title: The condensing action of Mg2+, hexamminecobalt3+ and spermidine3+ on chromatin with gene regions activated by 17-beta estradiol.
abstract: 1. Hepatic vitellogenin synthesis was induced by injecting 17-beta estradiol into fish. Liver nuclei were incubated with the endonuclease EcoRI at an increasing concentration of Mg2+ (0.15-1.50 mM), hexamminecobalt3+ or spermidine3+ (0.10-1.00 mM). Chromatin was separated into a 5000 g supernatant, S-fraction, and pellet fraction. 2. The release of chromatin into the S-fraction was higher for the induced than the control chromatin. Hybridization of the vitellogenin gene retained in the pellet fraction of the controls was unaffected by the individual cations. After activation of the vitellogenin gene, Mg2+ at its lowest concentration retained a high amount of the vitellogenin gene in the pellet fraction. The level of hybridization decreased by increasing the Mg2+ concentration. Retention of the gene rose by adding hexamminecobalt3+ and more so by adding spermidine3+. 3. The condensing action of spermidine3+ was extended to the activated vitellogenin gene regions of chromatin.
authors.affiliation: Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimental Biology, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von der Decken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002412:Cations; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003035:Cobalt / Q000502:physiology*; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI / Q000378:metabolism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008274:Magnesium / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012474:Salmon; D013095:Spermidine / Q000502:physiology*; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D002843:Chromatin; D014819:Vitellogenins; C030862:cobalt ammonium complex; D003035:Cobalt; D004958:Estradiol; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D008274:Magnesium; D013095:Spermidine