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Changes in distribution of actin mRNA in different polysome fractions following stimulation of MPC-11 cells

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Individual mRNA species have been shown to differ both with respect to localization in the cell, and in their distribution upon stimulation of cells with different signals. In this study we have examined the distribution of actin mRNA in the free, cytoskeletal-bound, and membrane-bound RNA fractions, both in starved cells, and in response to stimulation by feeding. These results were then compared with mRNAs for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and histone H4. The results we obtained showed that actin mRNA was located in the free RNA fraction in starved cells, while upon stimulation it was located both in the free, and in the cytoskeletal fraction; no redistribution of GAPDH mRNA occurred between the three RNA fractions, while H4 mRNA showed a different localization upon stimulation. Incubation with the drugs actinomycin-D and cycloheximide showed that an altered localization of actin mRNA from free in starved cells to free and cytoskeletal mRNA fractions following stimulation, was dependent on RNA synthesis, and not on protein synthesis.

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Johannessen, A.J., Pryme, I.F. & Vedeler, A. Changes in distribution of actin mRNA in different polysome fractions following stimulation of MPC-11 cells. Mol Cell Biochem 142, 107–115 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928931

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