Azocarcinogen-induced release of chromatin-associated RNA into liver cytoplasm: the possible role of reiterated RNA sequences in the control of RNA processing

Chemico-biological Interactions
N T Patel, V Holoubek

Abstract

In the liver of rats fed the azocarcinogen 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'MeDAB) reiterated RNA sequence transcribed from middle repetitive DNA are released into the cytoplasm. The same repetitive nucleotide sequences can be isolated from the chromatin of the liver of control animals in the form of metabolically highly active, 13 000 daltons RNA. This small, chromatin-associated RNA originates from nuclear RNA larger than 10 S. The discontinuation of the feeding of the azocarcinogen will not stop the release of the nuclear reiterated RNA sequences into the cytoplasm. The repetitive sequences of nuclear RNA which are released into the cytoplasm in animals fed the azocarcinogen can no longer be found in the chromatin in the form of small RNA molecules. The results can be explained by the assumption that the reiterated RNA sequences are involved in the upholding of RNA processing. A cell-specific processing of RNA will be maintained by the interaction of reiterated RNA fragments from already processed RNA with the reiterated complementary sequences on RNA yet to be processed. Existence of such a feed-back circuit would make it possible to explain how a temporary interference of the azocarcinogen with RNA processing will re...Continue Reading

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