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Meiotic cellular rejuvenation is coupled to nuclear remodeling in budding yeast

  1. Grant A King
  2. Jay S Goodman
  3. Jennifer G Schick
  4. Keerthana Chetlapalli
  5. Danielle M Jorgens
  6. Kent L McDonald
  7. Elçin Ünal  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Berkeley, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47156
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  1. Grant A King
  2. Jay S Goodman
  3. Jennifer G Schick
  4. Keerthana Chetlapalli
  5. Danielle M Jorgens
  6. Kent L McDonald
  7. Elçin Ünal
(2019)
Meiotic cellular rejuvenation is coupled to nuclear remodeling in budding yeast
eLife 8:e47156.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47156
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Abstract

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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  1. Grant A King

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  2. Jay S Goodman

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  3. Jennifer G Schick

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  4. Keerthana Chetlapalli

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  5. Danielle M Jorgens

    Electron Microscope Lab, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  6. Kent L McDonald

    Electron Microscope Lab, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  7. Elçin Ünal

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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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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© 2019, King et al.

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  1. Grant A King
  2. Jay S Goodman
  3. Jennifer G Schick
  4. Keerthana Chetlapalli
  5. Danielle M Jorgens
  6. Kent L McDonald
  7. Elçin Ünal
(2019)
Meiotic cellular rejuvenation is coupled to nuclear remodeling in budding yeast
eLife 8:e47156.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47156

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