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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Polyploidy is a general physiological process indicative of terminal differentiation. During liver growth, this process generates the appearance of tetraploid (4n) and octoploid (8n) hepatocytes with one or two nuclei. The onset of polyploidy in the liver has been recognized for quite some time; however, the cellular mechanisms that govern it remain unknown. In this report, we observed the sequential appearance during liver growth of binuclear diploid (2 x 2n) and mononuclear 4n hepatocytes from a diploid hepatocyte population. To identify the cell cycle modifications involved in hepatocyte polyploidization, mitosis was then monitored in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Twenty percent of mononuclear 2n hepatocytes failed to undergo cytokinesis with no observable contractile movement of the ring. This process led to the formation of binuclear 2 x 2n hepatocytes. This tetraploid condition following cleavage failure did not activate the p53-dependent checkpoint in G1. In fact, binuclear hepatocytes were able to proceed through S phase, and the formation of a bipolar spindle during mitosis constituted the key step leading to the genesis of two mononuclear 4n hepatocytes. Finally, we studied the duplication and clustering of centrosomes in the binuclear hepatocyte. These cells exhibited two centrosomes in G1 that were duplicated during S phase and then clustered by pairs at opposite poles of the cell during metaphase. This event led only to mononuclear 4n progeny and maintained the tetraploidy status of hepatocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19095-101
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Centrosome, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-G1 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Microscopy, Video, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Polyploidy, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-S Phase, pubmed-meshheading:12626502-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Liver cell polyploidization: a pivotal role for binuclear hepatocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U370, CHU Necker, 156 Rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't