Epigenetic histone H3 phosphorylation marks discriminate between univalent- and bivalent-forming chromosomes during canina asymmetrical meiosis

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Kalfusová, Radka - Herklotz, V. - Kumke, K. - Houben, A. - Kovařík, Aleš - Ritz, Ch.M. - Lunerová Bedřichová, Jana
Epigenetic histone H3 phosphorylation marks discriminate between univalent- and bivalent-forming chromosomes during canina asymmetrical meiosis.
Annals of Botany. Roč. 2023, DEC 21 2023 (2023). ISSN 0305-7364. E-ISSN 1095-8290
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GC20-14133J
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081707
Klíčová slova: sect. caninae * genus rosa * evolutionary significance * chromatin modification * microsatellite dna * serine 10 * condensation * pattern
Obor OECD: Plant sciences, botany
Impakt faktor: 4.2, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access
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Background and Aims Dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae) are mostly pentaploid, bearing 2n = 5x = 35 chromosomes in somatic cells. They evolved a unique form of asymmetrical meiosis characterized by two types of chromosomes: (1) chromosomes forming bivalents and distributed in the normal sexual way, and (2) chromosomes occurring as univalents and transferred by a female gamete only. In the mature pollen of pentaploid species, seven bivalent-derived chromosomes are transmitted to offspring, and 21 unpaired univalent chromosomes are eliminated during microsporogenesis. To discriminate between bivalent- and univalent-forming chromosomes, we studied histone H3 phosphorylation patterns regulating meiotic chromosome condensation and segregation.Methods We analysed histone modification patterns during male canina meiosis in two representative dogrose species, 5x Rosa canina and 5x Rosa rubiginosa, by immunohistochemical and molecular cytogenetics approaches. Immunostaining of meiotic cells included alpha-tubulin, histone H3 phosphorylation (H3S10p, H3S28p and H3T3p) and methylation (H3K4me3 and H3K27me3) marks. In addition, fluorescent in situ hybridization was carried out with an 18S rDNA probe.Key Results In the first meiotic division, univalent chromosomes underwent equational division into chromatids, while homologues in bivalents were segregated as regular dyads. In diakinesis, bivalent chromosomes displayed strong H3 phosphorylation signals in proximal regions, spreading to the rest of the chromosome. In contrast, in univalents, the H3 phosphorylation signals were weaker, occurring mostly outside proximal regions largely overlapping with the H3K4me3 signals. Reduced phosphorylation was associated with relative under-condensation of the univalent chromosomes, particularly at early diakinesis.Conclusions We hypothesize that the absence of pairing and/or recombination in univalent chromosomes negatively affects the histone H3 phosphorylation of their chromatin and perhaps the loading of meiotic-specific cohesins. This apparently destabilizes cohesion of sister chromatids, leading to their premature split in the first meiotic division.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351656