Abstract
Metaphase nucleolar organizer regions (NORs), one of four types of chromosome bands, are located on human acrocentric chromosomes. They contain r-chromatin, i.e., ribosomal genes complexed with proteins such as upstream binding factor and RNA polymerase I, which are argyrophilic NOR proteins. Immunocytochemical and cytochemical labelings of these proteins were used to reveal r-chromatin in situ and to investigate its spatial organization within NORs by confocal microscopy and by electron tomography. For each labeling, confocal microscopy revealed small and large double-spotted NORs and crescent-shaped NORs. Their internal three-dimensional (3D) organization was studied by using electron tomography on specifically silver-stained NORs. The 3D reconstructions allow us to conclude that the argyrophilic NOR proteins are grouped as a fiber of 60–80 nm in diameter that constitutes either one part of a turn or two or three turns of a helix within small and large double-spotted NORs, respectively. Within crescent-shaped NORs, virtual slices reveal that the fiber constitutes several longitudinally twisted loops, grouped as two helical 250- to 300-nm coils, each centered on a nonargyrophilic axis of condensed chromatin. We propose a model of the 3D organization of r-chromatin within elongated NORs, in which loops are twisted and bent to constitute one basic chromatid coil.
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Heliot, L., Kaplan, H., Lucas, L., Klein, C., Beorchia, A., Doco-Fenzy, M., Menager, M., Thiry, M., OâDonohue, M.-F., & Ploton, D. (1997). Electron Tomography of Metaphase Nucleolar Organizer Regions: Evidence for a Twisted-Loop Organization. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 8(11), 2199â2216.
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Created | 12 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2013, 7:12 p.m.) |
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Indexed | 1 month, 1 week ago (July 12, 2025, 6:43 p.m.) |
Issued | 27 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 1997) |
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@article{Heliot_1997, title={Electron Tomography of Metaphase Nucleolar Organizer Regions: Evidence for a Twisted-Loop Organization}, volume={8}, ISSN={1939-4586}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.8.11.2199}, DOI={10.1091/mbc.8.11.2199}, number={11}, journal={Molecular Biology of the Cell}, publisher={American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)}, author={Heliot, Laurent and Kaplan, Hervé and Lucas, Laurent and Klein, Christophe and Beorchia, Adrien and Doco-Fenzy, Martine and Menager, Monique and Thiry, Marc and O’Donohue, Marie-Françoise and Ploton, Dominique}, year={1997}, month=nov, pages={2199–2216} }