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. 1978 Aug;5(8):2927–2943. doi: 10.1093/nar/5.8.2927

Biosynthesis and utilization of extensively undermethylated poly(A)+ RNA in CHO cells during a cycloleucine treatment.

J P Bachellerie, F Amalric, M Caboche
PMCID: PMC342216  PMID: 693324

Abstract

The role of RNA methylations in the control of mRNA maturation and incorporation into polysomes has been investigated through a study of the effects in vivo of cycloleucine, a specific inhibitor of S-adenosyl-methionine mediated methylation. During the cycloleucine treatment, the rate of biosynthesis of hnRNA and its subsequent polyadenylation were only slightly reduced as compared with untreated cells. However a significant lag-time in the cytoplasmic appearance of poly(A)+ undermethylated molecules was observed, in parallel with a transient shift in the average size of hnRNA towards higher molecular weight. Nevertheless, the total amount of pulse-labelled poly(A)+ mRNA transferred to cytoplasm after a long chase time (3 h.) was approximately the same for both cycloleucine-treated and control cells. Extensively undermethylated poly(A)+ cytoplasmic RNAs, possessing a 5' terminal cap were incorporated into polysomes in proportions very similar to control messenger molecules. These results suggest that a normal level of methylation is not stringently required for the production of the functional mRNA molecules although it appears to be of importance for the kinetics of the maturational process.

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