DNA Replication-Dependent Histone H2A mRNA Expression in Pea Root Tips.

AUTOR(ES)

Tanimoto, E. Y.

RESUMO

Histone H2A mRNA is selectively expressed in scattered subpopulations of cells in the pea (Pisum sativum) root apical meristem. To study whether this specific expression was associated with the cell cycle, a double-labeling technique was used to identify cells replicating DNA during S phase and those expressing H2A mRNA. Cells in S phase were detected by [3H]thymidine incorporation and autoradiography, whereas cells containing H2A mRNA were identified by in situ hybridization using digoxigenin-labeled probes. Approximately 92% of the [3H]thymidine-labeled S-phase cells expressed H2A mRNA and 85% of cells that expressed H2A mRNA were in S phase. In root tissue located basal to the promeristem, synchronous co-located expression was observed in scattered packets of proliferating cells. Furthermore, neither H2A mRNA nor S-phase cells could be detected within the quiescent center or mature root cap. When DNA synthesis was inhibited with hydroxyurea, a commensurate and specific decrease in steady-state levels of H2A mRNA was found. We conclude that cell-specific expression of pea histone H2A mRNA is replication dependent and that H2A mRNA is transiently accumulated during a period of the cell cycle that mostly overlaps the S phase. We propose that the overlap between H2A expression and S phase could occur if H2A mRNA accumulation began in late G1 and abated in late S.

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