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Disturbance of the determination of germinal and somatic nuclei by heat shock in Paramecium caudatum.

Abstract
During conjugation of Paramecium caudatum, nuclear determination occurs soon after the third postzygotic division: one of the four anterior nuclei becomes the micronucleus and the remaining three degenerate, while four posterior nuclei differentiate into macronuclear anlagen. Macronuclear differentiation is supposed to be dependent on a cytoplasmic differentiation factor. In this study, postzygotic cells were subjected to heat shock for 30 min and nuclear changes were observed by staining with carbol fuchsin solution. When heat shock was initiated during the period from metaphase to telophase of the third postzygotic division, cells showed an excess of macronuclear anlagen and were typically amicronucleate. Abnormal nuclear localization around the end of the third (last) postzygotic division may explain the origin of these kinds of cells. A similar phenomenon appeared after treatment with actinomycin D or emetine. Since heat shock did not inhibit macronuclear differentiation but destroyed the formation of micronuclei, some factor(s) probably plays an essential role in nuclear determination, especially in the protection of the micronuclei.
AuthorsX Yang, M Takahashi
JournalThe Journal of eukaryotic microbiology (J Eukaryot Microbiol) Vol. 46 Issue 1 Pg. 49-55 ( 1999) ISSN: 1066-5234 [Print] United States
PMID10188260 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Dactinomycin
  • Emetine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cell Nucleus
  • Dactinomycin (pharmacology)
  • Emetine (pharmacology)
  • Heating
  • Paramecium (drug effects, ultrastructure)

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