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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Although steroids have been implicated in post-transcriptional regulation, their effects on mRNA translation rates have been uncertain. We have used a cell-free translation system programmed with synthetic messages to show that steroids can alter the translation rates of a number of myelin protein mRNAs and the mRNA encoding a non-myelin protein, the estrogen receptor. Through the use of deletion analysis, site-directed mutagenesis, and chimeric mRNAs we have identified a 9-nucleotide segment in the 5'-untranslated region of one myelin protein mRNA that is necessary for steroid action. Steroid-mediated translational regulation is discussed in terms of myelination where subtle developmental changes in protein composition of the membrane have significant consequences on its morphology and function. We propose that the modulation of mRNA translation rates by steroids is a more general phenomenon that may serve as another mechanism by which steroids can regulate gene expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
265
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20314-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Cell-Free System, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Hydrocortisone, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Methionine, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Myelin Basic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Reticulocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1700788-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Translational regulation by steroids. Identification of a steroid modulatory element in the 5'-untranslated region of the myelin basic protein messenger RNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Mental Retardation Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.