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. 1995 Aug 15;310(Pt 1):193–196. doi: 10.1042/bj3100193

The mRNAs for cyclin A, c-myc and ribosomal proteins L4 and S6 are associated with cytoskeletal-bound polysomes in HepG2 cells.

R Hovland 1, G Campbell 1, I Pryme 1, J Hesketh 1
PMCID: PMC1135872  PMID: 7646444

Abstract

Cytosolic, cytoskeleton and membrane fractions were extracted from HepG2 cells by a sequential detergent/salt extraction procedure. The cytosolic fraction contained 93% of the lactic dehydrogenase activity while the cytoskeleton fraction was enriched in actin and vimentin. The distribution of mRNAs for c-myc, glucose transporter 1, ribosomal proteins L4 and S6 and cyclin A were investigated by Northern hybridization of total RNA extracted from polysomes isolated from cytosolic, cytoskeleton and membrane fractions. The membrane-bound polysomes were enriched in the glucose transporter 1 mRNA and the cytoskeleton-bound polysomes were enriched in the mRNAs for the two ribosomal proteins, c-myc and cyclin A. The results suggest that the mRNAs for nuclear proteins are one class of mRNAs which are translated on polysomes associated with the cytoskeleton; this may be related to the requirement to transport the newly synthesized protein to the nucleus.

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