Spatial and temporal distribution of DNA replication sites localized by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy in mouse fibroblasts
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- DOI: 10.1242/jcs.99.2.247
Spatial and temporal distribution of DNA replication sites localized by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy in mouse fibroblasts
Abstract
The temporal course of replication monitored by 2- or 5-min pulses of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) incorporation in synchronized 3T3 cells was mapped by high-resolution light microscopy employing a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera and a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM). The cells were labeled simultaneously with monoclonal antibodies directed against BrdUrd and nuclear lamin, and stained with the A+T-specific dye 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). Stereoscopic reconstructions of cells showing both the lamin and BrdUrd distributions demonstrate that DNA replication occurs at discrete sites in the nucleus, the locations of which progress through a programmed sequence during S phase. Replication begins in a small number of sites in the interior of the nucleus exclusive of the nuclear membrane and proceeds rapidly in early S phase to encompass a relatively large number of small, discrete sites located throughout the nucleus, with the exception of the condensed heterochromatic regions. Replication is primarily confined to the condensed heterochromatic regions in mid-to-late S phase, and to the nuclear periphery at the end of S phase. These distinctive patterns demonstrate a programmed control of replication sites in the spatial domain in differentiated cell nuclei.
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