Synthesis and distribution of primer RNA in nuclei of CCRF-CEM leukemia cells.
Synthesis and distribution of primer RNA in nuclei of CCRF-CEM leukemia cells.
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CCRF-CEM 白血病细胞核内引物 RNA 的合成和分布。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00466a004
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发表时间:
1990
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Fernandes,DJ
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作者:
Paff,MT;Fernandes,DJ
Revised Manuscript Received December 13, 1989 abstract: The distribution of primer RNA and RNA-primed nascent DNA in nuclei of CCRF-CEM leukemia cells was examined, and the primer RNA purifiedfrom the nuclear matrices of these cells was characterized. RNA-primed nascent DNA was radiolabeled by incubating whole-cell lysates with [a-32P] ATP and [3H] dTTP in the presence of approximatelyphysiological concentrations of the remaining ribo-and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. The primer RNA was purified by cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation and analyzed bypolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Nuclear subfractionation studies revealed that at least 94% of the primer RNA and RNA-primed nascent DNA were located within the insoluble matrix fraction of the nucleus. The predominant primer RNA isolated from the nuclear matrix was 8-10 nucleotides in length, and several lines of evidence indicated that this oligoribonucleotide was the functional primer RNA. Essentially all of the matrix primer RNA was covalently linked to the newlyreplicated DNA as demonstrated by its buoyant density in cesium chloride gradients, phosphate-transfer analysis, and sensitivity to DNase I. Analysis of 32P transfer from [a-32P] dTTP revealed a random distribution of ribonucleotides at the3'-end of the primer RNA. Data obtained from mixing experiments indicated that theassociation of RNA-primed nascent DNA with the nuclear matrix was not the result of aggregation of these fragments with the nuclear matrix. No significant amount of either primer RNA, RNA-primed nascent DNA, or phosphate transfer was detected in the high-salt-soluble (nonmatrix) fraction of the nucleus, although the nonmatrix fraction containedmost of the newly replicated DNA. These observations provide evidence that in CCRF-CEM cells the synthesis of both primer RNA and RNA-primed Okazaki fragments takes place on the nuclear matrix, and that the primer RNA is degraded prior to the migration of the nascent DNA away from the matrix-bound DNA replication sites. e discontinuous synthesis of DNA (Okazaki) fragments on the lagging strand of the replication fork is an important