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Hormonal control of mRNA synthesis studied by nucleic acid hybridization.

M G Parker
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The regulation of protein synthesis by steroids is thought to be due to hormonal effects primarily on mRNA concentration. Experimental evidence to support this conclusion has come largely from the use of DNA probes complementary (cDNA) to mRNA molecules or by translation of the mRNA in vitro. In this review the experimental procedures involved and the application to hormone action of cDNA hybridization will be reviewed. (1) mRNA concentrations can be assayed in tissue RNA samples by hybridization with radiolabelled complementary DNA probes (cDNA). From the rate of hybridization of an mRNA preparation to a cDNA probe it is possible to estimate specific mRNA concentrations and thereby study their hormonal regulation within tissues of subcellular fractions (2) Rates of synthesis of a specific RNA can be measured by hybridization of pulse-labelled RNA with excess cold cDNA as illustrated in studies of the glucocorticoid induction of MMTV RNA. (3) Hormore-induced alterations of mRNA populations as a whole can be investigated. From the kinetics of hybridization of mRNA with its complementary DNA it is possible to estimate the number of different RNA sequences in tissues and to approximate the number of copies of each sequence per cell. Consequently, by comparing mRNA samples isolated from tissues of different hormonal status it is possible to demonstrate specific hormone-inducible mRNA species and, in some cases, identify their translation products.

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M G Parker. 1978. Hormonal control of mRNA synthesis studied by nucleic acid hybridization.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0303-7207(78)90119-3

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