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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
The regulatory mechanisms for collagenase synthesis in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) have been studied using messenger RNA (mRNA) harvested from normal and RDEB skin fibroblasts to direct protein synthesis in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate translation system. Fibroblast mRNA encoded the synthesis of approximately 60,000 and approximately 55,000 dalton forms of procollagenase in cell-free translation. In contrast to biosynthesis by intact cells, there was preferential translation of the approximately 60,000 dalton specie. For quantitative comparisons with mRNA from normal cells, mRNA was harvested from fibroblasts of 2 RDEB patents whose intact cells have been documented to have increased synthesis of collagenase. Although total translational activity was equal in normal and RDEB mRNA preparations, translatable collagenase mRNA was increased 3.5- to 10-fold, suggesting that the enhanced collagenase synthesis characteristic of RDEB is due to increased concentrations or preferential translation of collagenase mRNA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
208-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced cell-free translation of human skin collagenase in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.