The quinternary chromatin-DNA structure. Three-dimensional reconstruction and functional significance

Cell Biophysics
F KendallC Nicolini

Abstract

Nuclear DNA-space images from Feulgen-stained HeLa cells synchronized at 1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 15, and 18 h following mitosis are digitized and their densitometric-geometric patterns are analyzed by means of a Quantimet 720-D image analyzer on line with a PDP11/40 computer. Frequency distributions of picture point optical densities for the phases and subphases as seen in nuclear images show that DNA packing changes are evident by means of ordinary optical microscopy. Radii of gyration of the images, and optical density profiles and distributions for several squashes of similar cells reveal that in particular instances chromatin DNA is distributed mostly towards the periphery, and usually with high circular isotropy. Cross power spectra of individual scan lines suggest that existence of higher order "quinternary" periodic structure for chromatin that modulates during the cell cycle. Three-dimensional reconstruction 2- micrometer sections of intact, Feulgen-stained mammalian tumor tissue show stainable material only toward the nuclear perimeter and not in the center (compatible with the evidence that initial thymidine incorporation in HeLa cells is generally at the nuclear border). Densitometric properties of reconstructed interphase c...Continue Reading

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