Distribution and dynamics of mitochondrial nucleoids in animal cells in culture |
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Authors: | Jü rgen Bereiter-Hahn Monika Vö th |
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Affiliation: | (1) Cinematic Cell Research Group, Biocentre, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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Abstract: | Mitochondrial (mt) nucleoids were visualized in living cells in culture by staining with the fluorochrome picoGreen. The cell types included a line derived from Xenopus heart endothelial cells (XTH-2), 3T3 cells, SV40-transformed 3T3 cells and primary cultures of Xenopus tadpole epidermis cells. In the permanent cell lines 6-60% of the mitochondria were found to be devoid of DNA. The peaks of the frequency distribution of mtDNA content, as revealed by microfluorometry, were not very distinct, indicating the presence of a high amount of aneuploid mt nucleoids. The maximum size of nucleoids (as derived from fluorescence intensity) was 10-12 times that of the minimum peak value in proliferating cell cultures. A linear ratio was found between the volume of the nucleoids and their DNA content, which is interpreted as a uniform package density. In terminally differentiating tadpole epidermis cells mitochondria form large bodies containing giant nucleoids, while in mitotic cells the mt nucleoids are small and of uniform size. Fusion and fission of the nucleoids were observed to occur either for no visible reason or in connection with fusion and fission events of the mitochondria.Electronic supplementary material Electronic supplementary material is available for this article at and accessible for authorised users. |
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Keywords: | Mitochondrial nucleoids Xenopus laevis |
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