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. 1976 Oct;20(1):107–116. doi: 10.1128/jvi.20.1.107-116.1976

Characterization of polysome-associated RNA from influenza virus-infected cells.

D P Nayak, E D'Andrea, F O Wettstein
PMCID: PMC354971  PMID: 988191

Abstract

Virus-specific polysome-associated RNA (psRNA) and RNA after dissociation of polysomes were analyzed by direct hybridization with unlabeled viral RNA (vRNA) and complementary RNA (cRNA). psRNA after a 30-min pulse with [3H]uridine contained 28% labeled cRNA, 70% host RNA, and no vRNA. After dissociation, psRNA sedimented heterogeneously. Heavy RNA (greater than 60S), ribosomal subunit RNA (rsuRNA, 30-60S), free mRNA (fmRNA, 10-30S), and light RNA (less than 10S) contained 16%, 54%, 70% and 28% cRNA, respectively, but no vRNA. When actinomycin D (AcD) was added at 2 h postinfection, the nature of the psRNA depended on the concentration of AcD and the condition of the labeling. At AcD concentrations of 1 mug or more per ml, no detectable vRNA or cRNA was associated with polysomes. At 0.2 mug of AcD per ml (a concentration that partially inhibited cRNA synthesis) and 2 h of labeling at 2.5 h postinfection, psRNA contained 40% viral-specific RNA, which included both vRNA and cRNA in almost equal amounts. When polysomes were dissociated, however, viral-specific fm RNA from AcD-treated cells contained exclusively cRNA and no detectable vRNA. Increasing amounts of labeled vRNA were present in the heavy region of the gradient (and in the pellet), which also contained varying amounts of cRNA. The labeled vRNA appears to be associated with polysomes in a cesium chloride density gradient (rho = 1.525 g/ml). Although we have ruled out the trivial explanation of viral ribonucleoprotein contamination,the nature of the complex containing both polysomes and vRNA is unknown.

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