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Unique geometry of sister kinetochores in human oocytes during meiosis I may explain maternal age-associated increases in chromosomal abnormalities

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Patel, Jessica, Tan, S. L., Hartshorne, Geraldine M. and McAinsh, Andrew D. (2016) Unique geometry of sister kinetochores in human oocytes during meiosis I may explain maternal age-associated increases in chromosomal abnormalities. Biology Open, 5 (2). pp. 178-184. doi:10.1242/bio.016394 ISSN 2046-6390.

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Abstract

The first meiotic division in human oocytes is highly error-prone and contributes to the uniquely high incidence of aneuploidy observed in human pregnancies. A successful meiosis I (MI) division entails separation of homologous chromosome pairs and co-segregation of sister chromatids. For this to happen, sister kinetochores must form attachments to spindle kinetochore-fibres emanating from the same pole. In mouse and budding yeast, sister kinetochores remain closely associated with each other during MI, enabling them to act as a single unified structure. However, whether this arrangement also applies in human meiosis I oocytes was unclear. In this study, we perform high-resolution imaging of over 1900 kinetochores in human oocytes, to examine the geometry and architecture of the human meiotic kinetochore. We reveal that sister kinetochores in MI are not physically fused, and instead individual kinetochores within a pair are capable of forming independent attachments to spindle k-fibres. Notably, with increasing female age, the separation between kinetochores increases, suggesting a degradation of centromeric cohesion and/or changes in kinetochore architecture. Our data suggest that the differential arrangement of sister kinetochores and dual k-fibre attachments may explain the high proportion of unstable attachments that form in MI and thus indicate why human oocytes are prone to aneuploidy, particularly with increasing maternal age.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history
Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Cell & Developmental Biology
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Aneuploidy, Chromosomes, Chromosome replication, Meiosis, Cell division, Ovum
Journal or Publication Title: Biology Open
Publisher: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
ISSN: 2046-6390
Official Date: 15 February 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
15 February 2016Published
22 December 2015Accepted
3 December 2015Submitted
Volume: 5
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 178-184
DOI: 10.1242/bio.016394
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 15 January 2017
Funder: Wellcome Trust (London, England), Montreal Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine Foundation , University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Grant number: 106151/Z/14/Z (Wellcome Trust)

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