Figure 5.
Tubercidin impairs mRNA export of endogenous and exogenous β-actin mRNAs and histone non-polyadenylated mRNAs. (A) Dox-induced β-actin mRNAs were detected in U2OS cells after tubercidin treatment for 6 h and (B) endogenous β-actin mRNAs were detected in MEFs after tubercidin treatment for 3 h using RNA FISH with a probe to the MS2 region in the 3′UTR of the mRNAs (yellow). Big yellow dot in A and strong dots in B are transcription sites. Hoechst DNA stain is in blue. Boxed regions are shown in the merge. Bar = 5 μm. (C) Histone H2B mRNAs were detected in U2OS cells after tubercidin treatment for 6 h using RNA FISH with a probe to the coding region (yellow). Hoechst DNA stain is in blue. Bar = 5 μm.