Quantitative live cell imaging of nuclear shape and chromatin dynamics during development and environmental stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

Abstract

The nucleus is the characteristic organelle for eukaryotic organisms. Unlike the classic textbook view of static two-dimensional nuclei, nuclear shape is dynamic inside the live cell. The alteration or deformed nuclear shape is the hallmark of cancer in animal cells and environmental stress in plants. The nuclear envelope proteins interact with chromatin to regulate gene expression. Unfortunately, we have limited knowledge about the impact of abiotic stress on nuclear shape, movement, and chromatin dynamics. To circumvent this issue, we are utilizing a dual fluorescently tagged marker lines – nuclear envelope protein and chromatin – to perform live cell imaging in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana root. The live cell imaging was performed in control and salt-stressed conditions. We utilized these captured movies to analyze through open-source image processing software Fiji/ImageJ with the help of the TrackMate plugin. Using this method, we have demonstrated that chromatin velocity is decreased in salt-treated conditions. This method will be widely applied to quantitative live cell imaging of nuclear shape and chromatin dynamics during plant development and environmental stress. Summary This process aims to simultaneously record nucleus and chromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana roots and investigate changes in these dynamics in response to developmental and environmental cues.

Plant phenotyping relevance

植物の核形状・クロマチン動態をライブイメージングと画像解析で定量化する手法が中心であり、環境ストレス下の植物状態を測定する再利用可能なワークフローを提示している。

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