Dexamethasone increases the number of RNA polymerase II molecules transcribing integrated mouse mammary tumor virus DNA and flanking mouse sequences.
AUTOR(ES)
Firzlaff, J M
RESUMO
In mouse Ltk- cells that were transfected with recombinant bacteriophage DNA containing a complete proviral copy of an integrated endogenous mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) with its flanking cellular sequences, the newly acquired MMTV proviruses were transcribed in a glucocorticoid-responsive fashion. After hormone treatment of selected cell clones in culture we isolated the nuclei, elongated the nascent RNA chains in vitro, and determined the number of RNA polymerase II molecules on the transcribed MMTV DNA as well as on the flanking mouse DNA sequences. We found that the specific increase in the polymerase loading after hormone treatment is proportional to the increase in the amount of stable MMTV mRNA. When the DNA sequences which are responsible for hormone-receptor binding and for the increased MMTV mRNA levels were deleted, no increase in RNA polymerase II loading on MMTV DNA was observed. Nuclear RNA chains which were transcribed in response to hormone treatment were detected not only from the transfected MMTV DNA but also from the mouse DNA sequences adjacent to the 3' end of the provirus.
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