The centrosome cycle in the mitotic cycle of sea urchin eggs

Experimental Cell Research
N PaweletzE M Finze

Abstract

When sea urchin eggs entering mitosis are exposed to an appropriate concentration of mercaptoethanol, the chromosome cycle is restrained while the centrosome cycle advances. The two poles of the mitotic apparatus separate into four poles, while the chromosomes remain in their metaphase arrangements until released by the removal of the mercaptoethanol. We follow the centrosomes through the stages of the generation of two poles by each original pole. In electron microscopic studies, the osmiophilic component of the centrosomes serves as an indicator of their changing forms as each pole generates two poles. In light microscopic studies, including observations of birefringence, the shapes of the polar ends of the spindles are taken as indicators of the shapes of the centrosomes. The successive stages of the centrosome cycle are (1) compact spherical centrosomes at the time of formation of the mitotic apparatus; (2) expansion and flattening of the centrosomes, leading to (3) formation of thin flat plates, perpendicular to the spindle axis. Corresponding to the extended flat shape of the centrosomes, the spindle poles are flat; microtubules 'point' to the centrosomal plate and not the centrioles. The centrioles are separated in the f...Continue Reading

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