Helms S R, Rottman F M
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1990 Jan 25;18(2):255-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.2.255.
We have developed a system in which the decay of stable mRNAs can be studied without the use of inhibitors of transcription. The Drosophila hsp70 heat shock promoter linked to the bovine growth hormone (BGH) gene was used to establish stable cell lines in which the BGH gene is transcribed in a conditional manner. The BGH mRNA is synthesized only after induction at 43 degrees C. Following a brief period of re-equilibration at 37 degrees C during which transcription of the heat shock-driven gene ceases, the stable BGH mRNA decays with typical first-order kinetics. Hence, the decay of the mRNA can be studied without assumptions regarding radioactive labeling of precursor pools or transcriptional inhibitors. The system is applicable to any stable mRNA.
我们开发了一种系统,利用该系统可以在不使用转录抑制剂的情况下研究稳定mRNA的降解过程。将与牛生长激素(BGH)基因相连的果蝇hsp70热休克启动子用于建立稳定的细胞系,其中BGH基因以条件性方式转录。BGH mRNA仅在43℃诱导后才合成。在37℃短暂重新平衡期间,热休克驱动基因的转录停止,稳定的BGH mRNA以典型的一级动力学衰减。因此,可以在不假设前体池放射性标记或转录抑制剂的情况下研究mRNA的降解。该系统适用于任何稳定的mRNA。