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. 1984 Nov;4(11):2428–2436. doi: 10.1128/mcb.4.11.2428

Post-transcriptional regulation of the abundance of mRNAs encoding alpha-tubulin and a 94,000-dalton protein in teratocarcinoma-derived stem cells versus differentiated cells.

C C Howe, D K Lugg, G C Overton
PMCID: PMC369074  PMID: 6513923

Abstract

Changes in the expression of the genes encoding alpha-tubulin and a 94,000-dalton protein (p94) specified by a cDNA clone, p4-30, were examined in a differentiated teratocarcinoma-derived parietal endoderm cell line, PYS-2, and an undifferentiated teratocarcinoma stem cell line, F9. Relative to other proteins or mRNA species, the synthesis rate of the alpha-tubulins and of p94, as well as the levels of their corresponding cytoplasmic mRNAs, were lower in PYS-2 than in F9 cells. The decrease was greater for the relative abundance of cytoplasmic alpha-tubulin mRNA than for p94 mRNA. Similarly, induction of differentiation of F9 cells by simultaneous exposure to retinoic acid (RA) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP resulted in reduced relative levels of the cytoplasmic mRNAs for these proteins. The reduction in abundance of the two RNA species was not due to a decrease in growth rate since the differentiated cells, PYS-2, RA-treated F9, and RA plus dibutyryl cyclic AMP-treated F9 cells, grew at a rate similar to that of undifferentiated F9 cells. However, induction of differentiation of F9 cells by treatment with RA alone did not cause down-regulation of the two RNA species. The relative levels of total cellular RNA encoding alpha-tubulin and p94 in PYS-2 cells were also lower than those in F9 cells to an extent comparable to the decrease in the cytoplasmic RNAs. Since the apparent relative rates of RNA transcription were similar in both cell types, we conclude that the reduction in relative levels of the alpha-tubulin and p94 RNAs in the cell depends largely on the relative stability of the two RNAs and not on the relative rates of transcription. The faster disappearance of the two RNA species relative to other cellular RNAs from actinomycin D-treated PYS-2 compared with F9 cells is consistent with this interpretation.

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