Abstract
Treatment of perfused rabbit heart with reserpine causes a decrease of incorporation of labelled precursors into RNA species of subcellular fractions and polyamines. Ornithine decarboxylase, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase and cytoplasmic Mn2+-stimulated polyadenylate polymerase activities are not modified. Addition of noradrenaline to reserpine-treated perfused hearts enhances, compared with the control, the incorporation of precursor into RNA in all subcellular fractions other than the nuclear one, restores incorporation of labelled putrescine into polyamines, enhances ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activities and causes a 12-fold increase in cytoplasmic Mn2+-dependent polyadenylate polymerase activity. After treatment with noradrenaline the increase in radioactivity was found solely in AMP after hydrolysis of microsomal RNA to nucleoside monophosphates.
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