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G E Onishchenko

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[Cell cycle transformation in cell differentiation].

A question was posed as to how the multicomponent and polyfunctional organelle dynamically changes during metazoan ontogenesis. The centrosome structure is gradually formed and its functions are switched on during early embryogenesis, one of which is the cell center formation. During cell differentiation, the condition of the cell center and surrounding structures may be different: first, the cell center is quite distinct; second, the cell center is absent due to redistribution of the centers of microtubule organization; third, the cell center disappears due to reversible or irreversible inactivation of the centrosome and other centers of microtubule organization. The assembly of the common Golgi complex is not directed directly to the cell center presence. In some cell types, the Golgi complex is topologically associated with the cell center, while in others it is represented by individual dictyosomes despite the cell center presence. In some other cell types, the common Golgi complex is assembled without the cell center, but in the presence of microtubules that are formed by noncentrosome centers of microtubule organization. In still others, degradation of both the cell center and the common Golgi complex takes place in the case of centrosome inactivation.

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[Formation of basal bodies in the ciliary epithelium of molluscs Buccinum undatum L. and Lymnaea stagnalis L].

Electron microscopic studies of the leg ciliary epithelium was carried out in two mollusks. In the epithelium of the leg of adult animals, the centrioles were mostly formed de novo with participation of deuterosomes during the formation of basal bodies. Transformation of the centriolar cylinder in a mature basal body is accompanied by the cylinder elongation and appearance of pericentriolar structures, such as rootlet system, basal legs, and basal plate. Centriolegenesis proceeds in both ciliate and nonciliate (with microvilli) cells of the epithelium. It has been proposed that the cell with microvilli represent a transitional stage in differentiation of the ciliary cells.

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[The centriolar cycle in polykaryons containing prematurely condensed chromosomes or telophase-like nuclei].

In fused interphase-mitotic cells, either interphase nuclei are induced to premature chromosome condensation (PCC) or mitotic chromosomes are induced to telophase-like nuclei (TLN) formation. This study concerns structural and functional changes in centrioles of fused cells in which PCC or TLN are induced. Embryonic pig kidney cells were fused using a modified PEG-DMSO-serum method. Cell cycle period of the nuclei was determined before cell fusion using double-labeling autoradiography. Polykaryons containing desirable type of PCC or interphase nuclear combination in TLN were selected on the basis of isotope labeling after being embedded in epon. Selected cells were cut into serial sections and studied under electron microscope. The data obtained showed that centrioles at every interphase period undergo mitotic activation when their nuclei are induced to PCC. They acquire fibrillar halo and form half-spindles. Daughter centrioles at G1, S and G2 periods are also capable of mitotic activation when separated from their mother centriole. Inert centrioles were found in some cells with G1-PCC. When mitotic nuclei are induced to TLN formation, their centrioles also become inactivated. They lose fibrillar halo and mitotic spindles break down. Some mitotic centrioles develop features characteristic of interphase period such as satellites and vacuoles. Induced nuclear and centriolar changes are simultaneous and may be controlled by the same factor. Mitotic factor of mitotic cell partner which induces PCC may also induce interphase centrioles to mitotic activation. Degradation of the mitotic factor leading to TLN formation may also cause the loss of the mitotic activity of centrioles and disorganization of mitotic spindles.

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[The centriolar cycle in polykaryons formed in the fusion of heterophasic cells].

In this work we studied the centriolar cycle in fused cells containing heterophasic nuclei. Embryonic pig kidney cells were double-labeled with 3H- and 14C-thymidine and fused using a PEG-DMSO-serum method (Manandkhar et al., 1991). Fused cells containing nuclei at various cell cycle periods were selected after embedding in epon on the basis of isotope marking. Ultrastructure of centrioles was studied in serial ultrathin sections of selected cells. Centrioles of cells fused at different interphase periods showed a tendency to become synchronized in a manner similar to that of the nuclei. The G1-cell partners suppressed replication of S-centrioles or induced disorientation of centrioles of G2-diplosomes. In G1-S fused dikaryons, procentriole formation in G1-centrioles was not observed. This indicates the absence in the S-cell partner of an excess of a factor which could induce replication of the G1-centriole. However, G2-cell partner stimulated procentriole formation in G1- or unreplicated early S-centrioles. Asynchronous replication of G1-, S- and G2- centrioles was observed in some G1-S, G1-G2 and S-G2 fused cells. Heterophasic cellular environment containing mixed cell cycle factors appears to be responsible for the opposite effects on the structure of centrioles. In oocytes or early embryonic cells, due to the presence of a large amount of centriolar precursor material, centriolar replication cycle can proceed independently of the synthetic activity controlled by the nucleus.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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[Specific features of centriole formation and ciliogenesis in ciliary epithelium cells of respiratory tracts in patients with Kartagener syndrome].

An electron microscopic study of the ciliary epithelium of respiratory tracts was carried out in children (members of the same family) with Kartagener syndrome, which is a variant of ciliary dyskinesia. It was shown that in the case of both mobile cilia and ciliary dyskinesia in man, centrioles are formed during formation of the ciliary basal bodies predominantly de novo, involving deuterosomes. A wide spectrum of pathological changes was described in literature, such as the absence of dynein arms in the axoneme and disorganization of axoneme structure. In addition to these changes in the ciliary system, we found integration of several ciliary axonemes by the same plasma membrane, running of microtubules from the plasma membrane as bundles, different orientation of basal legs, etc.

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[Centrosome and Golgi complex during differentiation of hepatocytes in early postnatal development of mice].

The structure and functional activity of the centrosome was analyzed in hepatocytes of 5-day old mice, as well as the lengths of Golgi complex cistemae. In the early postnatal development of mice, the liver was represented by two types of hepatocytes: in the first type hepatocytes, the centrosome was active as an organizing center of microtubules, while in the second type hepatocytes, it was inactive. It was proposed that during ontogenesis the centrosome is inactivated as an organizing center of microtubules and activated as an organizing center of intermediate filaments characteristic for differentiated hepatocytes of adult liver. Morphometry of the Golgi complex has shown that Golgi cisternae in the cell center area of early postnatal hepatocytes were longer than in the adult hepatocytes and comparable to those in G1-phase hepatocytes of regenerating liver. The possibility of relations between the differences in the Golgi complex morphology and ontogenetic changes in the functional activity of centrosomes is discussed.

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[Antimicrotubule agents can activate different apoptotic pathways].

The effect of agents (taxol, vincristine, and nocodazole) disturbing the microtubule network in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells has been examined. The aim of the study was to determine the subtypes of mitotic catastrophe and the dependence of cell death on the status of protein p53. Antimicrotubule agents can not only induce mitotic catastrophe, that is, cell death during mitosis and the death of micronucleated cells, but also activate apoptosis in interphase cells. We assume that the G1 checkpoint activation in this case occurs as a result of microtubule disruption. Apoptosis can be activated in a p53-independent manner in K-mitotic cells and after the complete disruption of the microtubule network.

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[Positive and negative regulation of replication in hybrid cells].

DNA replication blockage in various differentiated cells was investigated on the model of heterokaryons. Two distinct types of DNA synthesis regulation in heterokaryons "differentiated cell + proliferating cell" were revealed: I. Neutrophils and nucleated erythrocytes efficiently prevented the entry of non-malignant proliferating cells nuclei into the S-period but usually failed to substantially inhibit the replication in malignant cells nuclei. Both "mortal" and immortalized proliferating cells activated the DNA synthesis in neutrophil and chicken erythrocyte nuclei. II. Macrophages did not influence the DNA synthesis in the nuclei of non-malignant cells in heterokaryons but drastically inhibited that in the nuclei of malignant cells. Only immortalized cells reactivated DNA synthesis in the nuclei of macrophages. These data show that the mechanisms maintaining differentiated cells in non-proliferating state are not uniform. Nucleated erythrocytes were shown to suppress the duplication of centrioles in partner cells. The possibility of the blockage of DNA replication upon the fusion of two proliferating cells (fibroblast + leukemia cell) was demonstrated for the first time in the present work. The influence of various oncogenes upon the regulation of DNA synthesis in heterokaryons was investigated in detail. New modifications of the methods of cell fusion, enucleation and heterokaryon identification were proposed.

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[Mitotic activity of different variants of heterophase homokaryons].

Double labelling with 3H- and 14C-thymidine was used to determine heterophase nuclei (G1-, S-, G2-) in homokaryons of the Chinese hamster cell culture. It was observed that the sequence of the mitosis beginning in homokaryons depends both on the number of nuclei in them and on the combinations of different phase nuclei.

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