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Parra-Nunez P, Fernández-Jiménez N, Pachon-Penalba M, Sanchez-Moran E, Pradillo M, Santos JL. Synthetically induced Arabidopsis thaliana autotetraploids provide insights into the analysis of meiotic mutants with altered crossover frequency. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:197-208. [PMID: 37921581 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
Mutations affecting crossover (CO) frequency and distribution lead to the presence of univalents during meiosis, giving rise to aneuploid gametes and sterility. These mutations may have a different effect after chromosome doubling. The combination of altered ploidy and mutations could be potentially useful to gain new insights into the mechanisms and regulation of meiotic recombination; however, studies using autopolyploid meiotic mutants are scarce. Here, we have analyzed the cytogenetic consequences in colchicine-induced autotetraploids (colchiploids) from different Arabidopsis mutants with an altered CO frequency. We have found that there are three types of mutants: mutants in which chiasma frequency is doubled after chromosome duplication (zip4, mus81), as in the control; mutants in which polyploidy leads to a higher-than-expected increase in chiasma frequency (asy1, mer3, hei10, and mlh3); and mutants in which the rise in chiasma frequency produced by the presence of two extrachromosomal sets is less than doubled (msh5, fancm). In addition, the proportion of class I/class II COs varies after chromosome duplication in the control. The results obtained reveal the potential of colchiploid meiotic mutants for better understanding of the function of key proteins during plant meiosis. This is especially relevant considering that most crops are polyploids.
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- Pablo Parra-Nunez
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Wang T, Wang H, Lian Q, Jia Q, You C, Copenhaver GP, Wang C, Wang Y. HEI10 is subject to phase separation and mediates RPA1a degradation during meiotic interference-sensitive crossover formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2310542120. [PMID: 38134200 PMCID: PMC10756261 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310542120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Reciprocal exchanges of DNA between homologous chromosomes during meiosis, or crossovers (COs), shuffle genetic information in gametes and progeny. In many eukaryotes, the majority of COs (class I COs) are sensitive to a phenomenon called interference, which influences the occurrence of closely spaced double COs. Class I COs depend on a group of factors called ZMM (Zip, Msh, Mer) proteins including HEI10 (Human Enhancer of Invasion-10). However, how these proteins are recruited to class I CO sites is unclear. Here, we show that HEI10 forms foci on chromatin via a liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) mechanism that relies on residue Ser70. A HEI10S70F allele results in LLPS failure and a defect in class I CO formation. We further used immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry to identify RPA1a (Replication Protein A 1) as a HEI10 interacting protein. Surprisingly, we find that RPA1a also undergoes phase separation and its ubiquitination and degradation are directly regulated by HEI10. We also show that HEI10 is required for the condensation of other class I CO factors. Thus, our results provide mechanistic insight into how meiotic class I CO formation is controlled by HEI10 coupling LLPS and ubiquitination.
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- Tianyi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai200438, China
- Department of Epigenetics, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI49503
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai200438, China
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne50829, Germany
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, China
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- Department of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC27599-3280
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC27599-3280
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai200438, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou510642, China
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Fernández-Jiménez N, Martinez-Garcia M, Varas J, Gil-Dones F, Santos JL, Pradillo M. The scaffold nucleoporins SAR1 and SAR3 are essential for proper meiotic progression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1285695. [PMID: 38111849 PMCID: PMC10725928 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1285695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) are embedded in the nuclear envelope (NE), regulating macromolecule transport and physically interacting with chromatin. The NE undergoes dramatic breakdown and reformation during plant cell division. In addition, this structure has a specific meiotic function, anchoring and positioning telomeres to facilitate the pairing of homologous chromosomes. To elucidate a possible function of the structural components of the NPCs in meiosis, we have characterized several Arabidopsis lines with mutations in genes encoding nucleoporins belonging to the outer ring complex. Plants defective for either SUPPRESSOR OF AUXIN RESISTANCE1 (SAR1, also called NUP160) or SAR3 (NUP96) present condensation abnormalities and SPO11-dependent chromosome fragmentation in a fraction of meiocytes, which is increased in the double mutant sar1 sar3. We also observed these meiotic defects in mutants deficient in the outer ring complex protein HOS1, but not in mutants affected in other components of this complex. Furthermore, our findings may suggest defects in the structure of NPCs in sar1 and a potential link between the meiotic role of this nucleoporin and a component of the RUBylation pathway. These results provide the first insights in plants into the role of nucleoporins in meiotic chromosome behavior.
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- Nadia Fernández-Jiménez
- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology-Plant Biology, School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Li Y, Zhou Y, Wang B, Mu N, Miao Y, Tang D, Shen Y, Cheng Z. FANCM interacts with the MHF1-MHF2 complex to limit crossover frequency during rice meiosis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:717-727. [PMID: 37632767 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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Crossovers (COs) are necessary for generating genetic diversity that breeders can select, but there are conserved mechanisms that regulate their frequency and distribution. Increasing CO frequency may raise the efficiency of selection by increasing the chance of integrating more desirable traits. In this study, we characterize rice FANCM and explore its functions in meiotic CO control. FANCM mutations do not affect fertility in rice, but they cause a great boost in the overall frequency of COs in both inbred and hybrid rice, according to genetic analysis of the complete set of fancm zmm (hei10, ptd, shoc1, mer3, zip4, msh4, msh5, and heip1) mutants. Although the early homologous recombination events proceed normally in fancm, the meiotic extra COs are not marked with HEI10 and require MUS81 resolvase for resolution. FANCM depends on PAIR1, COM1, DMC1, and HUS1 to perform its functions. Simultaneous disruption of FANCM and MEICA1 synergistically increases CO frequency, but it is accompanied by nonhomologous chromosome associations and fragmentations. FANCM interacts with the MHF complex, and ablation of rice MHF1 or MHF2 could restore the formation of 12 bivalents in the absence of the ZMM gene ZIP4. Our data indicate that unleashing meiotic COs by mutating any member of the FANCM-MHF complex could be an effective procedure to accelerate the efficiency of rice breeding.
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- Yafei Li
- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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Dluzewska J, Dziegielewski W, Szymanska-Lejman M, Gazecka M, Henderson IR, Higgins JD, Ziolkowski PA. MSH2 stimulates interfering and inhibits non-interfering crossovers in response to genetic polymorphism. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6716. [PMID: 37872134 PMCID: PMC10593791 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42511-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
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Meiotic crossovers can be formed through the interfering pathway, in which one crossover prevents another from forming nearby, or by an independent non-interfering pathway. In Arabidopsis, local sequence polymorphism between homologs can stimulate interfering crossovers in a MSH2-dependent manner. To understand how MSH2 regulates crossovers formed by the two pathways, we combined Arabidopsis mutants that elevate non-interfering crossovers with msh2 mutants. We demonstrate that MSH2 blocks non-interfering crossovers at polymorphic loci, which is the opposite effect to interfering crossovers. We also observe MSH2-independent crossover inhibition at highly polymorphic sites. We measure recombination along the chromosome arms in lines differing in patterns of heterozygosity and observe a MSH2-dependent crossover increase at the boundaries between heterozygous and homozygous regions. Here, we show that MSH2 is a master regulator of meiotic DSB repair in Arabidopsis, with antagonistic effects on interfering and non-interfering crossovers, which shapes the crossover landscape in relation to interhomolog polymorphism.
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- Julia Dluzewska
- Laboratory of Genome Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genome Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genome Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genome Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
- Department of Molecular Virology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Laboratory of Genome Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
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Zhang T, Zhao SH, Wang Y, He Y. FIGL1 coordinates with dosage-sensitive BRCA2 in modulating meiotic recombination in maize. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:2107-2121. [PMID: 37293848 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13541] [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: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Meiotic crossover (CO) formation between homologous chromosomes ensures their subsequent proper segregation and generates genetic diversity among offspring. In maize, however, the mechanisms that modulate CO formation remain poorly characterized. Here, we found that both maize BREAST CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN 2 (BRCA2) and AAA-ATPase FIDGETIN-LIKE-1 (FIGL1) act as positive factors of CO formation by controlling the assembly or/and stability of two conserved DNA recombinases RAD51 and DMC1 filaments. Our results revealed that ZmBRCA2 is not only involved in the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs), but also regulates CO formation in a dosage-dependent manner. In addition, ZmFIGL1 interacts with RAD51 and DMC1, and Zmfigl1 mutants had a significantly reduced number of RAD51/DMC1 foci and COs. Further, simultaneous loss of ZmFIGL1 and ZmBRCA2 abolished RAD51/DMC1 foci and exacerbated meiotic defects compared with the single mutant Zmbrca2 or Zmfigl1. Together, our data demonstrate that ZmBRCA2 and ZmFIGL1 act coordinately to regulate the dynamics of RAD51/DMC1-dependent DSB repair to promote CO formation in maize. This conclusion is surprisingly different from the antagonistic roles of BRCA2 and FIGL1 in Arabidopsis, implying that, although key factors that control CO formation are evolutionarily conserved, specific characteristics have been adopted in diverse plant species.
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- Ting Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Feng C, Roitinger E, Hudecz O, Cuacos M, Lorenz J, Schubert V, Wang B, Wang R, Mechtler K, Heckmann S. TurboID-based proteomic profiling of meiotic chromosome axes in Arabidopsis thaliana. NATURE PLANTS 2023; 9:616-630. [PMID: 36914898 PMCID: PMC7614470 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01371-7] [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: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
During meiotic prophase I, sister chromatids are arranged in a loop-base array along a proteinaceous structure, called the meiotic chromosome axis. This structure is essential for synapsis and meiotic recombination progression and hence formation of genetically diverse gametes. Proteomic studies in plants aiming to unravel the composition and regulation of meiotic axes are constrained by limited meiotic cells embedded in floral organs. Here we report TurboID (TbID)-based proximity labelling (PL) in meiotic cells of Arabidopsis thaliana. TbID fusion to the two meiotic chromosome axis proteins ASY1 and ASY3 enabled the identification of their proximate 'interactomes' based on affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry. We identified 39 ASY1 and/or ASY3 proximate candidates covering most known chromosome axis-related proteins. Functional studies of selected candidates demonstrate that not only known meiotic candidates but also new meiotic proteins were uncovered. Hence, TbID-based PL in meiotic cells enables the identification of chromosome axis proximate proteins in A. thaliana.
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- Chao Feng
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (GMI), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (GMI), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (GMI), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany.
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Mu N, Li Y, Li S, Shi W, Shen Y, Yang H, Zhang F, Tang D, Du G, You A, Cheng Z. MUS81 is required for atypical recombination intermediate resolution but not crossover designation in rice. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 237:2422-2434. [PMID: 36495065 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The endonuclease methyl methanesulfonate and UV-sensitive protein 81 (MUS81) has been reported to participate in DNA repair during mitosis and meiosis. However, the exact meiotic function of MUS81 in rice remains unclear. Here, we use a combination of physiological, cytological, and genetic approaches to provide evidence that MUS81 functions in atypical recombination intermediate resolution rather than crossover designation in rice. Cytological and genetic analysis revealed that the total chiasma numbers in mus81 mutants were indistinguishable from wild-type. The numbers of HEI10 foci (the sites of interference-sensitive crossovers) in mus81 were also similar to that of wild-type. Moreover, disruption of MUS81 in msh5 or msh4 msh5 background did not further decrease chiasmata frequency, suggesting that rice MUS81 did not function in crossover designation. Mutation of FANCM and ZEP1 could enhance recombination frequency. Unexpectedly, chromosome fragments and bridges were frequently observed in mus81 zep1 and mus81 fancm, illustrating that MUS81 may resolve atypical recombination intermediates. Taken together, our data suggest that MUS81 contributes little to crossover designation but plays a crucial role in the resolution of atypical meiotic intermediates by working together with other anti-crossover factors.
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- Na Mu
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, 225009, Yangzhou, China
- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, 225009, Yangzhou, China
- State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Huang J, Li X, Wang C, Wang Y. Evaluation of Crossover Number, Distribution, and Interference Using Cytological Assays in Arabidopsis. Curr Protoc 2022; 2:e599. [PMID: 36468904 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Meiosis involves the replication of nuclear chromosomes in a parent cell, followed by two successive nuclear divisions to produce haploid spores, which differentiate into the gametophyte generations that produce the egg and sperm in plants. Meiotic recombination or crossover (CO) is a hallmark of meiosis that allows shuffling of genetic information between homologous chromosomes (homologs), thereby giving rise to genetically diverse progeny cells and, ultimately, individuals in the progeny; this opens vast opportunities for genetic differentiation and hence speciation. Meiotic COs also ensure the formation of bivalents and fidelity of their equal segregation. Therefore, mechanisms that regulate meiotic recombination have been extensively studied in multiple species. Several approaches have been developed to observe or estimate the frequency of CO, in which CO can be visualized and analyzed cytologically by estimating the number of chiasma (plural chiasmata), a position where non-sister chromatids exchange genetic material between homologs. Furthermore, one CO event might influence the occurrence of another one nearby, along a chromosome; this is known as CO interference. Over the past decades, visualizing CO events and measuring CO interference have contributed greatly to our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of meiotic recombination. Here, we describe protocols to estimate the number of chiasmata and CO interference in Arabidopsis using cytological methods involving chromosome spreads and immunostaining. Specifically, we describe how chromosome spreads can be used to estimate the number of chiasmata based on the conformations of metaphase I bivalents and provide a revised acid-based quick immunostaining assay that permits high-throughput and quantitative digital estimation of the relative distance between adjacent interference-sensitive CO foci at diakinesis. These methods can be easily established or modified, if necessary, for studying meiotic recombination in other plants and crops. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Estimation of the number of chiasmata per nucleus based on metaphase I bivalent conformations Basic Protocol 2: A chromosome spread-based immunostaining method for relative distance analysis of adjacent interference-sensitive CO foci at diakinesis in Arabidopsis meiocytes.
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- Jiyue Huang
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Morgan C, Knight E, Bomblies K. The meiotic cohesin subunit REC8 contributes to multigenic adaptive evolution of autopolyploid meiosis in Arabidopsis arenosa. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010304. [PMID: 35830475 PMCID: PMC9312919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Genome duplication, which leads to polyploidy, poses challenges to the meiotic segregation of the now-multiple homologous chromosome copies. Genome scan data showed previously that adaptation to polyploid meiosis in autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa is likely multigenic, involving genes encoding interacting proteins. But what does this really mean? Functional follow-up studies to genome scans for multigenic traits remain rare in most systems, and thus many mysteries remain about the "functional architecture" of polygenic adaptations. Do different genes all contribute subtle and additive progression towards a fitness optimum, or are there more complex interactions? We previously showed that derived alleles of genes encoding two interacting meiotic axis proteins (ASY1 and ASY3) have additive functional consequences for meiotic adaptation. Here we study derived versus ancestral alleles of the meiotic cohesin subunit REC8, which has roles in chromatin condensation, recruiting the axes, and other critical functions in meiosis. We use genetic and cytological approaches to assess the functional effects of REC8 diploid versus tetraploid alleles, as well as their interaction with ancestral versus derived alleles of ASY1 and ASY3. We show that homozygotes for derived (tetraploid) REC8 alleles have significantly fewer unpaired univalents, a common problem in neotetraploids. Interactions with ASY1 and ASY3 are complex, with the genes in some cases affecting distinct traits, and additive or even antagonistic effects on others. These findings suggest that the road to meiotic adaptation in A. arenosa was perhaps neither straight nor smooth.
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- Plant Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Kim H, Choi K. Fast and Precise: How to Measure Meiotic Crossovers in Arabidopsis. Mol Cells 2022; 45:273-283. [PMID: 35444069 PMCID: PMC9095510 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2022.2054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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During meiosis, homologous chromosomes (homologs) pair and undergo genetic recombination via assembly and disassembly of the synaptonemal complex. Meiotic recombination is initiated by excess formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), among which a subset are repaired by reciprocal genetic exchange, called crossovers (COs). COs generate genetic variations across generations, profoundly affecting genetic diversity and breeding. At least one CO between homologs is essential for the first meiotic chromosome segregation, but generally only one and fewer than three inter-homolog COs occur in plants. CO frequency and distribution are biased along chromosomes, suppressed in centromeres, and controlled by pro-CO, anti-CO, and epigenetic factors. Accurate and high-throughput detection of COs is important for our understanding of CO formation and chromosome behavior. Here, we review advanced approaches that enable precise measurement of the location, frequency, and genomic landscapes of COs in plants, with a focus on Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Heejin Kim
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea
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Liu B, Tao X, Dou Q. Meiotic Chromosomal Abnormality Detected in a Heterozygote of Elymus nutans. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:895437. [PMID: 35592580 PMCID: PMC9112040 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.895437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Elymus nutans is an allopolyploid with a genome constitution of StStYYHH (2n = 6x = 42). Highly frequent intergenomic translocations and chromosomal variations with repeat amplification and deletions in E. nutans have been identified in the previous studies. However, more complicated structural variations such as chromosomal inversions or intra-genomic translocations are still unknown in this species, so does the reason for the origin of the chromosomal variations. Heterozygotes with rearranged chromosomes always present irregular meiosis behaviors, which subsequently cause the secondary chromosome rearrangements. Investigation on the meiosis of heterozygotes, especially on the individual chromosome level, may provide the important clues to identify the more complicated chromosome structural variations in the populations, and clarify the origin of the chromosome variations. In this study, meiotic analysis was conducted on a heterozygote plant of Elymus nutans, which showed high intra- and inter-genome chromosomal variations, by sequential fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), with each chromosome clearly recognized. The results showed chromosomal abnormalities at every meiotic stage and abnormalities in frequency variations between different sub-genomes and different individual chromosomes. The abnormalities were revealed as univalent, fragment, rod, or Y shape bivalent in diakinesis; univalent and rod bivalent in metaphase I; lagged and segregated chromatid, bridge, fragment of the sister chromatid, fragment, bridge accompanied with fragment, and unequal segregated chromosome in anaphase I; bridge and lagged chromatid in ana-telophase II; and micronucleus at uninucleate stage. Generally, the St and H genomes harbor more abnormalities than the Y genome. Moreover, a paracentric inversion in 2St was exclusively determined, and another paracentric inversion in 6Y was tentatively identified. In addition, novel deletions were clearly detected in 3H, 4H, 1Y, and 3Y homologous chromosomes; in particular, de novo pericentric inversion in 3H was repeatedly identified in metaphase I. The study revealed the chromosomal inversions pre-existed in parents or populations, as well as de novo inversions and deletions originated in the meiosis of the heterozygote in E. nutans. Moreover, it indicated wide range of meiosis abnormalities on different stages and different chromosomes, and suggests that secondary rearrangements contribute much to the chromosome variations in E. nutans.
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- Bo Liu
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
- Qinghai Province Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Dukić M, Bomblies K. Male and female recombination landscapes of diploid Arabidopsis arenosa. Genetics 2022; 220:6499271. [PMID: 35100396 PMCID: PMC8893250 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The number and placement of meiotic crossover events during meiosis have important implications for the fidelity of chromosome segregation as well as patterns of inheritance. Despite the functional importance of recombination, recombination landscapes vary widely among and within species, and this can have a strong impact on evolutionary processes. A good knowledge of recombination landscapes is important for model systems in evolutionary and ecological genetics, since it can improve interpretation of genomic patterns of differentiation and genome evolution, and provides an important starting point for understanding the causes and consequences of recombination rate variation. Arabidopsis arenosa is a powerful evolutionary genetic model for studying the molecular basis of adaptation and recombination rate evolution. Here, we generate genetic maps for 2 diploid A. arenosa individuals from distinct genetic lineages where we have prior knowledge that meiotic genes show evidence of selection. We complement the genetic maps with cytological approaches to map and quantify recombination rates, and test the idea that these populations might have distinct patterns of recombination. We explore how recombination differs at the level of populations, individuals, sexes and genomic regions. We show that the positioning of crossovers along a chromosome correlates with their number, presumably a consequence of crossover interference, and discuss how this effect can cause differences in recombination landscape among sexes or species. We identify several instances of female segregation distortion. We found that averaged genome-wide recombination rate is lower and sex differences subtler in A. arenosa than in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Marinela Dukić
- Department of Biology, Plant Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Plant Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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Martinez-Garcia M, White CI, Franklin FCH, Sanchez-Moran E. The Role of Topoisomerase II in DNA Repair and Recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13115. [PMID: 34884922 PMCID: PMC8658145 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222313115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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DNA entanglements and supercoiling arise frequently during normal DNA metabolism. DNA topoisomerases are highly conserved enzymes that resolve the topological problems that these structures create. Topoisomerase II (TOPII) releases topological stress in DNA by removing DNA supercoils through breaking the two DNA strands, passing a DNA duplex through the break and religating the broken strands. TOPII performs key DNA metabolic roles essential for DNA replication, chromosome condensation, heterochromatin metabolism, telomere disentanglement, centromere decatenation, transmission of crossover (CO) interference, interlock resolution and chromosome segregation in several model organisms. In this study, we reveal the endogenous role of Arabidopsis thaliana TOPII in normal root growth and cell cycle, and mitotic DNA repair via homologous recombination. Additionally, we show that the protein is required for meiotic DSB repair progression, but not for CO formation. We propose that TOPII might promote mitotic HR DNA repair by relieving stress needed for HR strand invasion and D-loop formation.
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- Génétique, Reproduction et Développement, Faculté de Médecine, UMR CNRS 6293—INSERM U1103—Université Clermont Auvergne, 28 Place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France;
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Parra-Nunez P, Cooper C, Sanchez-Moran E. The Role of DNA Topoisomerase Binding Protein 1 (TopBP1) in Genome Stability in Arabidopsis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10122568. [PMID: 34961037 PMCID: PMC8706423 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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DNA topoisomerase II (TOPII) plays a very important role in DNA topology and in different biological processes such as DNA replication, transcription, repair, and chromosome condensation in higher eukaryotes. TOPII has been found to interact directly with a protein called topoisomerase II binding protein 1 (TopBP1) which also seems to have important roles in DNA replication and repair. In this study, we conducted different experiments to assess the roles of TopBP1 in DNA repair, mitosis, and meiosis, exploring the relationship between TOPII activity and TopBP1. We found that topbp1 mutant seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana were hypersensitive to cisplatin treatment and the inhibition of TOPII with etoposide produced similar hypersensitivity levels. Furthermore, we recognised that there were no significant differences between the WT and topbp1 seedlings treated with cisplatin and etoposide together, suggesting that the hypersensitivity to cisplatin in the topbp1 mutant could be related to the functional interaction between TOPII and TopBP1. Somatic and meiotic anaphase bridges appeared in the topbp1 mutant at similar frequencies to those when TOPII was inhibited with merbarone, etoposide, or ICFR-187. The effects on meiosis of TOPII inhibition were produced at S phase/G2 stage, suggesting that catenanes could be produced at the onset of meiosis. Thus, if the processing of the catenanes is impaired, some anaphase bridges can be formed. Also, the appearance of anaphase bridges at first and second division is discussed.
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Li X, Zhang J, Huang J, Xu J, Chen Z, Copenhaver GP, Wang Y. Regulation of interference-sensitive crossover distribution ensures crossover assurance in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2107543118. [PMID: 34795056 PMCID: PMC8617516 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107543118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During meiosis, crossovers (COs) are typically required to ensure faithful chromosomal segregation. Despite the requirement for at least one CO between each pair of chromosomes, closely spaced double COs are usually underrepresented due to a phenomenon called CO interference. Like Mus musculus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Arabidopsis thaliana has both interference-sensitive (Class I) and interference-insensitive (Class II) COs. However, the underlying mechanism controlling CO distribution remains largely elusive. Both AtMUS81 and AtFANCD2 promote the formation of Class II CO. Using both AtHEI10 and AtMLH1 immunostaining, two markers of Class I COs, we show that AtFANCD2 but not AtMUS81 is required for normal Class I CO distribution among chromosomes. Depleting AtFANCD2 leads to a CO distribution pattern that is intermediate between that of wild-type and a Poisson distribution. Moreover, in Atfancm, Atfigl1, and Atrmi1 mutants where increased Class II CO frequency has been reported previously, we observe Class I CO distribution patterns that are strikingly similar to Atfancd2. Surprisingly, we found that AtFANCD2 plays opposite roles in regulating CO frequency in Atfancm compared with either in Atfigl1 or Atrmi1. Together, these results reveal that although AtFANCD2, AtFANCM, AtFIGL1, and AtRMI1 regulate Class II CO frequency by distinct mechanisms, they have similar roles in controlling the distribution of Class I COs among chromosomes.
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- Xiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China;
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Soares NR, Mollinari M, Oliveira GK, Pereira GS, Vieira MLC. Meiosis in Polyploids and Implications for Genetic Mapping: A Review. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12101517. [PMID: 34680912 PMCID: PMC8535482 DOI: 10.3390/genes12101517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Plant cytogenetic studies have provided essential knowledge on chromosome behavior during meiosis, contributing to our understanding of this complex process. In this review, we describe in detail the meiotic process in auto- and allopolyploids from the onset of prophase I through pairing, recombination, and bivalent formation, highlighting recent findings on the genetic control and mode of action of specific proteins that lead to diploid-like meiosis behavior in polyploid species. During the meiosis of newly formed polyploids, related chromosomes (homologous in autopolyploids; homologous and homoeologous in allopolyploids) can combine in complex structures called multivalents. These structures occur when multiple chromosomes simultaneously pair, synapse, and recombine. We discuss the effectiveness of crossover frequency in preventing multivalent formation and favoring regular meiosis. Homoeologous recombination in particular can generate new gene (locus) combinations and phenotypes, but it may destabilize the karyotype and lead to aberrant meiotic behavior, reducing fertility. In crop species, understanding the factors that control pairing and recombination has the potential to provide plant breeders with resources to make fuller use of available chromosome variations in number and structure. We focused on wheat and oilseed rape, since there is an abundance of elucidating studies on this subject, including the molecular characterization of the Ph1 (wheat) and PrBn (oilseed rape) loci, which are known to play a crucial role in regulating meiosis. Finally, we exploited the consequences of chromosome pairing and recombination for genetic map construction in polyploids, highlighting two case studies of complex genomes: (i) modern sugarcane, which has a man-made genome harboring two subgenomes with some recombinant chromosomes; and (ii) hexaploid sweet potato, a naturally occurring polyploid. The recent inclusion of allelic dosage information has improved linkage estimation in polyploids, allowing multilocus genetic maps to be constructed.
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- Nina Reis Soares
- Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba 13400-918, Brazil; (N.R.S.); (G.K.O.); (G.S.P.)
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- Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7566, USA;
- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7555, USA
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba 13400-918, Brazil; (N.R.S.); (G.K.O.); (G.S.P.)
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba 13400-918, Brazil; (N.R.S.); (G.K.O.); (G.S.P.)
- Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba 13400-918, Brazil; (N.R.S.); (G.K.O.); (G.S.P.)
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Yang F, Fernández-Jiménez N, Tučková M, Vrána J, Cápal P, Díaz M, Pradillo M, Pecinka A. Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:3104-3119. [PMID: 34240187 PMCID: PMC8462810 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Structural maintenance of chromosome 5/6 (SMC5/6) complex is a crucial factor for preserving genome stability. Here, we show that mutants for several Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) SMC5/6 complex subunits produce triploid offspring. This phenotype is caused by a meiotic defect leading to the production of unreduced male gametes. The SMC5/6 complex mutants show an absence of chromosome segregation during the first and/or the second meiotic division, as well as a partially disorganized microtubule network. Importantly, although the SMC5/6 complex is partly required for the repair of SPO11-induced DNA double-strand breaks, the nonreduction described here is SPO11-independent. The measured high rate of ovule abortion suggests that, if produced, such defects are maternally lethal. Upon fertilization with an unreduced pollen, the unbalanced maternal and paternal genome dosage in the endosperm most likely causes seed abortion observed in several SMC5/6 complex mutants. In conclusion, we describe the function of the SMC5/6 complex in the maintenance of gametophytic ploidy in Arabidopsis.
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- Fen Yang
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Weitz AP, Dukic M, Zeitler L, Bomblies K. Male meiotic recombination rate varies with seasonal temperature fluctuations in wild populations of autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:4630-4641. [PMID: 34273213 PMCID: PMC9292783 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Meiosis, the cell division by which eukaryotes produce haploid gametes, is essential for fertility in sexually reproducing species. This process is sensitive to temperature, and can fail outright at temperature extremes. At less extreme values, temperature affects the genome‐wide rate of homologous recombination, which has important implications for evolution and population genetics. Numerous studies in laboratory conditions have shown that recombination rate plasticity is common, perhaps nearly universal, among eukaryotes. These studies have also shown that variation in the length or timing of stresses can strongly affect results, raising the important question whether these findings translate to more variable field conditions. Moreover, lower or higher recombination rate could cause certain kinds of meiotic aberrations, especially in polyploid species—raising the additional question whether temperature fluctuations in field conditions cause problems. Here, we tested whether (1) recombination rate varies across a season in the wild in two natural populations of autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa, (2) whether recombination rate correlates with temperature fluctuations in nature, and (3) whether natural temperature fluctuations might cause meiotic aberrations. We found that plants in two genetically distinct populations showed a similar plastic response with recombination rate increases correlated with both high and low temperatures. In addition, increased recombination rate correlated with increased multivalent formation, especially at lower temperature, hinting that polyploids in particular may suffer meiotic problems in conditions they encounter in nature. Our results show that studies of recombination rate plasticity done in laboratory settings inform our understanding of what happens in nature.
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- Andrew P Weitz
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Biology, Ecological Genomics, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Kurzbauer MT, Janisiw MP, Paulin LF, Prusén Mota I, Tomanov K, Krsicka O, von Haeseler A, Schubert V, Schlögelhofer P. ATM controls meiotic DNA double-strand break formation and recombination and affects synaptonemal complex organization in plants. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:1633-1656. [PMID: 33659989 PMCID: PMC8254504 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Meiosis is a specialized cell division that gives rise to genetically distinct gametic cells. Meiosis relies on the tightly controlled formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and their repair via homologous recombination for correct chromosome segregation. Like all forms of DNA damage, meiotic DSBs are potentially harmful and their formation activates an elaborate response to inhibit excessive DNA break formation and ensure successful repair. Previous studies established the protein kinase ATM as a DSB sensor and meiotic regulator in several organisms. Here we show that Arabidopsis ATM acts at multiple steps during DSB formation and processing, as well as crossover (CO) formation and synaptonemal complex (SC) organization, all vital for the successful completion of meiosis. We developed a single-molecule approach to quantify meiotic breaks and determined that ATM is essential to limit the number of meiotic DSBs. Local and genome-wide recombination screens showed that ATM restricts the number of interference-insensitive COs, while super-resolution STED nanoscopy of meiotic chromosomes revealed that the kinase affects chromatin loop size and SC length and width. Our study extends our understanding of how ATM functions during plant meiosis and establishes it as an integral factor of the meiotic program.
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- Marie-Therese Kurzbauer
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV), Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV), Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, 06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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Mao B, Zheng W, Huang Z, Peng Y, Shao Y, Liu C, Tang L, Hu Y, Li Y, Hu L, Zhang D, Yuan Z, Luo W, Yuan L, Liu Y, Zhao B. Rice MutLγ, the MLH1-MLH3 heterodimer, participates in the formation of type I crossovers and regulation of embryo sac fertility. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1443-1455. [PMID: 33544956 PMCID: PMC8313138 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The development of embryo sacs is crucial for seed production in plants, but the genetic basis regulating the meiotic crossover formation in the macrospore and microspore mother cells remains largely unclear. Here, we report the characterization of a spontaneous rice female sterile variation 1 mutant (fsv1) that showed severe embryo sacs abortion with low seed-setting rate. Through map-based cloning and functional analyses, we isolated the causal gene of fsv1, OsMLH3 encoding a MutL-homolog 3 protein, an ortholog of HvMLH3 in barley and AtMLH3 in Arabidopsis. OsMLH3 and OsMLH1 (MutL-homolog 1) interact to form a heterodimer (MutLγ) to promote crossover formation in the macrospore and microspore mother cells and development of functional megaspore during meiosis, defective OsMLH3 or OsMLH1 in fsv1 and CRISPR/Cas9-based knockout lines results in reduced type I crossover and bivalent frequency. The fsv1 and OsMLH3-knockout lines are valuable germplasms for development of female sterile restorer lines for mechanized seed production of hybrid rice.
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- Bigang Mao
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
- Long Ping BranchGraduate School of Hunan UniversityChangshaChina
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- Long Ping BranchGraduate School of Hunan UniversityChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- College of AgriculturalHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
- Long Ping BranchGraduate School of Hunan UniversityChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- Long Ping BranchGraduate School of Hunan UniversityChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐BioresourcesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceHunan Hybrid Rice Research CenterChangshaChina
- Long Ping BranchGraduate School of Hunan UniversityChangshaChina
- College of AgriculturalHunan Agricultural UniversityChangshaChina
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OsMLH1 interacts with OsMLH3 to regulate synapsis and interference-sensitive crossover formation during meiosis in rice. J Genet Genomics 2021; 48:485-496. [PMID: 34257043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2021.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Meiotic recombination is essential for reciprocal exchange of genetic information between homologous chromosomes and their subsequent proper segregation in sexually reproducing organisms. MLH1 and MLH3 belong to meiosis-specific members of the MutL-homolog family, which are required for normal level of crossovers (COs) in some eukaryotes. However, their functions in plants need to be further elucidated. Here, we report the identification of OsMLH1 and reveal its functions during meiosis in rice. Using CRISPR-Cas9 approach, two independent mutants, Osmlh1-1 and Osmlh1-2, are generated and exhibited significantly reduced male fertility. In Osmlh1-1, the clearance of PAIR2 is delayed and partial ZEP1 proteins are not loaded into the chromosomes, which might be due to the deficient in resolution of interlocks at late zygotene. Thus, OsMLH1 is required for the assembly of synapsis complex. In Osmlh1-1, CO number is dropped by ~53% and the distribution of residual COs is consistent with predicted Poisson distribution, indicating that OsMLH1 is essential for the formation of interference-sensitive COs (class I COs). OsMLH1 interacts with OsMLH3 through their C-terminal domains. Mutation in OsMLH3 also affects the pollen fertility. Thus, our experiments reveal that the conserved heterodimer MutLγ (OsMLH1-OsMLH3) is essential for the formation of class I COs in rice.
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Li X, Yu M, Bolaños-Villegas P, Zhang J, Ni D, Ma H, Wang Y. Fanconi anemia ortholog FANCM regulates meiotic crossover distribution in plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 186:344-360. [PMID: 33576801 PMCID: PMC8154078 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Meiotic recombination increases genetic diversity and manipulation of its frequency and distribution holds great promise in crop breeding. In Arabidopsis thaliana, FANCM (a homolog of mammalian Fanconi anemia complementation group M) suppresses recombination and its function seems conserved in other species including the rosids Brassica spp. and pea (Pisum sativum), and the monocot rice (Oryza sativa). To examine the role of FANCM during meiotic recombination in lettuce (Lactuca sativa, an asterid), we characterized the function of lettuce LsFANCM and found that it can functionally substitute for AtFANCM in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Moreover, three independent CRISPR/Cas9-edited lettuce Lsfancm mutants showed reduced pollen viability and seed setting. Unexpectedly, analyses of chromosome behavior revealed that 77.8% of Lsfancm meiocytes exhibited univalents. The normal formation of double-strand breaks in DNA and the discontinuous assembly of synaptonemal complex in Lsfancm mutants supports the hypothesis that LsFANCM might be dispensable for the initiation of meiotic recombination but required for normal synapsis. Furthermore, the frequency of lettuce HEI10 (Human Enhancer of Invasion 10) foci, a marker for Class-I crossovers (COs), was similar between wild-type (WT) and Lsfancm. Strikingly, the distribution of LsHEI10 foci and chiasmata in Lsfancm meiotic chromosomes was markedly different from the WT. A similar alteration in the distribution of Class-I COs was also observed in the Arabidopsis Atfancm mutant. Taken together, these results demonstrate that FANCM is important for shaping the distribution of meiotic Class-I COs in plants, and reveal an evolutionarily divergent role for FANCM in meiotic bivalent formation between Arabidopsis and lettuce.
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- Xiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Fabio Baudrit Agricultural Research Station, University of Costa Rica, La Garita, Alajuela 20102, Costa Rica
- Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago 302-7050, Costa Rica
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- School of Ecological Technology and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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- Department of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Sims J, Schlögelhofer P, Kurzbauer MT. From Microscopy to Nanoscopy: Defining an Arabidopsis thaliana Meiotic Atlas at the Nanometer Scale. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:672914. [PMID: 34084178 PMCID: PMC8167036 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.672914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Visualization of meiotic chromosomes and the proteins involved in meiotic recombination have become essential to study meiosis in many systems including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Recent advances in super-resolution technologies changed how microscopic images are acquired and analyzed. New technologies enable observation of cells and nuclei at a nanometer scale and hold great promise to the field since they allow observing complex meiotic molecular processes with unprecedented detail. Here, we provide an overview of classical and advanced sample preparation and microscopy techniques with an updated Arabidopsis meiotic atlas based on super-resolution microscopy. We review different techniques, focusing on stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy, to offer researchers guidance for selecting the optimal protocol and equipment to address their scientific question.
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Cuacos M, Lambing C, Pachon-Penalba M, Osman K, Armstrong SJ, Henderson IR, Sanchez-Moran E, Franklin FCH, Heckmann S. Meiotic chromosome axis remodelling is critical for meiotic recombination in Brassica rapa. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:3012-3027. [PMID: 33502451 PMCID: PMC8023211 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Meiosis generates genetic variation through homologous recombination (HR) that is harnessed during breeding. HR occurs in the context of meiotic chromosome axes and the synaptonemal complex. To study the role of axis remodelling in crossover (CO) formation in a crop species, we characterized mutants of the axis-associated protein ASY1 and the axis-remodelling protein PCH2 in Brassica rapa. asy1 plants form meiotic chromosome axes that fail to synapse. CO formation is almost abolished, and residual chiasmata are proportionally enriched in terminal chromosome regions, particularly in the nucleolar organizing region (NOR)-carrying chromosome arm. pch2 plants show impaired ASY1 loading and remodelling, consequently achieving only partial synapsis, which leads to reduced CO formation and loss of the obligatory CO. PCH2-independent chiasmata are proportionally enriched towards distal chromosome regions. Similarly, in Arabidopsis pch2, COs are increased towards telomeric regions at the expense of (peri-) centromeric COs compared with the wild type. Taken together, in B. rapa, axis formation and remodelling are critical for meiotic fidelity including synapsis and CO formation, and in asy1 and pch2 CO distributions are altered. While asy1 plants are sterile, pch2 plants are semi-sterile and thus PCH2 could be an interesting target for breeding programmes.
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- Maria Cuacos
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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Zhang T, Jing JL, Liu L, He Y. ZmRAD17 Is Required for Accurate Double-Strand Break Repair During Maize Male Meiosis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:626528. [PMID: 33719299 PMCID: PMC7952653 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.626528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RAD17, a replication factor C (RFC)-like DNA damage sensor protein, is involved in DNA checkpoint control and required for both meiosis and mitosis in yeast and mammals. In plant, the meiotic function of RAD17 was only reported in rice so far. Here, we identified and characterized the RAD17 homolog in maize. The Zmrad17 mutants exhibited normal vegetative growth but male was partially sterile. In Zmrad17 pollen mother cells, non-homologous chromosome entanglement and chromosome fragmentation were frequently observed. Immunofluorescence analysis manifested that DSB formation occurred as normal and the loading pattern of RAD51 signals was similar to wild-type at the early stage of prophase I in the mutants. The localization of the axial element ASY1 was normal, while the assembly of the central element ZYP1 was severely disrupted in Zmrad17 meiocytes. Surprisingly, no obvious defect in female sterility was observed in Zmrad17 mutants. Taken together, our results suggest that ZmRAD17 is involved in DSB repair likely by promoting synaptonemal complex assembly in maize male meiosis. These phenomena highlight a high extent of divergence from its counterpart in rice, indicating that the RAD17 dysfunction can result in a drastic dissimilarity in meiotic outcome in different plant species.
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- Ting Zhang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Plant Resource Research and Development, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Yang F, Fernández Jiménez N, Majka J, Pradillo M, Pecinka A. Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes 5/6 Complex Is Necessary for Tetraploid Genome Stability in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:748252. [PMID: 34675953 PMCID: PMC8525318 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Polyploidization is a common phenomenon in the evolution of flowering plants. However, only a few genes controlling polyploid genome stability, fitness, and reproductive success are known. Here, we studied the effects of loss-of-function mutations in NSE2 and NSE4A subunits of the Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes 5/6 (SMC5/6) complex in autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana plants. The diploid nse2 and nse4a plants show partially reduced fertility and produce about 10% triploid offspring with two paternal and one maternal genome copies. In contrast, the autotetraploid nse2 and nse4a plants were almost sterile and produced hexaploid and aneuploid progeny with the extra genome copies or chromosomes coming from both parents. In addition, tetraploid mutants had more severe meiotic defects, possibly due to the presence of four homologous chromosomes instead of two. Overall, our study suggests that the SMC5/6 complex is an important player in the maintenance of tetraploid genome stability and that autotetraploid Arabidopsis plants have a generally higher frequency of but also higher tolerance for aneuploidy compared to diploids.
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- Fen Yang
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Ales Pecinka,
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Da Ines O, Michard R, Fayos I, Bastianelli G, Nicolas A, Guiderdoni E, White C, Sourdille P. Bread wheat TaSPO11-1 exhibits evolutionarily conserved function in meiotic recombination across distant plant species. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:2052-2068. [PMID: 32559326 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The manipulation of meiotic recombination in crops is essential to develop new plant varieties rapidly, helping to produce more cultivars in a sustainable manner. One option is to control the formation and repair of the meiosis-specific DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate recombination between the homologous chromosomes and ultimately lead to crossovers. These DSBs are introduced by the evolutionarily conserved topoisomerase-like protein SPO11 and associated proteins. Here, we characterized the homoeologous copies of the SPO11-1 protein in hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). The genome contains three SPO11-1 gene copies that exhibit 93-95% identity at the nucleotide level, and clearly the A and D copies originated from the diploid ancestors Triticum urartu and Aegilops tauschii, respectively. Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis of 105 plant genomes revealed a clear partitioning between monocots and dicots, with the seven main motifs being almost fully conserved, even between clades. The functional similarity of the proteins among monocots was confirmed through complementation analysis of the Oryza sativa (rice) spo11-1 mutant by the wheat TaSPO11-1-5D coding sequence. Also, remarkably, although the wheat and Arabidopsis SPO11-1 proteins share only 55% identity and the partner proteins also differ, the TaSPO11-1-5D cDNA significantly restored the fertility of the Arabidopsis spo11-1 mutant, indicating a robust functional conservation of the SPO11-1 protein activity across distant plants. These successful heterologous complementation assays, using both Arabidopsis and rice hosts, are good surrogates to validate the functionality of candidate genes and cDNA, as well as variant constructs, when the transformation and mutant production in wheat is much longer and more tedious.
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- Olivier Da Ines
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inserm, GReD, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000, France
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- Université Clermont-Auvergne (UCA), INRAE, UMR1095 - Genetics, Diversity & Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
- Meiogenix, 27 rue du Chemin Vert, Paris, 75011, France
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- Meiogenix, 27 rue du Chemin Vert, Paris, 75011, France
- UMR AGAP, CIRAD, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34398, France
- Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Meiogenix, 27 rue du Chemin Vert, Paris, 75011, France
- Institut Curie, Centre de recherche, CNRS UMR 3244, PSL University, 26 rue d'Ulm, Paris Cedex 05, 75248, France
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- UMR AGAP, CIRAD, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34398, France
- Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inserm, GReD, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000, France
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- Université Clermont-Auvergne (UCA), INRAE, UMR1095 - Genetics, Diversity & Ecophysiology of Cereals, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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Christophorou N, She W, Long J, Hurel A, Beaubiat S, Idir Y, Tagliaro-Jahns M, Chambon A, Solier V, Vezon D, Grelon M, Feng X, Bouché N, Mézard C. AXR1 affects DNA methylation independently of its role in regulating meiotic crossover localization. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008894. [PMID: 32598340 PMCID: PMC7351236 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Meiotic crossovers (COs) are important for reshuffling genetic information between homologous chromosomes and they are essential for their correct segregation. COs are unevenly distributed along chromosomes and the underlying mechanisms controlling CO localization are not well understood. We previously showed that meiotic COs are mis-localized in the absence of AXR1, an enzyme involved in the neddylation/rubylation protein modification pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we report that in axr1-/-, male meiocytes show a strong defect in chromosome pairing whereas the formation of the telomere bouquet is not affected. COs are also redistributed towards subtelomeric chromosomal ends where they frequently form clusters, in contrast to large central regions depleted in recombination. The CO suppressed regions correlate with DNA hypermethylation of transposable elements (TEs) in the CHH context in axr1-/- meiocytes. Through examining somatic methylomes, we found axr1-/- affects DNA methylation in a plant, causing hypermethylation in all sequence contexts (CG, CHG and CHH) in TEs. Impairment of the main pathways involved in DNA methylation is epistatic over axr1-/- for DNA methylation in somatic cells but does not restore regular chromosome segregation during meiosis. Collectively, our findings reveal that the neddylation pathway not only regulates hormonal perception and CO distribution but is also, directly or indirectly, a major limiting pathway of TE DNA methylation in somatic cells. In sexually reproducing organisms, each parent transmits one and only one copy of each chromosome to their progeny via their packaging in haploid gametes. To ensure the proper transmission of the chromosomes, pairs of homologous chromosomes must associate and exchange genetic information (also called reciprocal recombination) during a special division called meiosis that lead to the formation of the gametes. The recombination process is highly controlled in terms of number and localization of the events along the chromosomes. Disruption of this control may cause an inappropriate transmission of the chromosomes in the gametes leading to abnormal chromosome numbers in the offspring which is usually deleterious. In the plant Arabidopis thaliana, we show that when the pathway modifying proteins through ubiquitination/neddylation is impaired, the number of reciprocal recombination events is maintained but they are delocalized toward the ends of the chromosomes and some chromosomes do not exchange material. We also detected changes of patterns for DNA methylation, an epigenetic modification localised on DNA cytosines. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the methylation of cytosines is not causal to the localization change of meiotic recombination events.
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- Nicolas Christophorou
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (NB); (CM)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (NB); (CM)
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Varietal variation and chromosome behaviour during meiosis in Solanum tuberosum. Heredity (Edinb) 2020; 125:212-226. [PMID: 32523055 PMCID: PMC7490355 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0328-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Naturally occurring autopolyploid species, such as the autotetraploid potato Solanum tuberosum, face a variety of challenges during meiosis. These include proper pairing, recombination and correct segregation of multiple homologous chromosomes, which can form complex multivalent configurations at metaphase I, and in turn alter allelic segregation ratios through double reduction. Here, we present a reference map of meiotic stages in diploid and tetraploid S. tuberosum using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) to differentiate individual meiotic chromosomes 1 and 2. A diploid-like behaviour at metaphase I involving bivalent configurations was predominant in all three tetraploid varieties. The crossover frequency per bivalent was significantly reduced in the tetraploids compared with a diploid variety, which likely indicates meiotic adaptation to the autotetraploid state. Nevertheless, bivalents were accompanied by a substantial frequency of multivalents, which varied by variety and by chromosome (7-48%). We identified possible sites of synaptic partner switching, leading to multivalent formation, and found potential defects in the polymerisation and/or maintenance of the synaptonemal complex in tetraploids. These findings demonstrate the rise of S. tuberosum as a model for autotetraploid meiotic recombination research and highlight constraints on meiotic chromosome configurations and chiasma frequencies as an important feature of an evolved autotetraploid meiosis.
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ASY1 acts as a dosage-dependent antagonist of telomere-led recombination and mediates crossover interference in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:13647-13658. [PMID: 32499315 PMCID: PMC7306779 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921055117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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During meiosis, interhomolog recombination produces crossovers and noncrossovers to create genetic diversity. Meiotic recombination frequency varies at multiple scales, with high subtelomeric recombination and suppressed centromeric recombination typical in many eukaryotes. During recombination, sister chromatids are tethered as loops to a polymerized chromosome axis, which, in plants, includes the ASY1 HORMA domain protein and REC8-cohesin complexes. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we show an ascending telomere-to-centromere gradient of ASY1 enrichment, which correlates strongly with REC8-cohesin ChIP-seq data. We mapped crossovers genome-wide in the absence of ASY1 and observe that telomere-led recombination becomes dominant. Surprisingly, asy1/+ heterozygotes also remodel crossovers toward subtelomeric regions at the expense of the pericentromeres. Telomeric recombination increases in asy1/+ occur in distal regions where ASY1 and REC8 ChIP enrichment are lowest in wild type. In wild type, the majority of crossovers show interference, meaning that they are more widely spaced along the chromosomes than expected by chance. To measure interference, we analyzed double crossover distances, MLH1 foci, and fluorescent pollen tetrads. Interestingly, while crossover interference is normal in asy1/+, it is undetectable in asy1 mutants, indicating that ASY1 is required to mediate crossover interference. Together, this is consistent with ASY1 antagonizing telomere-led recombination and promoting spaced crossover formation along the chromosomes via interference. These findings provide insight into the role of the meiotic axis in patterning recombination frequency within plant genomes.
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Derived alleles of two axis proteins affect meiotic traits in autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:8980-8988. [PMID: 32273390 PMCID: PMC7183234 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919459117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Genome duplication is an important factor in the evolution of eukaryotic lineages, but it poses challenges for the regular segregation of chromosomes in meiosis and thus fertility. To survive, polyploid lineages must evolve to overcome initial challenges that accompany doubling the chromosome complement. Understanding how evolution can solve the challenge of segregating multiple homologous chromosomes promises fundamental insights into the mechanisms of genome maintenance and could open polyploidy as a crop improvement tool. We previously identified candidate genes for meiotic stabilization of Arabidopsis arenosa, which has natural diploid and tetraploid variants. Here we test the role that derived alleles of two genes under selection in tetraploid A. arenosa might have in meiotic stabilization in tetraploids. Polyploidy, which results from whole genome duplication (WGD), has shaped the long-term evolution of eukaryotic genomes in all kingdoms. Polyploidy is also implicated in adaptation, domestication, and speciation. Yet when WGD newly occurs, the resulting neopolyploids face numerous challenges. A particularly pernicious problem is the segregation of multiple chromosome copies in meiosis. Evolution can overcome this challenge, likely through modification of chromosome pairing and recombination to prevent deleterious multivalent chromosome associations, but the molecular basis of this remains mysterious. We study mechanisms underlying evolutionary stabilization of polyploid meiosis using Arabidopsis arenosa, a relative of A. thaliana with natural diploid and meiotically stable autotetraploid populations. Here we investigate the effects of ancestral (diploid) versus derived (tetraploid) alleles of two genes, ASY1 and ASY3, that were among several meiosis genes under selection in the tetraploid lineage. These genes encode interacting proteins critical for formation of meiotic chromosome axes, long linear multiprotein structures that form along sister chromatids in meiosis and are essential for recombination, chromosome segregation, and fertility. We show that derived alleles of both genes are associated with changes in meiosis, including reduced formation of multichromosome associations, reduced axis length, and a tendency to more rod-shaped bivalents in metaphase I. Thus, we conclude that ASY1 and ASY3 are components of a larger multigenic solution to polyploid meiosis in which individual genes have subtle effects. Our results are relevant for understanding polyploid evolution and more generally for understanding how meiotic traits can evolve when faced with challenges.
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Chang Z, Xu C, Huang X, Yan W, Qiu S, Yuan S, Ni H, Chen S, Xie G, Chen Z, Wu J, Tang X. The plant-specific ABERRANT GAMETOGENESIS 1 gene is essential for meiosis in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:204-218. [PMID: 31587067 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Meiotic recombination plays a central role in maintaining genome stability and increasing genetic diversity. Although meiotic progression and core components are widely conserved across kingdoms, significant differences remain among species. Here we identify a rice gene ABERRANT GAMETOGENESIS 1 (AGG1) that controls both male and female gametogenesis. Cytological and immunostaining analysis showed that in the osagg1 mutant the early recombination processes and synapsis occurred normally, but the chiasma number was dramatically reduced. Moreover, OsAGG1 was found to interact with ZMM proteins OsHEI10, OsZIP4, and OsMSH5. These results suggested that OsAGG1 plays an important role in crossover formation. Phylogenetic analysis showed that OsAGG1 is a plant-specific protein with a highly conserved N-terminal region. Further genetic and protein interaction analyses revealed that the conserved N-terminus was essential for the function of the OsAGG1 protein. Overall, our work demonstrates that OsAGG1 is a novel and critical component in rice meiotic crossover formation, expanding our understanding of meiotic progression. This study identified a plant-specific gene ABERRANT GAMETOGENESIS 1 that is required for meiotic crossover formation in rice. The conserved N-terminus of the AGG1 protein was found to be essential for its function.
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- Zhenyi Chang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, China
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Yao Y, Li X, Chen W, Liu H, Mi L, Ren D, Mo A, Lu P. ATM Promotes RAD51-Mediated Meiotic DSB Repair by Inter-Sister-Chromatid Recombination in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:839. [PMID: 32670319 PMCID: PMC7329986 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Meiotic recombination ensures accurate homologous chromosome segregation during meiosis and generates novel allelic combinations among gametes. During meiosis, DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are generated to facilitate recombination. To maintain genome integrity, meiotic DSBs must be repaired using appropriate DNA templates. Although the DNA damage response protein kinase Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) has been shown to be involved in meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis, its mechanistic role is still unclear. In this study, we performed cytological analysis in Arabidopsis atm mutant, we show that there are fewer γH2AX foci, but more RAD51 and DMC1 foci on atm meiotic chromosomes. Furthermore, we observed an increase in meiotic Type I crossovers (COs) in atm. Our genetic analysis shows that the meiotic phenotype of atm rad51 double mutants is similar to the rad51 single mutant. Whereas, the atm dmc1 double mutant has a more severe chromosome fragmentation phenotype compared to both single mutants, suggesting that ATM functions in concert with RAD51, but in parallel to DMC1. Lastly, we show that atm asy1 double mutants also have more severe meiotic recombination defects. These data lead us to propose a model wherein ATM promotes RAD51-mediated meiotic DSB repair by inter-sister-chromatid (IS) recombination in Arabidopsis.
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- Yuan Yao
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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Termolino P, Falque M, Aiese Cigliano R, Cremona G, Paparo R, Ederveen A, Martin OC, Consiglio FM, Conicella C. Recombination suppression in heterozygotes for a pericentric inversion induces the interchromosomal effect on crossovers in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:1163-1175. [PMID: 31436858 PMCID: PMC6973161 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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During meiosis, recombination ensures allelic exchanges through crossovers (COs) between the homologous chromosomes. Advances in our understanding of the rules of COs have come from studies of mutations including structural chromosomal rearrangements that, when heterozygous, are known to impair COs in various organisms. In this work, we investigate the effect of a large heterozygous pericentric inversion on male and female recombination in Arabidopsis. The inversion was discovered in the Atmcc1 mutant background and was characterized through genetic and next-generation sequencing analysis. Reciprocal backcross populations, each consisting of over 400 individuals, obtained from the mutant and the wild type, both crossed with Landsberg erecta, were analyzed genome-wide by 143 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. The negative impact of inversion became evident in terms of CO loss in the rearranged chromosome in both male and female meiosis. No single-CO event was detected within the inversion, consistent with a post-meiotic selection operating against unbalanced gametes. Cytological analysis of chiasmata in F1 plants confirmed that COs were reduced in male meiosis in the chromosome with inversion. Crossover suppression on the rearranged chromosome is associated with a significant increase of COs in the other chromosomes, thereby maintaining unchanged the number of COs per cell. The CO pattern observed in our study is consistent with the interchromosomal (IC) effect as first described in Drosophila. In contrast to male meiosis, in female meiosis no IC effect is visible. This may be related to the greater strength of interference that constrains the CO number in excess of the minimum value imposed by CO assurance in Arabidopsis female meiosis.
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- Pasquale Termolino
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)80055PorticiItaly
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- Génétique Quantitative et Evolution‐Le MoulonInstitut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueUniversité Paris‐SudCNRSAgroParisTechUniversité Paris‐Saclay91190Gif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)80055PorticiItaly
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)80055PorticiItaly
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- Department of Molecular Plant PhysiologyInstitute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR)Radboud University Nijmegen9102 6500Nijmegenthe Netherlands
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- Génétique Quantitative et Evolution‐Le MoulonInstitut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueUniversité Paris‐SudCNRSAgroParisTechUniversité Paris‐Saclay91190Gif‐sur‐YvetteFrance
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)80055PorticiItaly
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)80055PorticiItaly
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How to Perform an Accurate Analysis of Metaphase I Chromosome Configurations in Autopolyploids of Arabidopsis thaliana. Methods Mol Biol 2019. [PMID: 31583650 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9818-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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During meiosis, accurate segregation of chromosomes requires the formation of bivalents at metaphase I. In autopolyploids, there are more than two copies of each chromosome with the same chance to form chiasmata at meiosis. This leads to the formation of multivalent configurations in which chiasma quantification is rather complicated. Here, we present an improved cytological protocol, including fluorescence in situ hybridization, to obtain high quality spreads of metaphase I chromosomes from Arabidopsis thaliana autotetraploids. This method allows an accurate analysis of the different meiotic configurations and enables the assessment of the number of chiasmata formed by each tetrasome (group of four homologs).
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A first genetic portrait of synaptonemal complex variation. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008337. [PMID: 31449519 PMCID: PMC6730954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a proteinaceous scaffold required for synapsis and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Although the SC has been linked to differences in genome-wide crossover rates, the genetic basis of standing variation in SC structure remains unknown. To investigate the possibility that recombination evolves through changes to the SC, we characterized the genetic architecture of SC divergence on two evolutionary timescales. Applying a novel digital image analysis technique to spermatocyte spreads, we measured total SC length in 9,532 spermatocytes from recombinant offspring of wild-derived mouse strains with differences in this fundamental meiotic trait. Using this large dataset, we identified the first known genomic regions involved in the evolution of SC length. Distinct loci affect total SC length divergence between and within subspecies, with the X chromosome contributing to both. Joint genetic analysis of MLH1 foci—immunofluorescent markers of crossovers—from the same spermatocytes revealed that two of the identified loci also confer differences in the genome-wide recombination rate. Causal mediation analysis suggested that one pleiotropic locus acts early in meiosis to designate crossovers prior to SC assembly, whereas a second locus primarily shapes crossover number through its effect on SC length. One genomic interval shapes the relationship between SC length and recombination rate, likely modulating the strength of crossover interference. Our findings pinpoint SC formation as a key step in the evolution of recombination and demonstrate the power of genetic mapping on standing variation in the context of the recombination pathway. During the first stages of meiosis, the chromosome axes are organized along a protein scaffold in preparation for recombination and their subsequent segregation. This scaffold, known as the synaptonemal complex (SC), is critical for the regular progression of recombination. A complex relationship exists between the organization of the SC, the frequency of recombination, and the likelihood of improper chromosome segregation. In this study, we investigate the genetics of synaptonemal complex variation in the house mouse and connect it with variation in the rate of recombination. We found five loci and several compelling candidate genes responsible for the evolution of synaptonemal complex length within and between mouse subspecies. Several of these loci also affect recombination rate, and our joint analyses of the phenotypes suggest an order by which their effects manifest within the recombination pathway. Our results show that evolution of SC length is crucial to recombination rate divergence. Our work here also demonstrates that genetic analysis of additional meiotic phenotypes can help explain the evolution of recombination, a fundamental evolutionary force.
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Zelkowski M, Zelkowska K, Conrad U, Hesse S, Lermontova I, Marzec M, Meister A, Houben A, Schubert V. Arabidopsis NSE4 Proteins Act in Somatic Nuclei and Meiosis to Ensure Plant Viability and Fertility. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:774. [PMID: 31281325 PMCID: PMC6596448 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The SMC 5/6 complex together with cohesin and condensin is a member of the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein family. In non-plant organisms SMC5/6 is engaged in DNA repair, meiotic synapsis, genome organization and stability. In plants, the function of SMC5/6 is still enigmatic. Therefore, we analyzed the crucial δ-kleisin component NSE4 of the SMC5/6 complex in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Two functional conserved Nse4 paralogs (Nse4A and Nse4B) are present in A. thaliana, which may have evolved via gene subfunctionalization. Due to its high expression level, Nse4A seems to be the more essential gene, whereas Nse4B appears to be involved mainly in seed development. The morphological characterization of A. thaliana T-DNA mutants suggests that the NSE4 proteins are essential for plant growth and fertility. Detailed investigations in wild-type and the mutants based on live cell imaging of transgenic GFP lines, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), immunolabeling and super-resolution microscopy suggest that NSE4A acts in several processes during plant development, such as mitosis, meiosis and chromatin organization of differentiated nuclei, and that NSE4A operates in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Differential response of NSE4A and NSE4B mutants after induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) suggests their involvement in DNA repair processes.
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- Mateusz Zelkowski
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
- Plant Cytogenomics Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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Ren Y, Chen D, Li W, Zhou D, Luo T, Yuan G, Zeng J, Cao Y, He Z, Zou T, Deng Q, Wang S, Zheng A, Zhu J, Liang Y, Liu H, Wang L, Li P, Li S. OsSHOC1 and OsPTD1 are essential for crossover formation during rice meiosis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 98:315-328. [PMID: 30589140 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Meiosis is essential for eukaryotic sexual reproduction and plant fertility, and crossovers (COs) are essential for meiosis and the formation of new allelic combinations in gametes. In this study, we report the isolation of a meiotic gene, OsSHOC1, and the identification of its partner, OsPTD1. Osshoc1 was sterile both in male and female gametophytes, and it showed a striking reduction in the number of meiotic COs, indicating that OsSHOC1 was required for normal CO formation. Further investigations showed that OsSHOC1 physically interacted with OsPTD1 and that the latter was also required for normal CO formation and plant fertility. Additionally, the expression profiles of both genes were consistent with their functions. Our results suggest that OsSHOC1 and OsPTD1 are essential for rice fertility and CO formation, possibly by stabilizing the recombinant intermediates during meiosis.
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- Yun Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Economic Plant Biotechnology/Institute of Special Plants, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan, 402160, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, 410125, China
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Shi W, Tang D, Shen Y, Xue Z, Zhang F, Zhang C, Ren L, Liu C, Du G, Li Y, Yan C, Cheng Z. OsHOP2 regulates the maturation of crossovers by promoting homologous pairing and synapsis in rice meiosis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:805-819. [PMID: 30584664 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Meiotic recombination is closely linked with homologous pairing and synapsis. Previous studies have shown that HOMOLOGOUS PAIRING PROTEIN2 (HOP2), plays an essential role in homologous pairing and synapsis. However, the mechanism by which HOP2 regulates crossover (CO) formation has not been elucidated. Here, we show that OsHOP2 mediates the maturation of COs by promoting homologous pairing and synapsis in rice (Oryza sativa) meiosis. We used a combination of genetic analysis, immunolocalization and super-resolution imaging to analyze the function of OsHOP2 in rice meiosis. We showed that full-length pairing, synapsis and CO formation are disturbed in Oshop2 meiocytes. Moreover, structured illumination microscopy showed that OsHOP2 localized to chromatin and displayed considerable co-localization with axial elements (AEs) and central elements (CEs). Importantly, the interaction between OsHOP2 and a transverse filament protein of synaptonemal complex (ZEP1), provided further evidence that OsHOP2 was involved in assembly or stabilization of the structure of the synaptonemal complex (SC). Although the initiation of recombination and CO designation occur normally in Oshop2 mutants, mature COs were severely reduced, and human enhancer of invasion 10 (HEI10)10 foci were only present on the synapsed region. Putting the data together, we speculate that OsHOP2 may serve as a global regulator to coordinate homologous pairing, synapsis and meiotic recombination in rice meiosis.
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- Wenqing Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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During meiosis, the number of double-strand breaks (DSBs) far exceeds the final number of crossovers (COs). Therefore, to identify proteins involved in determining which of these DSBs repaired into COs is critical in understanding the mechanism of CO control. Across species, HEI10-related proteins play important roles in CO formation. Here, through screening for HEI10-interacting proteins via a yeast two-hybrid system, we identify a CO protein HEI10 Interaction Protein 1 (HEIP1) in rice. HEIP1 colocalizes with HEI10 in a dynamic fashion along the meiotic chromosomes and specially localizes onto crossover sites from late pachytene to diplotene. Between these two proteins, HEI10 is required for the loading of HEIP1, but not vice versa. Moreover, mutations of the HEIP1 gene cause the severe reduction of chiasma frequency, whereas early homologous recombination processes are not disturbed and synapsis proceeds normally. HEIP1 interacts directly with ZIP4 and MSH5. In addition, the loading of HEIP1 depends on ZIP4, but not on MER3, MSH4, or MSH5. Together, our results suggest that HEIP1 may be a member of the ZMM group and acts as a key element regulating CO formation.
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Martinez-Garcia M, Schubert V, Osman K, Darbyshire A, Sanchez-Moran E, Franklin FCH. TOPII and chromosome movement help remove interlocks between entangled chromosomes during meiosis. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:4070-4079. [PMID: 30266762 PMCID: PMC6279386 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201803019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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During meiosis, unrelated chromosomes frequently become interlocked, and these structures must be removed for complete synapsis and normal chromosome segregation. Martinez-Garcia et al. show that the active removal of interlocks requires topoisomerase II and chromosome movement. During the zygotene stage of meiosis, normal progression of chromosome synapsis and homologous recombination frequently lead to the formation of structural interlocks between entangled chromosomes. The persistence of interlocks through to the first meiotic division can jeopardize normal synapsis and occasionally chromosome segregation. However, they are generally removed by pachytene. It has been postulated that interlock removal requires one or more active processes, possibly involving topoisomerase II (TOPII) and/or chromosome movement. However, experimental evidence has been lacking. Analysis of a hypomorphic topII mutant and a meiosis-specific topII RNAi knockdown of Arabidopsis thaliana using immunocytochemistry and structured illumination microscopy (SIM) has now enabled us to demonstrate a role for TOPII in interlock resolution. Furthermore, analysis using a nucleoporin nup136 mutant, which affects chromosome movement, reveals that although TOPII activity is required for the removal of some interlock structures, for others, chromosome movement is also necessary. Thus, our study demonstrates that at least two mechanisms are required to ensure interlock removal.
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Morgan CH, Zhang H, Bomblies K. Are the effects of elevated temperature on meiotic recombination and thermotolerance linked via the axis and synaptonemal complex? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018; 372:rstb.2016.0470. [PMID: 29109229 PMCID: PMC5698628 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Meiosis is unusual among cell divisions in shuffling genetic material by crossovers among homologous chromosomes and partitioning the genome into haploid gametes. Crossovers are critical for chromosome segregation in most eukaryotes, but are also an important factor in evolution, as they generate novel genetic combinations. The molecular mechanisms that underpin meiotic recombination and chromosome segregation are well conserved across kingdoms, but are also sensitive to perturbation by environment, especially temperature. Even subtle shifts in temperature can alter the number and placement of crossovers, while at greater extremes, structural failures can occur in the linear axis and synaptonemal complex structures which are essential for recombination and chromosome segregation. Understanding the effects of temperature on these processes is important for its implications in evolution and breeding, especially in the context of global warming. In this review, we first summarize the process of meiotic recombination and its reliance on axis and synaptonemal complex structures, and then discuss effects of temperature on these processes and structures. We hypothesize that some consistent effects of temperature on recombination and meiotic thermotolerance may commonly be two sides of the same coin, driven by effects of temperature on the folding or interaction of key meiotic proteins. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Evolutionary causes and consequences of recombination rate variation in sexual organisms’.
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- John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Blary A, Gonzalo A, Eber F, Bérard A, Bergès H, Bessoltane N, Charif D, Charpentier C, Cromer L, Fourment J, Genevriez C, Le Paslier MC, Lodé M, Lucas MO, Nesi N, Lloyd A, Chèvre AM, Jenczewski E. FANCM Limits Meiotic Crossovers in Brassica Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:368. [PMID: 29628933 PMCID: PMC5876677 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Meiotic crossovers (COs) are essential for proper chromosome segregation and the reshuffling of alleles during meiosis. In WT plants, the number of COs is usually small, which limits the genetic variation that can be captured by plant breeding programs. Part of this limitation is imposed by proteins like FANCM, the inactivation of which results in a 3-fold increase in COs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Whether the same holds true in crops needed to be established. In this study, we identified EMS induced mutations in FANCM in two species of economic relevance within the genus Brassica. We showed that CO frequencies were increased in fancm mutants in both diploid and tetraploid Brassicas, Brassica rapa and Brassica napus respectively. In B. rapa, we observed a 3-fold increase in the number of COs, equal to the increase observed previously in Arabidopsis. In B. napus we observed a lesser but consistent increase (1.3-fold) in both euploid (AACC) and allohaploid (AC) plants. Complementation tests in A. thaliana suggest that the smaller increase in crossover frequency observed in B. napus reflects residual activity of the mutant C copy of FANCM. Altogether our results indicate that the anti-CO activity of FANCM is conserved across the Brassica, opening new avenues to make a wider range of genetic diversity accessible to crop improvement.
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- Aurélien Blary
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- IGEPP, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Le Rheu, France
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- EPGV US 1279, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, CEA-IG-CNG, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UPR 1258, Centre National des Ressources Génomiques Végétales, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UPR 1258, Centre National des Ressources Génomiques Végétales, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- EPGV US 1279, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, CEA-IG-CNG, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- IGEPP, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Le Rheu, France
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- IGEPP, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Le Rheu, France
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- IGEPP, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Le Rheu, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- IGEPP, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, Le Rheu, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- *Correspondence: Eric Jenczewski
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Parra-Nunez P, Pradillo M, Santos JL. Competition for Chiasma Formation Between Identical and Homologous (But Not Identical) Chromosomes in Synthetic Autotetraploids of Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1924. [PMID: 30687342 PMCID: PMC6333688 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Polyploid organisms provide additional opportunities to study meiosis in a more complex context since more than two potential homologous chromosomes are available. When the chromosome complement of a diploid individual is duplicated, each chromosome is accompanied by one identical and two homologous chromosomes within the same nucleus. In this situation, a competition in pairing/synapsis/chiasma formation between identical and homologous (but not necessarily identical) chromosomes can occur. Several studies have been conducted in different species to address whether there are preferences in crossover formation between identical rather than homologous chromosomes. In this study, multivalent and chiasma frequencies were cytologically analyzed in synthetic autotetraploids of Arabidopsis thaliana including the accessions Col, Ler, and the Col/Ler hybrid. Fluorescence in situ hybridization was conducted to identify each chromosome at metaphase I. The new Col and Ler tetraploids showed high multivalent frequencies, exceeding the theoretical 66.66% expected on a simple random end-pairing model, thus indicating that there are more than two autonomous synaptic sites per chromosome despite their small size. However, a significant excess of bivalent pairs was found in the Col/Ler hybrid, mainly due to the contribution of chromosomes 2 and 3. The mean chiasma frequencies of the three artificial autotetraploids were about twofold the corresponding mean cell chiasma frequencies of their diploid counterparts. The relative contribution of each chromosome to the total chiasma frequency was similar in the three genotypes, with the exception of a lower contribution of chromosome 3 in the hybrid. Preferences for chiasma formation between identical and homologous chromosomes were analyzed in Col/Ler 4x, taking advantage of the cytological differences between the accessions: variations in the size of the 45S rDNA region on the short arm of chromosome 2 and changes in the size and localization of the 5S rDNA region in chromosome 3. We observed a different behavior of chromosomes 2 and 3, i.e., random chiasma formation between identical and homologous chromosomes 2, and preferences for chiasma formation between homologous chromosomes 3. Hence, our results reveal the existence of chromosome-specific mechanisms responsible for these preferences.
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Oliver C, Pradillo M, Jover-Gil S, Cuñado N, Ponce MR, Santos JL. Loss of function of Arabidopsis microRNA-machinery genes impairs fertility, and has effects on homologous recombination and meiotic chromatin dynamics. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9280. [PMID: 28839139 PMCID: PMC5571030 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07702-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ~22-nt single-stranded noncoding RNAs with regulatory roles in a wide range of cellular functions by repressing eukaryotic gene expression at a post-transcriptional level. Here, we analyzed the effects on meiosis and fertility of hypomorphic or null alleles of the HYL1, HEN1, DCL1, HST and AGO1 genes, which encode miRNA-machinery components in Arabidopsis. Reduced pollen and megaspore mother cell number and fertility were shown by the mutants analyzed. These mutants also exhibited a relaxed chromatin conformation in male meiocytes at the first meiotic division, and increased chiasma frequency, which is likely to be due to increased levels of mRNAs from key genes involved in homologous recombination. The hen1-13 mutant was found to be hypersensitive to gamma irradiation, which mainly causes double-strand breaks susceptible to be repaired by homologous recombination. Our findings uncover a role for miRNA-machinery components in Arabidopsis meiosis, as well as in the repression of key genes required for homologous recombination. These genes seem to be indirect miRNA targets.
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- Cecilia Oliver
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.,Institut de Génétique Humaine UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396, Montpellier, cedex 05, France
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202, Elche, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202, Elche, Spain.
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Singh G, Da Ines O, Gallego ME, White CI. Analysis of the impact of the absence of RAD51 strand exchange activity in Arabidopsis meiosis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183006. [PMID: 28797117 PMCID: PMC5552350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ploidy of eukaryote gametes must be halved to avoid doubling of numbers of chromosomes with each generation and this is carried out by meiosis, a specialized cell division in which a single chromosomal replication phase is followed by two successive nuclear divisions. With some exceptions, programmed recombination ensures the proper pairing and distribution of homologous pairs of chromosomes in meiosis and recombination defects thus lead to sterility. Two highly related recombinases are required to catalyse the key strand-invasion step of meiotic recombination and it is the meiosis-specific DMC1 which is generally believed to catalyse the essential non-sister chromatid crossing-over, with RAD51 catalysing sister-chromatid and non-cross-over events. Recent work in yeast and plants has however shown that in the absence of RAD51 strand-exchange activity, DMC1 is able to repair all meiotic DNA breaks and surprisingly, that this does not appear to affect numbers of meiotic cross-overs. In this work we confirm and extend this conclusion. Given that more than 95% of meiotic homologous recombination in Arabidopsis does not result in inter-homologue crossovers, Arabidopsis is a particularly sensitive model for testing the relative importance of the two proteins-even minor effects on the non-crossover event population should produce detectable effects on crossing-over. Although the presence of RAD51 protein provides essential support for the action of DMC1, our results show no significant effect of the absence of RAD51 strand-exchange activity on meiotic crossing-over rates or patterns in different chromosomal regions or across the whole genome of Arabidopsis, strongly supporting the argument that DMC1 catalyses repair of all meiotic DNA breaks, not only non-sister cross-overs.
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- Gunjita Singh
- Génétique, Reproduction et Dévelopement, UMR CNRS 6293 - INSERM U1103 - Université Cleront Auvergne Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Aubiere, France
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- Génétique, Reproduction et Dévelopement, UMR CNRS 6293 - INSERM U1103 - Université Cleront Auvergne Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Aubiere, France
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- Génétique, Reproduction et Dévelopement, UMR CNRS 6293 - INSERM U1103 - Université Cleront Auvergne Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Aubiere, France
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- Génétique, Reproduction et Dévelopement, UMR CNRS 6293 - INSERM U1103 - Université Cleront Auvergne Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, Aubiere, France
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Dreissig S, Schiml S, Schindele P, Weiss O, Rutten T, Schubert V, Gladilin E, Mette MF, Puchta H, Houben A. Live-cell CRISPR imaging in plants reveals dynamic telomere movements. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:565-573. [PMID: 28509419 PMCID: PMC5599988 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Elucidating the spatiotemporal organization of the genome inside the nucleus is imperative to our understanding of the regulation of genes and non-coding sequences during development and environmental changes. Emerging techniques of chromatin imaging promise to bridge the long-standing gap between sequencing studies, which reveal genomic information, and imaging studies that provide spatial and temporal information of defined genomic regions. Here, we demonstrate such an imaging technique based on two orthologues of the bacterial clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated protein 9 (Cas9). By fusing eGFP/mRuby2 to catalytically inactive versions of Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus Cas9, we show robust visualization of telomere repeats in live leaf cells of Nicotiana benthamiana. By tracking the dynamics of telomeres visualized by CRISPR-dCas9, we reveal dynamic telomere movements of up to 2 μm over 30 min during interphase. Furthermore, we show that CRISPR-dCas9 can be combined with fluorescence-labelled proteins to visualize DNA-protein interactions in vivo. By simultaneously using two dCas9 orthologues, we pave the way for the imaging of multiple genomic loci in live plants cells. CRISPR imaging bears the potential to significantly improve our understanding of the dynamics of chromosomes in live plant cells.
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- Steven Dreissig
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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- Botanical InstituteKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyPOB 698076049KarlsruheGermany
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- Botanical InstituteKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyPOB 698076049KarlsruheGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
- Present address:
King Abdullah University of Science & TechnologyThuwal23955‐6900Saudi Arabia
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- Botanical InstituteKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyPOB 698076049KarlsruheGermany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben06466SeelandGermany
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Arabidopsis RAD51, RAD51C and XRCC3 proteins form a complex and facilitate RAD51 localization on chromosomes for meiotic recombination. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006827. [PMID: 28562599 PMCID: PMC5470734 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Meiotic recombination is required for proper homologous chromosome segregation in plants and other eukaryotes. The eukaryotic RAD51 gene family has seven ancient paralogs with important roles in mitotic and meiotic recombination. Mutations in mammalian RAD51 homologs RAD51C and XRCC3 lead to embryonic lethality. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, RAD51C and XRCC3 homologs are not essential for vegetative development but are each required for somatic and meiotic recombination, but the mechanism of RAD51C and XRCC3 in meiotic recombination is unclear. The non-lethal Arabidopsis rad51c and xrcc3 null mutants provide an opportunity to study their meiotic functions. Here, we show that AtRAD51C and AtXRCC3 are components of the RAD51-dependent meiotic recombination pathway and required for normal AtRAD51 localization on meiotic chromosomes. In addition, AtRAD51C interacts with both AtRAD51 and AtXRCC3 in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that these proteins form a complex (es). Comparison of AtRAD51 foci in meiocytes from atrad51, atrad51c, and atxrcc3 single, double and triple heterozygous mutants further supports an interaction between AtRAD51C and AtXRCC3 that enhances AtRAD51 localization. Moreover, atrad51c-/+atxrcc3-/+ double and atrad51-/+atrad51c-/+atxrcc3-/+ triple heterozygous mutants have defects in meiotic recombination, suggesting the role of the AtRAD51C-AtXRCC3 complex in meiotic recombination is in part AtRAD51-dependent. Together, our results support a model in which direct interactions between the RAD51C-XRCC3 complex and RAD51 facilitate RAD51 localization on meiotic chromosomes and RAD51-dependent meiotic recombination. Finally, we hypothesize that maintenance of RAD51 function facilitated by the RAD51C-XRCC3 complex could be highly conserved in eukaryotes. Meiotic recombination and sister chromatid cohesion are important for maintaining the association between homologous chromosomes and ensuring their accurate segregation. Meiotic recombination starts with a set of programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), catalyzed by the SPO11 endonuclease. Processing of DSB ends produces 3′ single-stranded DNA tails, which form nucleoprotein filaments with RAD51 and DMC1, homologs of the prokaryotic RecA protein. The eukaryotic RAD51 gene family has seven ancient paralogs, in addition to RAD51 and DMC1, the other five members in mammals form two complexes: RAD51B-RAD51C-RAD51D- XRCC2 (BCDX2) and RAD51C-XRCC3 (CX3). To date, the molecular mechanism of CX3 in animal meiosis remains largely unknown due to the essential roles of these two proteins in embryo development. In Arabidopsis, RAD51C and XRCC3 are required for meiosis and fertility, but their specific mechanisms are unclear. Here we present strong evidence that Arabidopsis RAD51 forms a protein complex with AtRAD51C-AtXRCC3 in vivo. Our data also support the previous hypothesis that CX3 promotes RAD51-denpendet meiotic recombination by affecting its localization on chromosomes. Given that the RAD51, RAD51C and XRCC3 proteins are highly conserved in plants and vertebrates, the mechanism we present here could be important for the regulation of meiotic recombination in both plants and vertebrate animals.
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Martinez-Garcia M, Pradillo M. Functional Analysis of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTEs in Meiosis and DNA Repair. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1640:145-158. [PMID: 28608340 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7165-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Plant ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins regulate a wide range of cellular and developmental functions. Recent findings highlight their role during homologous recombination, a basic mechanism to repair double-strand DNA lesions (in somatic cells) and programmed DNA breaks (in meiocytes). This chapter contains an exhaustive description of procedures applied to analyze meiotic chromosome behavior (cytogenetic techniques) and DNA repair capacity (genotoxicity assays) in AGO-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana mutants.
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/Jose Antonio Novais 12, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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