Beating affects the posttranscriptional regulation of alpha-myosin mRNA in cardiac cultures.
Beating affects the posttranscriptional regulation of alpha-myosin mRNA in cardiac cultures.
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搏动影响心脏培养物中 α-肌球蛋白 mRNA 的转录后调节。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.6.h2584
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1996
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Russell,B
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Goldspink,PH;Thomason,DB;Russell,B
Contractile arrest of cardiac myocytes results in increased abundance of alpha-myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA but decreased alpha-MHC protein content. Our aim is to determine the posttranscriptional mechanisms regulating alpha-MHC mRNA-protein uncoupling in cultured neonatal rat hearts during altered contractile activity. Spontaneously contracting myocytes were arrested by the use of verapamil (10 mumol/l; a Ca(2+)-channel blocker) or by 2,3-butanedione monoxime (5 mmol/l; a cross-bridge inhibitor). Inhibition of transcription with amanitin (0.5 mumol/l) decreased the alpha-MHC mRNA in normally beating myocytes to a minimal baseline. However, the alpha-MHC mRNA did not fall this low in amanitin-treated nonbeating myocytes. Concurrently, the alpha-MHC mRNA shifted toward a heavier polysome complex when beating was blocked. Together, these data suggest that contractile arrest regulates alpha-MHC mRNA abundance posttranscriptionally by stabilizing the message at the elongation phase of translation. These posttranscriptional regulatory steps are dependent on beating itself and are independent of Ca2+ entry.