Molecular interactions and cellular changes during the cell cycle.
Molecular interactions and cellular changes during the cell cycle.
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DOI:
10.1016/0163-7258(83)90071-2
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
Z. Darżynkiewicz
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作者:
Z. Darżynkiewicz
The concept of the cell cycle in its present form was introduced more than three decades ago by Howard and Pelc (1951). These authors, studying incorporation of DNA precursors (32p) by autoradiography observed that DNA synthesis in individual cells was discontinuous and occupied a discrete portion of the cell life (S phase). Mitotic division was seen to occur after a certain period of time following DNA replication. A distinct time interval between mitosis and DNA replication was also apparent. Thus, the cell cycle was subdivided into four consecutive phases, G~, S, G2, and M. The G~ and G2 phases represented the'gaps' in time between mitosis and the start of DNA replication, and between the end of DNA replication and the onset of mitosis, respectively. The cell cycle was defined as the interval between the midpoint of mitosis and the midpoint of the subsequent mitosis of the daughter cell (s)(Howard and Pelc, 1951). The knowledge about mitosis was already extensive half a century ago. Descriptions of the four stages of mitosis, ie prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase and changes in cellular morphology during mitosis were the subject of numerous publications at that time. However, very little was then known about interphase. The observation by Howard and Pelc (1951) that DNA replication takes place in interphase was thus the first evidence that an important biochemical event, essential for cell reproduction, occurs outside of mitosis. With time, more and more knowledge accumulated on cell activity in interphase especially during the'gap'periods in G1 and G2. More recently, interest has also focused on cells which remain quiescent for an extended period of time, but which under certain circumstances can undergo progression through the cycle, or vice versa when cycling cells can enter a period of quiescence. Also, transition of cells from the cycle to the differentiated state, or perturbed progression through the cycle, ie as occurs during unbalanced cell growth, began to attract attention. Thus, the subject of the cell cycle now covers a wide range of cell metabolic activities which are not only directly related to cell reproduction, but are also associated with transitions to quiescence, differentiation, or perturbed growth. Our present knowledge on the cell cycle benefited mostly from the development of four different techniques; autoradiography, time-lapse cinematography, cell synchronization in culture, and flow cytometry. Of these, autoradiography has been the most extensively used, especially during the past two decades. By providing a means to analyse incorporation of precursors of DNA, RNA or proteins by individual cells and, in combination with various techniques of cell synchronization, autoradiography yielded most of the data fundamental to the current understanding of the cell cycle-related phenomena. Kinetics of cell progression through the cell cycle could be analysed in great detail after development of such sophisticated autoradiographic approaches as measurements of the fraction of labeled mitoses ('FLM curves') or multiple sequential cell labelling with 3H-and 14C-TdR. The literature directly related to the autoradiographic techniques as applied to research on the cell cycle was reviewed by Cleaver (1967), Baserga and Malamud (1969), Rogers (1975), Aherne et al.(1977) and Pearse (1980). It should be mentioned here, however, that