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Colombini M, Pasierbek P, Masselink W. A safe and reusable imaging chamber compatible with organic solvents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 69:321-323. [PMID: 32332999 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfaa020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
High refractive index organic solvents are commonly used as an imaging medium in tissue clearing approaches. While effective, such solvents provide serious concerns for the safety of users and the equipment, especially in a central microscopy unit. To overcome these concerns, we have developed a large and reusable imaging chamber compatible with the universal mounting frame AK (PeCon GmbH). This chamber is easy to assemble and significantly improves the working environment in a central microscopy unit, where hazardous chemicals could negatively affect equipment and people. To encourage the uptake of these chambers, the design is made publicly available for download.
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- Martin Colombini
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna BioCenter, Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna BioCenter, Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Dietzel S, Ferrando-May E, Fried H, Kukat C, Naumann A, Nitschke R, Pasierbek P, Peychl J, Rasse TM, Schroth-Diez B, Stöckl MT, Terjung S, Thuenauer R, Tulok S, Weidtkamp-Peters S. A Joint Action in Times of Pandemic: The German BioImaging Recommendations for Operating Imaging Core Facilities During the SARS-Cov-2 Emergency. Cytometry A 2020; 97:882-886. [PMID: 32583531 PMCID: PMC7361206 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Operating shared resource laboratories (SRLs) in times of pandemic is a challenge for research institutions. In a multiuser, high‐turnover working space, the transmission of infectious agents is difficult to control. To address this challenge, imaging core facility managers being members of German BioImaging discussed how shared microscopes could be operated with minimal risk of spreading SARS‐CoV‐2 between users and staff. Here, we describe the resulting guidelines and explain their rationale, with a focus on separating users in space and time, protective face masks, and keeping surfaces virus‐free. These recommendations may prove useful for other types of SRLs. © 2020 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. on behalf of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.
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- Steffen Dietzel
- Core Facility Bioimaging at the Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Großhaderner Straße 9, 82152, Germany
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- Bioimaging Center, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78464, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Light Microscopy Facility, Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, Gebäude 99, 53127, Germany
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- FACS & Imaging Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9b, 50931, Germany
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- Life Imaging Center and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Germany
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- Life Imaging Center and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104, Germany
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- Biooptics Core Facility, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030, Austria
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- Light Microscopy Facility (LMF) Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden, Dresden, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307, Germany
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- Scientific Service Group Microscopy, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Ludwigstraße 43, 61231, Germany
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- Light Microscopy Facility (LMF) Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden, Dresden, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307, Germany
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- Bioimaging Center, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78464, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117, Germany
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- Advanced Light and Fluorescence Microscopy Facility, Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg, Germany and Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Core Facility Cellular Imaging, Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Imaging, Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225, Germany
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- GerBI-GMB, c/o University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78464, Germany
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Pende M, Vadiwala K, Schmidbaur H, Stockinger AW, Murawala P, Saghafi S, Dekens MPS, Becker K, Revilla-i-Domingo R, Papadopoulos SC, Zurl M, Pasierbek P, Simakov O, Tanaka EM, Raible F, Dodt HU. A versatile depigmentation, clearing, and labeling method for exploring nervous system diversity. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaba0365. [PMID: 32523996 PMCID: PMC7259959 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tissue clearing combined with deep imaging has emerged as a powerful alternative to classical histological techniques. Whereas current techniques have been optimized for imaging selected nonpigmented organs such as the mammalian brain, natural pigmentation remains challenging for most other biological specimens of larger volume. We have developed a fast DEpigmEntation-Plus-Clearing method (DEEP-Clear) that is easily incorporated in existing workflows and combines whole system labeling with a spectrum of detection techniques, ranging from immunohistochemistry to RNA in situ hybridization, labeling of proliferative cells (EdU labeling) and visualization of transgenic markers. With light-sheet imaging of whole animals and detailed confocal studies on pigmented organs, we provide unprecedented insight into eyes, whole nervous systems, and subcellular structures in animal models ranging from worms and squids to axolotls and zebrafish. DEEP-Clear thus paves the way for the exploration of species-rich clades and developmental stages that are largely inaccessible by regular imaging approaches.
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- Marko Pende
- Department for Bioelectronics, FKE, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 25-25A, building CH, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Section for Bioelectronics, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroscience and Development, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter, Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Bioelectronics, FKE, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 25-25A, building CH, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Bioelectronics, FKE, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 25-25A, building CH, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Section for Bioelectronics, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Bioelectronics, FKE, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 25-25A, building CH, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroscience and Development, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter, Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Perutz Labs and Research Platform “Rhythms of Life”, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Bioelectronics, FKE, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 25-25A, building CH, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Section for Bioelectronics, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Masselink W, Reumann D, Murawala P, Pasierbek P, Taniguchi Y, Bonnay F, Meixner K, Knoblich JA, Tanaka EM. Broad applicability of a streamlined ethyl cinnamate-based clearing procedure. Development 2019; 146:dev.166884. [PMID: 30665888 DOI: 10.1242/dev.166884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Turbidity and opaqueness are inherent properties of tissues that limit the capacity to acquire microscopic images through large tissues. Creating a uniform refractive index, known as tissue clearing, overcomes most of these issues. These methods have enabled researchers to image large and complex 3D structures with unprecedented depth and resolution. However, tissue clearing has been adopted to a limited extent due to a combination of cost, time, complexity of existing methods and potential negative impact on fluorescence signal. Here, we describe 2Eci (2nd generation ethyl cinnamate-based clearing), which can be used to clear a wide range of tissues in several species, including human organoids, Drosophila melanogaster, zebrafish, axolotl and Xenopus laevis, in as little as 1-5 days, while preserving a broad range of fluorescent proteins, including GFP, mCherry, Brainbow and Alexa-conjugated fluorophores. Ethyl cinnamate is non-toxic and can easily be used in multi-user microscope facilities. This method opens up tissue clearing to a much broader group of researchers due to its ease of use, the non-toxic nature of ethyl cinnamate and broad applicability.
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- Wouter Masselink
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-BioCenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Rao S, Tortola L, Perlot T, Wirnsberger G, Novatchkova M, Nitsch R, Sykacek P, Frank L, Schramek D, Komnenovic V, Sigl V, Aumayr K, Schmauss G, Fellner N, Handschuh S, Glösmann M, Pasierbek P, Schlederer M, Resch GP, Ma Y, Yang H, Popper H, Kenner L, Kroemer G, Penninger JM. A dual role for autophagy in a murine model of lung cancer. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3056. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Latos PA, Pauler FM, Koerner MV, Şenergin HB, Hudson QJ, Stocsits RR, Allhoff W, Stricker SH, Klement RM, Warczok KE, Aumayr K, Pasierbek P, Barlow DP. Airn transcriptional overlap, but not its lncRNA products, induces imprinted Igf2r silencing. Science 2012; 338:1469-72. [PMID: 23239737 DOI: 10.1126/science.1228110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mammalian imprinted genes often cluster with long noncoding (lnc) RNAs. Three lncRNAs that induce parental-specific silencing show hallmarks indicating that their transcription is more important than their product. To test whether Airn transcription or product silences the Igf2r gene, we shortened the endogenous lncRNA to different lengths. The results excluded a role for spliced and unspliced Airn lncRNA products and for Airn nuclear size and location in silencing Igf2r. Instead, silencing only required Airn transcriptional overlap of the Igf2r promoter, which interferes with RNA polymerase II recruitment in the absence of repressive chromatin. Such a repressor function for lncRNA transcriptional overlap reveals a gene silencing mechanism that may be widespread in the mammalian genome, given the abundance of lncRNA transcripts.
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- Paulina A Latos
- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Baudrimont A, Penkner A, Woglar A, Machacek T, Wegrostek C, Gloggnitzer J, Fridkin A, Klein F, Gruenbaum Y, Pasierbek P, Jantsch V. Leptotene/zygotene chromosome movement via the SUN/KASH protein bridge in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001219. [PMID: 21124819 PMCID: PMC2991264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The Caenorhabditis elegans inner nuclear envelope protein matefin/SUN-1 plays a conserved, pivotal role in the process of genome haploidization. CHK-2–dependent phosphorylation of SUN-1 regulates homologous chromosome pairing and interhomolog recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans. Using time-lapse microscopy, we characterized the movement of matefin/SUN-1::GFP aggregates (the equivalent of chromosomal attachment plaques) and showed that the dynamics of matefin/SUN-1 aggregates remained unchanged throughout leptonene/zygotene, despite the progression of pairing. Movement of SUN-1 aggregates correlated with chromatin polarization. We also analyzed the requirements for the formation of movement-competent matefin/SUN-1 aggregates in the context of chromosome structure and found that chromosome axes were required to produce wild-type numbers of attachment plaques. Abrogation of synapsis led to a deceleration of SUN-1 aggregate movement. Analysis of matefin/SUN-1 in a double-strand break deficient mutant revealed that repair intermediates influenced matefin/SUN-1 aggregate dynamics. Investigation of movement in meiotic regulator mutants substantiated that proper orchestration of the meiotic program and effective repair of DNA double-strand breaks were necessary for the wild-type behavior of matefin/SUN-1 aggregates. During meiosis, homologous chromosomes from each parent must pair, synapse, and recombine before being assorted to the gametes. In Caenorhabditis elegans, to find the correct pairing partner, telomere-led chromosome movement occurs in a restricted subvolume of the nucleus. This feature is comparable to the widely conserved meiotic bouquet, a configuration where telomeres cluster in a limited area at the nuclear periphery. Chromosomes are moved by cytoskeletal forces transmitted via the SUN/KASH bridge across the nuclear envelope, and abrogation of movement leads to precocious nonhomologous synapsis. Using live cell imaging, we followed the movement of matefin/SUN-1 aggregates, which highlight chromosome ends. Instead of single chromosome ends looking for their homologous partners, we observed that duplets/multiplets and single chromosome ends were brought together into “patches” by the ongoing movement during the leptotene/zygotene stages of meiosis. Chromosome ends then shuffled through these patches in search of the correct partner. This study was a comprehensive analysis of matefin/SUN-1 aggregate dynamics in wild type, known Caenorhabditis elegans pairing mutants, and the recombination mutant spo-11; and it examined the contributions of these genotypes to leptotene/zygotene chromosome movement.
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- Antoine Baudrimont
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Baumann CL, Aspalter IM, Sharif O, Pichlmair A, Blüml S, Grebien F, Bruckner M, Pasierbek P, Aumayr K, Planyavsky M, Bennett KL, Colinge J, Knapp S, Superti-Furga G. CD14 is a coreceptor of Toll-like receptors 7 and 9. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 207:2689-701. [PMID: 21078886 PMCID: PMC2989773 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20101111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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CD14 interacts with and is essential for the functions of endosomal TLR7 and TLR9 in mice. Recognition of pathogens by the innate immune system requires proteins that detect conserved molecular patterns. Nucleic acids are recognized by cytoplasmic sensors as well as by endosomal Toll-like receptors (TLRs). It has become evident that TLRs require additional proteins to be activated by their respective ligands. In this study, we show that CD14 (cluster of differentiation 14) constitutively interacts with the MyD88-dependent TLR7 and TLR9. CD14 was necessary for TLR7- and TLR9-dependent induction of proinflammatory cytokines in vitro and for TLR9-dependent innate immune responses in mice. CD14 associated with TLR9 stimulatory DNA in precipitation experiments and confocal imaging. The absence of CD14 led to reduced nucleic acid uptake in macrophages. Additionally, CD14 played a role in the stimulation of TLRs by viruses. Using various types of vesicular stomatitis virus, we showed that CD14 is dispensable for viral uptake but is required for the triggering of TLR-dependent cytokine responses. These data show that CD14 has a dual role in nucleic acid–mediated TLR activation: it promotes the selective uptake of nucleic acids, and it acts as a coreceptor for endosomal TLR activation.
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- Christoph L Baumann
- Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Jantsch V, Tang L, Pasierbek P, Penkner A, Nayak S, Baudrimont A, Schedl T, Gartner A, Loidl J. Caenorhabditis elegans prom-1 is required for meiotic prophase progression and homologous chromosome pairing. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4911-20. [PMID: 17914060 PMCID: PMC2096575 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-03-0243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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A novel gene, prom-1, was isolated in a screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased apoptosis in the germline. prom-1 encodes an F-box protein with limited homology to the putative human tumor suppressor FBXO47. Mutations in the prom-1 locus cause a strong reduction in bivalent formation, which results in increased embryonic lethality and a Him phenotype. Furthermore, retarded and asynchronous nuclear reorganization as well as reduced homologous synapsis occur during meiotic prophase. Accumulation of recombination protein RAD-51 in meiotic nuclei suggests disturbed repair of double-stranded DNA breaks. Nuclei in prom-1 mutant gonads timely complete mitotic proliferation and premeiotic replication, but they undergo prolonged delay upon meiotic entry. We, therefore, propose that prom-1 regulates the timely progression through meiotic prophase I and that in its absence the recognition of homologous chromosomes is strongly impaired.
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- Verena Jantsch
- *Department of Chromosome Biology and Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- *Department of Chromosome Biology and Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Biooptics Department, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- *Department of Chromosome Biology and Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110; and
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- *Department of Chromosome Biology and Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110; and
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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- *Department of Chromosome Biology and Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Jantsch V, Pasierbek P, Mueller MM, Schweizer D, Jantsch M, Loidl J. Targeted gene knockout reveals a role in meiotic recombination for ZHP-3, a Zip3-related protein in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:7998-8006. [PMID: 15340062 PMCID: PMC515049 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.18.7998-8006.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The meiotically expressed Zip3 protein is found conserved from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to humans. In baker's yeast, Zip3p has been implicated in synaptonemal complex (SC) formation, while little is known about the protein's function in multicellular organisms. We report here the successful targeted gene disruption of zhp-3 (K02B12.8), the ZIP3 homolog in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Homozygous zhp-3 knockout worms show normal homologue pairing and SC formation. Also, the timing of appearance and the nuclear localization of the recombination protein Rad-51 seem normal in these animals, suggesting proper initiation of meiotic recombination by DNA double-strand breaks. However, the occurrence of univalents during diplotene indicates that C. elegans ZHP-3 protein is essential for reciprocal recombination between homologous chromosomes and thus chiasma formation. In the absence of ZHP-3, reciprocal recombination is abolished and double-strand breaks seem to be repaired via alternative pathways, leading to achiasmatic chromosomes and the occurrence of univalents during meiosis I. Green fluorescent protein-tagged C. elegans ZHP-3 forms lines between synapsed chromosomes and requires the SC for its proper localization.
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- Verena Jantsch
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Pasierbek P, Födermayr M, Jantsch V, Jantsch M, Schweizer D, Loidl J. The Caenorhabditis elegans SCC-3 homologue is required for meiotic synapsis and for proper chromosome disjunction in mitosis and meiosis. Exp Cell Res 2003; 289:245-55. [PMID: 14499625 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(03)00266-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The product of the Caenorhabditis elegans ORF F18E2.3 is homologous to the cohesin component Scc3p. By antibody staining the product of F18E2.3 is found in interphase and early meiotic nuclei. At pachytene it localizes to the axes of meiotic chromosomes but is no longer detectable on chromatin later in meiosis or in mitoses. Depletion of the gene product by RNAi results in aberrant mitoses and meioses. In meiosis, homologous pairing is defective during early meiotic prophase and at diakinesis there occur univalents consisting of loosely connected sister chromatids or completely separated sisters. The recombination protein RAD-51 accumulates in nuclear foci at higher numbers during meiotic prophase and disappears later than in wild-type worms, suggesting a defect in the repair of meiotic double-stranded DNA breaks. Embryos showing nuclei of variable size and anaphase bridges, indicative of mitotic segregation defects, are frequently observed. In the most severely affected gonads, nuclear morphology cannot be related to any specific stage. The cytological localization and the consequences of the lack of the protein indicate that C. elegans SCC-3 is essential for sister chromatid cohesion both in mitosis and in meiosis.
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- Pawel Pasierbek
- Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Alpi A, Pasierbek P, Gartner A, Loidl J. Genetic and cytological characterization of the recombination protein RAD-51 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Chromosoma 2003; 112:6-16. [PMID: 12684824 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-003-0237-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2002] [Revised: 01/22/2003] [Accepted: 01/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We investigated the role of Caenorhabditis elegans rad-51 during meiotic prophase. We showed that rad-51 mutant worms are viable, have no defects in meiotic homology recognition and synapsis but exhibit abnormal chromosomal morphology and univalent formation at diakinesis. During meiosis RAD-51 becomes localized to distinct foci in nuclei of the transition zone of the gonad and is most abundant in nuclei at late zygotene/early pachytene. Foci then gradually disappear from chromosomes and no foci are observed in late pachytene. RAD-51 localization requires the recombination genes spo-11 and mre-11 as well as chk-2, which is necessary for homology recognition and presynaptic alignment. Mutational analysis with synapsis- and recombination-defective strains, as well as the analysis of strains bearing heterozygous translocation chromosomes, suggests that presynaptic alignment may be required for RAD-51 focus formation, whereas homologous synaptonemal complex formation is required to remove RAD-51 foci.
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- Arno Alpi
- Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Kaitna S, Pasierbek P, Jantsch M, Loidl J, Glotzer M. The aurora B kinase AIR-2 regulates kinetochores during mitosis and is required for separation of homologous Chromosomes during meiosis. Curr Biol 2002; 12:798-812. [PMID: 12015116 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00820-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mitotic chromosome segregation depends on bi-orientation and capture of sister kinetochores by microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles and the near synchronous loss of sister chromatid cohesion. During meiosis I, in contrast, sister kinetochores orient to the same pole, and homologous kinetochores are captured by microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles. Additionally, mechanisms exist that prevent complete loss of cohesion during meiosis I. These features ensure that homologs separate during meiosis I and sister chromatids remain together until meiosis II. The mechanisms responsible for orienting kinetochores in mitosis and for causing asynchronous loss of cohesion during meiosis are not well understood. RESULTS During mitosis in C. elegans, aurora B kinase, AIR-2, is not required for sister chromatid separation, but it is required for chromosome segregation. Condensin recruitment during metaphase requires AIR-2; however, condensin functions during prometaphase, independent of AIR-2. During metaphase, AIR-2 promotes chromosome congression to the metaphase plate, perhaps by inhibiting attachment of chromatids to both spindle poles. During meiosis in AIR-2-depleted oocytes, congression of bivalents appears normal, but segregation fails. Localization of AIR-2 on meiotic bivalents suggests this kinase promotes separation of homologs by promoting the loss of cohesion distal to the single chiasma. Inactivation of the phosphatase that antagonizes AIR-2 causes premature separation of chromatids during meiosis I, in a separase-dependent reaction. CONCLUSIONS Aurora B functions to resolve chiasmata during meiosis I and to regulate kinetochore function during mitosis. Condensin mediates chromosome condensation during prophase, and condensin-independent pathways contribute to chromosome condensation during metaphase.
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- Susanne Kaitna
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030, Vienna, Austria
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Siomos MF, Badrinath A, Pasierbek P, Livingstone D, White J, Glotzer M, Nasmyth K. Separase is required for chromosome segregation during meiosis I in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Biol 2001; 11:1825-35. [PMID: 11728305 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00588-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis is triggered by dissolution of sister chromatid cohesion, which is mediated by the cohesin complex. Mitotic sister chromatid disjunction requires that cohesion be lost along the entire length of chromosomes, whereas homolog segregation at meiosis I only requires loss of cohesion along chromosome arms. During animal cell mitosis, cohesin is lost in two steps. A nonproteolytic mechanism removes cohesin along chromosome arms during prophase, while the proteolytic cleavage of cohesin's Scc1 subunit by separase removes centromeric cohesin at anaphase. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans, meiotic sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by Rec8, a meiosis-specific variant of cohesin's Scc1 subunit. Homolog segregation in S. cerevisiae is triggered by separase-mediated cleavage of Rec8 along chromosome arms. In principle, chiasmata could be resolved proteolytically by separase or nonproteolytically using a mechanism similar to the mitotic "prophase pathway." RESULTS Inactivation of separase in C. elegans has little or no effect on homolog alignment on the meiosis I spindle but prevents their timely disjunction. It also interferes with chromatid separation during subsequent embryonic mitotic divisions but does not directly affect cytokinesis. Surprisingly, separase inactivation also causes osmosensitive embryos, possibly due to a defect in the extraembryonic structures, referred to as the "eggshell." CONCLUSIONS Separase is essential for homologous chromosome disjunction during meiosis I. Proteolytic cleavage, presumably of Rec8, might be a common trigger for the first meiotic division in eukaryotic cells. Cleavage of proteins other than REC-8 might be necessary to render the eggshell impermeable to solutes.
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- M F Siomos
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohrgasse 7, Vienna 1030, Austria
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Pasierbek P, Jantsch M, Melcher M, Schleiffer A, Schweizer D, Loidl J. A Caenorhabditis elegans cohesion protein with functions in meiotic chromosome pairing and disjunction. Genes Dev 2001; 15:1349-60. [PMID: 11390355 PMCID: PMC312707 DOI: 10.1101/gad.192701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We have studied four Caenorhabditis elegans homologs of the Rad21/Scc1/Rec8 sister-chromatid cohesion protein family. Based on the RNAi phenotype and protein localization, it is concluded that one of them, W02A2.6p, is the likely worm ortholog of yeast Rec8p. The depletion of C. elegans W02A2.6p (called REC-8) by RNAi, induced univalent formation and splitting of chromosomes into sister chromatids at diakinesis. Chromosome synapsis at pachytene was defective, but primary homology recognition seemed unaffected, as a closer-than-random association of homologous fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) signals at leptotene/zygotene was observed. Depletion of REC-8 also induced chromosome fragmentation at diakinesis. We interpret these fragments as products of unrepaired meiotic double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs), because fragmentation was suppressed in a spo-11 background. Thus, REC-8 seems to be required for successful repair of DSBs. The occurrence of DSBs in REC-8-depleted meiocytes suggests that DSB formation does not depend on homologous synapsis. Anti-REC-8 immunostaining decorated synaptonemal complexes (SCs) at pachytene and chromosomal axes in bivalents and univalents at diakinesis. Between metaphase I and metaphase II, REC-8 is partially lost from the chromosomes. The partial loss of REC-8 from chromosomes between metaphase I and metaphase II suggests that worm REC-8 might function similarly to yeast Rec8p. The loss of yeast Rec8p from chromosome arms at meiosis I and centromeres at meiosis II coordinates the disjunction of homologs and sister chromatids at the two meiotic divisions.
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- P Pasierbek
- Department of Cytology and Genetics, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Molecular cytogenetics, particularly the localization of DNA sequences by in situ hybridization, has increased our understanding about the genomic structure of plants and animals. We demonstrate here the application of an improved nonfluorescent in situ hybridization system detection (DAKO GenPoint system) to plant chromosomes. Using this system, highly repetitive 18S-25S rRNA genes were mapped on Vicia faba chromosomes (2n = 12). The modified method of this horseradish peroxidase based enzymatic detection system gave satisfactory results that are comparable to fluorescent signal detection.
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- H Weiss
- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Silesian University, Kotawice, Poland
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