Molecular cloning of DNA sequences complementary to rat liver glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA. Nutritional regulation of mRNA levels.
The nutritional regulation of rat liver glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was studied using a cloned DNA complementary to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA. The recombinant cDNA clones were isolated from a double-stranded cDNA library constructed from poly(A+) RNA immunoenriched for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA. Immunoenrichment was accomplished by adsorption of polysomes with antibodies directed against glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in conjunction with protein A-Sepharose and oligo(dT)-cellulose chromatography. Poly(A+) RNA encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was enriched approximately 20,000-fold using these procedures. Double-stranded cDNA was synthesized from the immunoenriched poly(A+) RNA and inserted into pBR322 using poly(dC)-poly(dG) tailing. Escherichia coli MC1061 was transformed, and colonies were screened for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase cDNA sequences by differential colony hybridization. Plasmid DNA was purified from clones which gave positive signals, and the identity of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase clones was verified by hybrid-selected translation. A collection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase cDNA plasmids with overlapping restriction maps was obtained. Northern blot analysis of rat liver poly(A+) RNA using nick-translated, 32P-labeled cDNA inserts revealed that the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA is 2.3 kilobases in length. RNA blot analysis showed that refeeding fasted rats a high carbohydrate diet results in a 13-fold increase in the amount of hybridizable hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA which parallels the increase in enzyme activity. These results suggest that the nutritional regulation of hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase occurs at a pretranslational level.
D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005215:Fasting; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase