EFFECTS OF COLCEMID INHIBITION AND REVERSAL ON FINE STRUCTURE OF MITOTIC APPARATUS OF CHINESE HAMSTER CELLS IN VITRO
EFFECTS OF COLCEMID INHIBITION AND REVERSAL ON FINE STRUCTURE OF MITOTIC APPARATUS OF CHINESE HAMSTER CELLS IN VITRO
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5320(67)80057-1
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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HSU, TC
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作者:
BRINKLEY, BR;STUBBLEFIELD, E;HSU, TC
Electron microscope studies of Chinese hamster cells treated with Colcemid at a concentration sufficient to prevent mitosis (0.06 ug/nil) demonstrated that this alkaloid does not completely prevent the formation of certain elements of the mitotic apparatus. An aberrant apparatus formed whose organization appeared to be dictated by the position of the centrioles. The latter components assumed a position near the cell center, and the remaining structures (microtubules, chromosomes, and other organelles) became radially distributed around them. When Colcemid was removed from the culture medium, the entire cell population completed mitosis synchronously within 30[long dash]45 min. A complete mitotic apparatus formed only after the centrioles had migrated to opposite ends of the cells. The present study describes the ultrastructure of cells during Colcemid inhibition and at various stages during reversal. Normal cell division and the equidistribution of genetic material into 2 daughter cells appeared to be greatly dependent upon centriole behavior during the initial stages of mitosis. Colcemid inhibits mitosis by preventing the formation of certain elements of the mitotic apparatus (perhaps the assembly of continuous spindle filaments) necessary for centriole movement.