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. 1986 Jun;6(6):1951–1957. doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.6.1951

Transcription and translation of mitochondrial DNA in interspecific somatic cell hybrids.

F P Gillespie, T H Hong, J M Eisenstadt
PMCID: PMC367733  PMID: 3785185

Abstract

We examined the mitochondrial transcription and translation products of somatic cell hybrids constructed by the fusion of Chinese hamster and mouse cells. The hybrid cell lines OAC-k, OAC-l, and OAC-m contain approximately equal amounts of hamster and mouse mitochondrial DNA and produced mitochondrial rRNA from both parental species in the same ratio. Cell lines OAC-k, OAC-l, and OAC-m also produced poly(A)+ mouse mitochondrial RNA transcripts comparable in complexity and quantity to poly(A)+ RNA from the mouse parent. However, the overall level of poly(A)+ hamster mitochondrial RNA from these hybrids was significantly reduced compared with that from the hamster parent. The hybrid cells also lacked several poly(A)+ RNA species found in the hamster parent, but contained additional minor transcripts. The mitochondrially coded proteins of the OAC-k, OAC-l, and OAC-m cells were predominantly encoded by the mouse mitochondrial DNA.

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