Protect chromosomes from end-to-end fusion during meiotic bouquet
Protect chromosomes from end-to-end fusion during meiotic bouquet
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10.1007/s11427-018-9299-9
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2018-05
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Shunxin Wang;B. Zhai;X. Yang;Liangran Zhang
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Shunxin Wang;B. Zhai;X. Yang;Liangran Zhang
Meiosis generates gametes with half the parental chromosome complements, and thus is crucial for successful sexual reproduction. During meiotic prophase I, a series of specialized events occur to ensure correct paternal and maternal homologous chromosomes (homologs) segregation during anaphase I. They include recognition, alignment, pairing and synapsis of the homologs and meiotic recombination which provides a link between homologs. During leptotene, all chromosome ends are attached to the inner nuclear membrane (Figure 1 A). This attachment depends on the interactions between telomeres and SUN (Sad1 and UNC-84)-domain proteins, which span the inner nuclear membrane and also interact with the KASH (Klarsicht/ANC-1/Syne homology)-domain proteins in the space between inner and outer nuclear membranes. The KASH domain proteins span the outer nuclear membrane and interact with cytoskeletal components. Telomeric proteins and SUN-and KASH-domain proteins are highly conserved among organisms and most of them are present in both mitosis and meiosis (Bhalla and Dernburg, 2008). Additionally, some proteins (eg Mps3 and Ndj1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TERB1 and TERB2 in mammals) are specifically required in meiosis (Figure 1 A; Zickler and Kleckner, 1998; Bhalla and Dernburg, 2008).At the leptotene/zygotene transition, chromosome ends move to a limited area on the nuclear membrane (facing the centrosome in mammals, but bouquet also forms in plants without defined centrosome) and chromosomes are organized as a bouquet of flowers with clustered telomeres. The unique chromosome organization only seen during meiotic prophase is called as bouquet (Figure 1 B). Bouquet has been observed in most organisms studied (Zickler and Kleckner, 1998; Zickler and Kleckner, 2016; Bhalla and Dernburg, 2008). When homologs are fully synapsed, chromosome ends are gradually re-dispersed although still attached to the nuclear envelope (Figure 1 B).