Cytoplasmic Volume Modulates Spindle Size During Embryogenesis

Author:

Good Matthew C.123,Vahey Michael D.2,Skandarajah Arunan2,Fletcher Daniel A.24,Heald Rebecca1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

2. Department of Bioengineering and Biophysics Group, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

3. Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

4. Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Abstract

Scaling Spindle Size The difficulty of modulating cell size in vivo has made it hard to test hypotheses for organelle size scaling during development. To this end, Hazel et al. (p. 853 ) and Good et al. (p. 856 ) developed microfluidic systems in which cytoplasmic extracts are encapsulated in compartments with definable size. The size of mitotic spindles assembled within cell-free extracts scaled with the volume of the compartment within which the spindle assembled. The findings suggest that the diminished availability of cytoplasmic components, notably tubulin, concomitant with cell size reduction, prescribes a smaller spindle size.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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