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ArticleBiological research2017

Synaptic configuration of quadrivalents and their association with the XY bivalent in spermatocytes of Robertsonian heterozygotes of Mus domesticus.

Soledad Berríos, Raúl Fernández-Donoso, Eliana Ayarza

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Soledad BerríosPrograma Genética Humana, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia No 1027, P.O.Box 70061, Santiago 7, Chile. sberrios@med.uchile.cl.
Raúl Fernández-DonosoPrograma Genética Humana, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia No 1027, P.O.Box 70061, Santiago 7, Chile.
Eliana AyarzaDepartamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Abstract

backgroundThe nuclear architecture of meiotic prophase spermatocytes is based on higher-order patterns of spatial associations among chromosomal domains and consequently is prone to modification by chromosomal rearrangements. We have shown that nuclear architecture is modified in spermatocytes of Robertsonian (Rb) homozygotes of Mus domesticus. In this study we analyse the synaptic configuration of the quadrivalents formed in the meiotic prophase of spermatocytes of mice double heterozygotes for the dependent Rb chromosomes: Rbs 11.16 and 16.17.

resultsElectron microscope spreads of 60 pachytene spermatocytes from four animals of Mus domesticus 2n = 38 were studied and their respective quadrivalents analysed in detail. Normal synaptonemal complex was found between arms 16 of the Rb metacentric chromosomes, telocentrics 11 and 17 and homologous arms of the Rb metacentric chromosomes. About 43% of the quadrivalents formed a synaptonemal complex between the heterologous short arms of chromosomes 11 and 17. This synaptonemal complex is bound to the nuclear envelope through a fourth synapsed telomere, thus dragging the entire quadrivalent to the nuclear envelope. About 57% of quadrivalents showed unsynapsed single axes in the short arms of the telocentric chromosomes. About 90% of these unsynapsed quadrivalents also showed a telomere-to-telomere association between one of the single axes of the telocentric chromosome 11 or 17 and the X chromosome single axis, which was otherwise normally paired with the Y chromosome. Nucleolar material was associated with two bivalents and with the quadrivalent.

conclusionsThe spermatocytes of heterozygotes for dependent Rb chromosomes formed a quadrivalent where four chromosomes are synapsed together and bound to the nuclear envelope through four telomeres. The nuclear configuration is determined by the fourth shortest telomere, which drags the centromere regions and heterochromatin of all the chromosomes towards the nuclear envelope, favouring the reiterated encounter and eventual rearrangement between the heterologous chromosomes. The unsynapsed regions of quadrivalents are frequently bound to the single axis of the X chromosome, possibly perturbing chromatin condensation and gene expression.

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AnimalsCell NucleolusHeterochromatinHeterozygoteMaleMeiotic Prophase IMiceSpermatocytesSynaptonemal ComplexTelomereTranslocation, GeneticX ChromosomeY ChromosomeHeterochromatinMouse spermatocytesNuclear architectureNucleoliQuadrivalentsRobertsonian chromosomes

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