Messenger RNA regulation in human diploid fibroblasts

In resting, non-growing human diploid fibroblasts the amount of rRNA is reduced 1.8-fold, cytoplasmic polysomes are disaggregated, and the level of poly-A RNA (mRNA) is reduced 1.8-fold in relation to growing cells. The distribution of poly-A RNA is altered in resting, non-growing cells so that an average of 64% of the total cytoplasmic poly-A RNA sediments along with particles lighter than 80S (prepolysomal) in sucrose density gradients. By comparison, in growing cells only 30% of the cytoplasmic poly-A RNA sediments in the prepolysomal region. In SDS sucrose gradients, the sedimentation profile of the prepolysomal poly-A RNA from resting cells resembles that of polysomal poly-A RNA from those cells. In contrast, the average size of prepolysomal poly-A RNA from growing cells is much smaller than that of the polysomal poly-A RNA from those cells. These data are compatible with the possibility that resting cell prepolysomal poly-A is untranslated mRNA. Also consistent with this interpretation are experiments which demonstrate that one-quarter to one-third of the prepolysomal poly-A RNA of resting cells is recruited into polysomes in the presence of cycloheximide.     

Tetrahymena Tubulins and In Vitro Translation of Tetrahymena RNA*

SYNOPSIS. Tetrahymena outer doublet tubulin was compared with neurotubulin and Chlamydomonas flagellar tubulin on SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Tetrahymenaα tubulin did not comigrate with either brain or flagellar α tubulins, although brain, flagellar, and ciliary β tubulins all comigrated. Axonemal tubulin from Tetrahymena strain ST was compared with this tubulin from strains W. S. HSM, and E, and all were found to have the same mobilities. Poly-A containing RNA was separated from whole cell Tetrahymena RNA by oligo-dT cellulose chromatography. Poly-A+ RNA from 24-h cultures (early exponential growth) stimulated greater incorporation of amino acids into polypeptides in the wheat germ cell-free translation system than did poly-A+ RNA from 36-h and 49-h cultures. When separated on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, the translation products of the 24-h poly-A + RNA had 2 prominent protein bands which comigrated with α and β tubulin isolated from Tetrahymena cilia. These bands were not found in the translation products of poly-A+ RNA isolated from 49-h cultures or in the translation products ofpoly-A- RNA.     

A highly sensitive technique for staining DNA and RNA in polyacrylamide gels using silver

A technique is described for staining DNA in polyacrylamide gels with silver. It is rapid, requiring about 30 min for whole staining and development procedure, very simple and at least 20 times more sensitive than ethidium bromide for the staining of double-stranded DNA in polyacrylamide gels. This technique can also be applied for the staining of denatured, single-stranded DNA as well as RNA after their electrophoretic separation on polyacrylamide gels, having the same sensitivity as for double-stranded DNA fragments.     

RNA containing poly-A sequence in Pharbitis nil cotyledons and its template activity in vitro

RNA containing poly-A sequence was separated from the totalnucleic acid of morning glory cotyledons by cellulose columnchromatography. The RNA was preferentially retained on poly-Uimmobilized filter and had high template activity in a bacterialcell-free protein synthesizing system. Electrophoretic analysissuggested that this poly-A RNA is 10 S RNA and the size of thepoly-A sequence is about 3.5 S. Sub-cellular distribution ofthe poly-A RNA was also investigated. (Received December 7, 1973; )     

茶树冷诱导基因的AFLP筛选及其表达分析

以中小叶茶树良种舒茶早和云南大叶种73-11为材料,于4℃低温处理4 d后,采用AFLP技术筛选出冷诱导下茶树差异表达基因并进行分析.结果显示,实验共获得41个差异片段(TDFs),其中舒茶早产生19条差异条带,73-11产生38条差异条带,两品种共有条带16条.所获得的差异片段按功能可划分为4类,即信号传导蛋白、转录因子、基础代谢相关蛋白、抗逆蛋白质,此外还有一些假设蛋白质以及未知蛋白.利用qRT-PCR对Kh1、Kh3和Kh11差异片段进行验证,结果显示这3个片段均被低温诱导,表达量上升.研究表明,茶树在低温胁迫下的逆境反应非常复杂,涉及多种代谢过程中的众多基因,而且大叶种比中小叶种对低温反应更为敏感.