Flow cytometry may allow microscope-independent detection of
holocentric chromosomes in plants

J 2016

Flow cytometry may allow microscope-independent detection of holocentric chromosomes in plants

ZEDEK, František, Pavel VESELÝ, Lucie HOROVÁ and Petr BUREŠ

Basic information

Original name

Flow cytometry may allow microscope-independent detection of holocentric chromosomes in plants

Name in Czech

Průtoková cytometrie může sloužit jako na mikroskopických technikách nezávislá metoda detekce holocentrických chromosomů u rostlin

Authors

ZEDEK, František (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel VESELÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lucie HOROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr BUREŠ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Scientific Reports, LONDON, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, 2045-2322

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.259

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087971

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27161

UT WoS

000377001500001

Keywords (in Czech)

endopolyploidie; průtoková cytometrie; holocentrické chromosomy

Keywords in English

endopolyploidy; flow cytometry; holocentric chromosomes

Abstract

V originále

Two chromosomal structures, known as monocentric and holocentric chromosomes, have evolved in eukaryotes. Acentric fragments of monocentric chromosomes are unequally distributed to daughter cells and/or lost, while holocentric fragments are inherited normally. In monocentric species, unequal distribution should generate chimeras of cells with different nuclear DNA content. We investigated whether such differences in monocentric species are detectable by flow cytometry (FCM) as (i) a decreased nuclear DNA content and (ii) an increased coefficient of variance (CV) of the G1 peak after gamma radiation-induced fragmentation. We compared 13 monocentric and 9 holocentric plant species. Unexpectedly, monocentrics and holocentrics did not differ with respect to parameters (i) and (ii) in their response to gamma irradiation. However, we found that the proportion of G2 nuclei was highly elevated in monocentrics after irradiation, while holocentrics were negligibly affected. Therefore, we hypothesize that DNA-damaging agents induce cell cycle arrest leading to endopolyploidy only in monocentric and not (or to much lesser extent) in holocentric plants. While current microscope-dependent methods for holocentrism detection are unreliable for small and numerous chromosomes, which are common in holocentrics, FCM can use somatic nuclei. Thus, FCM may be a rapid and reliable method of high-throughput screening for holocentric candidates across plant phylogeny.

Links

GA13-29362S, research and development project

Name: Evoluce holocentrických chromosomů (Acronym: EvoHolo)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

ZEDEK, František, Pavel VESELÝ, Lucie HOROVÁ and Petr BUREŠ. Flow cytometry may allow microscope-independent detection of holocentric chromosomes in plants. Scientific Reports. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, vol. 6, June, p. "nestrankovano", 7 pp. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27161.

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ZEDEK, František, Pavel VESELÝ, Lucie HOROVÁ and Petr BUREŠ. Flow cytometry may allow microscope-independent detection of holocentric chromosomes in plants. \textit{Scientific Reports}. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, vol.~6, June, p.~''nestrankovano'', 7 pp. ISSN~2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27161.

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