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Dmitry E. Koryakov Elena S. Belyaeva Artyom A. Alekseyenko Igor F. Zhimulev 《Chromosoma》1996,105(5):310-319
The formation of alpha and beta heterochromatin in chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster was studied in salivary glands (SGs) and pseudonurse cells (PNCs). In SGs of X0, XY, XYY, XX and XXY individuals the amounts of alpha heterochromatin were similar, suggesting that the Y chromosome does not substantially contribute to alpha heterochromatin formation. Pericentric heterochromatin developed a linear
sequence of blocks in PNCs, showing morphology of both alpha and beta heterochromatin. In situ hybridization with Rsp sequences (H
o
clone) revealed that the most proximal heterochromatic segment of the mitotic map (region h39) formed a polytenized block
in PNCs. Dot analysis showed that the clone had a hybridization rate with PNC-DNA very close to that with DNA from mainly
diploid head cells, whereas the homologous SG-DNA was dramatically underrepresented. A similar increase of DNA representation
in PNC was found for AAGAC satellite DNA. The mitotic region h44 was found not to polytenize in the SG chromosome, whereas
in PNC chromosome 2 this region was partly polytenized and presented as an array of several blocks of alpha and beta heterochromatin.
The mapping of deficiencies with proximal breakpoints in the most distal heterochromatin segments h35 in arm 2L and h46 in
2R showed that the mitotic eu-heterochromatin transitions were located in SG chromosomes distally to the polytene 40E and
41C regions, respectively. Thus, the transition zones between mitotic hetero- and euchromatin are located in banded polytene
euchromatin. A scheme for dynamic organization of pericentric heterochromatin in nuclei with polytene chromosomes is proposed.
Received: 17 November 1995; in revised form: 10 April 1996 / Accepted: 18 September 1996 相似文献
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D. E. Koryakov A. A. Alekseyenko I. F. Zhimulev 《Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG》1999,260(6):503-509
Region 20 of the polytene X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster was studied in salivary glands (SG) and pseudonurse cells (PNC) of otu mutants. In SG chromosomes the morphology of the region strongly depends on two modifiers of position effect variegation: temperature and amount of heterochromatin. It is banded in XYY males at 25°?C and β-heterochromatic in X0 males at 14°?C, i.e. it shows dynamic transitions. In PNC chromosomes region 20 is not heterochromatic, but demonstrates a clear banding pattern. Some molecular markers of mitotic heterochromatin were localized by means of in situ hybridization on PNC chromosomes: DNA of the gene su(f) in section 20C, the nucleolar organizer and 359-bp satellite in 20F. The 359-bp satellite, which has been considered to be specific for heterochromatin of the mitotic X chromosome, was found at two additional sites on chromosome 3L, proximally to 80C. The right arm of the X chromosome in SG chromosomes was localized in the inversion In(1LR)pn2b: the telomeric HeT-A DNA and AAGAG satellite from the right arm are polytenized, having been relocated from heterochromatin to euchromatin. 相似文献
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Postzygotic reproductive barriers such as sterility and lethality of hybrids are important for establishing and maintaining reproductive isolation between species. Identifying the causal loci and discerning how they interfere with the development of hybrids is essential for understanding how hybrid incompatibilities (HIs) evolve, but little is known about the mechanisms of how HI genes cause hybrid dysfunctions. A previously discovered Drosophila melanogaster locus called Zhr causes lethality in F1 daughters from crosses between Drosophila simulans females and D. melanogaster males. Zhr maps to a heterochromatic region of the D. melanogaster X that contains 359-bp satellite repeats, suggesting either that Zhr is a rare protein-coding gene embedded within heterochromatin, or is a locus consisting of the noncoding repetitive DNA that forms heterochromatin. The latter possibility raises the question of how heterochromatic DNA can induce lethality in hybrids. Here we show that hybrid females die because of widespread mitotic defects induced by lagging chromatin at the time during early embryogenesis when heterochromatin is first established. The lagging chromatin is confined solely to the paternally inherited D. melanogaster X chromatids, and consists predominantly of DNA from the 359-bp satellite block. We further found that a rearranged X chromosome carrying a deletion of the entire 359-bp satellite block segregated normally, while a translocation of the 359-bp satellite block to the Y chromosome resulted in defective Y segregation in males, strongly suggesting that the 359-bp satellite block specifically and directly inhibits chromatid separation. In hybrids produced from wild-type parents, the 359-bp satellite block was highly stretched and abnormally enriched with Topoisomerase II throughout mitosis. The 359-bp satellite block is not present in D. simulans, suggesting that lethality is caused by the absence or divergence of factors in the D. simulans maternal cytoplasm that are required for heterochromatin formation of this species-specific satellite block. These findings demonstrate how divergence of noncoding repetitive sequences between species can directly cause reproductive isolation by altering chromosome segregation. 相似文献
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Morphology of the Drosophila melanogaster polytene X chromosome section 20 in normal flies, in strains carrying inversions that break pericentric heterochromatin at different points, and at the background of the Su(UR)ES mutation has been examined. In all of the strains carrying the Su(UR)ES mutation section 20 displayed a distinct banding pattern till to the section 20F, while in the wild-type strains this region was represented by beta-heterochromatin. The strains carrying different inversions substantially differed in the number and morphology of bands forming section 20. In the Su(UR)ES mutants the most proximal X chromosome euchromatin gene, su(f), is mapped to the boundary between sections 20E and F, while rDNA forming the middle part of the X chromosome mitotic heterochromatin is located in the proximal part of section 20F. All large bands observed in section 20 of the w; Su(UR)ES strain were also present in In(1)sc4; Su(UR)ES, which breaks heterochromatin in the distal part. Hence, the bands of polytene chromosome section 20 are virtually devoid of mitotic heterochromatin. 相似文献
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D. E. Koryakov A. A. Alekseyenko I. F. Zhimulev 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1999,260(6):503-509
Region 20 of the polytene X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster was studied in salivary glands (SG) and pseudonurse cells (PNC) of otu mutants. In SG chromosomes the morphology of the region strongly depends on two modifiers of position effect variegation:
temperature and amount of heterochromatin. It is banded in XYY males at 25° C and β-heterochromatic in X0 males at 14° C, i.e. it shows dynamic transitions. In PNC chromosomes region 20 is not heterochromatic, but demonstrates
a clear banding pattern. Some molecular markers of mitotic heterochromatin were localized by means of in situ hybridization
on PNC chromosomes: DNA of the gene su(f) in section 20C, the nucleolar organizer and 359-bp satellite in 20F. The 359-bp satellite, which has been considered to be
specific for heterochromatin of the mitotic X chromosome, was found at two additional sites on chromosome 3L, proximally to 80C. The right arm of the X chromosome in SG chromosomes was localized in the inversion In(1LR)pn2b: the telomeric HeT-A DNA and AAGAG satellite from the right arm are polytenized, having been relocated from heterochromatin to euchromatin.
Received: 1 July 1998 / Accepted: 7 September 1998 相似文献
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《Fly》2013,7(2):101-107
In eukaryotes, abnormally circularized chromosomes, known as ‘rings,’ can be mitotically unstable. Some rings derived from a compound X-Y chromosome induce mitotic abnormalities during the embryonic cleavage divisions and early death in Drosophila melanogaster, but the underlying basis is poorly understood. We recently demonstrated that a large region of 359-bp satellite DNA, which normally resides on the X chromosome, prevents sister ring chromatids from segregating properly during these divisions. Cytogenetic comparisons among 3 different X-Y rings with varying levels of lethality showed that all 3 contain similar amounts of 359-bp DNA, but the repetitive sequences surrounding the 359-bp DNA differ in each case. This finding suggests that ring misbehavior results from novel heterochromatin position effects on the 359-bp satellite. The purpose of this view is to explore possible explanations for these effects with regard to heterochromatin formation and replication of repetitive sequences. Also discussed are similarities of this system to a satellite-based hybrid incompatibility and potential influences on genome evolution. 相似文献
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Patrick M Ferree 《Fly》2014,8(2):101-107
In eukaryotes, abnormally circularized chromosomes, known as ‘rings,’ can be mitotically unstable. Some rings derived from a compound X-Y chromosome induce mitotic abnormalities during the embryonic cleavage divisions and early death in Drosophila melanogaster, but the underlying basis is poorly understood. We recently demonstrated that a large region of 359-bp satellite DNA, which normally resides on the X chromosome, prevents sister ring chromatids from segregating properly during these divisions. Cytogenetic comparisons among 3 different X-Y rings with varying levels of lethality showed that all 3 contain similar amounts of 359-bp DNA, but the repetitive sequences surrounding the 359-bp DNA differ in each case. This finding suggests that ring misbehavior results from novel heterochromatin position effects on the 359-bp satellite. The purpose of this view is to explore possible explanations for these effects with regard to heterochromatin formation and replication of repetitive sequences. Also discussed are similarities of this system to a satellite-based hybrid incompatibility and potential influences on genome evolution. 相似文献
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Klaus Hägele 《Chromosoma》1980,76(1):47-55
In polytene chromosome II of Smittia parthenogenetica a heterochromatin insertion has been studied which is derived from a germ-line limited chromosome section (Bauer, 1970). This insertion is C-banding positive, late replicating, inactive in RNA synthesis, fluoresces brightly with quinacrine and is polytenized. After N-banding a major part of the heterochromatin insertion is N-banding negative, whereas in the centre of the insertion a N-banding positive body is present. The properties of the N-positive and N-negative parts of the inserted heterochromatin section are compared with the properties of the heterochromatin of Chironomus melanotus and Drosophila melanogaster. It is concluded that the heterochromatin insertion consists of two different heterochromatin types and it is discussed whether the N-banding positive part within the insertion represents a heterochromatin type which is underreplicated during polytenization.Dedicated to Professor Dr. Hans Bauer in honour of his 75th birthday on September 27, 1979 相似文献
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T. D. Kolesnikova D. E. Koryakov V. F. Semeshin E. S. Belyaeva I. F. Zhimulev 《Russian Journal of Genetics》2001,37(12):1373-1381
Morphology of the Drosophila melanogasterpolytene X chromosome section 20 in normal flies, in strains carrying inversions that break pericentric heterochromatin at different points, and at the background of the Su(UR)ESmutation has been examined. In all of the strains carrying the Su(UR)ESmutation section 20 displayed a distinct banding pattern till to the section 20F, while in the wild-type strains this region was represented by -heterochromatin. The strains carrying different inversions substantially differed in the number and morphology of bands forming section 20. In the Su(UR)ESmutants the most proximal X chromosome euchromatic gene,su(f), is mapped to the boundary between sections 20E and F, while rDNA forming the middle part of the X chromosome mitotic heterochromatin is located in the proximal part of section 20. All large bands observed in section 20 of the w; Su(UR)ESstrain were also present inIn(1)sc
4; Su(UR)ES, which breaks heterochromatin in the distal part. Hence, the bands of polytene chromosome section 20 are virtually devoid of mitotic heterochromatin. 相似文献
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The Drosophila Salivary Gland Chromocenter Contains Highly Polytenized Subdomains of Mitotic Heterochromatin 总被引:4,自引:3,他引:1
Peri-centromeric regions of Drosophila melanogaster chromosomes appear heterochromatic in mitotic cells and become greatly underrepresented in giant polytene chromosomes, where they aggregate into a central mass called the chromocenter. We used P elements inserted at sites dispersed throughout much of the mitotic heterochromatin to analyze the fate of 31 individual sites during polytenization. Analysis of DNA sequences flanking many of these elements revealed that middle repetitive or unique sequence DNAs frequently are interspersed with satellite DNAs in mitotic heterochromatin. All nine Y chromosome sites tested were underrepresented >20-fold on Southern blots of polytene DNA and were rarely or never detected by in situ hybridization to salivary gland chromosomes. In contrast, nine tested insertions in autosomal centromeric heterochromatin were represented fully in salivary gland DNA, despite the fact that at least six were located proximal to known blocks of satellite DNA. The inserted sequences formed diverse, site-specific morphologies in the chromocenter of salivary gland chromosomes, suggesting that domains dispersed at multiple sites in the centromeric heterochromatin of mitotic chromosomes contribute to polytene β-heterochromatin. We suggest that regions containing heterochromatic genes are organized into dispersed chromatin configurations that are important for their function in vivo. 相似文献
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The Heterochromatic Rolled Gene of Drosophila Melanogaster Is Extensively Polytenized and Transcriptionally Active in the Salivary Gland Chromocenter
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This paper reports a cytogenetic and molecular study of the structural and functional organization of the Drosophila melanogaster chromocenter. The relations between mitotic (constitutive) heterochromatin and α- and β-heterochromatin are not fully understood. In the present work, we have studied the polytenization of the rolled (rl) locus, a 100-kb genomic region that maps to the proximal heterochromatin of chromosome 2 and has been previously thought to contribute to α-heterochromatin. We show that rolled undergoes polytenization in salivary gland chromosomes to a degree comparable to that of euchromatic genes, despite its deep heterochromatic location. In contrast, both the Bari-1 sequences and the AAGAC satellite repeats, located respectively to the left and right of rl, are severely underrepresented and thus both appear to be α-heterochromatic. In addition, we found that rl is transcribed in polytene tissues. Together, the results reported here indicate that functional sequences located within the proximal constitutive heterochromatin can undergo polytenization, contributing to the formation of β-heterochromatin. The implications of this finding to chromocenter structure are discussed. 相似文献
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Natalya G. Andreyenkova Elena B. Kokoza Valery F. Semeshin Elena S. Belyaeva Sergey A. Demakov Alexey V. Pindyurin Eugenia N. Andreyeva Elena I. Volkova Igor F. Zhimulev 《Chromosoma》2009,118(6):747-761
In Drosophila polytene chromosomes, regions of intercalary heterochromatin are scattered throughout the euchromatic arms. Here, we present
data on the first fine analysis of the individual intercalary heterochromatin region, 75C1-2, located in the 3L chromosome.
By using electron microscopy, we demonstrated that this region appears as three closely adjacent condensed bands. Mapping
of the region on the physical map by means of the chromosomal rearrangements with known breakpoints showed that the length
of the region is about 445 kb. Although it seems that the SUUR protein binds to the whole 75C1-2 region, the proximal part
of the region is fully polytenized, so the DNA underreplication zone is asymmetric and located in the distal half of the region.
Finally, we speculate that intercalary heterochromatin regions of Drosophila polytene chromosomes are organized into three different types with respect to the localization of the underreplication zone. 相似文献
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A cytogenetic procedure is described whereby a combination of polytene chromosome analysis and complementation mapping has permitted the unequivocal localization of ordinary sex-linked genes (those not covered by the Y-chromosome) in Section 20, the most proximal region of Bridges' (1938) map of the polytene X-chromosome. Thus far, eleven functional units in Section 20 distal to the bobbed locus, but none proximal, have been resolved. We suggest that the polytenized portion of Section 20, which heretofore has traditionally been considered as heterochromatic, corresponds, in fact, with the euchromatic portion of the mitotic X-chromosome. 相似文献
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We sought for cloned sequences of middle repetitive (MR) complexity that mark obligatory heterochromatic regions. Total genome probes were employed in a differential screening procedure to recover X-specific, Y-specific and autosomal specific heterochromatic sequences. X- and Y-linked sequences were recovered in the same experiment. (Y-linked clones will be described elsewhere). All nine independent, non-identical X-specific clones were found to be partially homologous to one another and to type I rDNA insertion. No other X-specific Bam HI or HindIII clones were found. In situ hybridization to normal and inverted chromosomes revealed extensive homology in the heterochromatin spanning the nucleolus organizer (NOR) and the eu-heterochromatin junction. Eleven clones which are underrepresented in polytene chromosomes were selected in another differential screening. None was autosome-specific. Five were of nucleolar origin. Among them a presumptive type II 28SrDNA insertion sequence was clearly localized within the X-chromosome proximal heterochromatin in addition to the known localization of the X and Y nucleolar organizers. We mapped three clones to major sites on the Y chromosome and to secondary autosomal sites. The results are discussed with regard to the complexity of heterochromatin organization. 相似文献
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Escribá MC Greciano PG Méndez-Lago M de Pablos B Trifonov VA Ferguson-Smith MA Goday C Villasante A 《Chromosoma》2011,120(4):387-397
Sciara coprophila (Diptera, Nematocera) constitutes a classic model to analyze unusual chromosome behavior such as the somatic elimination
of paternal X chromosomes, the elimination of the whole paternal, plus non-disjunction of the maternal X chromosome at male
meiosis. The molecular organization of the heterochromatin in S. coprophila is mostly unknown except for the ribosomal DNA located in the X chromosome pericentromeric heterochromatin. The characterization
of the centromeric regions, thus, is an essential and required step for the establishment of S. coprophila as a model system to study fundamental mechanisms of chromosome segregation. To accomplish such a study, heterochromatic
sections of the X chromosome centromeric region from salivary glands polytene chromosomes were microdissected and microcloned.
Here, we report the identification and characterization of two tandem repeated DNA sequences from the pericentromeric region
of the X chromosome, a pericentromeric RTE element and an AT-rich centromeric satellite. These sequences will be important
tools for the cloning of S. coprophila centromeric heterochromatin using libraries of large genomic clones. 相似文献
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Moshkin YM Belyakin SN Rubtsov NB Kokoza EB Alekseyenko AA Volkova EI Belyaeva ES Makunin IV Spierer P Zhimulev IF 《Chromosoma》2002,111(2):114-125
In the Suppressor of Underreplication( SuUR) mutant strain of Drosophila melanogaster, the heterochromatin of polytene chromosomes is not underreplicated and, as a consequence, a number of beta-heterochromatic regions acquire a banded structure. The chromocenter does not form in these polytene chromosomes, and heterochromatic regions, normally part of the chromocenter, become accessible to cytological analysis. We generated four genomic DNA libraries from specific heterochromatic regions by microdissection of polytene chromosomes. In situ hybridization of individual libraries onto SuUR polytene chromosomes shows that repetitive DNA sequences spread into the neighboring euchromatic regions. This observation allows the localization of eu-heterochromatin transition zones on polytene chromosomes. We find that genomic scaffolds from the eu-heterochromatin transition zones are enriched in repetitive DNA sequences homologous to those flanking the suppressor of forked gene [ su(f) repeat]. We isolated and sequenced about 300 clones from the heterochromatic DNA libraries obtained. Most of the clones contain repetitive DNA sequences; however, some of the clones have unique DNA sequences shared with parts of unmapped genomic scaffolds. Hybridization of these clones onto SuUR polytene chromosomes allowed us to assign the cytological localizations of the corresponding genomic scaffolds within heterochromatin. Our results demonstrate that the SuUR mutant renders possible the mapping of heterochromatic scaffolds on polytene chromosomes. 相似文献
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E Drosopoulou I Nakou J Síchová S Kubíčková F Marec P Mavragani-Tsipidou 《Genetica》2012,140(4-6):169-180
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, has a diploid set of 2n?=?12 chromosomes including a pair of sex chromosomes, XX in females and XY in males, but polytene nuclei show only five polytene chromosomes, obviously formed by five autosome pairs. Here we examined the fate of the sex chromosomes in the polytene complements of this species using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with the X and Y chromosome-derived probes, prepared by laser microdissection of the respective chromosomes from mitotic metaphases. Specificity of the probes was verified by FISH in preparations of mitotic chromosomes. In polytene nuclei, both probes hybridized strongly to a granular heterochromatic network, indicating thus underreplication of the sex chromosomes. The X chromosome probe (in both female and male nuclei) highlighted most of the granular mass, whereas the Y chromosome probe (in male nuclei) identified a small compact body of this heterochromatic network. Additional hybridization signals of the X probe were observed in the centromeric region of polytene chromosome II and in the telomeres of six polytene arms. We also examined distribution of the major ribosomal DNA (rDNA) using FISH with an 18S rDNA probe in both mitotic and polytene chromosome complements of B. oleae. In mitotic metaphases, the probe hybridized exclusively to the sex chromosomes. The probe signals localized a discrete rDNA site at the end of the short arm of the X chromosome, whereas they appeared dispersed over the entire dot-like Y chromosome. In polytene nuclei, the rDNA was found associated with the heterochromatic network representing the sex chromosomes. Only in nuclei with preserved nucleolar structure, the probe signals were scattered in the restricted area of the nucleolus. Thus, our study clearly shows that the granular heterochromatic network of polytene nuclei in B. oleae is formed by the underreplicated sex chromosomes and associated rDNA. 相似文献
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O'Hare K Chadwick BP Constantinou A Davis AJ Mitchelson A Tudor M 《Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG》2002,267(5):647-655
We present an analysis of a chromosomal walk in the region of the euchromatin-heterochromatin transition at the base of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. This region is difficult to analyse because of the presence of repeated sequences, and we have used cosmids to walk from the last euchromatic gene, suppressor of forked, towards the pericentric heterochromatin. The proximal 30-kb sequence we have isolated consists of repetitive DNA, including four tandem copies of a 5.9-kb sequence. This tandem repeat is itself a mosaic of other, mostly repeated, sequences, including part of a retrotransposon without long terminal repeats, a simple-sequence region of TAA repeats and part of a retrotransposon with long terminal repeats that has not been previously described. Although sequences homologous to these components are found elsewhere in the genome, this arrangement of repeated sequences is only found at the base of the X chromosome. It is conserved in D. melanogaster strains of different geographic origin, but is not conserved in even closely related species. 相似文献