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  The Mitotic Spindle in the One-Cell C. elegans Embryo Is Positioned with High Precision and Stability.

Pécréaux, J., Redemann, S., Alayan, Z., Mercat, B., Pastezeur, S., Garzon-Coral, C., et al. (2016). The Mitotic Spindle in the One-Cell C. elegans Embryo Is Positioned with High Precision and Stability. Biophysical Journal, 111(8), 1773-1784.

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Pécréaux, Jacques, Autor
Redemann, Stefanie1, Autor           
Alayan, Zahraa, Autor
Mercat, Benjamin, Autor
Pastezeur, Sylvain, Autor
Garzon-Coral, Carlos, Autor
Hyman, Anthony2, Autor           
Howard, Jonathon1, Autor           
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1External Organizations, ou_persistent22              
2Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2340692              

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 Zusammenfassung: Precise positioning of the mitotic spindle is important for specifying the plane of cell division, which in turn determines how the cytoplasmic contents of the mother cell are partitioned into the daughter cells, and how the daughters are positioned within the tissue. During metaphase in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, the spindle is aligned and centered on the anterior-posterior axis by a microtubule-dependent machinery that exerts restoring forces when the spindle is displaced from the center. To investigate the accuracy and stability of centering, we tracked the position and orientation of the mitotic spindle during the first cell division with high temporal and spatial resolution. We found that the precision is remarkably high: the cell-to-cell variation in the transverse position of the center of the spindle during metaphase, as measured by the standard deviation, was only 1.5% of the length of the short axis of the cell. Spindle position is also very stable: the standard deviation of the fluctuations in transverse spindle position during metaphase was only 0.5% of the short axis of the cell. Assuming that stability is limited by fluctuations in the number of independent motor elements such as microtubules or dyneins underlying the centering machinery, we infer that the number is ∼1000, consistent with the several thousand of astral microtubules in these cells. Astral microtubules grow out from the two spindle poles, make contact with the cell cortex, and then shrink back shortly thereafter. The high stability of centering can be accounted for quantitatively if, while making contact with the cortex, the astral microtubules buckle as they exert compressive, pushing forces. We thus propose that the large number of microtubules in the asters provides a highly precise mechanism for positioning the spindle during metaphase while assembly is completed before the onset of anaphase.

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Titel: Biophysical Journal
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Seiten: - Band / Heft: 111 (8) Artikelnummer: - Start- / Endseite: 1773 - 1784 Identifikator: -