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  • Title: Nuclear Behavior in Artificially Induced Multi-Nuclear Cells of Dictyostelium discoideum: (cellular slime mold/Dictyostelium discoideum/Polysphondylium pallidum/artificially induced cell fusion/nuclear fusion).
    Author: Habata Y, Yanagisawa K.
    Journal: Dev Growth Differ; 1991 Dec; 33(6):563-569. PubMed ID: 37281763.
    Abstract:
    The culture medium of the strain CK-8 of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum contains a cell-fusion induction factor. Cells of the two opposite mating type strains NC-4 and HM1 of Dictyostelium discoideum were treated to induce cell fusion with the diluted fraction of CK-8 cultures, F2, which contains the factor and consequently numerous multinuclear cells were produced. NC-4 and HM1 usually fuse in the sexual cycle and form large multinuclear cells, called giant cells, which develop into macrocysts. These cells are very similar in morphology to the multinuclear cells produced following F2 treatment, however, the latter cells did not develop into macrocysts. In the sexually formed multinuclear cells, only two haploid nuclei fused to form a diploid nucleus and all others degenerate as previously reported. However, in the artificially produced multinuclear cells, no nuclear-fusion and degeneration took place. They stayed as heterokaryons and seem to lyse within 20 h incubation.
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