title: Induction of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and its subunit mRNAs by serum in a rat liver cell line.
abstract: Addition of serum to confluent Clone 9 cells increased the protein, RNA, and DNA content per plate of cells; the increments became manifest within 3-6 h and were sustained for the 48-h duration of study. After the addition of serum, Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity was stimulated 1.25- and 1.45-fold at 6 and 12 h, respectively. In cells preincubated in the absence of serum for 24 h, addition of serum increased the abundances of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase subunit mRNAs, mRNA alpha 1 and mRNA beta, coordinately by approximately 2- and 2.7-fold at 3 h, an effect that preceded the stimulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. The serum-induced increments in subunit mRNA abundances were further enhanced by the combined presence of serum and cycloheximide; mRNA alpha 1 and mRNA beta abundances were also augmented by cycloheximide alone (approximately 2.5- and 9.2-fold at 6 h, respectively). In cells incubated in the absence of serum, the half-lives of mRNA alpha 1 and mRNA beta, estimated from decrements in their abundances after the addition of actinomycin D, were 12 and 10 h, respectively. These data demonstrate that serum enhances Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase subunit mRNA abundance and enzyme activity in Clone 9 cells. Comparison of the estimated half-lives of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase subunit mRNAs with the observed increments in their abundances at 3 h suggests that the serum-induced increases in mRNA alpha 1 and mRNA beta abundances are in large part due to enhanced synthesis of these mRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhutada
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Chon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ismail-Beigi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D015870:Gene Expression; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase