title: Translation of phenylalanine hydroxylase-specific mRNA in vitro: evidence for pretranslational control by glucocorticoids.
abstract: We have found that the induction of phenylalanine hydroxylase by hydrocortisone and serum in confluent cultures of H4-II-E-C3 rat hepatoma cells is accompanied by an increase in polysomal mRNA specific for phenylalanine hydroxylase, as measured by translation in a cell-free protein-synthesizing system. Thus, the induction is mediated largely, if not entirely, by a pretranslational mechanism, possibly by stimulation of the transcription of the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D010651:Phenylalanine Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D011132:Polyribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010651:Phenylalanine Hydroxylase; D006854:Hydrocortisone