Molecular cloning of the gene sequences of a major apoprotein in avian very low density lipoproteins.
Molecular cloning of the gene sequences of a major apoprotein in avian very low density lipoproteins.
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禽类极低密度脂蛋白中主要脱辅基蛋白基因序列的分子克隆。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00565a027
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发表时间:
1980
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Means,AR
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作者:
Chan,L;Dugaiczyk,A;Means,AR
Lawrence Chan,* Achilles Dugaiczyk, and Anthony R. Means abstract: ApoVLDL-II is a major apoprotein in avian very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). Its synthesis in the cockerel liver is markedly stimulated byestrogen treatment [Chan, L., Jackson, R. L „O’Malley, B. W „& Means, A. R.(1976) J. Clin. Invest. 58, 368-379]. We have partially purified apoVLDL-II mRNAfrom the liver of estrogen-treated cockerels by the following procedures: total nucleic acid ex-tract, oligo (dT)-cellulose chromatography, Sepharose 4B chromatography, repeat oligo (dT)-cellulose chromatography, and sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. A double-stranded complementary DNA (ds cDNA) was synthesized from the partially (25-30%) pure mRNA and inserted into the Pstl site of the plasmid pBR322. Amplification of the chimeric plasmids was accomplished by transformation in Escherichiacoli RRI strain, and clones were screened by direct colony transfer and in situ hybridization by using the partially pure [32P]-apoVLDL-II cDNA probe. The DNAs of positive clones were isolated and further studied by the hybrid-arrested cell-free translation technique. One clone, pVLIO, which inhibited the translation of apoVLDL-II mRNA, was further characterized by DNA partial sequencing. It was found to contain nu-cleotides which code for amino acids 62-75 of apoVLDL-II. Hybridization of a nick-translated [32P] pVLIO Hhal/Hphl fragment to the apoVLDL-II mRNA resulted in a J? 0fi/2 of 5.6 X 10 “3 with> 90% completion of hybridization. When a similar nick-translated probe was used, apoVLDL-II mRNA sequences were quantified in cockerel liver RNA before and 12 h after a single injection (2 mg) of diethylstilbestrol (DES). Hormone treatment resulted in a 12000-fold increase in the concentration of apoVLDL-II specific sequences within 12 h after DES. In contrast, such sequences were not detected (up to a Rot of 3 X 103) in RNA samples isolated from thebreast muscles of these animals. e estrogen-treated cockerel has been used as a model system for investigations into the mechanisms of steroid hormone action as well as the molecular aspects of lipoprotein synthesis. In this animal, estrogen administration markedly stimulates lipoprotein synthesis, involving mainly very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) 1 (Hillyard et al., 1956; Luskey et al., 1974; Chan et al., 1976, 1977). There are two major apoproteins in avian VLDL which account for over 90% of the proteins in VLDL. They have been designated apoVLDL-I and apoVLDL-II. The plasma levels of both proteins are markedly stimulated byestrogen. ApoVLDL-II has been purified to homogeneity, and its primary sequence has been determined (Chan et al., 1976a, b; Jacksonet al., 1977). The mRNA for apoVLDL-II has been isolated and its translation product characterized. The latter was found to be larger than the plasma protein by 23 amino acids, containing a highly hydrophobic signalsequence at its amino terminus (Chan et al., 1978, 1980). Estrogen treatment was shown to induce a rapid accumulation of apoVLDL-II mRNA, as demonstrated by in vitro translation assays of avian hepatic mRNA (Chan et al., 1976a, 1978, 1979, 1980).