Autoregulation of adenovirus type 5 early gene expression. III. Transcription studies in isolated nuclei.
The rate of adenovirus RNA synthesis was compared in nuclei isolated from cells infected at 40.5 degrees C in the presence of 1-beta-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine with adenovirus 5 or an early temperature-sensitive mutant of adenovirus type 5, H5ts125 (ts125). In nuclei isolated at various times after infection, the maximum amount of virus RNA synthesis occurred at 6 h after infection, after which time virus RNA synthesis declined in nuclei from wild-type infections but remained high in nuclei from ts125 infections. At 12 h after infection, the amount of virus RNA synthesis was 8- to 11-fold higher in nuclei from ts125 infections than in nuclei from wild-type infections. However, the kinetics of virus RNA synthesis in nuclei isolated from both infections were similar. When a ts125-infected culture was shifted to 32 degrees C for 3 h (12 to 15 h after infection) before nucleus isolation, the amount of virus RNA synthesis in the isolated nuclei was reduced to nearly wild-type levels. A pulse-chase experiment showed little difference in degradation rates of virus RNA in isolated nuclei from wild-type and ts125 infections. Hybridization of RNA synthesized in vitro to restriction fragments of adenovirus type 5 DNA was consistent with early virus RNA. These results support the idea that the 72,000-dalton DNA-binding protein encoded by the mutant gene in ts125 can regulate early adenovirus gene expression by inhibiting initiation of transcription of the adenovirus genome.
D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002474:Cell-Free System; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013696:Temperature; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D012367:RNA, Viral; D003561:Cytarabine