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GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CELL SURFACE AND THE NUCLEI IN PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA
Jean Cohen 1 and Janine Beisson 1
1 Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 911990 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
In Paramecium tetraurelia, a number of mutations have been shown to affect simultaneously cortical organization (attachment of trichocysts to the cortex) and nuclear division (Ruiz et al. 1976). In order to analyze the genetic and physiological basis of this correlation, we have isolated new mutations affecting the properties of the trichocysts and studied their genetic relationships with other previously known mutations. Of 24 to 28 loci controlling the biogenesis and properties of the trichocysts, mutations only in the 16 to 20 loci that control trichocyst attachment to the cortex result in nuclear defects. Cytological observations show that all of these mutants display the same set of nuclear abnormalities: in particular, rounded shape of the resting macronucleus, mispositioning and defective elongation of the dividing macronucleus and unequal repartition of the macro- and micronuclei. This common syndrome is independent of both the mutagenic origin and the mutated locus. Furthermore, by microinjection, it is possible to localize the site of action of the mutations in either the trichocyst compartment or the nontrichocyst compartment. It was found by this technique that the nuclear syndrome is also independent of the site of action of the mutation. All the genetic and physiological data support the conclusion that the nuclear defects are the consequence of the lack of trichocyst attachment to the cortex: in wild-type cells, trichocyst attachment would induce a membranar or perimembranar state necessary for correct nuclear positioning during cell division. In the absence of trichocyst attachment, the cortical control of nuclear division would be abolished. The possible involvement of cytoskeletal links between surface and nuclei is discussed.
Submitted on January 18, 1980
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