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Development, Vol 103, Issue 3 553-566, Copyright © 1988 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
CJ Hutchison, R Cox and CC Ford
Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Cell-free extracts prepared from Xenopus eggs support chromosome decondensation and pronuclear formation on demembranated sperm heads. 32P-dCTP pulse-labelling studies demonstrate that DNA synthesis occurs in multiple bursts of 30-40 min in extracts containing pronuclei, each burst being followed by a period of 20-50 min during which no synthesis occurs. Density substitution with bromodeoxyuridine indicates that the synthesis in each burst is semiconservative and results from new initiations, and that, following multiple bursts of synthesis, reinitiation events can occur. Changes in nuclear morphology have been characterized in the extract by phase-contrast microscopy and by fluorescence microscopy following pulse labelling with biotin-11-dUTP and staining with anti-lamin antibodies. Lamin accumulation occurs as DNA decondenses and parallels the acquisition of membrane structures. Biotin-11-dUTP incorporation is first observed in small nuclei having decondensed DNA and an extensive lamina. While DNA synthesis is occurring nuclei remain relatively small, but rapid swelling accompanied by chromosome condensation occurs when biotin incorporation ceases. Nuclear swelling and chromatin condensation is followed by nuclear membrane breakdown, lamin dispersal and chromosome formation. Mitosis lasts for approximately 20 min. Nuclear reassembly is recognized by the appearance of membrane vesicles around small pieces of decondensed DNA, which parallels the appearance of lamin islands within a chromatin mass. These 'islands' incorporate biotin, indicating that DNA synthesis is occurring, and apparently fuse as larger S-phase nuclei are formed. Extensive protein synthesis occurs for at least 4 h in most extracts. This synthesis is required for the initiation of mitotic events and the reinitiation of DNA synthesis.
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