A permeable animal cell preparation for studying macromolecular synthesis. DNA synthesis and the role of deoxyribonucleotides in S phase initiation.
A permeable animal cell preparation for studying macromolecular synthesis. DNA synthesis and the role of deoxyribonucleotides in S phase initiation.
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用于研究大分子合成的渗透性动物细胞制剂。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00599a021
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发表时间:
1978
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
A. Pardee
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. R. Miller;J. Castellot;A. Pardee
A method for selectively permeabilizing Chinese hamster ovary cells with lysolecithin is described. These cells retained their general morphology, intact organelles; 100% of their DNA and 75% of their total protein. They synthesized protein, RNA and DNA when suppliedwith appropriate substrates and cofactors, many of which donot penetrate intact cells. These permeable cells will be useful for studying the roles of nonpenetrating molecules such as substrates, effectors, and inhibitors of cellular metabolic processes, including macro-molecular syntheses, under relatively physiological conditions. As an initial study, some properties of DNA synthesis were investigated. DNA synthesis proceeded at an initial rate at least as high as in intact cells and continued for at least 2 h, and 20% of the genome could be replicated. The DNA was first made as small (4S) pieces that were rapidly ligated to 4-21 X 106 dalton DNA. Normal, semiconservative synthesis was demonstrated by showing increased density followingBrdUTP incorporation. Washing the permeablecells shortened theThe biochemical events responsible for initiating the S period and regulating DNA replication are poorly understood. The possibility that the supply of deoxyribonucleotides may be an important control mechanism in initiating the S period has been discussedin several recent reviews (Edenberg & Huberman, 1975; Prescott, 1976). Bjursell & Reichard (1973) and Reichard (1977) proposed that dCTP or an analogue may be important in initiating polyoma virus replication. To better examine this and other questions regarding the regulation of DNA replication, we wanted to develop a subcellular system which would allow the introduction of deoxynucleotides and other compounds into animal cells which could be highly synchronized in various periods of the cell cycle, including Gj. Ideally the subcellular system should retain the capacity to synthesize DNA semiconservatively at in vivo rates and rep-licate extensiveamounts of the genome. Isolated nuclei (De Pamphilis & Berg, 1975; Friedman & Mueller, 1968; Krokan et al., 1975; Krokan & Ericksen, 1977; Lynch et al., 1970; Thompson & Mueller, 1975; Tseng & Goulian, 1975) and cell lysates (Brown et al., 1977; Lazarus, 1973) have proven very useful in studying some aspects of DNA replication. But a subcellular system which is permeable to exogenous compounds and still retains a high degree of