Expression of the hepatic enzyme tyrosine aminotransferase was analyzed in the perinatal period of development in the rat, when this expression undergoes significant changes associated with hepatocyte differentiation. In late prenatal liver both enzyme and functional mRNA gene products are present a
Regulation of the prereplicative changes in the synthesis and transport of messenger and ribosomal RNA in regenerating livers of normal and hypocalcemic rats
โ Scribed by P. Roy Walker; James F. Whitfield
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 876 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Partial hepatectomy induces increases in the synthesis of both messenger (poly(A)^+^) and ribosomal (poly(A)^โ^) RNA, which precede the initiation of DNA synthesis. The increase in poly(A)^+^RNA, which commences soon after surgery and reaches a peak 1โ3 hours later is particularly striking. Disruption of this early increase in poly(A)^+^RNA synthesis by colchicine (and other microtubule disrupters) or indomethacin results in a failure to initiate DNA synthesis. This suggests that prostaglandins and the microtubules are involved in the mechanism of proliferative activation. Hypocalcemia, which also prevents the initiation of DNA synthesis, has no effect on the prereplicative changes in either messenger or ribosomal RNA synthesis. These results help to define the critical stages of prereplicative development and give some insight into their regulation.
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