title: Identification of the mRNA and polypeptide subunit for prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase from mouse mastocytoma P-815 cells.
abstract: Cloned mouse mastocytoma P-815.2-E-6 cells are barely able to synthesize prostaglandins because of a lack of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase activity. However, the addition of sodium n-butyrate at 1 mM induces synthesis de novo of prostaglandins in this cell line. Employing this system, we could isolate an mRNA for prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase by a combination of cell-free translation and immunoprecipitation. The antibody, prepared in rabbit by injecting purified prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase from bovine vesicular gland, was shown to cross-react with the corresponding enzyme from 2-E-6 cells. The poly(A)-containing mRNA has a sedimentation coefficient of 17S and codes for a single polypeptide chain of Mr 62 000 as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The Mr of the mouse polypeptide chain appears very similar to that of the purified carbohydrate-free prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase from sheep vesicular gland. These findings are a contribution to the isolation of the gene for prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002460:Cell Line; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D012515:Mast-Cell Sarcoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D010455:Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020148:Butyric Acid; D011061:Poly A; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases