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  • Title: Reversible differential decondensation of unfixed Chinese hamster chromosomes induced by change in calcium ion concentration of the medium.
    Author: Zelenin MG, Zakharov AF, Zatsepina OV, Polijakov VYu, Chentsov YuS.
    Journal: Chromosoma; 1982; 84(5):729-36. PubMed ID: 7042235.
    Abstract:
    Differential decondensation of isolated unfixed Chinese hamster metaphase chromosomes was obtained by decreasing the calcium ion concentration in the surrounding medium. A banded appearance of the swollen chromosomes could be observed either directly by phase contrast microscopy or after glutaraldehyde fixation and staining. There was a gradual transition from homogeneously dense to banded and finally to extensively decondensed chromosomes. The patterns induced at different stages were similar to those observed on fixed chromosomes after standard banding procedures (i.e., G-, Cd-, Ag-NOR-staining). Chromosomes decondensation could be reversed by the addition of calcium ions to the medium. Ca ++-dependent reversible differential chromosome decondensation was not observed if the chromosomes were previously treated with 0.35 M NaCl. Chromosome regions which had incorporated BrdU into their DNA were more resistant to a decrease in calcium ion concentration than BrdU non-substituted regions.
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