title: Characterisation of nuclear architectural alterations during in vitro differentiation of human stem cells of myogenic origin.
abstract: Cell differentiation is based on a synchronised orchestra of complex pathways of intrinsic and extrinsic signals that manifest in the induced expression of specific transcription factors and pivotal genes within the nucleus. One cannot ignore the epigenetic status of differentiating cells, comprising not only histones and DNA modifications but also the spatial and temporal intranuclear chromatin organisation, which is an important regulator of nuclear processes. In the present study, we investigated the nuclear architecture of human primary myoblasts and myocytes in an in vitro culture, with reference to global changes in genomic expression. Repositioning of the chromosomal centromeres, along with alterations in the nuclear shape and volume, was observed as a consequence of myotube formation. Moreover, the microarray data showed that during in vitro myogenesis cells tend to silence rather than induce gene expression. The creation of a chromosome map marked with gene expression changes that were at least 2-fold confirmed the observation. Additionally, almost all of the chromosomal centromeres in the differentiated cells preferentially localised near the nuclear periphery when compared to the undifferentiated cells. The exceptions were chromosomes 7 and 11, in which we were unable to confirm the centromere repositioning. In our opinion, this is the first reported observation of the movement of chromosomal centromeres along differentiating myogenic cells. Based on these data we can conclude that the myogenic differentiation with global gene expression changes is accompanied by the spatial repositioning of chromosomes and chromatin remodelling, which are important processes that regulate cell differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Biology and Stem Cells, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rozwadowska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kolanowski
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wiland
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siatkowski
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malcher
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mietkiewski
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olszewska
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurpisz
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D002503:Centromere; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*
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