Figure 1.
Enhanced expression of TTF-I is inhibitory to rRNA synthesis and processing. (A) Conditional expression of FLAG-TTF-I in tet-off regulated cell clones B6 and F9, and localization of endogenous fibrillarin (Fib) before and after induction of the UBF transgene by withdrawal of doxycyclin (Dox+, Dox–). (B) B6, F9 cell clones and the NIH3T3 cell line were maintained in the presence or absence of doxycyclin were subjected to a 3-h [3H]-uridine pulse-labelling and incorporation into rRNA determined in parallel with the immunoblot analysis of total TTF-I (anti-TTF#3), FLAG-TTF-I and fibrillarin protein levels. (C) Quantitation of three independent pulse-label analyses as in B. 45S rRNA synthesis is shown in the left-hand panel and the ratios of 28S:45S and 18S:45S rRNAs before and after doxycycline removal are shown in the middle- and right-hand panels for cell clones B6 and F9 and NIH3T3 cells.