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Effects of α-amanitin on RNA synthesis by mouse embryos in culture

✍ Scribed by Levey, Irwin L. ;Brinster, R. L.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1978
Tongue
English
Weight
915 KB
Volume
203
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-104X

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Investigations were conducted to test the effects of α‐amanitin on RNA synthesis in preimplantation mouse embryos. Exposure of embryos in culture to 1–100 μg/ml α‐amanitin produced a dose‐ and time‐dependent suppression of total RNA synthesis as measured by incorporation of [^3^H]uridine. Synthesis of polyadenylated RNA in blastocyst‐stage embryos was abolished by α‐amanitin‐treatment at concentrations and exposure times that suppressed total RNA synthesis by less than 15%.

DNA‐dependent RNA polymerase activity was measured in lysates of embryos at several stages of preimplantation development. α‐Amanitin suppressed total polymerase activity assayed under ionic conditions favorable to the detection of RNA polymerase II.

Electrophoretic analyses revealed that preincubation of blastocysts in 100 μg/ml α‐amanitin reduced labelling of cytoplasmic 28S and 18S RNA by inhibition of both synthesis and maturation of nucleolar 45S rRNA‐precursor. This action of α‐amanitin on nucleolar RNA synthesis cannot be correlated with the minimal suppression of nucleolar RNA polymerase activity and suggests that the synthesis and processing of rRNA may be under control of nucleoplasmic gene products.

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