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Chromosome structural anomalies due to aberrant spindle forces exerted at gene editing sites in meiosis

Chromosome structural anomalies due to aberrant spindle forces exerted at gene editing sites in meiosis
Chromosome structural anomalies due to aberrant spindle forces exerted at gene editing sites in meiosis
Mouse female meiotic spindles assemble from acentriolar MTOCs (aMTOCs) that fragment into discrete foci. These are further sorted and clustered to form spindle poles, thus providing balanced forces for faithful chromosome segregation. To assess the impact of aMTOCs biogenesis on spindle assembly, we genetically induced their precocious fragmentation in mouse oocytes using conditional overexpression of Plk4, a master MTOC regulator. Excessive microtubule nucleation from these fragmented aMTOCs accelerated spindle assembly dynamics. Prematurely formed spindles promoted the breakage of three different fragilized bivalents, generated by the presence of recombined Lox P sites. Reducing the density of microtubules diminished significantly the extent of chromosome breakage. Thus, improper spindle forces can lead to widely described yet unexplained chromosomal structural anomalies with disruptive consequences on the ability of the gamete to transmit an uncorrupted genome.
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Manil-Ségalen, Marion
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Manil-Ségalen, Marion, Łuksza, Małgorzata, Kannaan, Joanne, Marthiens, Véronique, Lane, Simon, Jones, Keith, Terret, Marie-Emilie, Basto, Renata and Verlhac, Marie-Hélène (2018) Chromosome structural anomalies due to aberrant spindle forces exerted at gene editing sites in meiosis. Journal of Cell Biology, 217 (6). (doi:10.1083/jcb.201806072).

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Mouse female meiotic spindles assemble from acentriolar MTOCs (aMTOCs) that fragment into discrete foci. These are further sorted and clustered to form spindle poles, thus providing balanced forces for faithful chromosome segregation. To assess the impact of aMTOCs biogenesis on spindle assembly, we genetically induced their precocious fragmentation in mouse oocytes using conditional overexpression of Plk4, a master MTOC regulator. Excessive microtubule nucleation from these fragmented aMTOCs accelerated spindle assembly dynamics. Prematurely formed spindles promoted the breakage of three different fragilized bivalents, generated by the presence of recombined Lox P sites. Reducing the density of microtubules diminished significantly the extent of chromosome breakage. Thus, improper spindle forces can lead to widely described yet unexplained chromosomal structural anomalies with disruptive consequences on the ability of the gamete to transmit an uncorrupted genome.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 July 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 August 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 422791
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422791
ISSN: 1540-8140
PURE UUID: a784072c-7644-44e6-909b-3603e48cfdd3
ORCID for Simon Lane: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8155-0981
ORCID for Keith Jones: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-0851

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Date deposited: 06 Aug 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:15

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Author: Marion Manil-Ségalen
Author: Małgorzata Łuksza
Author: Joanne Kannaan
Author: Véronique Marthiens
Author: Simon Lane ORCID iD
Author: Keith Jones ORCID iD
Author: Marie-Emilie Terret
Author: Renata Basto
Author: Marie-Hélène Verlhac

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