Nanoscale analysis of human G1 and metaphase chromatin in situ

ABSTRACT The structure of chromatin at the nucleosome level inside cells is mysterious. Here we presentin situcryo-ET analyses of chromatin in both G1 and metaphase RPE-1 cells. G1 nucleosomes are concentrated in globular chromatin domains and metaphase nucleosomes are concentrated in the chromatids. Classification analysis reveals that canonical mononucleosomes, ordered stacked dinucleosomes, and mononucleosomes with a disordered gyre-proximal density are abundant in both cell-cycle states. Class averages that have more than two stacked nucleosomes or that have side-by-side dinucleosomes are not detected, suggesting that groups of more than two nucleosomes are heterogeneous. Large multi-megadalton structures are abundant in G1 nucleoplasm, but not found in G1 chromatin domains and metaphase chromatin. The macromolecular phenotypes studied here represent a starting point for the comparative analysis of condensation in normal and unhealthy human cells, in other cell-cycle states, other organisms, andin vitrochromatin assemblies..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 02. Aug. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Jon Ken [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tingsheng [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Shujun [VerfasserIn]
Ruan, Weimei [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Cai Tong [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Surana, Uttam [VerfasserIn]
Gan, Lu [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.07.31.551204

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XBI04037842X