期刊
PLANT JOURNAL
卷 95, 期 2, 页码 385-396出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13942
关键词
Meiosis; Arabidopsis thaliana; 3D; telomere bouquet; synapsis initiation centers; chromosome dynamics; technical advance
资金
- French State grant (LabEx Saclay Plant Sciences-SPS) [ANR-10-LABX-0040-SPS]
- French National Research Agency under an Investments for the Future' program [ANR-11-IDEX-0003-02]
- BBSRC [BBS/E/W/0012843D] Funding Source: UKRI
During meiotic prophase I chromosomes undergo dramatic conformational changes that accompany chromosome condensation, pairing and recombination between homologs. These changes include the anchoring of telomeres to the nuclear envelope and their clustering to form a bouquet. In plants, these events have been studied and illustrated in intact meiocytes of species with large genomes. Arabidopsis thaliana is an excellent genetic model in which major molecular pathways that control synapsis and recombination between homologs have been uncovered. Yet the study of chromosome dynamics is hampered by current cytological methods that disrupt the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of the nucleus. Here we set up a protocol to preserve the 3D configuration of A. thaliana meiocytes. We showed that this technique is compatible with the use of a variety of antibodies that label structural and recombination proteins and were able to highlight the presence of clustered synapsis initiation centers at the nuclear periphery. By using fluorescence insitu hybridization we also studied the behavior of chromosomes during pre-meiotic G(2) and prophase I, revealing the existence of a telomere bouquet during A. thaliana male meiosis. In addition we showed that the number of telomeres in a bouquet and its volume vary greatly, thus revealing the complexity of telomere behavior during meiotic prophase I. Finally, by using probes that label subtelomeric regions of individual chromosomes, we revealed differential localization behaviors of chromosome ends. Our protocol opens new areas of research for investigating chromosome dynamics in A. thaliana meiocytes.
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