title: Primary induction of vitellogenin mRNA in the rooster by 17beta-estradiol.
abstract: We have studied the kinetics of vitellogenin mRNA accumulation in rooster liver after a primary injection of 17beta-estradiol. The levels of vitellogenin mRNA have been determined both by hybridization of total cellular RNA to vitellogenin cDNA and by translation of vitellogenin mRNA in a wheat germ cell-free system. The results obtained by both methods of analysis are in good agreement and indicate that vitellogenin mRNA is present in the liver of normal roosters at a level of 0-5 molecules per liver cell and increases in amount during the 3 days following injection of estrogen, reaching a level of almost 6000 molecules per cell at the peak of the response. The level of vitellogenin mRNA declined exponentially during the next 14 days with a half-life of 29 hr, reaching a level of less than 10 molecules per cell at 17 days after injection of the hormone. The levels of vitellogenin mRNA after stimulation with estrogen have been correlated with the in vivo rate of synthesis of the vitellogenin polypeptide. The results indicate that the rate of vitellogenin synthesis is closely correlated with the level of vitellogenin mRNA. On the basis of these findings, we conclude that vitellogenin mRNA does not exist in the liver in an untranslated form after withdrawal from estrogen.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014819:Vitellogenins; D004958:Estradiol
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