ISSN:
0886-1544
Keywords:
microtubule interphase-mitosis transition
;
mitotic asynchrony
;
maturing centrosomes
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
The peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method for the detection of polymerized tubulin has been used to study the microtubule rearrangements during mitosis in PtK1 and HeLa multinucleate cells obtained by polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-mediated fusion. We demonstrate here that the transition of the microtubular cytoskeleton from interphase to mitosis is an inducible event and independent of the factor(s) responsible for chromatin condensation and nuclear envelope breakdown. However, for the induction of the microtubule rearrangements nuclear envelope breakdown is required. At midprophase, cytoskeletal microtubule rearrangements start for multinucleate PtK1 cells, whereas in HeLa cells such changes are delayed, and a more abrupt transition is observed here. After complete nuclear envelope breakdown (prometaphase) mitotic asters and spindles but no cytoplasmic (interphase) microtubuli can be observed in both systems. Metaphase is characterized by an interaction between the different mitotic poles which show the form of bipolar spindles, but individual separated mitotic poles far removed from the chromatin can also be seen.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.970090307
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