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Parker MS, Balasubramaniam A, Sallee FR, Parker SL. The Expansion Segments of 28S Ribosomal RNA Extensively Match Human Messenger RNAs. Front Genet 2018; 9:66. [PMID: 29563925 PMCID: PMC5850279 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Eukaryote ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) have expanded in the course of phylogeny by addition of nucleotides in specific insertion areas, the expansion segments. These number about 40 in the larger (25–28S) rRNA (up to 2,400 nucleotides), and about 12 in the smaller (18S) rRNA (<700 nucleotides). Expansion of the larger rRNA shows a clear phylogenetic increase, with a dramatic rise in mammals and especially in hominids. Substantial portions of expansion segments in this RNA are not bound to ribosomal proteins, and may engage extraneous interactants, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs). Studies on the ribosome-mRNA interaction have focused on proteins of the smaller ribosomal subunit, with some examination of 18S rRNA. However, the expansion segments of human 28S rRNA show much higher density and numbers of mRNA matches than those of 18S rRNA, and also a higher density and match numbers than its own core parts. We have studied that with frequent and potentially stable matches containing 7–15 nucleotides. The expansion segments of 28S rRNA average more than 50 matches per mRNA even assuming only 5% of their sequence as available for such interaction. Large expansion segments 7, 15, and 27 of 28S rRNA also have copious long (≥10-nucleotide) matches to most human mRNAs, with frequencies much higher than in other 28S rRNA parts. Expansion segments 7 and 27 and especially segment 15 of 28S rRNA show large size increase in mammals compared to other metazoans, which could reflect a gain of function related to interaction with non-ribosomal partners. The 28S rRNA expansion segment 15 shows very high increments in size, guanosine, and cytidine nucleotide content and mRNA matching in mammals, and especially in hominids. With these segments (but not with other 28S rRNA or any 18S rRNA expansion segments) the density and number of matches are much higher in 5′-terminal than in 3′-terminal untranslated mRNA regions, which may relate to mRNA mobilization via 5′ termini. Matches in the expansion segments 7, 15, and 27 of human 28S rRNA appear as candidates for general interaction with mRNAs, especially those associated with intracellular matrices such as the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Michael S Parker
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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Parker MS, Sallee FR, Park EA, Parker SL. Homoiterons and expansion in ribosomal RNAs. FEBS Open Bio 2015; 5:864-76. [PMID: 26636029 PMCID: PMC4637361 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2015.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Homoiterons like GGGGGGG stabilize ribosomal RNAs of thermophile prokaryotes. In eukaryotes, homoiterons are much more abundant in RNA of the larger subunit (LSU). The LSU repeats increase with phylogenetic rank to 28% entire RNA sequence in hominids. In mammal LSU RNAs, these repeats constitute 45% of the massive expansion segments. These repeats may help in anchoring of ribosomes and export of secretory proteins.
Ribosomal RNAs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes feature numerous repeats of three or more nucleotides with the same nucleobase (homoiterons). In prokaryotes these repeats are much more frequent in thermophile compared to mesophile or psychrophile species, and have similar frequency in both large RNAs. These features point to use of prokaryotic homoiterons in stabilization of both ribosomal subunits. The two large RNAs of eukaryotic cytoplasmic ribosomes have expanded to a different degree across the evolutionary ladder. The big RNA of the larger subunit (60S LSU) evolved expansion segments of up to 2400 nucleotides, and the smaller subunit (40S SSU) RNA acquired expansion segments of not more than 700 nucleotides. In the examined eukaryotes abundance of rRNA homoiterons generally follows size and nucleotide bias of the expansion segments, and increases with GC content and especially with phylogenetic rank. Both the nucleotide bias and frequency of homoiterons are much larger in metazoan and angiosperm LSU compared to the respective SSU RNAs. This is especially pronounced in the tetrapod vertebrates and seems to culminate in the hominid mammals. The stability of secondary structure in polyribonucleotides would significantly connect to GC content, and should also relate to G and C homoiteron content. RNA modeling points to considerable presence of homoiteron-rich double-stranded segments especially in vertebrate LSU RNAs, and homoiterons with four or more nucleotides in the vertebrate and angiosperm LSU RNAs are largely confined to the expansion segments. These features could mainly relate to protein export function and attachment of LSU to endoplasmic reticulum and other subcellular networks.
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Key Words
- ES, an expansion segment
- LSU, large cytoplasmic ribosome subunit (50S in prokaryotes and archaea, 60S in eukaryotes)
- PCN, homoionic motifs with ⩾3% and ⩾50% ionic residues, found especially in Polynucleotide-binding proteins, Carrier proteins and Nuclear localization signals
- RNA expansion segment
- RNA nucleotide bias
- RNA nucleotide repeat
- SSU, small cytoplasmic ribosome subunit (30S in prokaryotes and archaea, 40S in eukaryotes)
- XN or NX, [X = a number] a nucleotide unit with same nucleobases (homoiteron), such as 4U or U4 for UUUU
- aa, amino acid residues
- mRNP, messenger ribonucleoprotein
- ncRNA, non-coding RNA
- nt, nucleotides
- u, nucleotide unit
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- Michael S Parker
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45276, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Cytochalasin D enhances the accumulation of a protease-resistant form of prion protein in ScN2a cells: involvement of PI3 kinase/Akt signalling pathway. Cell Biol Int 2012; 36:1223-31. [PMID: 22985412 DOI: 10.1042/cbi20120329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The conversion of a host-encoded PrPsen (protease-sensitive cellular prion protein) into a PrPres (protease-resistant pathogenic form) is a key process in the pathogenesis of prion diseases, but the intracellular mechanisms underlying PrPres amplification in prion-infected cells remain elusive. To assess the role of cytoskeletal proteins in the regulation of PrPres amplification, the effects of cytoskeletal disruptors on PrPres accumulation in ScN2a cells that were persistently infected with the scrapie Chandler strain have been examined. Actin microfilament disruption with cytochalasin D enhanced PrPres accumulation in ScN2a cells. In contrast, the microtubule-disrupting agents, colchicine, nocodazole and paclitaxel, had no effect on PrPres accumulation. In addition, a PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase) inhibitor, wortmannin and an Akt kinase inhibitor prevented the cytochalasin D-induced enhancement of PrPres accumulation. Cytochalasin D-induced extension of neurite-like processes might correlate with enhanced accumulation of PrPres. The results suggest that the actin cytoskeleton and PI3K/Akt pathway are involved in the regulation of PrPres accumulation in prion-infected cells.
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Valouev IA, Urakov VN, Kochneva-Pervukhova NV, Smirnov VN, Ter-Avanesyan MD. Translation termination factors function outside of translation: yeast eRF1 interacts with myosin light chain, Mlc1p, to effect cytokinesis. Mol Microbiol 2005; 53:687-96. [PMID: 15228544 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The translation termination factor eRF1 recognizes stop codons at the A site of the ribosome and induces peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis at the peptidyl transferase centre. Recent data show that, besides translation, yeast eRF1 is also involved in cell cycle regulation. To clarify the mechanisms of non-translational functions of eRF1, we performed a genetic screen for its novel partner proteins. This screen revealed the gene for myosin light chain, Mlc1p, acting as a dosage suppressor of a temperature-sensitive mutation in the SUP45 gene encoding eRF1. eRF1 and Mlc1p are able to interact with each other and, similarly to depletion of Mlc1p, mutations in the SUP45 gene may affect cytokinesis. Immunofluorescent staining performed to determine localization of Mlc1p has shown that the sup45 mutation, which arrests cytokinesis, redistributed Mlc1p, causing its disappearance from the bud tip and the bud neck. The data obtained demonstrate that yeast eRF1 has an important non-translational function effecting cytokinesis via interaction with Mlc1p.
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- I A Valouev
- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center, 3rd Cherepkovskaya Street 15A, 121552 Moscow, Russia
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Recent advances in electron tomography are beginning to reveal the internal structure of eukaryotic cells in their native states in three dimensions at molecular resolution. These observations represent the culmination of years of effort to develop protocols for automated data collection, image reconstruction and cryogenic preservation. Cryo-tomograms of Dictyostelium cells depict distinct populations of ribosomes, proteasomes and networks of actin filaments interconnected by branching or bundling, apparently controlled by strategically placed actin-associated proteins.
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- Alasdair C Steven
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Dalgleish G, Veyrune JL, Blanchard JM, Hesketh J. mRNA localization by a 145-nucleotide region of the c-fos 3'--untranslated region. Links to translation but not stability. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:13593-9. [PMID: 11139568 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001141200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The presence of a localization signal in the 3'-untranslated region of c-fos mRNA was investigated by in situ hybridization and cell fractionation techniques. Cells were transfected with chimeric gene constructs in which the beta-globin coding region was used as a reporter and linked to either its own 3'-untranslated region, the c-fos 3'-untranslated region, or the c-fos 3'-untranslated region containing different deletions. Replacement of the endogenous beta-globin 3'-untranslated region by that from c-fos caused a redistribution of the transcripts so that they were recovered in cytoskeletal-bound polysomes and seen localized in the perinuclear cytoplasm. Deletion of the AU-rich instability region did not affect transcript localization, but removal of a distinct 145-nucleotide region of the 3'-untranslated region abolished it. The prevention of transcript translation by desferrioxamine led to a marked loss of transcript localization, independent of mRNA instability. The data show that the 3'-untranslated region of c-fos mRNA, as c-myc, contains a localization signal, which targets the mRNA to the perinuclear cytoskeleton. We propose that this is important to ensure efficient nuclear import of these key regulatory proteins. mRNA localization by the fos 3'-untranslated region is independent of mRNA instability, and the two are determined by different regulatory elements.
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- G Dalgleish
- Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9SB Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alvarez J, Giuditta A, Koenig E. Protein synthesis in axons and terminals: significance for maintenance, plasticity and regulation of phenotype. With a critique of slow transport theory. Prog Neurobiol 2000; 62:1-62. [PMID: 10821981 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(99)00062-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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This article focuses on local protein synthesis as a basis for maintaining axoplasmic mass, and expression of plasticity in axons and terminals. Recent evidence of discrete ribosomal domains, subjacent to the axolemma, which are distributed at intermittent intervals along axons, are described. Studies of locally synthesized proteins, and proteins encoded by RNA transcripts in axons indicate that the latter comprise constituents of the so-called slow transport rate groups. A comprehensive review and analysis of published data on synaptosomes and identified presynaptic terminals warrants the conclusion that a cytoribosomal machinery is present, and that protein synthesis could play a role in long-term changes of modifiable synapses. The concept that all axonal proteins are supplied by slow transport after synthesis in the perikaryon is challenged because the underlying assumptions of the model are discordant with known metabolic principles. The flawed slow transport model is supplanted by a metabolic model that is supported by evidence of local synthesis and turnover of proteins in axons. A comparison of the relative strengths of the two models shows that, unlike the local synthesis model, the slow transport model fails as a credible theoretical construct to account for axons and terminals as we know them. Evidence for a dynamic anatomy of axons is presented. It is proposed that a distributed "sprouting program," which governs local plasticity of axons, is regulated by environmental cues, and ultimately depends on local synthesis. In this respect, nerve regeneration is treated as a special case of the sprouting program. The term merotrophism is proposed to denote a class of phenomena, in which regional phenotype changes are regulated locally without specific involvement of the neuronal nucleus.
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- J Alvarez
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontifia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Providence KM, Kutz SM, Higgins PJ. Perturbation of the actin cytoskeleton induces PAI-1 gene expression in cultured epithelial cells independent of substrate anchorage. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 42:218-29. [PMID: 10098935 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(1999)42:3<218::aid-cm5>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Perturbation of cellular architecture with agents that alter cytoskeletal organization provides a means to assess the relationship between cell shape and gene expression. Induced transcription of the plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) gene in serum-free cultures of normal rat kidney (NRK-52E) cells following disruption of actin microfilament structures with cytochalasin D (CD) provides a simple model to probe mechanisms underlying shape-related expression control. Transition from the typical flat epithelial cell shape to an "arborized" phenotype was a concomitant of the PAI-1 inductive response. Stimulated expression occurred rapidly (i.e., within 2 h of CD addition), involved increases in both PAI-1 mRNA abundance and de novo protein synthesis, and was dependent upon the concentration of CD used. A series of culture conditions were designed (e.g., use of bacteriological surfaces, poly-HEMA coated surfaces, maintenance in suspension on agarose) to discriminate cell shape from adhesive influences on CD-stimulated PAI-1 expression. Cytoskeletal disruption, and not simply changes in cell shape, was a critical aspect of CD-mediated PAI-1 expression in NRK cells cultured under serum-free conditions; induced expression was independent of substrate anchorage. Low concentrations of CD (1-2 microM) failed to cause cell arborization or increase either relative PAI-1 mRNA/protein abundance levels suggesting, however, that cell rounding may be a necessary but not sufficient aspect in CD-mediated PAI-1 induction. Transfection of PAI-1 promoter-CAT reporter constructs into NRK cells followed by stimulation with CD or serum additionally indicated that CD-induced PAI-1 expression did not utilize the same functional complement of serum-responsive promoter sequences, thus, further defining differences in the growth factor- and cytoskeletal-mediated pathways of PAI-1 gene regulation.
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- K M Providence
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Albany Medical College, New York 12208, USA
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Hasek J, Kovarik P, Valásek L, Malínská K, Schneider J, Kohlwein SD, Ruis H. Rpg1p, the subunit of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF3 core complex, is a microtubule-interacting protein. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 45:235-46. [PMID: 10706778 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(200003)45:3<235::aid-cm6>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The essential gene RPG1/TIF32 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the 110-kDa subunit of the translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) core complex. In this study, the Rpg1p-specific monoclonal antibody PK1/1 was used to analyse the cellular distribution of Rpg1p by epifluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). In budded cells, a portion of Rpg1p was obviously co-localised with microtubules. In addition, CLSM revealed an accumulation of Rpg1p in a patch at the very end of cytoplasmic microtubules reaching the bud tip. A punctate fluorescence pattern was typical for separated unbudded cells. Distribution of Rpg1p was confirmed using a strain expressing exclusively a hemaglutinin-tagged version of Rpg1p. In nocodazole-treated cells, the pattern of the PK1/1 staining was disturbed. No staining was observed in Rpg1p-depleted cells. In vitro experiments revealed that Rpg1p was specifically co-immunoprecipitated with alpha-tubulin from the yeast cell free extract and this observation was further supported by showing that Rpg1p co-sedimented with hog brain microtubules. We conclude that Rpg1p is a microtubule-interacting protein that indicates an interesting connection between the translation initiation machinery and cytoskeleton in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- J Hasek
- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Wilson G, Vasa M, Deeley R. Stabilization and cytoskeletal-association of LDL receptor mRNA are mediated by distinct domains in its 3′ untranslated region. J Lipid Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)33870-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Muench DG, Wu Y, Coughlan SJ, Okita TW. Evidence for a Cytoskeleton-Associated Binding Site Involved in Prolamine mRNA Localization to the Protein Bodies in Rice Endosperm Tissue. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 116:559-69. [PMID: 9490759 PMCID: PMC35113 DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.2.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/1997] [Accepted: 10/26/1997] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the mRNAs encoding the prolamine and glutelin storage proteins are localized to morphologically distinct membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) complex in developing rice (Oryza sativa L.) endosperm cells. To gain insight about this mRNA localization process, we investigated the association of prolamine polysomes on the ER that delimit the prolamine protein bodies (PBs). The bulk of the prolamine polysomes were resistant to extraction by 1% Triton X-100 either alone or together with puromycin, which suggests that these translation complexes are anchored to the PB surface through a second binding site in addition to the well-characterized ribosome-binding site of the ER-localized protein translocation complex. Suppression of translation initiation shows that these polysomes are bound through the mRNA, as shown by the simultaneous increase in the amounts of ribosome-free prolamine mRNAs and decrease in prolamine polysome content associated with the membrane-stripped PB fraction. The prolamine polysome-binding activity is likely to be associated with the cytoskeleton, based on the association of actin and tubulin with the prolamine polysomes and PBs after sucrose-density centrifugation.
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- DG Muench
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 (D.G.M., Y.W., T.W.O.)
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Stapulionis R, Kolli S, Deutscher MP. Efficient mammalian protein synthesis requires an intact F-actin system. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:24980-6. [PMID: 9312103 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.40.24980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The mammalian protein synthesizing system is highly organized in vivo, and its substrate, tRNA, is channeled throughout the translation process. However, the cellular components responsible for this organization are not known. To examine this question a series of studies was carried out using intact and permeabilized Chinese hamster ovary cells. We show that cold shock dramatically reduces the protein synthetic capacity of these cells by as much as 95%. The loss of activity can be reversed by a short recovery period under conditions that allow energy metabolism to occur; transcription and translation during the recovery period are not needed. While individual components of the translation apparatus are not inactivated by the cold shock, the supramolecular organization of the system appears to be altered and F-actin levels are found to decrease. Resumption of protein synthesis during the recovery period coincides closely with the restoration of F-actin to normal levels. Moreover, disruption of actin filaments, but not microtubules, also leads to a major reduction in translation. These data support the conclusion that the cellular microfilament network plays an important role in the structure and function of the translation system and that perturbations of this network can have profound effects on protein synthesis.
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- R Stapulionis
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA
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Henics T, Nagy E, Szekeres-Barthó J. Interaction of AU-rich sequence binding proteins with actin: possible involvement of the actin cytoskeleton in lymphokine mRNA turnover. J Cell Physiol 1997; 173:19-27. [PMID: 9326445 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199710)173:1<19::aid-jcp3>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In the current study, we report that cytochalasin-induced disruption of microfilaments stabilizes lymphokine mRNAs in activated human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Parallel with this, a dose- and time-dependent increase in AU-rich sequence binding protein (AUPB) activities is apparent in the nonionic detergent-resistant fractions of these cells, suggesting that cytochalasin-induced modulation of lymphokine mRNA stability might be mediated through cytoplasmic AUBPs. We provide evidence that some of the AUBPs can be immunoprecipitated with anti-actin antibodies, implicating the potential of these proteins to associate with the actin-based cytoskeleton in vivo. Moreover, disruption of the microfilament network by cytochalasins produces increased immunoprecipitable actin-AUBP complexes in the detergent-resistant cytoplasmic subfractions of lymphocytes. We show that cytochalasin-induced changes in AUBP activities are parallel with their higher binding affinity to RNA containing AU-rich instability sequence element as judged by in vitro competition and in vivo ultraviolet-crosslinking analysis. Correlation of these findings with changes in mRNA stability indicates that the actin cytoskeleton may play a physiologically important role in posttranscriptional regulation of lymphokine gene expression during early lymphocyte activation.
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- T Henics
- Department of Microbiology, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary.
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Wilson GM, Roberts EA, Deeley RG. Modulation of LDL receptor mRNA stability by phorbol esters in human liver cell culture models. J Lipid Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Murray JW, Edmonds BT, Liu G, Condeelis J. Bundling of actin filaments by elongation factor 1 alpha inhibits polymerization at filament ends. J Cell Biol 1996; 135:1309-21. [PMID: 8947553 PMCID: PMC2121097 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.5.1309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Elongation factor 1 alpha (EF1 alpha) is an abundant protein that binds aminoacyl-tRNA and ribosomes in a GTP-dependent manner. EF1 alpha also interacts with the cytoskeleton by binding and bundling actin filaments and microtubules. In this report, the effect of purified EF1 alpha on actin polymerization and depolymerization is examined. At molar ratios present in the cytosol, EF1 alpha significantly blocks both polymerization and depolymerization of actin filaments and increases the final extent of actin polymer, while at high molar ratios to actin, EF1 alpha nucleates actin polymerization. Although EF1 alpha binds actin monomer, this monomer-binding activity does not explain the effects of EF1 alpha on actin polymerization at physiological molar ratios. The mechanism for the inhibition of polymerization is related to the actin-bundling activity of EF1 alpha. Both ends of the actin filament are inhibited for polymerization and both bundling and the inhibition of actin polymerization are affected by pH within the same physiological range; at high pH both bundling and the inhibition of actin polymerization are reduced. Additionally, it is seen that the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to EF1 alpha releases EF1 alpha's inhibiting effect on actin polymerization. These data demonstrate that EF1 alpha can alter the assembly of F-actin, a filamentous scaffold on which non-membrane-associated protein translation may be occurring in vivo.
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- J W Murray
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Liu G, Tang J, Edmonds BT, Murray J, Levin S, Condeelis J. F-actin sequesters elongation factor 1alpha from interaction with aminoacyl-tRNA in a pH-dependent reaction. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1996; 135:953-63. [PMID: 8922379 PMCID: PMC2133385 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.4.953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The machinery of eukaryotic protein synthesis is found in association with the actin cytoskeleton. A major component of this translational apparatus, which is involved in the shuttling of aa-tRNA, is the actin-binding protein elongation factor 1alpha (EF-1alpha). To investigate the consequences for translation of the interaction of EF-1alpha with F-actin, we have studied the effect of F-actin on the ability of EF-1alpha to bind to aa-tRNA. We demonstrate that binding of EF-1alpha:GTP to aa-tRNA is not pH sensitive with a constant binding affinity of approximately 0.2 microM over the physiological range of pH. However, the sharp pH dependence of binding of EF-1alpha to F-actin is sufficient to shift the binding of EF-1alpha from F-actin to aa-tRNA as pH increases. The ability of EF-1alpha to bind either F-actin or aa-tRNA in competition binding experiments is also consistent with the observation that EF-1alpha's binding to F-actin and aa-tRNA is mutually exclusive. Two pH-sensitive actin-binding sequences in EF-1alpha are identified and are predicted to overlap with the aa-tRNA-binding sites. Our results suggest that pH-regulated recruitment and release of EF-1alpha from actin filaments in vivo will supply a high local concentration of EF-1alpha to facilitate polypeptide elongation by the F-actin-associated translational apparatus.
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- G Liu
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Hovland R, Hesketh JE, Pryme IF. The compartmentalization of protein synthesis: importance of cytoskeleton and role in mRNA targeting. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1996; 28:1089-105. [PMID: 8930133 DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(96)00059-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Following the synthesis of mRNA molecules in eukaryotic cells, the transcripts are processed in the nucleus and subsequently transported through the nuclear membrane into the cytoplasm before being sequestered into polysomes where the information contained in the RNA molecule is translated into an amino acid sequence. Recent evidence suggests that an association of mRNAs with the cytoskeleton might be important in targeting mechanisms and, furthermore, in the transport of mRNA from the nucleus to its correct location in the cytoplasm. Until recently, polysomes have been considered to exist in two classes, namely free or membrane-bound. There is now compelling evidence, however, that ribosomes, in addition to being associated with endoplasmic reticulum membranes, also are associated with components of the cytoskeleton. Thus, a large number of morphological and biochemical studies have shown that mRNA, polysomes and translational factors are associated with cytoskeletal structures. Although the actual nature and significance of the interaction between components of the translational apparatus and the cytoskeleton is not yet understood in detail, it would seem evident that such interactions are important in both the spatial organization and control of protein synthesis. Recent work has shown that a subcellular fraction, enriched in cytoskeletal components, contains polysomes and these (cytoskeletal-bound) polysomes have been shown to contain specific mRNA species. Thus, a population of cytoskeletal-bound polysomes may provide a specialized mechanism for the sorting, targeting and topographical segregation of mRNAs. In this review, current knowledge of the subcellular compartmentalization of mRNAs is discussed.
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- R Hovland
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
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Del Priore V, Snay CA, Bahr A, Cole CN. The product of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RSS1 gene, identified as a high-copy suppressor of the rat7-1 temperature-sensitive allele of the RAT7/NUP159 nucleoporin, is required for efficient mRNA export. Mol Biol Cell 1996; 7:1601-21. [PMID: 8898365 PMCID: PMC276009 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.10.1601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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RAT7/NUP159 was identified previously in a screen for genes whose products are important for nucleocytoplasmic export of poly(A)+ RNA and encodes an essential nucleoporin. We report here the identification of RSS1 (Rat Seven Suppressor) as a high-copy extragenic suppressor of the rat7-1 temperature-sensitive allele. Rss1p encodes a novel essential protein of 538 amino acids, which contains an extended predicted coiled-coil domain and is located both at nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and in the cytoplasm. RSS1 is the first reported high-copy extragenic suppressor of a mutant nucleoporin. Overexpression of Rss1p partially suppresses the defects in nucleocytoplasmic export of poly(A)+ RNA, rRNA synthesis and processing, and nucleolar morphology seen in rat7-1 cells shifted to the nonpermissive temperature of 37 degrees C and, thus, restores these processes to levels adequate for growth at a rate approximately one-half that of wild-type cells. After a shift to 37 degrees C, the mutant Rat7-1p/Nup159-1p is lost from the nuclear rim of rat7-1 cells and NPCs, which are clustered together in these cells grown under permissive conditions become substantially less clustered. Overexpression of Rss1p did not result in retention of the mutant Rat7-1p/Nup159-1p in NPCs, but it did result in partial maintenance of the NPC-clustering phenotype seen in mutant cells. Depletion of Rss1p by placing the RSS1 open reading frame (ORF) under control of the GAL1 promoter led to cessation of growth and nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA without affecting nuclear protein import or nuclear pore complex distribution, suggesting that RSS1 is directly involved in mRNA export. Because both rat7-1 cells and cells depleted for Rss1p are defective in mRNA export, our data are consistent with both gene products playing essential roles in the process of mRNA export and suggest that Rss1p overexpression suppresses the growth defect of rat7-1 cells at 37 degrees C by acting to maintain mRNA export.
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- V Del Priore
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Cohen NS. Intracellular localization of the mRNAs of argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase around liver mitochondria, visualized by high-resolution in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. J Cell Biochem 1996. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19960401)61:1<81::aid-jcb10>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cohen NS. Intracellular localization of the mRNAs of argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase around liver mitochondria, visualized by high-resolution in situ reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. J Cell Biochem 1996; 61:81-96. [PMID: 8726358 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19960401)61:1%3c81::aid-jcb10%3e3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase, two cytoplasmic enzymes of the urea cycle, are released into the soluble phase in the absence of detergent when cells are disrupted. Yet previous biochemical studies, as well as immunocytochemistry at the electron microscope level, have shown that these enzymes are localized around mitochondria in situ. Such intracellular localization of soluble enzymes requires mechanisms to deliver the proteins to the appropriate sites, where they may then be anchored by specific protein-protein interactions. A method was developed to examine the intracellular distribution of the mRNA of argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase in intact rat liver at the ultrastructural level by in situ reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction, using primers targeting regions of the coding sequences of the rat enzymes, digoxigenin-dUTP as the label, and anti-digoxigenin/1 nm [corrected] gold plus silver enhancement as the detection method. The tissue was fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde/0.1% glutaraldehyde and embedded in Lowicryl. Examination of the numbers and the location of the silver grains, coupled with morphometric analysis of the electron micrographs, permitted the calculation of the silver "enrichment ratio" for each type of cell structure. These ratios showed that the mRNAs for argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase were located next to the cytoplasmic side of the mitochondrial membrane and in the nearby endoplasmic reticulum. Most of the silver grains that were observed in the endoplasmic reticulum were within 200 nm of the mitochondria; it was not possible, however, to determine if those grains were actually associated with the reticular membranes. These studies demonstrate that the mRNAs of these two soluble cytoplasmic proteins are localized to the same limited regions where the proteins are situated. Translation of the proteins, therefore, must occur at these specific sites. The targeting of argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase mRNAs to the immediate vicinity of the mitochondria may be the first step of the mechanisms by which the spatial organization of these soluble proteins in situ is accomplished. The targeting of mRNAs for soluble cytoplasmic proteins of organized metabolic pathways has not been demonstrated previously. These studies also show that in situ reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction at the ultrastructural level, which has not been previously reported, can be used to detect specific mRNAs; it should be extremely valuable for the intracellular detection of low-abundance mRNAs.
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- N S Cohen
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Beresford GW, Agius L. Cytochalisin D exerts stimulatory and inhibitory effects on insulin-induced glucokinase mRNA expression in hepatocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 1994; 139:177-84. [PMID: 7862107 DOI: 10.1007/bf01081741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The microfilament cytoskeleton is postulated to have a role in the localization, transport and anchorage of certain specific mRNAs. We investigated the effects of cytochalasin D, a fungal metabolite that binds to actin and disrupts the microfilament structure, on insulin-induced expression of glucokinase mRNA in rat hepatocyte cultures. Cytochalasin-D significantly potentiates insulin-induced glucokinase mRNA expression at 100 nM concentration but counteracts glucokinase expression at 2-20 microM. The latter effect is at least in part due to an increase in glucokinase mRNA degradation. This effect of cytochalasin D cannot be accounted for by an increase in cAMP and is also not due to a non-specific effect on mRNA degradation since albumin mRNA levels were not affected by cytochalasin-D and actin mRNA and tubulin mRNA levels were increased. Measurement of glucokinase mRNA release from digitonin-permeabilized hepatocytes suggests that cytochalasin D does not cause acute dissociation of glucokinase mRNA from its binding site. The increased degradation of glucokinase mRNA suggests involvement of the cytoskeleton in glucokinase mRNA stability. However, an additional effect of cytochalasin D on the insulin signalling mechanism cannot be excluded.
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- G W Beresford
- Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School, UK
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Hare J, Holocher A. Solubility in non-ionic detergents distinguishes between slowly and rapidly degraded plasma membrane proteins. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37559-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Brophy PJ, Boccaccio GL, Colman DR. The distribution of myelin basic protein mRNAs within myelinating oligodendrocytes. Trends Neurosci 1993; 16:515-21. [PMID: 7509522 DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90196-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The nervous system contains oligodendrocytes with processes that are greatly extended in space. It is now clear that there are numerous complex, poorly understood mechanisms by which polypeptides are synthesized and delivered to their sites of function in these cells. One mechanism is by the active positioning of mRNAs encoding certain proteins to restricted intracellular subdomains. Perhaps the best studied example of this in the vertebrate CNS is the translocation of myelin basic protein mRNAs to the forming myelin sheath, where the newly synthesized polypeptides, which avidly associate with membranes, can be directly incorporated into the myelin membrane. Evidence for this conclusion is presented here in the context of related work on the general phenomenon of mRNA translocation that is under analysis in other systems.
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- P J Brophy
- Dept of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Stirling University, UK
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It has been well documented that mRNA is associated with the cytoskeleton, and that this relationship is involved in translation and mRNA sorting. The molecular components involved in the attachment of mRNA to the cytoskeleton are only poorly understood. The objective of this research was to directly visualize the interaction of mRNA with the cytoskeleton, with sufficient resolution to identify the filament systems involved. This work required the development of novel in situ hybridization methods for use with electron microscopy.
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- G J Bassell
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655
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Babcock G, Rubenstein PA. Control of profilin and actin expression in muscle and nonmuscle cells. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1993; 24:179-88. [PMID: 8385578 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970240305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Profilin is a small G-actin binding protein implicated in sequestering actin monomers in vivo. We have quantitated profilin and actin expression in human hepatoma HepG-2 cells and in two mouse myogenic cell lines, BC3H1 and C2C12, to determine whether the expression of profilin and the expression of nonmuscle isoactin or total actin are co-regulated. During differentiation of both muscle cell types, profilin and nonmuscle actin expression decrease in a coordinate manner as shown by measurements of steady state mRNA and newly synthesized protein. In human hepatoma HepG-2 cells, the twofold increase in actin synthesis observed after 24 hours of exposure to cytochalasin D did not result in an increase in profilin synthesis. Thus, profilin and actin expression are not co-regulated in all cells. To determine if there is sufficient profilin to sequester a large portion of cellular G-actin, we measured total profilin and G-actin levels in the three cell types. In each case, profilin accounted for less than 10% of the total G-actin on a molar basis. Thus, profilin is not responsible for total G-actin sequestration in these cells. Finally, using poly-L-proline affinity chromatography, we showed that, in the cell types tested, less than 20% of the poly-L-proline purified profilin existed as a complex with G-actin. The profilin in these cells may be interacting with cellular components other than actin.
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- G Babcock
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1109
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Winder AJ, Harris H. Induction of tyrosinase in human melanoma cells by l-tyrosine phosphate and cytochalasin D. Exp Cell Res 1992; 199:248-54. [PMID: 1371960 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(92)90431-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pigmentation of RVH 421 human melanoma cells is induced when cell division is inhibited by cytochalasin D or L-tyrosine phosphate. Increased pigmentation correlates with increased tyrosinase activity when this is monitored over a time-course. Parallel measurements show that the amount of tyrosinase mRNA correlates with enzyme activity in cells growing without these additives. In contrast, in the presence of cytochalasin D or L-tyrosine phosphate, the increase in amount of tyrosinase mRNA is not sufficient to account for the increase in enzyme activity, indicating that these compounds act mainly at a post-transcriptional level.
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- A J Winder
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Biegel D, Pachter JS. mRNA association with the cytoskeletal framework likely represents a physiological binding event. J Cell Biochem 1992; 48:98-106. [PMID: 1583074 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240480114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A multitude of studies has indicated that the vast majority of mRNA and polyribosomes is associated with the detergent-resistant cytoskeletal framework (CSK). However, the nature and purpose of this association remain unclear. To begin unraveling the factors which may mediate this phenomenon, we examined the extent of association of four mRNAs (tubulin, vimentin, actin, and histone mRNA) with the CSKs of NIH 3T3 cells over a wide range of salt concentrations. Results indicate that the vast majority (greater than 90%) of each of these mRNAs remains associated with the CSK after detergent extraction of cells in low ionic strength buffer (25 mM NaCl). This association is manifest under conditions that cause the complete depolymerization of microtubules but that leave microfilaments and intermediate filaments intact. Even after extensive washing in buffer of approximately physiological ionic strength (150 mM NaCl), 75-85% of these mRNAs still remain associated with the CSK. However, at least 50% of each of these mRNAs can be eluted from the CSK by washing with buffer containing 250 mM NaCl. Not all the mRNAs, though, display the same elution profile. This suggests that different binding sites and/or different binding affinities may exist for different mRNAs. Surprisingly, close to 50% of the polyribosome population remains bound to the CSK despite washing in as much as 1.0 M NaCl. These adherent polyribosomes appear to be of the same size as those that are eluted, allaying the possibility that they are retained by the CSK simply due to size exclusion. Collectively, these data strongly imply that mRNAs are neither weakly adsorbed to the CSK nor physically trapped within the meshwork of cytoskeletal filaments.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Biegel
- Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030
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- J E Hesketh
- Division of Biochemical Sciences, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, U.K
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