Synthesis of ribonucleic acid by isolated rat liver mitochondria
- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 128 (2), 299-309
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1280299
Abstract
Rat liver mitochondria isolated in sucrose–N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-2-aminoethane-sulphonic acid (TES) incorporated [3H]UTP into RNA for 1h. Incorporation was inhibited 50% by 1μg of actinomycin D/ml, 1μg of acriflavine/ml and 0.5μg of ethidium bromide/ml but was insensitive to rifampicin, rifamycin SV, streptovarcin and deoxyribonuclease. After the first 10min of incubation, the synthesis was insensitive to ribonuclease. RNA synthesis by mitochondria isolated in sucrose–EDTA was insensitive to actinomycin D and sensitive to ribonuclease during the first 10min of the incubation but thereafter the sensitivities were the same as for mitochondria isolated in sucrose–TES. In a hypo-osmotic medium the relative extent of incorporation of the four ribonucleoside triphosphates into RNA was CTP>UTP=ATP»GTP. In an iso-osmotic medium the incorporation of CTP and GTP decreased. All four nucleotides were incorporated into RNA in a DNA-dependent process, as indicated by the inhibition by actinomycin D. In addition, CTP and ATP were incorporated into the CCA end of mitochondrial tRNA. ATP was also incorporated into an unidentified acid-insoluble compound, which hydrolysed in alkali to a product that was not ATP, ADP or 5′- or 2(3′)-AMP. Atractyloside inhibited the incorporation of ATP into RNA with 50% inhibition at 2–3nmol/mg of protein. The [3H]UTP-labelled RNA had peaks of 16S and 13S characteristic of mitochondrial rRNA. In addition a peak at 20–21S was observed as well as heterogeneous RNA sedimenting throughout the gradient. The synthesis of all these species was inhibited by actinomycin D, indicating that rat liver mitochondrial DNA codes for mitochondrial rRNA as well as other as yet unidentified species.Keywords
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