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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 20, 9246-9249, 07, 1986

Comparison between the time course of changes in nerve growth factor protein levels and those of its messenger RNA in the cultured rat iris

R Heumann and H Thoenen

In previous experiments, it has been demonstrated that, in rat irides in culture, a rapid increase in nerve growth factor (NGF) levels occurred (see Barth, E.-M., Korsching, S., and Thoenen, H. (1984) J. Cell Biol. 99, 839-843). We have now determined the levels of mRNANGF in rat irides as a function of time in culture as well. After an initial lag period of 2 h, mRNANGF levels were transiently increased, so that after 12 h, they had increased 35-fold with respect to zero time. In contrast, poly(A)+ RNA levels dropped to 55% of the zero time values within 5 h, recovered to 85% after 24 h, and remained constant until the end of the observation period. Total ribosomal RNA was found to remain constant, indicating that there was no nonspecific decline of overall metabolic function. Actinomycin D prevented the increase in mRNANGF without reducing the basic mRNANGF levels over a 5-h time period, indicating that the enhanced synthesis of NGF in the rat iris in culture is primarily mediated by an augmented production of mRNANGF. The increases of mRNANGF, cellular NGF, and NGF released into the medium were found to be strictly sequential. Monensin selectively abolished the increased production of mature NGF (see Barth et al.) but not of mRNANGF, suggesting that the processing of NGF precursor is prevented.
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