Meiotic cellular rejuvenation is coupled to nuclear remodeling in budding yeast

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Production of healthy gametes in meiosis relies on the quality control and proper distribution of both nuclear and cytoplasmic contents. Meiotic differentiation naturally eliminates age-induced cellular damage by an unknown mechanism. Using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy in budding yeast, we found that nuclear senescence factors - including protein aggregates, extrachromosomal ribosomal DNA circles, and abnormal nucleolar material - are sequestered away from chromosomes during meiosis II and subsequently eliminated. A similar sequestration and elimination process occurs for the core subunits of the nuclear pore complex in both young and aged cells. Nuclear envelope remodeling drives the formation of a membranous compartment containing the sequestered material. Importantly, de novo generation of plasma membrane is required for the sequestration event, preventing the inheritance of long-lived nucleoporins and senescence factors into the newly formed gametes. Our study uncovers a new mechanism of nuclear quality control and provides insight into its function in meiotic cellular rejuvenation.

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Data generated or analyzed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. All imaging data used for analysis will be uploaded to the Image Data Resource repository.

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Grant A King

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Jay S Goodman

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Jennifer G Schick

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Keerthana Chetlapalli

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Danielle M Jorgens

Electron Microscope Lab, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Kent L McDonald

Electron Microscope Lab, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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Elçin Ünal

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

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elcin@berkeley.edu

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Elçin Ünal, Reviewing editor, eLife.

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National Institutes of Health (DP2 AG055946-01)

Elçin Ünal

Pew Charitable Trusts (00027344)

Elçin Ünal

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (35-15)

Elçin Ünal

Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

Elçin Ünal

National Science Foundation (DGE 1752814)

Grant A King

National Institutes of Health (T32 GM007232)

Grant A King

National Institutes of Health (F31AG060656)

Jay S Goodman

National Institutes of Health (T32 GM007127-41)

Jay S Goodman

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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