Journal article
Characterization of actin mRNA levels during BC3H1 cell differentiation
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.261(2), pp.849-855
1986
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)36173-2
PMID: 3941103
Abstract
The expression of a vascular smooth muscle specific alpha-actin isoform can be induced in mouse BC3H1 smooth muscle cells by treating confluent monolayers with serum-free medium (Strauch, A. R., and Rubenstein, P. A. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 3152-3159; 7224-7229). Using blot hybridization techniques, two size classes of actin RNA were identified in BC3H1 cells with the relative amount of RNA in each size class varying according to the developmental state of the cells; a 2100-nucleotide actin RNA was most abundant in myoblasts, whereas a smaller 1500-nucleotide actin RNA was found predominantly in fully differentiated myocytes. Results of in vitro translation experiments suggested that the 2100-nucleotide actin RNA on blots of myoblast total RNA corresponded to a mixture of similar size transcripts encoding both beta- and gamma-actin, while the 1500-nucleotide actin RNA in myocytes was an alpha-actin mRNA. Cell-cell contact and serum withdrawal initiated a 6-fold increase in the level of alpha-actin mRNA in BC3H1 cells that was followed by a 3-fold decrease in the amount of beta- and gamma-actin mRNA when confluent cells were exposed to serum-free medium for prolonged periods. Vascular smooth muscle alpha-actin was the major alpha-actin isoform synthesized in L-[35S]cysteine-labeled BC3H1 myocytes, indicating that the 1500-nucleotide actin mRNA size class in these cells may be enriched for vascular smooth muscle alpha-actin transcripts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characterization of actin mRNA levels during BC3H1 cell differentiation
- Creators
- Arthur R Stauch - Ohio state univ., coll. medicineJames D Offord - University of IowaRoger Chalkley - University of IowaPeter A Rubenstein - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.261(2), pp.849-855
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)36173-2
- PMID
- 3941103
- NLM abbreviation
- J Biol Chem
- ISSN
- 0021-9258
- eISSN
- 1083-351X
- Publisher
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bethesda, MD
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1986
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984024502802771
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