Center for Cell Structure and Function, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
J Cell Biol. 2024 Feb 5;223(2). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202212035. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
During meiosis, cohesin and meiosis-specific proteins organize chromatin into an axis-loop architecture, coordinating homologous synapsis, recombination, and ordered chromosome segregation. However, how the meiotic chromosome axis is assembled and differentiated with meiotic progression remains elusive. Here, we explore the dynamic recruitment of two long arms of the bivalent proteins, LAB-1 and LAB-2, in Caenorhabditis elegans. LAB proteins directly interact with the axis core HORMA complexes and weak interactions contribute to their recruitment. LAB proteins phase separate in vitro, and this capacity is promoted by HORMA complexes. During early prophase, synapsis oppositely regulates the axis enrichment of LAB proteins. After the pachytene exit, LAB proteins switch from a reciprocal localization pattern to a colocalization pattern, and the normal dynamic pattern of LAB proteins is altered in meiotic mutants. We propose that LAB recruitment senses axis differentiation, and phase separation of meiotic structures helps subdomain establishment and accurate segregation of the chromosomes.
在减数分裂过程中,黏合蛋白和减数分裂特异性蛋白将染色质组织成轴环结构,协调同源联会、重组和有序的染色体分离。然而,减数分裂染色体轴是如何随着减数分裂的进行而组装和分化的仍然难以捉摸。在这里,我们探索了双价蛋白 LAB-1 和 LAB-2 的两个长臂在秀丽隐杆线虫中的动态募集。LAB 蛋白直接与轴核心 HORMA 复合物相互作用,弱相互作用有助于它们的募集。LAB 蛋白在体外相分离,而 HORMA 复合物促进了这种能力。在早期 prophase 中,联会反向调节 LAB 蛋白的轴富集。在粗线期退出后,LAB 蛋白从相互定位模式切换到共定位模式,并且在减数分裂突变体中,LAB 蛋白的正常动态模式发生改变。我们提出,LAB 募集感知轴的分化,减数分裂结构的相分离有助于亚域的建立和染色体的准确分离。