Steggles A W, Wilson G N, Kantor J A, Picciano D J, Falvey A K, Anderson W F
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Apr;71(4):1219-23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.4.1219.
A mammalian cell-free transcriptional system was developed in which mammalian RNA polymerase synthesizes globin messenger RNA sequences from bone-marrow chromatin. The messenger RNA sequences are detected by measurement of the ability of the transcribed RNA to hybridize with globin complementary DNA. The globin complementary DNA is synthesized by the enzyme from avian myeloblastosis virus, RNA-directed DNA polymerase, with purified globin messenger RNA as template. The specificity of the globin complementary DNA in annealing reactions was verified by preparing DNA complementary to liver messenger RNA and showing that the globin and liver complementary DNAs are specific for their own messenger RNAs. Both DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II from sheep liver and RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli can transcribe globin messenger RNA sequences from rabbit bone-marrow chromatin; however, the mammalian enzyme appears to be more specific in that globin gene sequences represent a higher proportion of the RNA synthesized. Neither polymerase can transcribe globin messenger RNA sequences from rabbit-liver chromatin. This cell-free assay system should be useful in searching for mammalian transcriptional regulatory factors.
开发了一种无细胞哺乳动物转录系统,其中哺乳动物RNA聚合酶从骨髓染色质合成珠蛋白信使RNA序列。通过测量转录的RNA与珠蛋白互补DNA杂交的能力来检测信使RNA序列。珠蛋白互补DNA由禽成髓细胞瘤病毒的酶、RNA指导的DNA聚合酶以纯化的珠蛋白信使RNA为模板合成。通过制备与肝脏信使RNA互补的DNA并表明珠蛋白和肝脏互补DNA对其自身的信使RNA具有特异性,验证了珠蛋白互补DNA在退火反应中的特异性。来自绵羊肝脏的依赖DNA的RNA聚合酶II和来自大肠杆菌的RNA聚合酶都可以从兔骨髓染色质转录珠蛋白信使RNA序列;然而,哺乳动物酶似乎更具特异性,因为珠蛋白基因序列在合成的RNA中占更高比例。两种聚合酶都不能从兔肝脏染色质转录珠蛋白信使RNA序列。这种无细胞检测系统在寻找哺乳动物转录调节因子方面应该是有用的。