Abstract:
:In a typical cell division, chromosomes align at the metaphase plate before anaphase commences. This is not the case in Mesostoma spermatocytes. Throughout prometaphase, the three bivalents persistently oscillate towards and away from either pole, at average speeds of 5-6 μm/min, without ever aligning at a metaphase plate. In our experiments, nocodazole (NOC) was added to prometaphase spermatocytes to depolymerize the microtubules. Traditional theories state that microtubules are the producers of force in the spindle, either by tubulin depolymerizing at the kinetochore (PacMan) or at the pole (Flux). Accordingly, if microtubules are quickly depolymerized, the chromosomes should arrest at the metaphase plate and not move. However, in 57/59 cells, at least one chromosome moved to a pole after NOC treatment, and in 52 of these cells, all three bivalents moved to the same pole. Thus, the movements are not random to one pole or other. After treatment with NOC, chromosome movement followed a consistent pattern. Bivalents stretched out towards both poles, paused, detached at one pole, and then the detached kinetochores quickly moved towards the other pole, reaching initial speeds up to more than 200 μm/min, much greater than anything previously recorded in this cell. As the NOC concentration increased, the average speeds increased and the microtubules disappeared faster. As the kinetochores approached the pole, they slowed down and eventually stopped. Similar results were obtained with colcemid treatment. Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy confirms that microtubules are not associated with moving chromosomes. Thus, these rapid chromosome movements may be due to non-microtubule spindle components such as actin-myosin or the spindle matrix.
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Protoplasmajournal_title
Protoplasmaauthors
Fegaras E,Forer Adoi
10.1007/s00709-018-1214-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-07-01 00:00:00pages
1205-1224issue
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0033-183Xissn
1615-6102pii
10.1007/s00709-018-1214-4journal_volume
255pub_type
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