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| Author | Tata, J. R. Widnell, C. C. |
| Abstract | 1. The effect on RNA synthesis in rat liver of thyroidectomy and the administration of thyroid hormone, especially during its physiological latent period, was studied by determining: (a) the activity of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase in isolated nuclei; (b) the rate of synthesis of nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA in vivo; (c) polyribosomal sedimentation profiles; (d) the response of microsomes and ribonucleoprotein particles to polyuridylic acid; (e) the effect of inhibitors of RNA and protein synthesis on the biological activity of hormones. 2. The DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase activity of isolated rat-liver nuclei was lowered by thyroidectomy and stimulated by the administration of tri-iodo-l-thyronine or l-thyroxine (2–25μg./100g. body wt.) to both normal and thyroidectomized rats. In thyroidectomized rats, the activity of the Mg2+-activated RNA-polymerase reaction (for which the product is mainly ribosomal type of RNA) was stimulated at 10–12hr. after a single injection of tri-iodothyronine, reaching a peak value of 60–90% stimulation at 45hr. after hormone administration. The Mn2+/ammonium sulphate-activated RNA-polymerase reaction (for which the RNA product is more DNA-like) was not affected for 24hr. after hormone administration but stimulated by 30–40% at 45hr. The response of both RNA-polymerase reactions to the hormone in vivo paralleled the physiological response but the enzyme was not stimulated by the addition in vitro of the hormone to isolated nuclei. 3. Within 3–4hr. after tri-iodothyronine administration to thyroidectomized rats, the specific activity of rapidly labelled nuclear RNA, after a 10min. pulse of [6-14C]orotic acid, was 30–40% greater than the control values, the stimulation reaching 100 and 200% at 11 and 16hr. respectively after hormone administration. Longer exposures to [6-14C]orotic acid and [32P]phosphate showed that the hormone accelerated the synthesis of mitochondrial, microsomal (or ribosomal) and soluble RNA. The greater part of the labelled nuclear RNA was of the ribosomal type. The hormone-induced increases in the incorporation of radioactive precursors into RNA were not preceded, but followed, by enhanced uptake of the precursor. There was no change, per g. of liver, of DNA, nuclear RNA or soluble RNA, but there was a 40–60% increase in the amount of ribosomal RNA between 35 and 45hr. after a single injection of tri-iodothyronine to thyroidectomized rats. 4. Coinciding with the increase in ribosomal RNA after hormone administration was an increase in the average size and amount of polyribosomes. The newly formed ribonucleoprotein particles, or messenger RNA attached to them, or both, were more firmly bound to microsomal membranes after hormone treatment. 5. Polyuridylic acid caused a bigger stimulation of incorporation of [14C]phenyl-alanine by ribonucleoprotein particles, but not by microsomes, from thyroidectomized rats as compared with preparations from normal animals. The response of ribonucleoprotein particles to polyuridylic acid was lowered after tri-iodothyronine treatment of thyroidectomized rats. 6. Actinomycin D, 5-fluorouracil, puromycin and cycloheximide caused a 70–100% inhibition of the stimulatory effect of l-thyroxine and tri-iodo-l-thyronine on basal metabolic rate and growth rate in both normal and thyroidectomized animals. Administration of actinomycin D also abolished the stimulation of RNA polymerase by tri-iodothyronine. 7. It is concluded that regulation of nuclear and ribosomal RNA synthesis is an essential step leading to the biological action of thyroid hormones and that the formation of new ribosomes is an important aspect of the control of cytoplasmic protein synthesis by these hormones. |
| Starting Page | 604 |
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| ISSN | 14708728 |
| e-ISSN | 14708728 |
| Journal | Biochemical Journal |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 98 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1966-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Molecular Biology Biochemistry |
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