Hill B T, Tsuboi A, Baserga R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Feb;71(2):455-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.2.455.
3T6 mouse fibroblasts were grown in 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) so that approximately 20% of the thymine residues in DNA were replaced by BrdU. BrdU replacement caused an alteration in the relative incorporation of labeled nucleotide precursors into RNA. The RNA synthesized by cells grown in BrdU has a lower proportion of adenine and a higher guanine complement. This was shown for (a) nascent RNA made in vivo by confluent monolayers of cells in culture; (b) RNA synthesized in vitro on a chromatin template with either homologous or heterologous RNA polymerase; and (c) RNA synthesized in vitro on a DNA template with a highly purified RNA polymerase. The product was completely digested by RNase. The relative decrease in the incorporation of adenine into RNA was reserved when BrdU-treated cells were allowed to proliferate in BrdU-free medium.
将3T6小鼠成纤维细胞培养在5-溴脱氧尿苷(BrdU)中,使DNA中约20%的胸腺嘧啶残基被BrdU取代。BrdU取代导致标记的核苷酸前体掺入RNA的相对量发生改变。在BrdU中培养的细胞合成的RNA中腺嘌呤的比例较低,鸟嘌呤互补物的比例较高。这在以下情况中得到了证明:(a)培养的汇合单层细胞在体内合成的新生RNA;(b)在染色质模板上用同源或异源RNA聚合酶体外合成的RNA;(c)在DNA模板上用高度纯化的RNA聚合酶体外合成的RNA。产物被核糖核酸酶完全消化。当用BrdU处理的细胞在不含BrdU的培养基中增殖时,腺嘌呤掺入RNA的相对减少得以保留。