PMID: 6164679Apr 1, 1981Paper

Adenosine selectively inhibits labeling of chromosomal RNA, especially hnRNA, probably by acting at or near the site of chain initiation

The Journal of Cell Biology
E Egyházi, M Holst

Abstract

The effects of adenosine on labeling of nucleolar preribosomal RNA, chromosomal plus nuclear sap hnRNA, and 4-5S RNA in explanted salivary gland cells of chironomus tentans has been studied. Of chromosomal transcripts it is the labeling of polymerase II-promoted RNA that is interrupted preferentially, but 4-5S RNA is influenced as well. The labeling of hnRNA and 4-5S RNA is diminished by 70-90 percent and 45-60 percent, repectively, while the incorporation into the nucleolar preribosomal RNA remains essentially unchanged. Labeled adenosine is transported efficiently across the plasma membrane and becomes phosphorylated to AMP, ADP, and ATP, of which ATP predominates at noninhibitory concentrations. The rate of the formation of [(3)H]AMP is, however, enhanced in response to the increase in external adenosine doses, whereas that of [(3)H]ATP increases only slowly or remains essentially unaltered. A rise in exogenous [(3)H] adenosine concentration to 200 muM yields a [(3)H]ATP/[(3)H]AMP ratio that is about one order of magnitude lower than that at 20 muM of the nucleoside. In parallel with this, there is a gradual repression of the labeling of chromosomal RNA. A similar treatment with guanosine produces only minor reduction in GTP...Continue Reading

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