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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
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Changed by Changed by: prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D., učo 2635. Changed: 6/3/2018 16:18.
Abstract
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.
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GA13-29362S, research and development projectName: Evoluce holocentrických chromosomů (Acronym: EvoHolo)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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