Cell division in Mycoplasma gallisepticum

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 1125-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Bernstein-Ziv

Cell division in cells of Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains A5969 and S6 was studied. No differences were found between the two strains.During growth young cells either increase in length, in width, or in both directions. A second bleb may develop at various sites in the cell. Division appears to be related to the position of the bleb, and may be transverse or longitudinal. In addition, a divisional form resembling "budding" occurs, which may also produce equal or unequal daughter cells. As division proceeds, new membranes are formed and the cells appear to separate.Polysomes were found in the logarithmic phase, while in the lag phase only ribosomes were observed. With the growth of the cells polysomes and ribosomes migrate to regions where protein synthesis occurs.

Development ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
W. L. M. Geilenkirchen

Investigations on cellular reproduction have led to a highly resolved and integrated picture of the cell cycle in a morphological and physiological sense. The various preparations for division, doubling of components or syntheses, follow their own time course parallel to one another. It has become evident that the various factors involved in cell division are dissociable, for example chromosome doubling and reproduction of centrioles (Bucher & Mazia, 1960), DNA replication and protein synthesis (Zeuthen, 1961). The conditions for cell division in general are applicable to division of egg cells. However, in addition in egg cells there is a complicating system of morphogenetic factors acting, as must be postulated from the observation that in ‘mosaic’ eggs the fate of the blastomeres is fixed. In dividing eggs differences between daughter cells may be due to local differences established during oögenesis in the mother which are parcelled out during cleavages.


1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.L Setter ◽  
H Greenway ◽  
J Kuo

Effects of high external NaCl concentrations on growth were examined in the unicellular freshwater alga Cldorella emevsonii during different phases of cell development, using synchronized cultures obtained by alternating light-dark cycles. Growth of cultures synchronized at 1 mM NaCl [external osmotic pressure (next=) 0.08 MPa] was compared with (i) cultures synchronized at 200 mM NaCl (n,,, = 1.01 MPa) and (ii) cultures synchronized at 1 mM NaCl from which the daughter cells were suddenly transferred to 100, 150 or 200 mM NaCl. The effects of these two treatments on synthesis of protein, RNA and DNA during cell cycles were similar, and are attributed to the high nexta nd not to specific effects of Na+ and C1-. Growth inhibitions in cells at 200 mM NaCl relative to 1 mM NaCl occurred mainly via effects on cell division; this was confirmed by electron microscopy. There was a lag before net DNA synthesis commenced, and there were reductions in rates of net DNA synthesis in cells at 200 mM NaCl relative to 1 mM NaC1. Rates of increase in cell volume and in protein and RNA content per cell were little affected by high external NaCl concentrations. Consequently, daughter cells at 200 mM NaCl were approximately twice the volume and contained twice as much protein and RNA as daughter cells at 1 mM NaCl, while DNA content was equal in daughter cells at 1 and 200 mM NaCl.


2016 ◽  
Vol 212 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Christ ◽  
Eva M. Wenzel ◽  
Knut Liestøl ◽  
Camilla Raiborg ◽  
Coen Campsteijn ◽  
...  

Cytokinetic abscission, the final stage of cell division where the two daughter cells are separated, is mediated by the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery. The ESCRT-III subunit CHMP4B is a key effector in abscission, whereas its paralogue, CHMP4C, is a component in the abscission checkpoint that delays abscission until chromatin is cleared from the intercellular bridge. How recruitment of these components is mediated during cytokinesis remains poorly understood, although the ESCRT-binding protein ALIX has been implicated. Here, we show that ESCRT-II and the ESCRT-II–binding ESCRT-III subunit CHMP6 cooperate with ESCRT-I to recruit CHMP4B, with ALIX providing a parallel recruitment arm. In contrast to CHMP4B, we find that recruitment of CHMP4C relies predominantly on ALIX. Accordingly, ALIX depletion leads to furrow regression in cells with chromosome bridges, a phenotype associated with abscission checkpoint signaling failure. Collectively, our work reveals a two-pronged recruitment of ESCRT-III to the cytokinetic bridge and implicates ALIX in abscission checkpoint signaling.


Author(s):  
Krishan Awtar

Exposure of cells to low sublethal but mitosis-arresting doses of vinblastine sulfate (Velban) results in the initial arrest of cells in mitosis followed by their subsequent return to an “interphase“-like stage. A large number of these cells reform their nuclear membranes and form large multimicronucleated cells, some containing as many as 25 or more micronuclei (1). Formation of large multinucleate cells is also caused by cytochalasin, by causing the fusion of daughter cells at the end of an otherwise .normal cell division (2). By the repetition of this process through subsequent cell divisions, large cells with 6 or more nuclei are formed.


Author(s):  
V. I. Ipatova ◽  
A. G. Dmitrieva ◽  
О. F. Filenko ◽  
T. V. Drozdenko

The structure of the laboratory population of green microalgae Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turp.) Breb (=Desmodesmus communis E. Hegew.) was studied at different stages of its growth (lag-phase, log-phase and stationary phase) at low concentrations of copper chloride and silver nitrate by the method microculture, allowing to monitor the state and development of single cells having different physiological status. The response of the culture of S. quadricauda - the change in the number of cells and the fractional composition (the fraction of dividing, «dormant» and dying cells) depended not only on the concentration of the toxicant in the medium, but also on the physiological state of the culture: the level of synchronization and the growth phase. Silver ions at low concentrations had a more pronounced toxic effect on the culture than copper ions at different phases of its development, especially at a concentration of 0.001 mg/l (10-9 M). The main mechanism of the toxic effect of metals is to inhibit the process of cell division. At low concentrations of toxicants, especially at a concentration of 0.001 mg/l, a «paradoxical» effect expressed in the predominance of the fraction of «dormant» cells was revealed. The temporary inhibition of the process of cell division can be regarded as a protective mechanism that allows preserving the integrity of the population and its ability to survive in a changing environment. The obtained data explain the effect of action of low concentrations of substances due to their inclusion in the cell, the subsequent accumulation in the cell and their low excretion.


1976 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Bishop ◽  
R L Maldonado ◽  
R F Garry ◽  
P T Allen ◽  
H R Bose ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Young ◽  
Sezen Meydan ◽  
Nicholas R. Guydosh

AbstractThe recycling of ribosomes at stop codons for use in further rounds of translation is critical for efficient protein synthesis. Removal of the 60S subunit is catalyzed by the ATPase Rli1 (ABCE1) while removal of the 40S is thought to require Tma64 (eIF2D), Tma20 (MCT-1), and Tma22 (DENR). However, it remains unclear how these Tma proteins cause 40S removal and control reinitiation of downstream translation. Here we used a 40S ribosome footprinting strategy to directly observe intermediate steps of ribosome recycling in cells. Deletion of the genes encoding these Tma proteins resulted in broad accumulation of unrecycled 40S subunits at stop codons, directly establishing their role in 40S recycling. Furthermore, the Tma20/Tma22 heterodimer was responsible for a majority of 40S recycling events while Tma64 played a minor role. Introduction of an autism-associated mutation into TMA22 resulted in a loss of 40S recycling activity, linking ribosome recycling and neurological disease.


2005 ◽  
Vol 171 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjon Audhya ◽  
Francie Hyndman ◽  
Ian X. McLeod ◽  
Amy S. Maddox ◽  
John R. Yates ◽  
...  

Cytokinesis completes cell division and partitions the contents of one cell to the two daughter cells. Here we characterize CAR-1, a predicted RNA binding protein that is implicated in cytokinesis. CAR-1 localizes to germline-specific RNA-containing particles and copurifies with the essential RNA helicase, CGH-1, in an RNA-dependent fashion. The atypical Sm domain of CAR-1, which directly binds RNA, is dispensable for CAR-1 localization, but is critical for its function. Inhibition of CAR-1 by RNA-mediated depletion or mutation results in a specific defect in embryonic cytokinesis. This cytokinesis failure likely results from an anaphase spindle defect in which interzonal microtubule bundles that recruit Aurora B kinase and the kinesin, ZEN-4, fail to form between the separating chromosomes. Depletion of CGH-1 results in sterility, but partially depleted worms produce embryos that exhibit the CAR-1–depletion phenotype. Cumulatively, our results suggest that CAR-1 functions with CGH-1 to regulate a specific set of maternally loaded RNAs that is required for anaphase spindle structure and cytokinesis.


BIOspektrum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-249
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Kruse ◽  
Stephan Hamperl

AbstractTimely and accurate duplication of DNA prior to cell division is a prerequisite for propagation of the genetic material to both daughter cells. DNA synthesis initiates at discrete sites, termed replication origins, and proceeds in a bidirectional manner until all genomic DNA is replicated. Despite the fundamental nature of these events, a uniform method that identifies origins of replication in a comprehensive manner is still missing. Here, we present currently available and discuss new approaches to map replication origins in mammalian genomes.


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