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Osman K, Desjardins SD, Simmonds J, Burridge AJ, Kanyuka K, Henderson IR, Edwards KJ, Uauy C, Franklin FCH, Higgins JD, Sanchez-Moran E. FIGL1 prevents aberrant chromosome associations and fragmentation and limits crossovers in polyploid wheat meiosis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 38584326 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Meiotic crossovers (COs) generate genetic diversity and are crucial for viable gamete production. Plant COs are typically limited to 1-3 per chromosome pair, constraining the development of improved varieties, which in wheat is exacerbated by an extreme distal localisation bias. Advances in wheat genomics and related technologies provide new opportunities to investigate, and possibly modify, recombination in this important crop species. Here, we investigate the disruption of FIGL1 in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat as a potential strategy for modifying CO frequency/position. We analysed figl1 mutants and virus-induced gene silencing lines cytogenetically. Genetic mapping was performed in the hexaploid. FIGL1 prevents abnormal meiotic chromosome associations/fragmentation in both ploidies. It suppresses class II COs in the tetraploid such that CO/chiasma frequency increased 2.1-fold in a figl1 msh5 quadruple mutant compared with a msh5 double mutant. It does not appear to affect class I COs based on HEI10 foci counts in a hexaploid figl1 triple mutant. Genetic mapping in the triple mutant suggested no significant overall increase in total recombination across examined intervals but revealed large increases in specific individual intervals. Notably, the tetraploid figl1 double mutant was sterile but the hexaploid triple mutant was moderately fertile, indicating potential utility for wheat breeding.
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- Kim Osman
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Adrian Building, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Adrian Building, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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Jones G, Kleckner N, Zickler D. Meiosis through three centuries. Chromosoma 2024; 133:93-115. [PMID: 38730132 PMCID: PMC11180163 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-024-00822-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Meiosis is the specialized cellular program that underlies gamete formation for sexual reproduction. It is therefore not only interesting but also a fundamentally important subject for investigation. An especially attractive feature of this program is that many of the processes of special interest involve organized chromosomes, thus providing the possibility to see chromosomes "in action". Analysis of meiosis has also proven to be useful in discovering and understanding processes that are universal to all chromosomal programs. Here we provide an overview of the different historical moments when the gap between observation and understanding of mechanisms and/or roles for the new discovered molecules was bridged. This review reflects also the synergy of thinking and discussion among our three laboratories during the past several decades.
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- Gareth Jones
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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Cseh A, Lenykó-Thegze A, Makai D, Szabados F, Hamow KÁ, Gulyás Z, Kiss T, Karsai I, Moncsek B, Mihók E, Sepsi A. Meiotic instability and irregular chromosome pairing underpin heat-induced infertility in bread wheat carrying the Rht-B1b or Rht-D1b Green Revolution genes. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:180-196. [PMID: 37691304 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Mutations in the Rht-B1a and Rht-D1a genes of wheat (Triticum aestivum; resulting in Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b alleles) cause gibberellin-insensitive dwarfism and are one of the most important elements of increased yield introduced during the 'Green Revolution'. We measured the effects of a short period of heat imposed during the early reproductive stage on near-isogenic lines carrying Rht-B1b or Rht-D1b alleles, with respect to the wild-type (WT). The temperature shift caused a significant fertility loss within the ears of Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b wheats, greater than that observed for the WT. Defects in chromosome synapsis, reduced homologous recombination and a high frequency of chromosome mis-segregation were associated with reduced fertility. The transcription of TaGA3ox gene involved in the final stage of gibberellic acid (GA) biosynthesis was activated and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry identified GA1 as the dominant bioactive GA in developing ears, but levels were unaffected by the elevated temperature. Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b mutants were inclined to meiotic errors under optimal temperatures and showed a higher susceptibility to heat than their tall counterparts. Identification and introduction of new dwarfing alleles into modern breeding programmes is invaluable in the development of climate-resilient wheat varieties.
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- András Cseh
- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
- Doctoral School of Biology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Egyetem tér 1-3, Budapest, 1053, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
- Food and Wine Research Institute, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eszterházy tér 1, Eger, 3300, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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- HUN-REN, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
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Kudryavtseva N, Ermolaev A, Pivovarov A, Simanovsky S, Odintsov S, Khrustaleva L. The Control of the Crossover Localization in Allium. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087066. [PMID: 37108228 PMCID: PMC10138942 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087066] [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: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Meiotic crossovers/chiasmata are not randomly distributed and strictly controlled. The mechanisms behind crossover (CO) patterning remain largely unknown. In Allium cepa, as in the vast majority of plants and animals, COs predominantly occur in the distal 2/3 of the chromosome arm, while in Allium fistulosum they are strictly localized in the proximal region. We investigated the factors that may contribute to the pattern of COs in A. cepa, A. fistulosum and their F1 diploid (2n = 2x = 8C + 8F) and F1 triploid (2n = 3x = 16F + 8C) hybrids. The genome structure of F1 hybrids was confirmed using genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). The analysis of bivalents in the pollen mother cells (PMCs) of the F1 triploid hybrid showed a significant shift in the localization of COs to the distal and interstitial regions. In F1 diploid hybrid, the COs localization was predominantly the same as that of the A. cepa parent. We found no differences in the assembly and disassembly of ASY1 and ZYP1 in PMCs between A. cepa and A. fistulosum, while F1 diploid hybrid showed a delay in chromosome pairing and a partial absence of synapsis in paired chromosomes. Immunolabeling of MLH1 (class I COs) and MUS81 (class II COs) proteins showed a significant difference in the class I/II CO ratio between A. fistulosum (50%:50%) and A. cepa (73%:27%). The MLH1:MUS81 ratio at the homeologous synapsis of F1 diploid hybrid (70%:30%) was the most similar to that of the A. cepa parent. F1 triploid hybrid at the A. fistulosum homologous synapsis showed a significant increase in MLH1:MUS81 ratio (60%:40%) compared to the A. fistulosum parent. The results suggest possible genetic control of CO localization. Other factors affecting the distribution of COs are discussed.
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- Natalia Kudryavtseva
- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 49 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 49 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 49 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prosp., Moscow 119071, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 49 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
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- All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 42 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 49 Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow 127550, Russia
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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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100 Years of Chromosome Research in Rye, Secale L. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11131753. [PMID: 35807704 PMCID: PMC9268793 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although microscopy and genetics were still in their infancy, there are cytological results produced a hundred years ago that are still relevant today. Since the 1920s, rye has been a subject of chromosome research. It started by plotting its mitotic and meiotic chromosomes to determine genome size. After controversial evidence, it became clear that the base number is n = 7. However, structural differences exist between species within the genus Secale. Some rye populations even carry accessory chromosomes evolutionary derived from the A genome. The development of tetraploid strains significantly promoted chromosome analysis. Various techniques have tried to stabilize the disturbed chromosome pairing of the induced tetraploids. Although slight improvements could be achieved, they did not lead to a breakthrough. However, the various aneuploid derivatives of the polyploids found major advances in the genetic analysis of rye. Trisomics, telo-trisomics, and reciprocal translocation have served as important tools for gene mapping. Since the 1970s, various chromosome banding techniques have stimulated scientific progress. The seven haploid chromosomes could be diagnosed unequivocally, not only in S. cereale but also in related species. These findings led to a clear homoeologous assignment to the genomes of related grass species such as wheat, barley, rice, etc. Current applications of in situ fluorescence staining methods, such as GISH and FISH, allow even more precise results, depending on the specificity of the DNA samples. Advanced preparation techniques are supplemented by the variety of innovations in the field of molecular genome analysis. They replace complex cytological examinations. In this way, introgressions can be safely detected by DNA markers and be much more detailed. In addition, CRISPR/CAS-mediated chromosome engineering will become an important method of the future.
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Bouquet Formation Failure in Meiosis of F1 Wheat–Rye Hybrids with Mitotic-Like Division. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11121582. [PMID: 35736732 PMCID: PMC9229938 DOI: 10.3390/plants11121582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Bouquet formation is believed to be involved in initiating homologous chromosome pairings in meiosis. A bouquet is also formed in the absence of chromosome pairing, such as in F1 wheat–rye hybrids. In some hybrids, meiosis is characterized by a single, mitotic-like division that leads to the formation of unreduced gametes. In this study, FISH with the telomere and centromere-specific probe, and immunoFISH with ASY1, CENH3 and rye subtelomere repeat pSc200 were employed to perform a comparative analysis of early meiotic prophase nuclei in four combinations of wheat–rye hybrids. One of these, with disomic rye chromosome 2R, is known to undergo normal meiosis, and here, 78.9% of the meiocytes formed a normal-appearing telomere bouquet and rye subtelomeres clustered in 83.2% of the meiocytes. In three combinations with disomic rye chromosomes 1R, 5R and 6R, known to undergo a single division of meiosis, telomeres clustered in 11.4%, 44.8% and 27.6% of the meiocytes, respectively. In hybrids with chromosome 1R, rye subtelomeres clustered in 12.19% of the meiocytes. In the remaining meiocytes, telomeres and subtelomeres were scattered along the nucleus circumference, forming large and small groups. We conclude that in wheat–rye hybrids with mitotic-like meiosis, chromosome behavior is altered already in the early prophase.
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Cardoso AL, Venturelli NB, da Cruz I, de Sá Patroni FM, de Moraes D, de Oliveira RA, Benavente R, Martins C. Meiotic behavior, transmission and active genes of B chromosomes in the cichlid Astatotilapia latifasciata: new clues about nature, evolution and maintenance of accessory elements. Mol Genet Genomics 2022; 297:1151-1167. [PMID: 35704117 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Supernumerary B chromosomes (Bs) are dispensable genetic elements widespread in eukaryotes and are poorly understood mainly in relation to mechanisms of maintenance and transmission. The cichlid Astatotilapia latifasciata can harbor Bs in a range of 0 (named B -) and 1-2 (named B +). The B in A. latifasciata is rich in several classes of repetitive DNA sequences, contains protein coding genes, and affects hosts in diverse ways, including sex-biased effects. To advance in the knowledge about the mechanisms of maintenance and transmission of B chromosomes in A. latifasciata, here, we studied the meiotic behavior in males and transmission rates of A. latifasciata B chromosome. We also analyzed structurally and functionally the predicted B chromosome copies of the cell cycle genes separin-like, tubb1-like and kif11-like. We identified in the meiotic structure relative to the B chromosome the presence of proteins associated with Synaptonemal Complex organization (SMC3, SYCP1 and SYCP3) and found that the B performs self-pairing. These data suggest that isochromosome formation was a step during B chromosome evolution and this element is in a stage of diversification of the two arms keeping the self-pairing behavior to protect the A chromosome complement of negative effects of recombination. Moreover, we observed no occurrence of B-drive and confirmed the presence of cell cycle genes copies in the B chromosome and their transcription in encephalon, muscle and gonads, which can indicates beneficial effects to hosts and contribute to B maintenance.
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- Adauto Lima Cardoso
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil
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- Department of Biostatistics, Plant Biology, Parasitology and Zoology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, Sao Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-689, Brazil.
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Ovečka M, Sojka J, Tichá M, Komis G, Basheer J, Marchetti C, Šamajová O, Kuběnová L, Šamaj J. Imaging plant cells and organs with light-sheet and super-resolution microscopy. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:683-702. [PMID: 35235660 PMCID: PMC8825356 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The documentation of plant growth and development requires integrative and scalable approaches to investigate and spatiotemporally resolve various dynamic processes at different levels of plant body organization. The present update deals with vigorous developments in mesoscopy, microscopy and nanoscopy methods that have been translated to imaging of plant subcellular compartments, cells, tissues and organs over the past 3 years with the aim to report recent applications and reasonable expectations from current light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) and super-resolution microscopy (SRM) modalities. Moreover, the shortcomings and limitations of existing LSFM and SRM are discussed, particularly for their ability to accommodate plant samples and regarding their documentation potential considering spherical aberrations or temporal restrictions prohibiting the dynamic recording of fast cellular processes at the three dimensions. For a more comprehensive description, advances in living or fixed sample preparation methods are also included, supported by an overview of developments in labeling strategies successfully applied in plants. These strategies are practically documented by current applications employing model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh., but also robust crop species such as Medicago sativa L. and Hordeum vulgare L. Over the past few years, the trend towards designing of integrative microscopic modalities has become apparent and it is expected that in the near future LSFM and SRM will be bridged to achieve broader multiscale plant imaging with a single platform.
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- Miroslav Ovečka
- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Wang Y, van Rengs WMJ, Zaidan MWAM, Underwood CJ. Meiosis in crops: from genes to genomes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:6091-6109. [PMID: 34009331 PMCID: PMC8483783 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Meiosis is a key feature of sexual reproduction. During meiosis homologous chromosomes replicate, recombine, and randomly segregate, followed by the segregation of sister chromatids to produce haploid cells. The unique genotypes of recombinant gametes are an essential substrate for the selection of superior genotypes in natural populations and in plant breeding. In this review we summarize current knowledge on meiosis in diverse monocot and dicot crop species and provide a comprehensive resource of cloned meiotic mutants in six crop species (rice, maize, wheat, barley, tomato, and Brassica species). Generally, the functional roles of meiotic proteins are conserved between plant species, but we highlight notable differences in mutant phenotypes. The physical lengths of plant chromosomes vary greatly; for instance, wheat chromosomes are roughly one order of magnitude longer than those of rice. We explore how chromosomal distribution for crossover recombination can vary between species. We conclude that research on meiosis in crops will continue to complement that in Arabidopsis, and alongside possible applications in plant breeding will facilitate a better understanding of how the different stages of meiosis are controlled in plant species.
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- Yazhong Wang
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg, Cologne, Germany
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Evtushenko EV, Elisafenko EA, Gatzkaya SS, Schubert V, Houben A, Vershinin AV. Expression of Two Rye CENH3 Variants and Their Loading into Centromeres. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:2043. [PMID: 34685852 PMCID: PMC8538535 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gene duplication and the preservation of both copies during evolution is an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. Their preservation is related to the function they perform. The central component of centromere specification and function is the centromere-specific histone H3 (CENH3). Some cereal species (maize, rice) have one copy of the gene encoding this protein, while some (wheat, barley, rye) have two. Therefore, they represent a good model for a comparative study of the functional activity of the duplicated CENH3 genes and their protein products. We determined the organization of the CENH3 locus in rye (Secale cereale L.) and identified the functional motifs in the vicinity of the CENH3 genes. We compared the expression of these genes at different stages of plant development and the loading of their products, the CENH3 proteins, into nucleosomes during mitosis and meiosis. Using extended chromatin fibers, we revealed patterns of loading CENH3 proteinsinto polynucleosomal domains in centromeric chromatin. Our results indicate no sign of neofunctionalization, subfunctionalization or specialization in the gene copies. The influence of negative selection on the coding part of the genes led them to preserve their conserved function. The advantage of having two functional genes appears as the gene-dosage effect.
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- Elena V. Evtushenko
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (E.V.E.); (E.A.E.); (S.S.G.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (E.V.E.); (E.A.E.); (S.S.G.)
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 10, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (E.V.E.); (E.A.E.); (S.S.G.)
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Seeland, Germany; (V.S.); (A.H.)
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Seeland, Germany; (V.S.); (A.H.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS, Acad. Lavrentiev Ave. 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (E.V.E.); (E.A.E.); (S.S.G.)
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Zhang FG, Zhang RR, Gao JM. The organization, regulation, and biological functions of the synaptonemal complex. Asian J Androl 2021; 23:580-589. [PMID: 34528517 PMCID: PMC8577265 DOI: 10.4103/aja202153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a meiosis-specific proteinaceous macromolecular structure that assembles between paired homologous chromosomes during meiosis in various eukaryotes. The SC has a highly conserved ultrastructure and plays critical roles in controlling multiple steps in meiotic recombination and crossover formation, ensuring accurate meiotic chromosome segregation. Recent studies in different organisms, facilitated by advances in super-resolution microscopy, have provided insights into the macromolecular structure of the SC, including the internal organization of the meiotic chromosome axis and SC central region, the regulatory pathways that control SC assembly and dynamics, and the biological functions exerted by the SC and its substructures. This review summarizes recent discoveries about how the SC is organized and regulated that help to explain the biological functions associated with this meiosis-specific structure.
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- Feng-Guo Zhang
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology of Shandong Province, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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Sims J, Schlögelhofer P, Kurzbauer MT. From Microscopy to Nanoscopy: Defining an Arabidopsis thaliana Meiotic Atlas at the Nanometer Scale. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:672914. [PMID: 34084178 PMCID: PMC8167036 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.672914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Visualization of meiotic chromosomes and the proteins involved in meiotic recombination have become essential to study meiosis in many systems including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Recent advances in super-resolution technologies changed how microscopic images are acquired and analyzed. New technologies enable observation of cells and nuclei at a nanometer scale and hold great promise to the field since they allow observing complex meiotic molecular processes with unprecedented detail. Here, we provide an overview of classical and advanced sample preparation and microscopy techniques with an updated Arabidopsis meiotic atlas based on super-resolution microscopy. We review different techniques, focusing on stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy, to offer researchers guidance for selecting the optimal protocol and equipment to address their scientific question.
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Sousa A, Schubert V, Renner SS. Centromere organization and UU/V sex chromosome behavior in a liverwort. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:133-141. [PMID: 33372295 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In 1917, sex chromosomes in plants were discovered in a liverwort with hetermorphic U and V chromosomes. Such heteromorphy is unexpected because, unlike the XY chromosomes in diploid-dominant plants, in haploid-dominant plants the female U and the male V chromosomes experience largely symmetrical potential recombination environments. Here we use molecular cytogenetics and super-resolution microscopy to study Frullania dilatata, a liverwort with one male and two female sex chromosomes. We applied a pipeline to Illumina sequences to detect abundant types of repetitive DNA and developed FISH probes to microscopically distinguish the sex chromosomes. We also determined the phenotypic population sex ratio because biased ratios have been reported from other liverworts with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Populations had male-biased sex ratios. The sex chromosomes are monocentric, and of 14 probes studied (eight satellites, five transposable elements and one plastid region), four resulted in unique signals that differentiated the sex chromosomes from the autosomes and from each other. One FISH probe selectively marked the centromeres of both U chromosomes, so we could prove that during meiosis each U chromosome associates with one of the opposite telomeres of the V chromosome, resulting in a head-to-head trivalent. The similarity of the two U chromosomes to each other in size and in their centromere FISH signal positions points to their origin via a non-disjunction event (aneuploidy), which would fit with the general picture of sex chromosomes rarely crossing-over and being prone to suffer from non-disjunction.
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- Aretuza Sousa
- Systematic Botany and Mycology, Department of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, 80638, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Seeland, 06466, Germany
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- Systematic Botany and Mycology, Department of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, 80638, Germany
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Bolaños-Villegas P. The Role of Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes Complexes in Meiosis and Genome Maintenance: Translating Biomedical and Model Plant Research Into Crop Breeding Opportunities. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:659558. [PMID: 33868354 PMCID: PMC8044525 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.659558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Cohesin is a multi-unit protein complex from the structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) family, required for holding sister chromatids together during mitosis and meiosis. In yeast, the cohesin complex entraps sister DNAs within tripartite rings created by pairwise interactions between the central ring units SMC1 and SMC3 and subunits such as the α-kleisin SCC1 (REC8/SYN1 in meiosis). The complex is an indispensable regulator of meiotic recombination in eukaryotes. In Arabidopsis and maize, the SMC1/SMC3 heterodimer is a key determinant of meiosis. In Arabidopsis, several kleisin proteins are also essential: SYN1/REC8 is meiosis-specific and is essential for double-strand break repair, whereas AtSCC2 is a subunit of the cohesin SCC2/SCC4 loading complex that is important for synapsis and segregation. Other important meiotic subunits are the cohesin EXTRA SPINDLE POLES (AESP1) separase, the acetylase ESTABLISHMENT OF COHESION 1/CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY 7 (ECO1/CTF7), the cohesion release factor WINGS APART-LIKE PROTEIN 1 (WAPL) in Arabidopsis (AtWAPL1/AtWAPL2), and the WAPL antagonist AtSWITCH1/DYAD (AtSWI1). Other important complexes are the SMC5/SMC6 complex, which is required for homologous DNA recombination during the S-phase and for proper meiotic synapsis, and the condensin complexes, featuring SMC2/SMC4 that regulate proper clustering of rDNA arrays during interphase. Meiotic recombination is the key to enrich desirable traits in commercial plant breeding. In this review, I highlight critical advances in understanding plant chromatid cohesion in the model plant Arabidopsis and crop plants and suggest how manipulation of crossover formation during meiosis, somatic DNA repair and chromosome folding may facilitate transmission of desirable alleles, tolerance to radiation, and enhanced transcription of alleles that regulate sexual development. I hope that these findings highlight opportunities for crop breeding.
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- Pablo Bolaños-Villegas
- Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Research Station, University of Costa Rica, Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica
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Sepsi A, Schwarzacher T. Chromosome-nuclear envelope tethering - a process that orchestrates homologue pairing during plant meiosis? J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs243667. [PMID: 32788229 PMCID: PMC7438012 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.243667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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During prophase I of meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair, synapse and exchange their genetic material through reciprocal homologous recombination, a phenomenon essential for faithful chromosome segregation. Partial sequence identity between non-homologous and heterologous chromosomes can also lead to recombination (ectopic recombination), a highly deleterious process that rapidly compromises genome integrity. To avoid ectopic exchange, homology recognition must be extended from the narrow position of a crossover-competent double-strand break to the entire chromosome. Here, we review advances on chromosome behaviour during meiotic prophase I in higher plants, by integrating centromere- and telomere dynamics driven by cytoskeletal motor proteins, into the processes of homologue pairing, synapsis and recombination. Centromere-centromere associations and the gathering of telomeres at the onset of meiosis at opposite nuclear poles create a spatially organised and restricted nuclear state in which homologous DNA interactions are favoured but ectopic interactions also occur. The release and dispersion of centromeres from the nuclear periphery increases the motility of chromosome arms, allowing meiosis-specific movements that disrupt ectopic interactions. Subsequent expansion of interstitial synapsis from numerous homologous interactions further corrects ectopic interactions. Movement and organisation of chromosomes, thus, evolved to facilitate the pairing process, and can be modulated by distinct stages of chromatin associations at the nuclear envelope and their collective release.
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- Adél Sepsi
- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Centre for Agricultural Research, 2462, Martonvásár, Brunszvik u. 2, Hungary
- BME Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science (ABÉT), 1111, Budapest, Mu˝ egyetem rkp. 3-9., Hungary
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- University of Leicester, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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Shams I, Raskina O. Supernumerary B Chromosomes and Plant Genome Changes: A Snapshot of Wild Populations of Aegilops speltoides Tausch ( Poaceae, Triticeae). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21113768. [PMID: 32466617 PMCID: PMC7312783 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21113768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In various eukaryotes, supernumerary B chromosomes (Bs) are an optional genomic component that affect their integrity and functioning. In the present study, the impact of Bs on the current changes in the genome of goatgrass, Aegilops speltoides, was addressed. Individual plants from contrasting populations with and without Bs were explored using fluorescence in situ hybridization. In parallel, abundances of the Ty1-copia, Ty3-gypsy, and LINE retrotransposons (TEs), and the species-specific Spelt1 tandem repeat (TR) in vegetative and generative spike tissues were estimated by real-time quantitative PCR. The results revealed: (i) ectopic associations between Bs and the regular A chromosomes, and (ii) cell-specific rearrangements of Bs in both mitosis and microgametogenesis. Further, the copy numbers of TEs and TR varied significantly between (iii) genotypes and (iv) different spike tissues in the same plant(s). Finally, (v) in plants with and without Bs from different populations, genomic abundances and/or copy number dynamics of TEs and TR were similar. These findings indicate that fluctuations in TE and TR copy numbers are associated with DNA damage and repair processes during cell proliferation and differentiation, and ectopic recombination is one of the mechanisms by which Bs play a role in genome changes.
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Zhang J, Feng C, Su H, Liu Y, Liu Y, Han F. The Cohesin Complex Subunit ZmSMC3 Participates in Meiotic Centromere Pairing in Maize. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:1323-1336. [PMID: 31996400 PMCID: PMC7145474 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Meiosis consists of two highly conserved nuclear divisions, which allow eukaryotes to maintain their chromosome number through sexual reproduction. The successful completion of meiosis depends on homologous chromosome pairing. Centromere interactions during early meiotic prophase I facilitate homologous chromosome pairing, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry analysis of maize (Zea mays) anthers during early meiotic prophase I using anti-centromeric histone H3 (CENH3) antibodies and determined that the cohesin subunit Structural Maintenance of Chromosome3 (SMC3) interacts with CENH3 during this period. SMC3 is enriched at centromeres and along chromosome arms in threads from leptotene to pachytene and might promote interactions between homologous centromeres. We observed dysfunctional SMC3 assembly in meiotic-specific maize mutants with defective centromere pairing. In SMC3 RNAi meiocytes, centromere pairing defects were observed during early meiotic prophase I, SMC3 was weakly associated with centromeres, and SMC3 did not localize to the chromosome arms. In wild-type mitosis, SMC3 is associated with chromatin and is enriched at centromeres from prophase to anaphase. CRISPR-Cas9-induced Zmsmc3 mutants showed premature loss of sister chromatid cohesion and mis-segregation of chromosomes in mitotic spreads. Our findings suggest that in addition to sister chromatid cohesion, ZmSMC3 participates in meiotic centromere pairing.
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- Jing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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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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