PMID- 26208647 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160812 LR - 20220318 IS - 1460-2431 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0957 (Print) IS - 0022-0957 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 21 DP - 2015 Nov TI - Spatial distribution of centromeres and telomeres at interphase varies among Brachypodium species. PG - 6623-34 LID - 10.1093/jxb/erv369 [doi] AB - In this study the 3-D distribution of centromeres and telomeres was analysed in the interphase nuclei of three Brachypodium species, i.e. B. distachyon (2n=10), B. stacei (2n=20) and B. hybridum (2n=30), which is presumably a hybrid between the first two species. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with centromeric and telomeric DNA probes, it was observed that the majority of B. distachyon nuclei in the root tip cells displayed the Rabl configuration while both B. stacei and B. hybridum mostly lacked the centromere-telomere polarization. In addition, differentiated leaf cells of B. distachyon did not display the Rabl pattern. In order to analyse the possible connection between the occurrence of the Rabl pattern and the phase of cell cycle or DNA content, FISH was combined with digital image cytometry. The results revealed that the frequency of nuclei with the Rabl configuration in the root tip nuclei was positively correlated with an increase in DNA content, which resulted from DNA replication. Also, the analysis of the influence of the nuclear shape on the nuclear architecture indicated that an increasing elongation of the nuclei negatively affected the occurrence of the Rabl pattern. Some possible explanations of these phenomena are discussed. CI - (c) The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. FAU - Idziak, Dominika AU - Idziak D AD - Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland dominika.idziak@us.edu.pl. FAU - Robaszkiewicz, Ewa AU - Robaszkiewicz E AD - Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland. FAU - Hasterok, Robert AU - Hasterok R AD - Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150724 PL - England TA - J Exp Bot JT - Journal of experimental botany JID - 9882906 SB - IM MH - Brachypodium/*genetics MH - Centromere/*genetics MH - *Chromosomes, Plant MH - Genome, Plant MH - Meristem MH - Species Specificity MH - Telomere/*genetics PMC - PMC4623680 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brachypodium OT - Rabl configuration OT - centromeres OT - interphase OT - model grass OT - molecular cytogenetics OT - telomeres. EDAT- 2015/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/16 06:00 PMCR- 2015/07/24 CRDT- 2015/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/07/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - erv369 [pii] AID - 10.1093/jxb/erv369 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Bot. 2015 Nov;66(21):6623-34. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv369. Epub 2015 Jul 24.