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Matveevsky SN, Kolomiets OL, Shchipanov NA, Pavlova SV. Natural male hybrid common shrews with a very long chromosomal multivalent at meiosis appear not to be completely sterile. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART B, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2024; 342:45-58. [PMID: 38059675 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Among 36 known chromosomal hybrid zones of the common shrew Sorex araneus, the Moscow-Seliger hybrid zone is of special interest because inter-racial complex heterozygotes (F1 hybrids) produce the longest meiotic configuration, consisting of 11 chromosomes with monobrachial homology (undecavalent or chain-of-eleven: CXI). Different studies suggest that such a multivalent may negatively affect meiotic progression and in general should significantly reduce fertility of hybrids. In this work, by immunocytochemical and electron microscopy methods, we investigated for the first time chromosome synapsis, recombination and meiotic silencing in pachytene spermatocytes of natural inter-racial heterozygous shrew males carrying CXI configurations. Despite some abnormalities detected in spermatocytes, such as associations of chromosomes, stretched centromeres, and the absence of recombination nodules in some arms of the multivalent, a large number of morphologically normal spermatozoa were observed. Possible low stringency of pachytene checkpoints may mean that even very long meiotic configurations do not cause complete sterility of such complex inter-racial heterozygotes.
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- Sergey N Matveevsky
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Population Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Population Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Matveevsky S, Tretiakov A, Kashintsova A, Bakloushinskaya I, Kolomiets O. Meiotic Nuclear Architecture in Distinct Mole Vole Hybrids with Robertsonian Translocations: Chromosome Chains, Stretched Centromeres, and Distorted Recombination. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E7630. [PMID: 33076404 PMCID: PMC7589776 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Genome functioning in hybrids faces inconsistency. This mismatch is manifested clearly in meiosis during chromosome synapsis and recombination. Species with chromosomal variability can be a model for exploring genomic battles with high visibility due to the use of advanced immunocytochemical methods. We studied synaptonemal complexes (SC) and prophase I processes in 44-chromosome intraspecific (Ellobius tancrei × E. tancrei) and interspecific (Ellobius talpinus × E. tancrei) hybrid mole voles heterozygous for 10 Robertsonian translocations. The same pachytene failures were found for both types of hybrids. In the intraspecific hybrid, the chains were visible in the pachytene stage, then 10 closed SC trivalents formed in the late pachytene and diplotene stage. In the interspecific hybrid, as a rule, SC trivalents composed the SC chains and rarely could form closed configurations. Metacentrics involved with SC trivalents had stretched centromeres in interspecific hybrids. Linkage between neighboring SC trivalents was maintained by stretched centromeric regions of acrocentrics. This centromeric plasticity in structure and dynamics of SC trivalents was found for the first time. We assume that stretched centromeres were a marker of altered nuclear architecture in heterozygotes due to differences in the ancestral chromosomal territories of the parental species. Restructuring of the intranuclear organization and meiotic disturbances can contribute to the sterility of interspecific hybrids, and lead to the reproductive isolation of studied species.
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- Sergey Matveevsky
- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.T.); (A.K.); (O.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.T.); (A.K.); (O.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.T.); (A.K.); (O.K.)
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- Laboratory of Genome Evolution and Mechanisms of Speciation, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (A.T.); (A.K.); (O.K.)
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Timoshevskiy VA, Timoshevskaya NY, Smith JJ. Germline-Specific Repetitive Elements in Programmatically Eliminated Chromosomes of the Sea Lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus). Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E832. [PMID: 31652530 PMCID: PMC6826781 DOI: 10.3390/genes10100832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is one of few vertebrate species known to reproducibly eliminate large fractions of its genome during normal embryonic development. This germline-specific DNA is lost in the form of large fragments, including entire chromosomes, and available evidence suggests that DNA elimination acts as a permanent silencing mechanism that prevents the somatic expression of a specific subset of "germline" genes. However, reconstruction of eliminated regions has proven to be challenging due to the complexity of the lamprey karyotype. We applied an integrative approach aimed at further characterization of the large-scale structure of eliminated segments, including: (1) in silico identification of germline-enriched repeats; (2) mapping the chromosomal location of specific repetitive sequences in germline metaphases; and (3) 3D DNA/DNA-hybridization to embryonic lagging anaphases, which permitted us to both verify the specificity of elements to physically eliminated chromosomes and characterize the subcellular organization of these elements during elimination. This approach resulted in the discovery of several repetitive elements that are found exclusively on the eliminated chromosomes, which subsequently permitted the identification of 12 individual chromosomes that are programmatically eliminated during early embryogenesis. The fidelity and specificity of these highly abundant sequences, their distinctive patterning in eliminated chromosomes, and subcellular localization in elimination anaphases suggest that these sequences might contribute to the specific targeting of chromosomes for elimination or possibly in molecular interactions that mediate their decelerated poleward movement in chromosome elimination anaphases, isolation into micronuclei and eventual degradation.
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- Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
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Ribagorda M, Berríos S, Solano E, Ayarza E, Martín-Ruiz M, Gil-Fernández A, Parra MT, Viera A, Rufas JS, Capanna E, Castiglia R, Fernández-Donoso R, Page J. Meiotic behavior of a complex hexavalent in heterozygous mice for Robertsonian translocations: insights for synapsis dynamics. Chromosoma 2019; 128:149-163. [PMID: 30826871 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-019-00695-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Natural populations of the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus show great diversity in chromosomal number due to the presence of chromosomal rearrangements, mainly Robertsonian translocations. Breeding between two populations with different chromosomal configurations generates subfertile or sterile hybrid individuals due to impaired meiotic development. In this study, we have analyzed prophase-I spermatocytes of hybrids formed by crossing mice from Vulcano and Lipari island populations. Both populations have a 2n = 26 karyotype but different combinations of Robertsonian translocations. We studied the progress of synapsis, recombination, and meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromosomes during prophase-I through the immunolocalization of the proteins SYCP3, SYCP1, γH2AX, RAD51, and MLH1. In these hybrids, a hexavalent is formed that, depending on the degree of synapsis between chromosomes, can adopt an open chain, a ring, or a closed configuration. The frequency of these configurations varies throughout meiosis, with the maximum degree of synapsis occurring at mid pachytene. In addition, we observed the appearance of heterologous synapsis between telocentric and metacentric chromosomes; however, this synapsis seems to be transient and unstable and unsynapsed regions are frequently observed in mid-late pachytene. Interestingly, we found that chiasmata are frequently located at the boundaries of unsynapsed chromosomal regions in the hexavalent during late pachytene. These results provide new clues about synapsis dynamics during meiosis. We propose that mechanical forces generated along chromosomes may induce premature desynapsis, which, in turn, might be counteracted by the location of chiasmata. Despite these and additional meiotic features, such as the accumulation of γH2AX on unsynapsed chromosome regions, we observed a large number of cells that progressed to late stages of prophase-I, indicating that synapsis defects may not trigger a meiotic crisis in these hybrids.
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- Marta Ribagorda
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Programa de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Programa de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Berríos S, Fernández-Donoso R, Ayarza E. Synaptic configuration of quadrivalents and their association with the XY bivalent in spermatocytes of Robertsonian heterozygotes of Mus domesticus. Biol Res 2017; 50:38. [PMID: 29169375 PMCID: PMC5701293 DOI: 10.1186/s40659-017-0143-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background The nuclear architecture of meiotic prophase spermatocytes is based on higher-order patterns of spatial associations among chromosomal domains and consequently is prone to modification by chromosomal rearrangements. We have shown that nuclear architecture is modified in spermatocytes of Robertsonian (Rb) homozygotes of Mus domesticus. In this study we analyse the synaptic configuration of the quadrivalents formed in the meiotic prophase of spermatocytes of mice double heterozygotes for the dependent Rb chromosomes: Rbs 11.16 and 16.17. Results Electron microscope spreads of 60 pachytene spermatocytes from four animals of Mus domesticus 2n = 38 were studied and their respective quadrivalents analysed in detail. Normal synaptonemal complex was found between arms 16 of the Rb metacentric chromosomes, telocentrics 11 and 17 and homologous arms of the Rb metacentric chromosomes. About 43% of the quadrivalents formed a synaptonemal complex between the heterologous short arms of chromosomes 11 and 17. This synaptonemal complex is bound to the nuclear envelope through a fourth synapsed telomere, thus dragging the entire quadrivalent to the nuclear envelope. About 57% of quadrivalents showed unsynapsed single axes in the short arms of the telocentric chromosomes. About 90% of these unsynapsed quadrivalents also showed a telomere-to-telomere association between one of the single axes of the telocentric chromosome 11 or 17 and the X chromosome single axis, which was otherwise normally paired with the Y chromosome. Nucleolar material was associated with two bivalents and with the quadrivalent. Conclusions The spermatocytes of heterozygotes for dependent Rb chromosomes formed a quadrivalent where four chromosomes are synapsed together and bound to the nuclear envelope through four telomeres. The nuclear configuration is determined by the fourth shortest telomere, which drags the centromere regions and heterochromatin of all the chromosomes towards the nuclear envelope, favouring the reiterated encounter and eventual rearrangement between the heterologous chromosomes. The unsynapsed regions of quadrivalents are frequently bound to the single axis of the X chromosome, possibly perturbing chromatin condensation and gene expression. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40659-017-0143-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Soledad Berríos
- Programa Genética Humana, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia No 1027, P.O.Box 70061, Santiago 7, Chile.
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- Programa Genética Humana, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia No 1027, P.O.Box 70061, Santiago 7, Chile
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- Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Potter S, Bragg JG, Blom MPK, Deakin JE, Kirkpatrick M, Eldridge MDB, Moritz C. Chromosomal Speciation in the Genomics Era: Disentangling Phylogenetic Evolution of Rock-wallabies. Front Genet 2017; 8:10. [PMID: 28265284 PMCID: PMC5301020 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The association of chromosome rearrangements (CRs) with speciation is well established, and there is a long history of theory and evidence relating to "chromosomal speciation." Genomic sequencing has the potential to provide new insights into how reorganization of genome structure promotes divergence, and in model systems has demonstrated reduced gene flow in rearranged segments. However, there are limits to what we can understand from a small number of model systems, which each only tell us about one episode of chromosomal speciation. Progressing from patterns of association between chromosome (and genic) change, to understanding processes of speciation requires both comparative studies across diverse systems and integration of genome-scale sequence comparisons with other lines of evidence. Here, we showcase a promising example of chromosomal speciation in a non-model organism, the endemic Australian marsupial genus Petrogale. We present initial phylogenetic results from exon-capture that resolve a history of divergence associated with extensive and repeated CRs. Yet it remains challenging to disentangle gene tree heterogeneity caused by recent divergence and gene flow in this and other such recent radiations. We outline a way forward for better integration of comparative genomic sequence data with evidence from molecular cytogenetics, and analyses of shifts in the recombination landscape and potential disruption of meiotic segregation and epigenetic programming. In all likelihood, CRs impact multiple cellular processes and these effects need to be considered together, along with effects of genic divergence. Understanding the effects of CRs together with genic divergence will require development of more integrative theory and inference methods. Together, new data and analysis tools will combine to shed light on long standing questions of how chromosome and genic divergence promote speciation.
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- Sally Potter
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, ActonACT, Australia
- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, SydneyNSW, Australia
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- National Herbarium of New South Wales, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, SydneyNSW, Australia
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, BruceACT, Australia
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, AustinTX, USA
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, SydneyNSW, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, ActonACT, Australia
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Schmid M, Steinlein C, Winking H. Multicolor Spectral Analyses of Mitotic and Meiotic Mouse Chromosomes Involved in Multiple Robertsonian Translocations. I. The CD/Cremona Hybrid Strain. Cytogenet Genome Res 2016; 147:253-9. [PMID: 26987048 DOI: 10.1159/000444597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Multicolor spectral analysis (spectral karyotyping) was applied to mitotic and male diakinetic chromosomes of hybrid mice carrying a unique system of 18 autosomal Robertsonian translocation chromosomes with alternating arm homologies. Only the autosomes 19 and the XY sex chromosomes are excluded from these Robertsonian translocations. The translocations, previously identified by conventional banding analyses, could be verified by spectral karyotyping. Besides the Robertsonian translocations, no other interchromosomal rearrangements were detected. In diakineses of male meiosis, the 18 metacentric Robertsonian translocation chromosomes form a very large meiotic 'superring'. The predictable, specific order of the chromosomes along this 'superring' was completely confirmed by multicolor spectral analysis. In the majority of diakineses analyzed, the free autosomal bivalent 19 and the XY sex bivalent form a conspicuous complex which tightly associates with the 12;14 Robertsonian translocation chromosome in the 'superring'.
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- Michael Schmid
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Wx00FC;rzburg, Wx00FC;rzburg, Germany
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Matveevsky S, Bakloushinskaya I, Tambovtseva V, Romanenko S, Kolomiets O. Analysis of meiotic chromosome structure and behavior in Robertsonian heterozygotes of Ellobius tancrei (Rodentia, Cricetidae): a case of monobrachial homology. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2015; 9:691-706. [PMID: 26752380 PMCID: PMC4698581 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v9i4.5674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Synaptonemal complex (SC) chains were revealed in semisterile intraspecific F1 hybrids of Ellobius tancrei Blasius, 1884 (2n = 49, NF=56 and 2n=50, NF=56), heterozygous for Robertsonian (Rb) translocations. Chains were formed by Rb submetacentrics with monobrachial homology. Chromosome synapsis in spermatocytes of these hybrids was disturbed, apparently because of the problematic release of the chromosomes from the SC chains. These hybrids suffer from low fertility, and our data support the opinion that this is because a formation of Rb metacentrics with monobrachial homology within different races of the same species might be an initial event for the divergence of chromosomal forms.
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- Sergey Matveevsky
- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, RAS, 3 Gubkin st., Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, RAS, 26 Vavilov st., Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch, RAS, 8/2 Av. Acad. Lavrent’ev, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, RAS, 3 Gubkin st., Moscow, 119991, Russia
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The Robertsonian phenomenon in the house mouse: mutation, meiosis and speciation. Chromosoma 2014; 123:529-44. [PMID: 25053180 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0477-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Many different chromosomal races with reduced chromosome number due to the presence of Robertsonian fusion metacentrics have been described in western Europe and northern Africa, within the distribution area of the western house mouse Mus musculus domesticus. This subspecies of house mouse has become the ideal model for studies to elucidate the processes of chromosome mutation and fixation that lead to the formation of chromosomal races and for studies on the impact of chromosome heterozygosities on reproductive isolation and speciation. In this review, we briefly describe the history of the discovery of the first and subsequent metacentric races in house mice; then, we focus on the molecular composition of the centromeric regions involved in chromosome fusion to examine the molecular characteristics that may explain the great variability of the karyotype that house mice show. The influence that metacentrics exert on the nuclear architecture of the male meiocytes and the consequences on meiotic progression are described to illustrate the impact that chromosomal heterozygosities exert on fertility of house mice-of relevance to reproductive isolation and speciation. The evolutionary significance of the Robertsonian phenomenon in the house mouse is discussed in the final section of this review.
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Giménez MD, White TA, Hauffe HC, Panithanarak T, Searle JB. Understanding the basis of diminished gene flow between hybridizing chromosome races of the house mouse. Evolution 2013; 67:1446-62. [PMID: 23617920 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Speciation may be promoted in hybrid zones if there is an interruption to gene flow between the hybridizing forms. For hybridizing chromosome races of the house mouse in Valtellina (Italy), distinguished by whole-arm chromosomal rearrangements, previous studies have shown that there is greater interruption to gene flow at the centromeres of chromosomes that differ between the races than at distal regions of the same chromosome or at the centromeres of other chromosomes. Here, by increasing the number of markers along race-specific chromosomes, we reveal a decay in between-race genetic differentiation from the centromere to the distal telomere. For the first time, we use simulation models to investigate the possible role of recombination suppression and hybrid breakdown in generating this pattern. We also consider epistasis and selective sweeps as explanations for isolated chromosomal regions away from the centromere showing differentiation between the races. Hybrid breakdown alone is the simplest explanation for the decay in genetic differentiation with distance from the centromere. Robertsonian fusions/whole-arm reciprocal translocations are common chromosomal rearrangements characterizing both closely related species and races within species, and this fine-scale empirical analysis suggests that the unfitness associated with these rearrangements in the heterozygous state may contribute to the speciation process.
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- Mabel D Giménez
- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Vasco C, Manterola M, Page J, Zuccotti M, de la Fuente R, Redi CA, Fernandez-Donoso R, Garagna S. The frequency of heterologous synapsis increases with aging in Robertsonian heterozygous male mice. Chromosome Res 2012; 20:269-78. [PMID: 22231503 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9272-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The house mouse is characterised by highly variable chromosome number due to the presence of Robertsonian (Rb) chromosomes. During meiosis in Rb heterozygotes, intricated chromosomal figures are produced, and many unsynapsed regions are present during the first prophase, triggering a meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin (MSUC) in a similar mode to the sex chromosome inactivation. The presence of unsynapsed chromosome regions is associated with impaired spermatogenesis. Interestingly, in male mice carrying multiple Rb trivalents, the frequency of germ cell death, defective tubules, and altered sperm morphology decreases during aging. Here, we studied whether synapsis of trivalent chromosomes and MSUC are involved in this improvement. By immunocytochemistry, we analysed the frequency of unsynapsed chromosomes and of those positive to γH2AX (a marker of MSUC) labelling in spermatocytes of 3-, 5- and 7-month-old Rb heterozygotes. With aging, we observed a decrease of the frequency of unsynapsed chromosomes, of spermatocytes bearing them and of trivalents carrying γH2AX-negative unsynapsed regions. Our quantitative results show that both synapsis and MSUC processes are better accomplished during male aging, partially accounting for the improvement of spermatogenesis.
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- Chiara Vasco
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Lazzaro Spallanzani", Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Sans-Fuentes MA, García-Valero J, Ventura J, López-Fuster MJ. Spermatogenesis in house mouse in a Robertsonian polymorphism zone. Reproduction 2010; 140:569-81. [PMID: 20660089 DOI: 10.1530/rep-10-0237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Robertsonian (Rb) translocations can be important in speciation as a mechanism of postzygotic isolation between populations. Meiotic non-disjunction, gametogenic impairment, and association of impaired autosomal segments with sex chromosomes have been postulated as mechanisms responsible for reducing fertility in Rb mice. Quantitative histological studies needed to understand the role of Rb fusions in gametogenic impairment are scarce. Most research on Rb mice has analyzed meiotic non-disjunction of laboratory and wild-derived strains, which have complex or simple structural heterozygosity with large numbers of fusions. Using histological multilevel sampling, we examined spermatogenesis in mice from the Rb polymorphism area of Barcelona. We studied four chromosomal groups having: a) one Rb heterozygote fusion and 2n=39, b) one Rb heterozygote fusion and 2n=31, c) three Rb heterozygote fusions without monobrachial homology and with diploid number ranging from 2n=29 to 2n=37, and d) only Rb homozygote fusions with diploid number ranging from 2n=28 to 2n=30. Standard mice from the area surrounding the Rb zone were used as control. We analyzed morphological variables of the testes, relative frequency of stages in the seminiferous epithelium cycle, the 'round spermatids:primary spermatocytes' ratio, and other derived parameters. Our results reveal that structural homozygote mice and simple heterozygote mice having as few as one to three Rb fusions undergo greater germ cell death (GCD) than standard mice, suggesting that Rb fusions are related to increased GCD (in both the heterozygous and homozygous state) and may be the main cause of decreased gene flow between mice populations from this area.
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- Ma Assumpció Sans-Fuentes
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Daish T, Casey A, Grützner F. Platypus chain reaction: directional and ordered meiotic pairing of the multiple sex chromosome chain in Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Reprod Fertil Dev 2010; 21:976-84. [PMID: 19874721 DOI: 10.1071/rd09085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Monotremes are phylogenetically and phenotypically unique animals with an unusually complex sex chromosome system that is composed of ten chromosomes in platypus and nine in echidna. These chromosomes are alternately linked (X1Y1, X2Y2, ...) at meiosis via pseudoautosomal regions and segregate to form spermatozoa containing either X or Y chromosomes. The physical and epigenetic mechanisms involved in pairing and assembly of the complex sex chromosome chain in early meiotic prophase I are completely unknown. We have analysed the pairing dynamics of specific sex chromosome pseudoautosomal regions in platypus spermatocytes during prophase of meiosis I. Our data show a highly coordinated pairing process that begins at the terminal Y5 chromosome and completes with the union of sex chromosomes X1Y1. The consistency of this ordered assembly of the chain is remarkable and raises questions about the mechanisms and factors that regulate the differential pairing of sex chromosomes and how this relates to potential meiotic silencing mechanisms and alternate segregation.
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- Tasman Daish
- Discipline of Genetics, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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A high incidence of meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin is not associated with substantial pachytene loss in heterozygous male mice carrying multiple simple robertsonian translocations. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000625. [PMID: 19714216 PMCID: PMC2726437 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Meiosis is a complex type of cell division that involves homologous chromosome pairing, synapsis, recombination, and segregation. When any of these processes is altered, cellular checkpoints arrest meiosis progression and induce cell elimination. Meiotic impairment is particularly frequent in organisms bearing chromosomal translocations. When chromosomal translocations appear in heterozygosis, the chromosomes involved may not correctly complete synapsis, recombination, and/or segregation, thus promoting the activation of checkpoints that lead to the death of the meiocytes. In mammals and other organisms, the unsynapsed chromosomal regions are subject to a process called meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin (MSUC). Different degrees of asynapsis could contribute to disturb the normal loading of MSUC proteins, interfering with autosome and sex chromosome gene expression and triggering a massive pachytene cell death. We report that in mice that are heterozygous for eight multiple simple Robertsonian translocations, most pachytene spermatocytes bear trivalents with unsynapsed regions that incorporate, in a stage-dependent manner, proteins involved in MSUC (e.g., γH2AX, ATR, ubiquitinated-H2A, SUMO-1, and XMR). These spermatocytes have a correct MSUC response and are not eliminated during pachytene and most of them proceed into diplotene. However, we found a high incidence of apoptotic spermatocytes at the metaphase stage. These results suggest that in Robertsonian heterozygous mice synapsis defects on most pachytene cells do not trigger a prophase-I checkpoint. Instead, meiotic impairment seems to mainly rely on the action of a checkpoint acting at the metaphase stage. We propose that a low stringency of the pachytene checkpoint could help to increase the chances that spermatocytes with synaptic defects will complete meiotic divisions and differentiate into viable gametes. This scenario, despite a reduction of fertility, allows the spreading of Robertsonian translocations, explaining the multitude of natural Robertsonian populations described in the mouse. Cells have different mechanisms to assess the proper occurrence of cellular events. These mechanisms are called checkpoints and are involved in the surveillance of processes such as DNA replication and cell division. A checkpoint at the pachytene stage arrests meiosis when defects in the process of homologous chromosome synapsis and recombination are detected. In mammals, both transcriptional inactivation of chromosomal regions that are not correctly synapsed at pachytene and activation of sex chromosome genes that are normally silent during this stage could contribute to meiotic arrest. We found that when Robertsonian translocations appear in heterozygosis, many synapsis defects occur, and mechanisms that trigger transcriptional silencing of the unsynapsed chromatin are activated. However, meiotic prophase-I progression is not greatly compromised. This questions the ability of the meiotic checkpoints to halt meiosis progression when synapsis is not completed, allowing cells with synapsis defects to reach the first meiotic division. The fertility reduction of Robertsonian heterozygous mice seems to be mainly caused by errors detected by the metaphase-I checkpoint, when most of the spermatocytes die, rather than by synapsis defects. In an evolutionary context, a permissive pachytene checkpoint could contribute to increasing the chances of Robertsonian translocations to spread into natural populations.
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Jadwiszczak KA, Banaszek A. Fertility in the male common shrews, Sorex araneus, from the extremely narrow hybrid zone between chromosome races. Mamm Biol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gruetzner F, Ashley T, Rowell DM, Marshall Graves JA. How did the platypus get its sex chromosome chain? A comparison of meiotic multiples and sex chromosomes in plants and animals. Chromosoma 2005; 115:75-88. [PMID: 16344965 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2005] [Revised: 09/24/2005] [Accepted: 09/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The duck-billed platypus is an extraordinary mammal. Its chromosome complement is no less extraordinary, for it includes a system in which ten sex chromosomes form an extensive meiotic chain in males. Such meiotic multiples are unprecedented in vertebrates but occur sporadically in plant and invertebrate species. In this paper, we review the evolution and formation of meiotic multiples in plants and invertebrates to try to gain insights into the origin of the platypus meiotic multiple. We describe the meiotic hurdles that translocated mammalian chromosomes face, which make longer chains disadvantageous in mammals, and we discuss how sex chromosomes and dosage compensation might have affected the evolution of sex-linked meiotic multiples. We conclude that the evolutionary conservation of the chain in monotremes, the structural properties of the translocated chromosomes and the highly accurate segregation at meiosis make the platypus system remarkably different from meiotic multiples in other species. We discuss alternative evolutionary models, which fall broadly into two categories: either the chain is the result of a sequence of translocation events from an ancestral pair of sex chromosomes (Model I) or the entire chain came into being at once by hybridization of two populations with different chromosomal rearrangements sharing monobrachial homology (Model II).
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- Frank Gruetzner
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Grützner F, Rens W, Tsend-Ayush E, El-Mogharbel N, O'Brien PCM, Jones RC, Ferguson-Smith MA, Marshall Graves JA. In the platypus a meiotic chain of ten sex chromosomes shares genes with the bird Z and mammal X chromosomes. Nature 2004; 432:913-7. [PMID: 15502814 DOI: 10.1038/nature03021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Two centuries after the duck-billed platypus was discovered, monotreme chromosome systems remain deeply puzzling. Karyotypes of males, or of both sexes, were claimed to contain several unpaired chromosomes (including the X chromosome) that form a multi-chromosomal chain at meiosis. Such meiotic chains exist in plants and insects but are rare in vertebrates. How the platypus chromosome system works to determine sex and produce balanced gametes has been controversial for decades. Here we demonstrate that platypus have five male-specific chromosomes (Y chromosomes) and five chromosomes present in one copy in males and two copies in females (X chromosomes). These ten chromosomes form a multivalent chain at male meiosis, adopting an alternating pattern to segregate into XXXXX-bearing and YYYYY-bearing sperm. Which, if any, of these sex chromosomes bears one or more sex-determining genes remains unknown. The largest X chromosome, with homology to the human X chromosome, lies at one end of the chain, and a chromosome with homology to the bird Z chromosome lies near the other end. This suggests an evolutionary link between mammal and bird sex chromosome systems, which were previously thought to have evolved independently.
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- Frank Grützner
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
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Rumpler Y. Complementary approaches of cytogenetics and molecular biology to the taxonomy and study of speciation processes in lemurs. Evol Anthropol 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/evan.20010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Traut W, Endl E, Garagna S, Scholzen T, Schwinger E, Gerdes J, Winking H. Chromatin preferences of the perichromosomal layer constituent pKi-67. Chromosome Res 2003; 10:685-94. [PMID: 12575796 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021532914023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The proliferation-associated nuclear protein pKi-67 relocates from the nucleolus to the chromosome surface during the G2/M transition of the cell cycle and contributes to the formation of the 'perichromosomal layer'. We investigated the in-vivo binding preferences of pKi-67 for various chromatin blocks of the mitotic chromosomes from the human and two mouse species, Mus musculus and M. caroli. All chromosomes were decorated with pKi-67 but displayed a gap of pKi-67 decoration in the centromere and NOR regions. pKi-67 distribution in a rearranged mouse chromosome showed that the formation of the centromeric gap was controlled by the specific chromatin in that region. While most chromatin served as a substrate for direct or indirect binding of pKi-67, we identified three types of chromatin that bound less or no pKi-67. These were: (1) the centromeric heterochromatin defined by the alpha satellite DNA in the human, by the mouse minor satellite in M. musculus and the 60- and 79-bp satellites in M. caroli; (2) the pericentromeric heterochromatin in M. musculus defined by the mouse major satellite, and (3) NORs in the human and in M. musculus defined by rDNA repeats. In contrast, the conspicuous blocks of pericentromeric heterochromatin in human chromosomes 1, 9 and 16 containing the 5-bp satellite showed intense pKi-67 decoration. The centromeric gap may have a biological significance for the proper attachment of the chromosomes to the mitotic spindle. In this context, our results suggest a new role for centromeric heterochromatin: the control of the centromeric gap in the perichromosomal layer.
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- Walther Traut
- Institut für Biologie, Universität Lübeck, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany.
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A reproductive study was conducted on seven hybrids of Eulemur showing chromosomal multivalents involving at least four chromosomes at the pachytene stage. Three individuals were infertile hybrids and one presented a reduced spermatogenesis. In three out of these four hybrids, multivalents were associated with the sex bivalent in a large number of spermatocytes (23%). The relative importance of the reduction of fertility in males linked to chromosomal multivalent formation as well as the genetic background is discussed with regard to the use of cytogenetic data for systematics. Our findings argue for the classification of Eulemur fulvus collaris and E. f. albocollaris in two separate species. In regard to their repartition area, their separation along a linear north-south axis in Madagascar is discussed.
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- R Djlelati
- Institut d'Embryologie, ULP-Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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The many events of meiotic prophase can now be viewed as a series of specialized incidents that are monitored by meiotic checkpoints, some of which are similar to their mitotic counterparts, and some of which are probably unique to meiosis. This shift in perspective means that meiotic sterility in mammals must be reexamined and viewed as the result of errors subject to meiotic checkpoint controls. Like their mitotic counterparts, the meiotic checkpoints detect defects and halt normal progression until these mistakes can be repaired. Some of these checkpoints utilize mitotic checkpoint proteins, others may involve meiotic-specific proteins, or splice forms. If repair is impossible, the checkpoints then either trigger immediate apoptosis or cause an arrest of meiotic progression followed by eventual cell death. If a sufficient number of spermatocytes are involved, either alternative results in sterility. Identification of these meiotic checkpoints and delineation of the signal transduction cascades involved has only just begun. While yeast, or other model organisms, may provide clues to some of these pathways, others appears to have arisen during vertebrate evolution. The study of mammalian meiosis has entered a new era and the foundations are being laid for a growing understanding of the many problems that may contribute to sterility.
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- T Ashley
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Johannisson R, Winking H. Pachytene chromosomes in trisomy 19 male mice with Robertsonian translocations. Chromosome Res 1998; 6:285-94. [PMID: 9688518 DOI: 10.1023/a:1009218807304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Three male mice with trisomy 19 induced by a Robertsonian translocation system were used for the study of meiotic prophase cells and germ cell differentiation. Present in these males were two Robertsonian chromosomes each with a chromosome 19 arm in common, two acrocentric chromosomes corresponding to the second arms of the two Rbs and one acrocentric chromosome 19. These five chromosomes showed a wide range of meiotic pairing configurations. One particular observation was the formation of a true double synaptonemal complex (SC) with three lateral axes and two central elements, which joined the three chromosomes 19 together. Integration of the acrocentric chromosome 19 in a complex pentavalent configuration was seen in 45% of the pachytene nuclei. The proportion of spermatocytes showing association between a quadrivalent and the acrocentric no. 19 was 26%. In 29% of the nuclei, the acrocentric no. 19 was free, integrated or associated with the XY complex, paired with the X chromosome or associated with a bivalent. Finally, in 57% of pachytene cells, the meiotic multivalents or the free univalent 19 were associated with the proximal part of the X chromosome or integrated in the sex chromatin. Therefore, the question arises with regard to the fate of these spermatocytes. The testicular histology shows an arrest of germ cell development at the spermatocyte stage. Several mechanisms seem to be the cause of germ cell depletion in a sequence of different, impaired developmental processes.
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- R Johannisson
- Institut für Pathologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
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The sterility of hybrids between various mouse species follows Haldane's rule by affecting only the males. Hitherto, five hybrid sterility (Hst) loci have been identified in the mouse genome. Haldane's rule holds also for chromosomal sterility in all studied mammalian species, including man. The males heterozygous for various male-sterile chromosomal rearrangements show the same meiotic phenotype: partially asynaptic, rearranged autosomes associate with the X Chromosome. Thus, the X-Chromosome inactivation in the male meiosis might function as a checkpoint leading to the meiotic arrest in sterile hybrids. Chromosomal and gene hybrid sterility might be interrelated because the attributes of chromosomal sterility, such as X-autosome associations, occur also in interspecies hybrids with genic sterility.
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- J Forejt
- Laboratory of Mammalian Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Scherthan H, Weich S, Schwegler H, Heyting C, Härle M, Cremer T. Centromere and telomere movements during early meiotic prophase of mouse and man are associated with the onset of chromosome pairing. J Cell Biol 1996; 134:1109-25. [PMID: 8794855 PMCID: PMC2120985 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.5.1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The preconditions and early steps of meiotic chromosome pairing were studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with chromosome-specific DNA probes to mouse and human testis tissue sections. Premeiotic pairing of homologous chromosomes was not detected in spermatogonia of the two species. FISH with centromere- and telomere-specific DNA probes in combination with immunostaining (IS) of synaptonemal complex (SC) proteins to testis sections of prepuberal mice at days 4-12 post partum was performed to study sequentially the meiotic pairing process. Movements of centromeres and then telomeres to the nuclear envelope, and of telomeres along the nuclear envelope leading to the formation of a chromosomal bouquet were detected during mouse prophase. At the bouquet stage, pairing of a mouse chromosome-8-specific probe was observed. SC-IS and simultaneous telomere FISH revealed that axial element proteins appear as large aggregates in mouse meiocytes when telomeres are attached to the nuclear envelope. Axial element formation initiates during tight telomere clustering and transverse filament-IS indicated the initiation of synapsis during this stage. Comparison of telomere and centromere distribution patterns of mouse and human meiocytes revealed movements of centromeres and then telomeres to the nuclear envelope and subsequent bouquet formation as conserved motifs of the pairing process. Chromosome painting in human spermatogonia revealed compacted, largely mutually exclusive chromosome territories. The territories developed into long, thin threads at the onset of meiotic prophase. Based on these results a unified model of the pairing process is proposed.
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- H Scherthan
- Department of Human Genetics and Human Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Rahn MI, Mudry M, Merani MS, Solari AJ. Meiotic behavior of the X1X2Y1Y2 quadrivalent of the primate Alouatta caraya. Chromosome Res 1996; 4:350-6. [PMID: 8871823 DOI: 10.1007/bf02257270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A multiple sex chromosome system was found in three unrelated individuals of the primate Alouatta caraya. This mechanism is originated by a translocation between the Y chromosome and one of the autosomes (A7). Mitotic karyotypes show two small, acrocentric chromosomes (AY and YA), which are the translocation products. In metaphase I of male meiosis, there is a very long chain quadrivalent in which the order of the element is: X-YA-A7-AY. Segregation in the quadrivalent is alternate and gives balanced products. Synaptonemal complex karyotypes at pachytene show the structure of the quadrivalent made by the four axes. There is a slight difference in the relative length of AY and YA and the kinetochore of A7 aligns with that of AY. The synaptic pattern and changes in the quadrivalent during pachytene are described. Thin sections of the quadrivalent body show that the chromatin packing in the sex chromosome region is different from that of the autosomal region. This X1X2Y1Y2/X1X1XX2 sex chromosome system may be extended among other members of the genus Alouatta.
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- M I Rahn
- Centro de Investigaciones en Reproduccion-Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Johannisson R, Mörmel R, Brandenburg B. Synaptonemal complex damage in fetal mouse oocytes induced by ionizing irradiation. Mutat Res 1994; 311:319-28. [PMID: 7526197 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90190-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Fetal female mice were exposed to ionizing irradiation of 2 Gy in a single dose at days 14, 16, and 17 of gestation. Synaptonemal complexes of primary oocytes were analyzed on day 17. It has been demonstrated that electron beam irradiation of early oocytes on day 14 with 2 Gy is accompanied by a duplication of atretic cells. A significant increase in fragmentations of the synaptonemal complexes over the base level became evident when mice were exposed to irradiation on days 16 and 17 of gestation. Frequencies of multivalent formation and univalents were not increased over the levels in the control group. Reduction of fertility and malsegregation of chromosomes may be a reflection of the consequences of the observed nuclear lesions.
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- R Johannisson
- Institut für Pathologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
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