TY  - JOUR
A1  - Britz, Sebastian
A1  - Markert, Sebastian Matthias
A1  - Witvliet, Daniel
A1  - Steyer, Anna Maria
A1  - Tröger, Sarah
A1  - Mulcahy, Ben
A1  - Kollmannsberger, Philip
A1  - Schwab, Yannick
A1  - Zhen, Mei
A1  - Stigloher, Christian
T1  - Structural Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer Larval Anterior Sensilla by Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscopy
JF  - Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
N2  - At the end of the first larval stage, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans developing in harsh environmental conditions is able to choose an alternative developmental path called the dauer diapause. Dauer larvae exhibit different physiology and behaviors from non-dauer larvae. Using focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), we volumetrically reconstructed the anterior sensory apparatus of C. elegans dauer larvae with unprecedented precision. We provide a detailed description of some neurons, focusing on structural details that were unknown or unresolved by previously published studies. They include the following: (1) dauer-specific branches of the IL2 sensory neurons project into the periphery of anterior sensilla and motor or putative sensory neurons at the sub-lateral cords; (2) ciliated endings of URX sensory neurons are supported by both ILso and AMso socket cells near the amphid openings; (3) variability in amphid sensory dendrites among dauers; and (4) somatic RIP interneurons maintain their projection into the pharyngeal nervous system. Our results support the notion that dauer larvae structurally expand their sensory system to facilitate searching for more favorable environments.
KW  - FIB-SEM
KW  - 3D reconstruction
KW  - neuroanatomy
KW  - IL2 branching
KW  - amphids
KW  - Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans)
KW  - dauer
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-249622
SN  - 1662-5129
VL  - 15
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Link, Jana
A1  - Paouneskou, Dimitra
A1  - Velkova, Maria
A1  - Daryabeigi, Anahita
A1  - Laos, Triin
A1  - Labella, Sara
A1  - Barroso, Consuelo
A1  - Pacheco Piñol, Sarai
A1  - Montoya, Alex
A1  - Kramer, Holger
A1  - Woglar, Alexander
A1  - Baudrimont, Antoine
A1  - Markert, Sebastian Mathias
A1  - Stigloher, Christian
A1  - Martinez-Perez, Enrique
A1  - Dammermann, Alexander
A1  - Alsheimer, Manfred
A1  - Zetka, Monique
A1  - Jantsch, Verena
T1  - Transient and Partial Nuclear Lamina Disruption Promotes Chromosome Movement in Early Meiotic Prophase
JF  - Developmental Cell
N2  - Meiotic chromosome movement is important for the pairwise alignment of homologous chromosomes, which is required for correct chromosome segregation. Movement is driven by cytoplasmic forces, transmitted to chromosome ends by nuclear membrane-spanning proteins. In animal cells, lamins form a prominent scaffold at the nuclear periphery, yet the role lamins play in meiotic chromosome movement is unclear. We show that chromosome movement correlates with reduced lamin association with the nuclear rim, which requires lamin phosphorylation at sites analogous to those that open lamina network crosslinks in mitosis. Failure to remodel the lamina results in delayed meiotic entry, altered chromatin organization, unpaired or interlocked chromosomes, and slowed chromosome movement. The remodeling kinases are delivered to lamins via chromosome ends coupled to the nuclear envelope, potentially enabling crosstalk between the lamina and chromosomal events. Thus, opening the lamina network plays a role in modulating contacts between chromosomes and the nuclear periphery during meiosis.
KW  - meiosis
KW  - C. elegans
KW  - chromosome movement
KW  - chromosome pairing
KW  - nuclear envelope
KW  - lamin
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-236901
VL  - 45
ER  -