Dynamic properties of germ line-specific lamin B3: the role of the shortened rod domain

The mammalian lamin B2 gene codes for two proteins, the somatic lamin B2 and the germ line-specific lamin B3. Lamin B3 lacks the N-terminus and a part of the alpha-helical rod domain present in lamin B2. These domains are substituted by 84 amino acids unique for lamin B3. When ectopically expressed in somatic cells, lamin B3 causes severe deformation of nuclei which adopt a hook-like configuration. Accordingly, it was proposed that lamin B3 provides the germ line cells with a more flexible nuclear periphery that facilitates spermatogenesis-specific nuclear reorganization events. Here we investigated which protein domains of lamin B3 are responsible for nuclear deformation in transfected cells, and how stable is the nuclear periphery of these cells. Expression of wild-type and mutant lamins evidenced that nuclear deformations are due to the shortened rod domain of lamin B3. Cell fractionation experiments revealed that lamin B3 can be solubilized more easily than lamin B2. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and fluorescence loss in photobleaching (FLIP) analyses of transfected cells showed that lamin B3 has an increased mobility compared to B2. Our results lead to the conclusion that lamin B3 reduces the stability of the nuclear periphery. They are also consistent with the notion that lamin B3 is relevant to specific properties of the nuclear envelope during spermiogenesis.     

植物减数分裂染色体配对与染色体组分析的研究进展

简要介绍了植物减数分裂染色体配对研究.综述了减数分裂染色体配对研究在鉴定异源易位系、确定多倍体物种类型、分析物种间亲缘关系和物种的染色体组来源及探讨杂种不育的细胞遗传学机制等诸多方面的应用进展.分析了影响染色体配对的主要因素,如配对控制体系、遗传背景和外界环境条件等,并展望了染色体配对研究与其他技术结合在染色体组分析中的应用前景.     

美味猕猴桃原生质体再生植株细胞遗传学研究 Ⅲ .母株减数分裂前期Ⅰ染色体配对的光镜观察

首次报道在光镜下观察美味猕猴桃 (品种 :No.2 6原生质体植株的母株 )花粉母细胞( PMC)染色体在减数分裂前期的配对 ,发现其配对和凝缩有明显不同步性。不同细胞间染色体配对形式变化较大 ,一般以二价联会为主 ,其次由其它多种配对方式 (包括有复合配对、重复配对、着丝点或端粒处联合和多价联会 )形成多价体 ,还有少数未配对或发生内配对 (偶见 )的单价体和几条二价体之间的次级配对。粗线期观察到少数染色体有缺失 (或重复 )、倒位、易位和疏松配对等结构性改变。表明该植株是一个复杂的区段异源六位体 ,少数染色体在结构上累积有变异。还认为该植株是研究减数分裂染色体配对和联会机制的好材料。     

美味猕猴桃原生质体再生植株细胞遗传学研究 Ⅲ.母株减数分裂前期Ⅰ染色体配对的光镜观察

首次报道在光镜下观察美味猕猴桃（品种：Ｎｏ．２６原生质体植株的母株）花粉母细胞（ＰＭＣ）染色体在减数分裂前期的配对,发现其配对和凝缩有明显不同步性。不同细胞间染色体配对形式变化较大,一般以二价联合为主,其次由其它多种配对方式（包括有复合配对,重复配对,着丝点或端粒处联合和多价联会）形成多价体,还有少数未配对或发生内配对（偶见）的单价体和几条二阶体之间的次级配对,粗线期观察到少数染色体有缺失（或重复     

A novel intergeneric hybrid in the Triticeae: Triticum aestivum x Psathyrost achys juncea

Summary Two hybrid embryos of intergeneric origin between Triticum aestivum cv Fukuho (2n=6x=42, AABBDD) and Psathyrostachys juncea (2n=2x=14, NN) were successfully rescued. One hybrid plant had the expected chromosome number of 28 (ABDN), whereas the second plant had 35 chromosomes. The average meiotic chromosome pairing in the 35-chromosome hybrid was 21.87 univalents + 6.38 bivalents + 0.11 trivalents + 0.009 quadrivalents, which indicates that two copies of the N genome were present. Chromosome pairing in the 28-chromosome hybrid was low (1.35 bivalents), and pointed out the lack of homology between the wheat genomes and the P. juncea genome. These new hybrids showed some necrosis and chlorosis, which caused severe floral abortion in the plant that had 35 chromosomes. These problems became gradually less severe after 18 months.Contrib. no. 372     

Ten Years of Gene Discovery for Meiotic Event Control in Rice

Meiosis is the crucial process by which sexually propagating eukaryotes give rise to haploid gametes from diploid cells. Several key processes, like homologous chromosomes pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation, sequentially take place in meiosis. Although these widely conserved events are under both genetic and epigenetic control, the accurate details of molecular mechanisms are continuing to investigate. Rice is a good model organism for exploring the molecular mechanisms of meiosis in higher plants. So far, 28 rice meiotic genes have been characterized. In this review, we give an overview of the discovery of rice meiotic genes in the last ten years, with a particular focus on their functions in meiosis.     

The development of nuclear vacuoles during meiosis in plants

Vacuoles formed by the invagination of the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope have been observed during meiotic prophase in a wide range of plants. In the angiosperm Lycopersicon their formation was found to coincide with the completion of synaptonemal complex formation, and this timing is analogous to that observed during this stage in the silkworm Bombyx. The implications of this activity in relation to the process of chromosome movement are discussed. In the gymnosperm Pinus, the heterosporous fern Marsilea and homosporous ferns Pteridium and Dryopteris the formation of nuclear vacuoles begins much earlier, coinciding with the condensation of chromatin during leptotene. They enlarge and become more elaborate as meiosis proceeds, and may eventually become detached from the nuclear envelope. It is therefore thought unlikely that theyfulfil functions connected with chromosome movement in the manner proposed for the silkworm and the tomato. During diplotene/diakinesis they contain electron-opaque granules and fibrils, and the possible origin and significance of this material is discussed.     

卵巢发育阻滞的人工三倍体鱼减数分裂染色体配对的光镜观察

采用界面铺张制片和硝酸银一步染色的方法,对人工三倍体水晶彩鲫卵巢发育阻滞型个体的减数分裂染色体配对进行了光镜观察。在分化有初级卵母细胞的卵巢发育阻滞型的三倍体鱼中,减数分裂粗线期细胞主要的由二价体和单价体组成,也见有少量三价体和其它多价体,其染色体成员数大多在９０左右;在不同细胞间,染色体的大小变化较大;配对联会过程中形成的配对叉和产生的特异蛋白在一些细胞中明显可见。文中讨论了三倍体染色体配对紊乱     

phlb基因诱导小麦ABD染色体组部分同源染色体配对的研究

通过花药培养首次获得了“中国春”phlb突变体单倍体,同时也获得了“中国春”单倍体。对其细胞学观察表明,前者花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ每个细胞染色体交叉为5.08个,后者为1.30个。证明了phlb基因在单倍体状态下具有强的诱导ABD染色体组部分同源染色体间的配对作用。     

Production and meiotic analysis of autotriploid Triticum speltoides and T. bicorne

Summary Autotriploid Triticum speltoides and T. bicorne (2n=3x=21) were produced by pollinating autotetraploids with pollen from their respective diploids. The autotriploid plants were vigorous, male sterile, and morphologically resembled their diploid parents. At meiosis, T. speltoides (3x) averaged 2.52 univalents, 0.42 rod bivalents, 2.03 ring bivalents, 4.48 trivalents, and 0.03 chain quadrivalents per cell, and T. bicorne (3x) had 2.30 univalents, 0.20 rod bivalents, 2.10 ring bivalents, and 4.70 trivalents. Panhandle trivalents made up 27% of the total trivalents, and involved 18% of the total number of chromosomes observed in T. bicorne (3x), and 26% and 17% in T. speltoides (3x), respectively. The observed chromosome pairing in both triploids was predicted well from the expressions developed by Alonso and Kimber.Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series No. 10932     

Determination of the frequency of wheat-rye chromosome pairing in wheat x rye hybrids with and without chromosome 5B

Genomic in-situ hybridization (GISH) was used to determine the amount of wheat-rye chromosome pairing in wheat (Triticum aestivum) x rye (Secale cereale) hybrids having chromosome 5B present, absent, or replaced by an extra dose of chromosome 5D. The levels of overall chromosome pairing were similar to those reported earlier but the levels of wheat-rye pairing were higher than earlier determinations using C-banding. Significant differences in chromosome pairing were found between the three genotypes studied. Both of the chromosome-5B-deficient hybrid genotypes showed much higher pairing than the euploid wheat hybrid. However, the 5B-deficient hybrid carrying an extra chromosome 5D had significantly less wheat-rye pairing than the simple 5B-deficient genotype, indicating the presence of a suppressing factor on chromosome 5D. Non-homologous/non-homoeologous chromosome pairing was observed in all three hybrid genotypes. The value of GISH for assessing the level of wheat-alien chromosome pairing in wheat/alien hybrids and the effectiveness of wheat genotypes that affect homoeologous chromosome pairing is demonstrated.     

窄颖仲彬草生物系统学研究

窄颖仲彬草Ｋｅｎｇｙｉｌｉａ ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ（Ｋｅｎｇ） Ｊ．Ｌ． Ｙａｎｇ ,Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｂａｕｍ 是分布于我国西部的一种多年生六倍体植物。将其与犬草Ｅｌｙｍｕｓ ｃａｎｉｎｕｓ（Ｌ．） Ｌ．, 鹅观草Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａ ｋａｍｏｊｉ Ｏｈｗｉ, 糙毛仲彬草Ｋ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔａ （Ｋｅｎｇ） Ｊ．Ｌ．Ｙａｎｇ,Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｂａｕｍ ３ 个种进行了杂交。对亲本及杂种Ｆ１ 代花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ｉ染色体配对行为进行了观察。减数分裂平均构型分别为： Ｅ． ｃａｎｉｎｕｓ×Ｋ． ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ２３－７９ Ⅰ＋ ５－２０ Ⅱ＋ ０－２７Ⅲ; Ｒ．ｋａｍｏｊｉ ×Ｋ．ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ１８－２３ Ⅰ＋ １１－６８ Ⅱ＋ ０－０６ Ⅲ＋ ０－０６ Ⅳ; Ｋ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔａ ×Ｋ．ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ４－８３Ⅰ＋ １７－３１ Ⅱ＋ ０－５５ Ⅲ＋ ０－２０ Ⅳ＋ ０－０２ Ⅴ。根据以上结果, 结合种的形态特征, 窄颖仲彬草应从鹅观草属Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａ Ｃ． Ｋｏｃｈ 拟冰草组ＰａｒａｇｒｏｐｙｒｏｎＫｅｎｇ 中组合到仲彬草属Ｋｅｎｇｙｉｌｉａ Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｙａｎｇ。     

辣椒属种间杂种F_1植株的细胞遗传学研究

本文分析了南京早椒（ＣａｐｓｉｃｕｍｆｒｕｔｅｓｃｅｎｓＬ．ｖａｒ．ＣｏｎｏｉｄｅｅｓＢａｉｌｅｙ）和Ｃ．ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｅ二亲本及Ｆ１杂种花粉母细胞减数分裂终变期和中期Ｉ染色体配对的构型。结果表明：二亲本花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体配对均正常,为１２个二价体（双单倍体２ｎ＝２４）。Ｆ１杂种花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体配对很不规则。其平均频率分别为单价体０．０３６,二价体９．１８,三价体０．０３６,四价体０．８０,六价体０．３８。南京早椒和Ｃ．ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｅ染色体间存在着相互易位,因此,二亲本间彼此有差异。单价体出现极少,这可断定南京早椒与Ｃ．ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｅ染色体间是部分同源的,但染色体组结构上存在着差异。由于染色体结构上差异,所以Ｆ１杂种的育性较低。     

利用PE构建免疫毒素

利用ＰＥ构建免疫毒素蒋欣黄华梁（中国科学院遗传研究所,北京１００１０１）ＰＥａｎｄＰＥ－ｄｅｒｉｖｅｄＲｅｃｏｍｂｉｎａｎｔＩｍｍｕｎｏｔｏｘｉｎｓＪｉａｎｇＸｉｎＨｕａｎｇＨｕａｌｉａｎｇ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｎｅｔｉｃｓ,ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｃ...     

The myristoylation site of meiotic lamin C2 promotes local nuclear membrane growth and the formation of intranuclear membranes in somatic cultured cells

Lamin C2 is a splice product of the mammalian lamin A gene and expressed in primary spermatocytes where it is distributed in the form of discontinuous plaques at the nuclear envelope. We have previously shown that the aminoterminal hexapetide GNAEGR of lamin C2 following the start methionine is essential for its association with the nuclear envelope and that the aminoterminal glycine of the hexapeptide is myristoylated. Here we have analyzed the ultrastructural changes induced in COS-7 and Xenopus A6 cells by overexpressing rat lamin C2 or a human lamin C mutant possessing the lamin C2-specific hexapeptide at its aminoterminus. Both lamins were targeted to the nuclear envelope of mammalian and amphibian cells and induced the formation of intranuclear membranes, whereas wild-type human lamin C and a lamin C2 mutant, that both lack this lipid moiety, did not. Our data indicate that the myristoyl group of lamin C2 has besides its demonstrated role in nuclear envelope association additional functions during spermatogenesis. Our present study complements previously published results where we have shown that the CxxM motif of lamins promotes nuclear membrane growth (Prüfert et al., 2004. J. Cell Sci. 117, 6105-6116).     

Three stages of meiotic homologous chromosome pairing in wheat: cognition, alignment and synapsis

 Chromosome painting enabled the study of homologous chromosome behaviour prior to and during meiosis. Total genomic DNA from rye, used as a probe for in situ hybridization, identified the rye chromosome arm in a wheat-rye translocation line (T5AS·5RL) at meiotic prophase and the preceding interphase. Accurate staging of the development of the meiocytes was attained by parallel studies of chromatin morphology, nucleolar behaviour and synaptonemal complex formation in electron microscopy thin sections and silver-stained surface spreads. Three stages of pairing were identified for the large cereal genomes that are organized in a Rabl configuration: first, cognition occurs during the long interphase before leptotene, bringing the homologous chromosome domains into close proximity and possibly starting at the centromere; second, homologous chromosome segments align at late leptotene; and third, zygotene synapsis initiates near the telomere, although it was also observed to occur near the centromere. A pairing model is proposed for wheat, with a genome size of 17000 Mbp, that shows prallels to and notable differences from yeast and mammalian models of meiosis. Received: 25 January 1997 / Revision accepted: 14 July 1997     

Production and cytogenetics of hybrids of Triticum aestivum x Leymus innovatus

Summary Hybrid plants were obtained between Triticum aestivum (2n=6x=42, AABBDD) and Leymus innovatus (2n=4x=28, JJNN) at a frequency varying from 0.4% to 1.2% of the pollinated florets. Improvement of the embryo culture medium resulted in a higher frequency of embryo rescue. Eight of ten hybrids had the expected chromosome number of 35 (ABDJN). Meiotic analysis indicated that there was no homology between the genomes of the two species. Two hybrids had only 28 chromosomes. Comparison of chromosome pairing between the two types of hybrids suggested that Leymus innovatus carries genes that affect chromosome pairing and behavior. The relatively high occurrence of spontaneous doubling in the meiocytes of these hybrids may indicate that backcrossing of the hybrids to wheat should be possible, although frequent chromosome irregularities observed in the meiocytes of the hybrids may decrease the probability of success of this step, which is essential to the process of gene transfer from L. innovatus to wheat.Contrib. no. 366