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Mol Cell Biol. 1984 January; 4(1): 123-132

Cell cycle regulation of mouse H3 histone mRNA metabolism.

ABSTRACT

The mechanisms responsible for the periodic accumulation and decay of histone mRNA in the mammalian cell cycle were investigated in mouse erythroleukemia cells, using a cloned mouse H3 histone gene probe that hybridizes with most or all H3 transcripts. Exponentially growing cells were fractionated into cell cycle-specific stages by centrifugal elutriation, a method for purifying cells at each stage of the cycle without the use of treatments that arrest growth. Measurements of H3 histone mRNA content throughout the cell cycle show that the mRNA accumulates gradually during S phase, achieving its highest value in mid-S phase when DNA synthesis is maximal. The mRNA content then decreases as cells approach G2. These results demonstrate that the periodic synthesis of histones during S phase is due to changes in the steady-state level of histone mRNA. They are consistent with the conventional view in which histone synthesis is regulated coordinately with DNA synthesis in the cell cycle. The periodic accumulation and decay of H3 histone mRNA appear to be controlled primarily by changes in the rate of appearance of newly synthesized mRNA in the cytoplasm, determined by pulse-labeling whole cells with [3H]uridine. Measurements of H3 mRNA turnover by pulse-chase experiments with cells in S and G2 did not provide evidence for changes in the cytoplasmic stability of the mRNA during the period of its decay in late S and G2. Furthermore, transcription measurements carried out by brief pulse-labeling in vivo and by in vitro transcription in isolated nuclei indicate that the rate of H3 gene transcription changes to a much smaller extent than the steady-state levels of the mRNA or the appearance of newly synthesized mRNA in the cytoplasm. The results suggest that post-transcriptional processes make an important contribution to the periodic accumulation and decay of histone mRNA and that these processes may operate within the nucleus.

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