Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets are part of mitotic death

Histochemistry and Cell Biology
Jekaterina ErenpreisaTimothy Illidge

Abstract

Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets (ELCS) are enigmatic membranous structures of uncertain function. This study describes the induction of ELCS in p53 mutated Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines after treatment with irradiation or the microtubule inhibitor, SK&F 96365. Both treatments evoked similar mitotic death, involving metaphase arrest followed by extensive endopolyploidisation and delayed apoptosis, although the kinetics were different. We found that induction of ELCS and nuclear segmentation correlated with the amount and kinetics of M-phase arrest, mitosis restitution and delayed apoptosis of endopolyploid cells. In metaphases undergoing restitution, ELCS are seen participating in the restoration of the nuclear envelope, mediating the attachment of peripheral chromatin to it. In interphase cells, ELCS join nuclear segments, ectopically linking and fusing with heterochromatin regions. In cells with segmented nuclei, continued DNA replication was observed, along with activation and redistribution of Ku70, suggestive of non-homologous DNA end-joining. Induction of ELCS also parallels the induction of cytoplasmic stacked membrane structures, such as confronting cisternae and annulate lamellae, which participate in the turn...Continue Reading

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