title: Regulation of human DNA polymerase delta during the cell cycle.
abstract: The expression of polymerase delta (pol delta) during the cell cycle was studied in Molt 4 cells separated by counter-flow centrifugal elutriation. Northern blotting showed that pol delta mRNA levels increased by 3-fold at the G1/S border. Levels of pol delta protein determined by Western blotting also peaked at the G1/S border with qualitatively similar changes as the mRNA levels. Thus, pol delta gene expression appears to be regulated during the cell cycle at the transcriptional level. The mRNA half-life for pol delta was determined to be about 8 h and the protein half-life about 10 h. Parallel examination of the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen showed that the mRNA levels also increased about 2-fold at the G1/S border, while the protein levels of proliferating cell nuclear antigen increased steadily through the whole cell cycle period, and remained high at G2/M. Analysis of pol alpha expression showed qualitatively similar behavior as pol delta, but the magnitude of the changes were higher. Pulse labeling of cells metabolically arrested in G1,S, or G2/M with 32Pi showed that pol delta is a phosphoprotein and that it is most actively phosphorylated during the S phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101.
authors.forename: X R
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics*; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase