwise missed in qualitative-only analyses. Quantitative image analysis requires specific software and workflows for image rendering, processing, segmentation, setting measurement points and reference frames and exporting target data before further numerical processing and plotting. These tasks often call for the development of customized computational scripts and require an expertise that is not broadly available to the community of experimental biologists. Yet, the increasing accessibility of high- and super-resolution imaging methods fuels the demand for user-friendly image analysis workflows. Here, we provide a compendium of strategies developed by participants of a training school from the COST action INDEPTH to analyze the spatial distribution of nuclear and chromosomal signals from 3D image stacks, acquired by diffraction-limited confocal microscopy and super-resolution microscopy methods (SIM and STED). While the examples make use of one specific commercial software package, the workflows can easily be adapted to concurrent commercial and open-source software. The aim is to encourage biologists lacking custom-script-based expertise to venture into quantitative image analysis and to better exploit the discovery potential of their images.Abbreviations: 3D FISH: three-dimensional fluorescence in situ hybridization; 3D: three-dimensional; ASY1: ASYNAPTIC 1; CC: chromocenters; CO: Crossover; DAPI: 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; DMC1: DNA MEIOTIC RECOMBINASE 1; DSB: Double-Strand Break; FISH: fluorescence in situ hybridization; GFP: GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEI10: HUMAN ENHANCER OF INVASION 10; NCO: Non-Crossover; NE: Nuclear Envelope; Oligo-FISH: oligonucleotide fluorescence in situ hybridization; RNPII: RNA Polymerase II; SC: Synaptonemal Complex; SIM: structured illumination microscopy; ZMM (ZIP: MSH4: MSH5 and MER3 proteins); ZYP1: ZIPPER-LIKE PROTEIN 1.
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- Ricardo S Randall
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany, v. v. i. (IEB), Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany, v. v. i. (IEB), Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) and Department of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, D-06466Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, D-06466Seeland, Germany
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- Institut Génétique, Reproduction et Développement (GReD), Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- The James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, DD2 5DA, Scotland UK
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- Institut Génétique, Reproduction et Développement (GReD), Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institut Génétique, Reproduction et Développement (GReD), Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institut Génétique, Reproduction et Développement (GReD), Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, D-06466Seeland, Germany
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) and Department of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, D-06466Seeland, Germany
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- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) and National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, DMMD, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, DMMD, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany, v. v. i. (IEB), Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Service and Support for Science IT (S3IT), Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland,CONTACT Célia Baroux Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Super-Resolution Microscopy and Their Applications in Food Materials: Beyond the Resolution Limits of Fluorescence Microscopy. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-022-02883-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Zhang Y, Lu Y, El Sayyed H, Bian J, Lin J, Li X. Transcription factor dynamics in plants: Insights and technologies for in vivo imaging. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:23-36. [PMID: 35134239 PMCID: PMC9070795 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biochemical and genetic approaches have been extensively used to study transcription factor (TF) functions, but their dynamic behaviors and the complex ways in which they regulate transcription in plant cells remain unexplored, particularly behaviors such as translocation and binding to DNA. Recent developments in labeling and imaging techniques provide the necessary sensitivity and resolution to study these behaviors in living cells. In this review, we present an up-to-date portrait of the dynamics and regulation of TFs under physiologically relevant conditions and then summarize recent advances in fluorescent labeling strategies and imaging techniques. We then discuss future prospects and challenges associated with the application of these techniques to examine TFs' intricate dance in living plants.
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- Yuan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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The role of ATXR6 expression in modulating genome stability and transposable element repression in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2115570119. [PMID: 35027454 PMCID: PMC8784105 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115570119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The plant-specific H3K27me1 methyltransferases ATXR5 and ATXR6 play integral roles connecting epigenetic silencing with genomic stability. However, how H3K27me1 relates to these processes is poorly understood. In this study, we performed a comprehensive transcriptome analysis of tissue- and ploidy-specific expression in a hypomorphic atxr5/6 mutant and revealed that the tissue-specific defects correlate with residual ATXR6 expression. We also determined that ATXR5/6 function is essential for female germline development. Furthermore, we provide a comprehensive analysis of H3K27me1 changes in relation to other epigenetic marks. We also determined that some previously reported suppressors of atxr5/6 may act by restoring the levels of H3K27me1, such as through up-regulation of the ATXR6 transcript in the atxr6 hypomorphic promoter allele. ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX-RELATED PROTEIN 5 (ATXR5) AND ATXR6 are required for the deposition of H3K27me1 and for maintaining genomic stability in Arabidopsis. Reduction of ATXR5/6 activity results in activation of DNA damage response genes, along with tissue-specific derepression of transposable elements (TEs), chromocenter decompaction, and genomic instability characterized by accumulation of excess DNA from heterochromatin. How loss of ATXR5/6 and H3K27me1 leads to these phenotypes remains unclear. Here we provide extensive characterization of the atxr5/6 hypomorphic mutant by comprehensively examining gene expression and epigenetic changes in the mutant. We found that the tissue-specific phenotypes of TE derepression and excessive DNA in this atxr5/6 mutant correlated with residual ATXR6 expression from the hypomorphic ATXR6 allele. However, up-regulation of DNA damage genes occurred regardless of ATXR6 levels and thus appears to be a separable process. We also isolated an atxr6-null allele which showed that ATXR5 and ATXR6 are required for female germline development. Finally, we characterize three previously reported suppressors of the hypomorphic atxr5/6 mutant and show that these rescue atxr5/6 via distinct mechanisms, two of which involve increasing H3K27me1 levels.
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G-Quadruplex in Gene Encoding Large Subunit of Plant RNA Polymerase II: A Billion-Year-Old Story. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147381. [PMID: 34299001 PMCID: PMC8306923 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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G-quadruplexes have long been perceived as rare and physiologically unimportant nucleic acid structures. However, several studies have revealed their importance in molecular processes, suggesting their possible role in replication and gene expression regulation. Pathways involving G-quadruplexes are intensively studied, especially in the context of human diseases, while their involvement in gene expression regulation in plants remains largely unexplored. Here, we conducted a bioinformatic study and performed a complex circular dichroism measurement to identify a stable G-quadruplex in the gene RPB1, coding for the RNA polymerase II large subunit. We found that this G-quadruplex-forming locus is highly evolutionarily conserved amongst plants sensu lato (Archaeplastida) that share a common ancestor more than one billion years old. Finally, we discussed a new hypothesis regarding G-quadruplexes interacting with UV light in plants to potentially form an additional layer of the regulatory network.
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Shibuta MK, Sakamoto T, Yamaoka T, Yoshikawa M, Kasamatsu S, Yagi N, Fujimoto S, Suzuki T, Uchino S, Sato Y, Kimura H, Matsunaga S. A live imaging system to analyze spatiotemporal dynamics of RNA polymerase II modification in Arabidopsis thaliana. Commun Biol 2021; 4:580. [PMID: 33990678 PMCID: PMC8121908 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02106-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Spatiotemporal changes in general transcription levels play a vital role in the dynamic regulation of various critical activities. Phosphorylation levels at Ser2 in heptad repeats within the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II, representing the elongation form, is an indicator of transcription. However, rapid transcriptional changes during tissue development and cellular phenomena are difficult to capture in living organisms. We introduced a genetically encoded system termed modification-specific intracellular antibody (mintbody) into Arabidopsis thaliana. We developed a protein processing- and 2A peptide-mediated two-component system for real-time quantitative measurement of endogenous modification level. This system enables quantitative tracking of the spatiotemporal dynamics of transcription. Using this method, we observed that the transcription level varies among tissues in the root and changes dynamically during the mitotic phase. The approach is effective for achieving live visualization of the transcription level in a single cell and facilitates an improved understanding of spatiotemporal transcription dynamics.
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- Mio K Shibuta
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Academic Assembly (Faculty of Science), Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
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Kubalová I, Němečková A, Weisshart K, Hřibová E, Schubert V. Comparing Super-Resolution Microscopy Techniques to Analyze Chromosomes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22041903. [PMID: 33672992 PMCID: PMC7917581 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The importance of fluorescence light microscopy for understanding cellular and sub-cellular structures and functions is undeniable. However, the resolution is limited by light diffraction (~200–250 nm laterally, ~500–700 nm axially). Meanwhile, super-resolution microscopy, such as structured illumination microscopy (SIM), is being applied more and more to overcome this restriction. Instead, super-resolution by stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy achieving a resolution of ~50 nm laterally and ~130 nm axially has not yet frequently been applied in plant cell research due to the required specific sample preparation and stable dye staining. Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) including photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) has not yet been widely used, although this nanoscopic technique allows even the detection of single molecules. In this study, we compared protein imaging within metaphase chromosomes of barley via conventional wide-field and confocal microscopy, and the sub-diffraction methods SIM, STED, and SMLM. The chromosomes were labeled by DAPI (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindol), a DNA-specific dye, and with antibodies against topoisomerase IIα (Topo II), a protein important for correct chromatin condensation. Compared to the diffraction-limited methods, the combination of the three different super-resolution imaging techniques delivered tremendous additional insights into the plant chromosome architecture through the achieved increased resolution.
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- Ivona Kubalová
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany;
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- Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (A.N.); (E.H.)
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- Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic; (A.N.); (E.H.)
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-394-825-212
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Kubalová I, Schmidt Černohorská M, Huranová M, Weisshart K, Houben A, Schubert V. Prospects and limitations of expansion microscopy in chromatin ultrastructure determination. Chromosome Res 2020; 28:355-368. [PMID: 32939606 PMCID: PMC7691311 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-020-09637-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a method to magnify physically a specimen with preserved ultrastructure. It has the potential to explore structural features beyond the diffraction limit of light. The procedure has been successfully used for different animal species, from isolated macromolecular complexes through cells to tissue slices. Expansion of plant-derived samples is still at the beginning, and little is known, whether the chromatin ultrastructure becomes altered by physical expansion. In this study, we expanded isolated barley nuclei and compared whether ExM can provide a structural view of chromatin comparable with super-resolution microscopy. Different fixation and denaturation/digestion conditions were tested to maintain the chromatin ultrastructure. We achieved up to ~4.2-times physically expanded nuclei corresponding to a maximal resolution of ~50-60 nm when imaged by wild-field (WF) microscopy. By applying structured illumination microscopy (SIM, super-resolution) doubling the WF resolution, the chromatin structures were observed at a resolution of ~25-35 nm. WF microscopy showed a preserved nucleus shape and nucleoli. Moreover, we were able to detect chromatin domains, invisible in unexpanded nuclei. However, by applying SIM, we observed that the preservation of the chromatin ultrastructure after the expansion was not complete and that the majority of the tested conditions failed to keep the ultrastructure. Nevertheless, using expanded nuclei, we localized successfully centromere repeats by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENH3 by indirect immunolabelling. However, although these repeats and proteins were localized at the correct position within the nuclei (indicating a Rabl orientation), their ultrastructural arrangement was impaired.
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- Ivona Kubalová
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics,, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics,, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany.
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Maß L, Holtmannspötter M, Zachgo S. Dual-color 3D-dSTORM colocalization and quantification of ROXY1 and RNAPII variants throughout the transcription cycle in root meristem nuclei. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 104:1423-1436. [PMID: 32896918 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To unravel the function of a protein of interest, it is crucial to asses to what extent it associates via direct interactions or by overlapping expression with other proteins. ROXY1, a land plant-specific glutaredoxin, exerts a function in Arabidopsis flower development and interacts with TGA transcription factors in the nucleus. We detected a novel ROXY1 function in the root meristem. Root cells that lack chlorophyll reducing plant-specific background problems that can hamper colocalization 3D microscopy. Thus far, a super-resolution three-dimensional stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (3D-dSTORM) approach has mainly been applied in animal studies. We established 3D-dSTORM using the roxy1 mutant complemented with green fluorescence protein-ROXY1 and investigated its colocalization with three distinct RNAPII isoforms. To quantify the colocalization results, 3D-dSTORM was coupled with the coordinate-based colocalization method. Interestingly, ROXY1 proteins colocalize with different RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) isoforms that are active at distinct transcription cycle steps. Our colocalization data provide new insights on nuclear glutaredoxin activities suggesting that ROXY1 is not only required in early transcription initiation events via interaction with transcription factors but likely also participates throughout further transcription processes until late termination steps. Furthermore, we showed the applicability of the combined approaches to detect and quantify responses to altered growth conditions, exemplified by analysis of H2 O2 treatment, causing a dissociation of ROXY1 and RNAPII isoforms. We envisage that the powerful dual-color 3D-dSTORM/coordinate-based colocalization combination offers plant cell biologists the opportunity to colocalize and quantify root meristem proteins at an increased, unprecedented resolution level <50 nm, which will enable the detection of novel subcellular protein associations and functions.
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- Lucia Maß
- Botany Department, School of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
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- Integrated Bioimaging Facility iBiOs, School of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, School of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
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- Botany Department, School of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
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Huang Y, Rodriguez-Granados NY, Latrasse D, Raynaud C, Benhamed M, Ramirez-Prado JS. The matrix revolutions: towards the decoding of the plant chromatin three-dimensional reality. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:5129-5147. [PMID: 32639553 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In recent years, we have witnessed a significant increase in studies addressing the three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization of the plant nucleus. Important advances in chromatin conformation capture (3C)-derived and related techniques have allowed the exploration of the nuclear topology of plants with large and complex genomes, including various crops. In addition, the increase in their resolution has permitted the depiction of chromatin compartmentalization and interactions at the gene scale. These studies have revealed the highly complex mechanisms governing plant nuclear architecture and the remarkable knowledge gaps in this field. Here we discuss the state-of-the-art in plant chromosome architecture, including our knowledge of the hierarchical organization of the genome in 3D space and regarding other nuclear components. Furthermore, we highlight the existence in plants of topologically associated domain (TAD)-like structures that display striking differences from their mammalian counterparts, proposing the concept of ICONS-intergenic condensed spacers. Similarly, we explore recent advances in the study of chromatin loops and R-loops, and their implication in the regulation of gene activity. Finally, we address the impact that polyploidization has had on the chromatin topology of modern crops, and how this is related to phenomena such as subgenome dominance and biased gene retention in these organisms.
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- Ying Huang
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris of Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Orsay, France
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Santos AP, Gaudin V, Mozgová I, Pontvianne F, Schubert D, Tek AL, Dvořáčková M, Liu C, Fransz P, Rosa S, Farrona S. Tidying-up the plant nuclear space: domains, functions, and dynamics. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:5160-5178. [PMID: 32556244 PMCID: PMC8604271 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Understanding how the packaging of chromatin in the nucleus is regulated and organized to guide complex cellular and developmental programmes, as well as responses to environmental cues is a major question in biology. Technological advances have allowed remarkable progress within this field over the last years. However, we still know very little about how the 3D genome organization within the cell nucleus contributes to the regulation of gene expression. The nuclear space is compartmentalized in several domains such as the nucleolus, chromocentres, telomeres, protein bodies, and the nuclear periphery without the presence of a membrane around these domains. The role of these domains and their possible impact on nuclear activities is currently under intense investigation. In this review, we discuss new data from research in plants that clarify functional links between the organization of different nuclear domains and plant genome function with an emphasis on the potential of this organization for gene regulation.
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- Ana Paula Santos
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université
Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České
Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České
Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP), Université de
Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France
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- Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Department, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir
University, Niğde, Turkey
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of
Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart,
Germany
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Plant and AgriBiosciences Centre, Ryan Institute, NUI Galway,
Galway, Ireland
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Picart-Picolo A, Picart C, Picault N, Pontvianne F. Nucleolus-associated chromatin domains are maintained under heat stress, despite nucleolar reorganization in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2020; 133:463-470. [PMID: 32372397 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-020-01201-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Several layers of mechanisms participate in plant adaptation to heat-stress. For example, the plant metabolism switches from cell growth mode to stress adaptation mode. Ribosome biogenesis is one of the most energy costly pathways. That biogenesis process occurs in the nucleolus, the largest nuclear compartment, whose structure is highly dependent on this pathway. We used a nucleolar marker to track the structure of the nucleolus, and revealed a change in its sub-nucleolar distribution under heat stress. In addition, the nucleolus is implicated in other cellular processes, such as genome organization within the nucleus. However, our analyses of nucleolus-associated chromatin domains under heat stress did not reveal significant differences compared to the control plants, suggesting a lack of connection between two of the main functions of the nucleolus: ribosome biogenesis and nuclear organization.
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- Ariadna Picart-Picolo
- CNRS, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
- UPVD, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
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- CNRS, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
- UPVD, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
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- CNRS, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
- UPVD, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France
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- CNRS, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France.
- UPVD, LGDP UMR5096, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France.
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Vavrdová T, Křenek P, Ovečka M, Šamajová O, Floková P, Illešová P, Šnaurová R, Šamaj J, Komis G. Complementary Superresolution Visualization of Composite Plant Microtubule Organization and Dynamics. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:693. [PMID: 32582243 PMCID: PMC7290007 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Microtubule bundling is an essential mechanism underlying the biased organization of interphase and mitotic microtubular systems of eukaryotes in ordered arrays. Microtubule bundle formation can be exemplified in plants, where the formation of parallel microtubule systems in the cell cortex or the spindle midzone is largely owing to the microtubule crosslinking activity of a family of microtubule associated proteins, designated as MAP65s. Among the nine members of this family in Arabidopsis thaliana, MAP65-1 and MAP65-2 are ubiquitous and functionally redundant. Crosslinked microtubules can form high-order arrays, which are difficult to track using widefield or confocal laser scanning microscopy approaches. Here, we followed spatiotemporal patterns of MAP65-2 localization in hypocotyl cells of Arabidopsis stably expressing fluorescent protein fusions of MAP65-2 and tubulin. To circumvent imaging difficulties arising from the density of cortical microtubule bundles, we use different superresolution approaches including Airyscan confocal laser scanning microscopy (ACLSM), structured illumination microscopy (SIM), total internal reflection SIM (TIRF-SIM), and photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM). We provide insights into spatiotemporal relations between microtubules and MAP65-2 crossbridges by combining SIM and ACLSM. We obtain further details on MAP65-2 distribution by single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) imaging of either mEos3.2-MAP65-2 stochastic photoconversion, or eGFP-MAP65-2 stochastic emission fluctuations under specific illumination conditions. Time-dependent dynamics of MAP65-2 were tracked at variable time resolution using SIM, TIRF-SIM, and ACLSM and post-acquisition kymograph analysis. ACLSM imaging further allowed to track end-wise dynamics of microtubules labeled with TUA6-GFP and to correlate them with concomitant fluctuations of MAP65-2 tagged with tagRFP. All different microscopy modules examined herein are accompanied by restrictions in either the spatial resolution achieved, or in the frame rates of image acquisition. PALM imaging is compromised by speed of acquisition. This limitation was partially compensated by exploiting emission fluctuations of eGFP which allowed much higher photon counts at substantially smaller time series compared to mEos3.2. SIM, TIRF-SIM, and ACLSM were the methods of choice to follow the dynamics of MAP65-2 in bundles of different complexity. Conclusively, the combination of different superresolution methods allowed for inferences on the distribution and dynamics of MAP65-2 within microtubule bundles of living A. thaliana cells.
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Moradpour M, Abdulah SNA. CRISPR/dCas9 platforms in plants: strategies and applications beyond genome editing. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:32-44. [PMID: 31392820 PMCID: PMC6920162 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) and Cas9-associated protein systems provide a powerful genetic manipulation tool that can drive plant research forward. Nuclease-dead Cas9 (dCas9) is an enzymatically inactive mutant of Cas9 in which its endonuclease activity is non-functional. The applications of CRISPR/dCas9 have expanded and diversified in recent years. Originally, dCas9 was used as a CRISPR/Cas9 re-engineering tool that enables targeted expression of any gene or multiple genes through recruitment of transcriptional effector domains without introducing irreversible DNA-damaging mutations. Subsequent applications have made use of its ability to recruit modifying enzymes and reporter proteins to DNA target sites. In this paper, the most recent progress in the applications of CRISPR/dCas9 in plants, which include gene activation and repression, epigenome editing, modulation of chromatin topology, live-cell chromatin imaging and DNA-free genetic modification, will be reviewed. The associated strategies for exploiting the CRISPR/dCas9 system for crop improvement with a dimer of the future of the CRISPR/dCas9 system in the functional genomics of crops and the development of traits will be briefly discussed.
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- Mahdi Moradpour
- Laboratory of Science and TechnologyInstitute of Plantation StudiesUniversiti Putra MalaysiaSerdangSelangorMalaysia
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- Laboratory of Science and TechnologyInstitute of Plantation StudiesUniversiti Putra MalaysiaSerdangSelangorMalaysia
- Department of Agricultural TechnologyFaculty of AgricultureUniversiti Putra MalaysiaSerdangSelangorMalaysia
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Dumur T, Duncan S, Graumann K, Desset S, Randall RS, Scheid OM, Prodanov D, Tatout C, Baroux C. Probing the 3D architecture of the plant nucleus with microscopy approaches: challenges and solutions. Nucleus 2019; 10:181-212. [PMID: 31362571 PMCID: PMC6682351 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2019.1644592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic cell nucleus is a central organelle whose architecture determines genome function at multiple levels. Deciphering nuclear organizing principles influencing cellular responses and identity is a timely challenge. Despite many similarities between plant and animal nuclei, plant nuclei present intriguing specificities. Complementary to molecular and biochemical approaches, 3D microscopy is indispensable for resolving nuclear architecture. However, novel solutions are required for capturing cell-specific, sub-nuclear and dynamic processes. We provide a pointer for utilising high-to-super-resolution microscopy and image processing to probe plant nuclear architecture in 3D at the best possible spatial and temporal resolution and at quantitative and cell-specific levels. High-end imaging and image-processing solutions allow the community now to transcend conventional practices and benefit from continuously improving approaches. These promise to deliver a comprehensive, 3D view of plant nuclear architecture and to capture spatial dynamics of the nuclear compartment in relation to cellular states and responses. Abbreviations: 3D and 4D: Three and Four dimensional; AI: Artificial Intelligence; ant: antipodal nuclei (ant); CLSM: Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy; CTs: Chromosome Territories; DL: Deep Learning; DLIm: Dynamic Live Imaging; ecn: egg nucleus; FACS: Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting; FISH: Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization; FP: Fluorescent Proteins (GFP, RFP, CFP, YFP, mCherry); FRAP: Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching; GPU: Graphics Processing Unit; KEEs: KNOT Engaged Elements; INTACT: Isolation of Nuclei TAgged in specific Cell Types; LADs: Lamin-Associated Domains; ML: Machine Learning; NA: Numerical Aperture; NADs: Nucleolar Associated Domains; PALM: Photo-Activated Localization Microscopy; Pixel: Picture element; pn: polar nuclei; PSF: Point Spread Function; RHF: Relative Heterochromatin Fraction; SIM: Structured Illumination Microscopy; SLIm: Static Live Imaging; SMC: Spore Mother Cell; SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio; SRM: Super-Resolution Microscopy; STED: STimulated Emission Depletion; STORM: STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy; syn: synergid nuclei; TADs: Topologically Associating Domains; Voxel: Volumetric pixel.
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- Tao Dumur
- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI) of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Norwich Research Park, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- GReD, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI) of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Environment, Health and Safety, Neuroscience Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
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- GReD, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Activity and inactivity of moth sex chromosomes in somatic and meiotic cells. Chromosoma 2019; 128:533-545. [PMID: 31410566 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-019-00722-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) are the most species-rich group of animals with female heterogamety, females mostly having a WZ, males a ZZ sex chromosome constitution. We studied chromatin conformation, activity, and inactivity of the sex chromosomes in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella and the silkworm Bombyx mori, using immunostaining with anti-H3K9me2/3, anti-RNA polymerase II, and fluoro-uridine (FU) labelling of nascent transcripts, with conventional widefield fluorescence microscopy and 'spatial structured illumination microscopy' (3D-SIM). The Z chromosome is euchromatic in somatic cells and throughout meiosis. It is transcriptionally active in somatic cells and in the postpachaytene stage of meiosis. The W chromosome in contrast is heterochromatic in somatic cells as well as in meiotic cells at pachytene, but euchromatic and transcriptionally active like all other chromosomes at postpachytene. As the W chromosomes are apparently devoid of protein-coding genes, their transcripts must be non-coding. We found no indication of 'meiotic sex chromosome inactivation' (MSCI) in the two species.
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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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Picart-Picolo A, Picault N, Pontvianne F. Ribosomal RNA genes shape chromatin domains associating with the nucleolus. Nucleus 2019; 10:67-72. [PMID: 30870088 PMCID: PMC6527388 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2019.1591106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Genomic interactions can occur in addition to those within chromosome territories and can be organized around nuclear bodies. Several studies revealed how the nucleolus anchors higher order chromatin structures of specific chromosome regions displaying heterochromatic features. In this review, we comment on advances in this emerging field, with a particular focus on a recent study published by Quinodoz et al., that developed a new method to characterize simultaneous genomic interactions in the same cell. Highlighting studies conducted in animal and plant cells, we then discuss the establishment of inactive chromatin at nucleolus organizer region (NOR)-bearing chromosomes.
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- Ariadna Picart-Picolo
- a CNRS , Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP) , Perpignan , France.,b Université de Perpignan Via Domitia , LGDP , Perpignan , France
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- a CNRS , Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP) , Perpignan , France.,b Université de Perpignan Via Domitia , LGDP , Perpignan , France
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- a CNRS , Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP) , Perpignan , France.,b Université de Perpignan Via Domitia , LGDP , Perpignan , France
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Sotelo-Silveira M, Chávez Montes RA, Sotelo-Silveira JR, Marsch-Martínez N, de Folter S. Entering the Next Dimension: Plant Genomes in 3D. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 23:598-612. [PMID: 29703667 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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After linear sequences of genomes and epigenomic landscape data, the 3D organization of chromatin in the nucleus is the next level to be explored. Different organisms present a general hierarchical organization, with chromosome territories at the top. Chromatin interaction maps, obtained by chromosome conformation capture (3C)-based methodologies, for eight plant species reveal commonalities, but also differences, among them and with animals. The smallest structures, found in high-resolution maps of the Arabidopsis genome, are single genes. Epigenetic marks (histone modification and DNA methylation), transcriptional activity, and chromatin interaction appear to be correlated, and whether structure is the cause or consequence of the function of interacting regions is being actively investigated.
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- Mariana Sotelo-Silveira
- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía, Garzón 809, 12900 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (LANGEBIO), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, 36824 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Department of Genomics, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay; Sección Biología Celular, Dept. Cell and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Igua 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Unidad Irapuato, CINVESTAV-IPN, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, 36824 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (LANGEBIO), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, 36824 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Baroux C, Schubert V. Technical Review: Microscopy and Image Processing Tools to Analyze Plant Chromatin: Practical Considerations. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1675:537-589. [PMID: 29052212 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7318-7_31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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In situ nucleus and chromatin analyses rely on microscopy imaging that benefits from versatile, efficient fluorescent probes and proteins for static or live imaging. Yet the broad choice in imaging instruments offered to the user poses orientation problems. Which imaging instrument should be used for which purpose? What are the main caveats and what are the considerations to best exploit each instrument's ability to obtain informative and high-quality images? How to infer quantitative information on chromatin or nuclear organization from microscopy images? In this review, we present an overview of common, fluorescence-based microscopy systems and discuss recently developed super-resolution microscopy systems, which are able to bridge the resolution gap between common fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy. We briefly present their basic principles and discuss their possible applications in the field, while providing experience-based recommendations to guide the user toward best-possible imaging. In addition to raw data acquisition methods, we discuss commercial and noncommercial processing tools required for optimal image presentation and signal evaluation in two and three dimensions.
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- Célia Baroux
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany
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Vangindertael J, Camacho R, Sempels W, Mizuno H, Dedecker P, Janssen KPF. An introduction to optical super-resolution microscopy for the adventurous biologist. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2018; 6:022003. [DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aaae0c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The long linear chromosomes of eukaryotic organisms are tightly packed into the nucleus of the cell. Beyond a first organization into nucleosomes and higher-order chromatin fibers, the positioning of nuclear DNA within the three-dimensional space of the nucleus plays a critical role in genome function and gene expression. Different techniques have been developed to assess nanoscale chromatin organization, nuclear position of genomic regions or specific chromatin features and binding proteins as well as higher-order chromatin organization. Here, I present an overview of imaging and molecular techniques applied to study nuclear architecture in plants, with special attention to the related protocols published in the "Plant Chromatin Dynamics" edition from Methods in Molecular Biology.
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- Aline V Probst
- GReD, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, INSERM, 63001, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Lambing C, Heckmann S. Tackling Plant Meiosis: From Model Research to Crop Improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:829. [PMID: 29971082 PMCID: PMC6018109 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Genetic engineering and traditional plant breeding, which harnesses the natural genetic variation that arises during meiosis, will have key roles to improve crop varieties and thus deliver Food Security in the future. Meiosis, a specialized cell division producing haploid gametes to maintain somatic diploidy following their fusion, assures genetic variation by regulated genetic exchange through homologous recombination. However, meiotic recombination events are restricted in their total number and their distribution along chromosomes limiting allelic variations in breeding programs. Thus, modifying the number and distribution of meiotic recombination events has great potential to improve and accelerate plant breeding. In recent years much progress has been made in understanding meiotic progression and recombination in plants. Many genes and factors involved in these processes have been identified primarily in Arabidopsis thaliana but also more recently in crops such as Brassica, rice, barley, maize, or wheat. These advances put researchers in the position to translate acquired knowledge to various crops likely improving and accelerating breeding programs. However, although fundamental aspects of meiotic progression and recombination are conserved between species, differences in genome size and organization (due to repetitive DNA content and ploidy level) exist, particularly among plants, that likely account for differences in meiotic progression and recombination patterns found between species. Thus, tools and approaches are needed to better understand differences and similarities in meiotic progression and recombination among plants, to study fundamental aspects of meiosis in a variety of plants including crops and non-model species, and to transfer knowledge into crop species. In this article, we provide an overview of tools and approaches available to study plant meiosis, highlight new techniques, give examples of areas of future research and review distinct aspects of meiosis in non-model species.
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- Christophe Lambing
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Christophe Lambing, Stefan Heckmann,
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- Independent Research Group Meiosis, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
- *Correspondence: Christophe Lambing, Stefan Heckmann,
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Komis G, Novák D, Ovečka M, Šamajová O, Šamaj J. Advances in Imaging Plant Cell Dynamics. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:80-93. [PMID: 29167354 PMCID: PMC5761809 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Advanced bioimaging uncovers insights into subcellular structures of plants.
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- George Komis
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Gutsche N, Holtmannspötter M, Maß L, O'Donoghue M, Busch A, Lauri A, Schubert V, Zachgo S. Conserved redox-dependent DNA binding of ROXY glutaredoxins with TGA transcription factors. PLANT DIRECT 2017; 1:e00030. [PMID: 31245678 PMCID: PMC6508501 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The Arabidopsis thaliana CC-type glutaredoxin (GRX) ROXY1 and the bZIP TGA transcription factor (TF) PERIANTHIA (PAN) interact in the nucleus and together regulate petal development. The CC-type GRXs exist exclusively in land plants, and in contrast to the ubiquitously occurring CPYC and CGFS GRX classes, only the CC-type GRXs expanded strongly during land plant evolution. Phylogenetic analyses show that TGA TFs evolved before the CC-type GRXs in charophycean algae. MpROXY1/2 and MpTGA were isolated from the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha to analyze regulatory ROXY/TGA interactions in a basal land plant. Homologous and heterologous protein interaction studies demonstrate that nuclear ROXY/TGA interactions are conserved since the occurrence of CC-type GRXs in bryophytes and mediated by a conserved ROXY C-terminus. Redox EMSA analyses show a redox-sensitive binding of MpTGA to the cis-regulatory as-1-like element. Furthermore, we demonstrate that MpTGA binds together with MpROXY1/2 to this motif under reducing conditions, whereas this interaction is not observed under oxidizing conditions. Remarkably, heterologous complementation studies reveal a strongly conserved land plant ROXY activity, suggesting an ancestral role for CC-type GRXs in modulating the activities of TGA TFs. Super-resolution microscopy experiments detected a strong colocalization of ROXY1 with the active form of the RNA polymerase II in the nucleus. Together, these data shed new light on the function of ROXYs and TGA TFs and the evolution of redox-sensitive transcription regulation processes, which likely contributed to adapt land plants to novel terrestrial habitats.
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- Nora Gutsche
- Botany DepartmentSchool of Biology and ChemistryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Botany DepartmentSchool of Biology and ChemistryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Botany DepartmentSchool of Biology and ChemistryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Stadt SeelandGermany
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- Botany DepartmentSchool of Biology and ChemistryOsnabrück UniversityOsnabrückGermany
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- Rainer Heintzmann
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Biomolecular
Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße
25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
- Department
of Internal Medicine and NSF Center for Biophotonics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, United States
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Ryabichko SS, Ibragimov AN, Lebedeva LA, Kozlov EN, Shidlovskii YV. Super-Resolution Microscopy in Studying the Structure and Function of the Cell Nucleus. Acta Naturae 2017; 9:42-51. [PMID: 29340216 PMCID: PMC5762827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In recent decades, novel microscopic methods commonly referred to as super- resolution microscopy have been developed. These methods enable the visualization of a cell with a resolution of up to 10 nm. The application of these methods is of great interest in studying the structure and function of the cell nucleus. The review describes the main achievements in this field.
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- S. S. Ryabichko
- Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 34/5, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 34/5, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 34/5, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 34/5, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Vavilova Str. 34/5, Moscow, 119334, Russia
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya Str. 8, bldg. 2, Moscow, 119048 , Russia
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Barneche F, Baroux C. Unreeling the chromatin thread: a genomic perspective on organization around the periphery of the Arabidopsis nucleus. Genome Biol 2017; 18:97. [PMID: 28535814 PMCID: PMC5441100 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1239-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The first genome-wide examination of the chromatin landscape at the periphery of the plant cell nucleus reveals substantial enrichment of heterochromatin and Polycomb-based repressive chromatin.
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- Fredy Barneche
- IBENS, Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Inserm, PSL Research University, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Antosz W, Pfab A, Ehrnsberger HF, Holzinger P, Köllen K, Mortensen SA, Bruckmann A, Schubert T, Längst G, Griesenbeck J, Schubert V, Grasser M, Grasser KD. The Composition of the Arabidopsis RNA Polymerase II Transcript Elongation Complex Reveals the Interplay between Elongation and mRNA Processing Factors. THE PLANT CELL 2017; 29:854-870. [PMID: 28351991 PMCID: PMC5435424 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Transcript elongation factors (TEFs) are a heterogeneous group of proteins that control the efficiency of transcript elongation of subsets of genes by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) in the chromatin context. Using reciprocal tagging in combination with affinity purification and mass spectrometry, we demonstrate that in Arabidopsis thaliana, the TEFs SPT4/SPT5, SPT6, FACT, PAF1-C, and TFIIS copurified with each other and with elongating RNAPII, while P-TEFb was not among the interactors. Additionally, NAP1 histone chaperones, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors, and some histone-modifying enzymes including Elongator were repeatedly found associated with TEFs. Analysis of double mutant plants defective in different combinations of TEFs revealed genetic interactions between genes encoding subunits of PAF1-C, FACT, and TFIIS, resulting in synergistic/epistatic effects on plant growth/development. Analysis of subnuclear localization, gene expression, and chromatin association did not provide evidence for an involvement of the TEFs in transcription by RNAPI (or RNAPIII). Proteomics analyses also revealed multiple interactions between the transcript elongation complex and factors involved in mRNA splicing and polyadenylation, including an association of PAF1-C with the polyadenylation factor CstF. Therefore, the RNAPII transcript elongation complex represents a platform for interactions among different TEFs, as well as for coordinating ongoing transcription with mRNA processing.
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- Wojciech Antosz
- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Biochemistry I, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Biochemistry III, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Biochemistry III, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department for Biochemistry III, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, D-06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemistry Center, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Schubert V. Super-resolution Microscopy - Applications in Plant Cell Research. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:531. [PMID: 28450874 PMCID: PMC5390026 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Most of the present knowledge about cell organization and function is based on molecular and genetic methods as well as cytological investigations. While electron microscopy allows identifying cell substructures until a resolution of ∼1 nm, the resolution of fluorescence microscopy is restricted to ∼200 nm due to the diffraction limit of light. However, the advantage of this technique is the possibility to identify and co-localize specifically labeled structures and molecules. The recently developed super-resolution microscopy techniques, such as Structured Illumination Microscopy, Photoactivated Localization Microscopy, Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy, and Stimulated Emission Depletion microscopy allow analyzing structures and molecules beyond the diffraction limit of light. Recently, there is an increasing application of these techniques in cell biology. This review evaluates and summarizes especially the data achieved until now in analyzing the organization and function of plant cells, chromosomes and interphase nuclei using super-resolution techniques.
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Pontvianne F, Carpentier MC, Durut N, Pavlištová V, Jaške K, Schořová Š, Parrinello H, Rohmer M, Pikaard CS, Fojtová M, Fajkus J, Sáez-Vásquez J. Identification of Nucleolus-Associated Chromatin Domains Reveals a Role for the Nucleolus in 3D Organization of the A. thaliana Genome. Cell Rep 2016; 16:1574-1587. [PMID: 27477271 PMCID: PMC5279810 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The nucleolus is the site of rRNA gene transcription, rRNA processing, and ribosome biogenesis. However, the nucleolus also plays additional roles in the cell. We isolated nucleoli using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and identified nucleolus-associated chromatin domains (NADs) by deep sequencing, comparing wild-type plants and null mutants for the nucleolar protein NUCLEOLIN 1 (NUC1). NADs are primarily genomic regions with heterochromatic signatures and include transposable elements (TEs), sub-telomeric regions, and mostly inactive protein-coding genes. However, NADs also include active rRNA genes and the entire short arm of chromosome 4 adjacent to them. In nuc1 null mutants, which alter rRNA gene expression and overall nucleolar structure, NADs are altered, telomere association with the nucleolus is decreased, and telomeres become shorter. Collectively, our studies reveal roles for NUC1 and the nucleolus in the spatial organization of chromosomes as well as telomere maintenance.
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- Frédéric Pontvianne
- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France; Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France; Department of Biology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France; Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France; Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France; Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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Liu C, Wang C, Wang G, Becker C, Zaidem M, Weigel D. Genome-wide analysis of chromatin packing in Arabidopsis thaliana at single-gene resolution. Genome Res 2016; 26:1057-68. [PMID: 27225844 PMCID: PMC4971768 DOI: 10.1101/gr.204032.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The three-dimensional packing of the genome plays an important role in regulating gene expression. We have used Hi-C, a genome-wide chromatin conformation capture (3C) method, to analyze Arabidopsis thaliana chromosomes dissected into subkilobase segments, which is required for gene-level resolution in this species with a gene-dense genome. We found that the repressive H3K27me3 histone mark is overrepresented in the promoter regions of genes that are in conformational linkage over long distances. In line with the globally dispersed distribution of RNA polymerase II in A. thaliana nuclear space, actively transcribed genes do not show a strong tendency to associate with each other. In general, there are often contacts between 5' and 3' ends of genes, forming local chromatin loops. Such self-loop structures of genes are more likely to occur in more highly expressed genes, although they can also be found in silent genes. Silent genes with local chromatin loops are highly enriched for the histone variant H3.3 at their 5' and 3' ends but depleted of repressive marks such as heterochromatic histone modifications and DNA methylation in flanking regions. Our results suggest that, different from animals, a major theme of genome folding in A. thaliana is the formation of structural units that correspond to gene bodies.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Institute of Digital Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Weisshart K, Fuchs J, Schubert V. Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) and Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM) to Analyze the Abundance and Distribution of RNA Polymerase II Molecules on Flow-sorted Arabidopsis Nuclei. Bio Protoc 2016. [DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.1725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Mozgová I, Köhler C, Gaudin V, Hennig L. The many faces of plant chromatin: Meeting summary of the 4th European workshop on plant chromatin 2015, Uppsala, Sweden. Epigenetics 2015; 10:1084-90. [PMID: 26646904 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1106674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In June 2015, the fourth European Workshop on Plant Chromatin took place in Uppsala, Sweden, bringing together 80 researchers studying various aspects of plant chromatin and epigenetics. The intricate relationships between plant chromatin dynamics and gene expression change, chromatin organization within the plant cell nucleus, and the impact of chromatin structure on plant development were discussed. Among the main highlights of the meeting were an ever-growing list of newly identified players in chromatin structure establishment and the development of novel tools and approaches to foster our understanding of chromatin-mediated gene regulation, taking into account the context of the plant cell nucleus and its architecture. In this report, we summarize some of the main advances and prospects of plant chromatin research presented at this meeting.
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- Iva Mozgová
- a Department of Plant Biology ; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology ; Uppsala , Sweden
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- a Department of Plant Biology ; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology ; Uppsala , Sweden
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- b INRA-AgroParisTech; Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin ; Versailles , France
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- a Department of Plant Biology ; Uppsala BioCenter; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology ; Uppsala , Sweden
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Komis G, Šamajová O, Ovečka M, Šamaj J. Super-resolution Microscopy in Plant Cell Imaging. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 20:834-843. [PMID: 26482957 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Revised: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Although the development of super-resolution microscopy methods dates back to 1994, relevant applications in plant cell imaging only started to emerge in 2010. Since then, the principal super-resolution methods, including structured-illumination microscopy (SIM), photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), and stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED), have been implemented in plant cell research. However, progress has been limited due to the challenging properties of plant material. Here we summarize the basic principles of existing super-resolution methods and provide examples of applications in plant science. The limitations imposed by the nature of plant material are reviewed and the potential for future applications in plant cell imaging is highlighted.
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- George Komis
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Abstract
Methods that use high-throughput sequencing have begun to reveal features of the three-dimensional structure of genomes at a resolution that goes far beyond that of traditional microscopy. Integration of these methods with other molecular tools has advanced our knowledge of both global and local chromatin packing in plants, and has revealed how patterns of chromatin packing correlate with the genomic and epigenomic landscapes. This update reports recent progress made in this area in plants, and suggests new research directions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chang Liu
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.
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