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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-11-8
pubmed:abstractText
In the presence of 50 mM (NH4)2SO4 and low concentrations of alpha-amanitin (7.7 mug/ml), adrenal nuclei synthesize predominately rRNA as characterized by size and base composition. Approximately 10% of the RNA synthesized under these conditions sediments at 4-5 S; this RNA synthesizing activity is inhibited by high concentrations of alpha-amanitin (231 mug/ml) indicating the presence of RNA polymerase III activity. ACTH administration to guinea pigs results in a twofold increase in adrenal nuclear RNA polymerase I and III activities at 14 hr of hormone treatment. Analysis of the amount of radiolabeled nucleoside triphosphate incorporated in vitro into 3' chain termini and into internal nucleotide positions has been utilized to measure the number of RNA chains and the average chain length synthesized in vitro. Incorporation into 3' chain termini is not changed by ACTH; incorporation into internal nucleotides is doubled in parallel with the increase in RNA polymerase I activity. These results are not due to an altered Km of RNA polymerase I for the four nucleoside triphosphates, nor to differential R Nase or phosphatase activity. These studies suggest that the regulation of RNA polymerase I by ACTH is accomplished in part through an increase in the rate of RNA chain elongation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2925-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:167811-Adrenal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Adrenal Glands, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Amanitins, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Centrifugation, Density Gradient, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Cytosine Nucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:167811-DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Female, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Nucleosides, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Nucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:167811-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:167811-RNA, Ribosomal, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:167811-Uracil Nucleotides
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation of adrenal RNA polymerase I and III activities. Nucleotide incorporation into internal positions and 3' chain termini.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.