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Imaging Replicative Domains in Ultrastructurally Preserved Chromatin by Electron Tomography

Principles of DNA folding in the cell nucleus and its dynamic transformations that occur during the fulfillment of basic genetic functions (transcription, ...

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Following adhesion to fibronectin neutrophils can develop membrane tubulovesicular extensions (TVEs) that can be 200nm wide and several cell diameters long. TVEs attach neutrophils to the other cells, substrata or bacteria over distance. To understand the physiological significance of TVEs we performed proteome analysis of TVE content in neutrophils plated to fibronectin in the presence of compounds known to induce TVE formation (nitric oxide donor diethylamine NONOate, 4-bromophenacyl bromide, cytochalasin D).

Proteome analysis identified human neutrophil membrane tubulovesicular extensions (cytonemes, membrane tethers) as bactericide trafficking.

A detailed understanding of the principles of the structural organization of genetic material is of great importance for elucidating the mechanisms of differential regulation of genes in development. Modern ideas about the spatial organization of the genome are based on a microscopic analysis of chromatin structure and molecular data on DNA-DNA contact analysis using Chromatin conformation capture (3C) technology, ranging from the "polymer melt" model to a hierarchical folding concept. Heterogeneity of chromatin structure depending on its functional state and cell cycle progression brings another layer of complexity to the interpretation of structural data and requires selective labeling of various transcriptional states under nondestructive conditions. Here, we use a modified approach for replication timing-based metabolic labeling of transcriptionally active chromatin for ultrastructural analysis. The method allows pre-embedding labeling of optimally structurally preserved chromatin, thus making it compatible with various 3D-TEM techniques including electron tomography. By using variable pulse duration, we demonstrate that euchromatic genomic regions adopt a fiber-like higher-order structure of about 200 nm in diameter (chromonema), thus providing support for a hierarchical folding model of chromatin organization as well as the idea of transcription and replication occurring on a highly structured chromatin template.

Sergei A. Golyshev

Belozersky Institute of Physico-chemical Biology

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Imaging Replicative Domains in Ultrastructurally Preserved Chromatin by Electron Tomography

Sergei A. Golyshev

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Lomonosov Moscow State University

Imaging Replicative Domains in Ultrastructurally Preserved Chromatin by Electron Tomography

Belozersky Institute of Physico-chemical Biology