Stabilization of the large T protein in temperature-independent (type A) FR 3T3 rat cells transformed with the simian virus 40 tsA30 mutant.

AUTOR(ES)

Imbert, J

RESUMO

The stabilities of in vivo [35S]methionine-labeled large T and small t proteins, synthesized in temperature-sensitive (type N) and temperature-insensitive (type A) FR 3T3 rat cells transformed by an early temperature-sensitive mutant of simian virus 40 (SV40), tsA30, were analyzed at the permissive and restrictive temperatures. The two polypeptides, detected in greatly reduced amounts in cells of the N type at the restrictive temperature, were also unstable at the permissive temperature. However, both were made in similar amounts and were apparently stable in cells of the A type, irrespective of the temperature. The structures of the viral RNAs present at the permissive temperature were analyzed for transformants representative of each type, and containing a single integration of viral DNA. The two cell lines synthesized transcripts identical to the large T and small t mRNAs identified in SV40-infected monkey cells. Similar amounts of viral RNA were found in A and N transformants in active growth at the permissive and restrictive temperatures, which argued against a control at a transcriptional level. Assay of a defined function of the protein, namely, the binding of nucleotide detected by affinity labeling with periodate-oxidized [alpha-32P]ATP, clearly showed that the large T proteins from both types of transformants exhibited, at least for that particular biochemical function, the same in vitro temperature sensitivity. In transformants of the A type only could a reduced binding activity be detected in extracts from cells grown at the restrictive temperature. Thus, the temperature-independent behavior of the A transformants may result from an in vivo partial stabilization of the newly synthesized large T protein, probably through interaction with a cellular component(s).

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