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Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells.

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Slaughter, GR; Meistrich, ML; Means, AR
Published in: Biol Reprod
February 1989

Messenger RNAs encoding calmodulin, alpha- and beta-tubulins, and actins were analyzed in nucleic acid isolated from purified rat testis cell populations. Cell-specific patterns were discovered that suggest coordinate regulation of members of different gene families. Genes that are candidates for coordinate regulation include those encoding 1.4 kb calmodulin RNA and 1.8 kb alpha-tubulin RNAs; 1.6 kb calmodulin RNA and a 1.8 kb beta-tubulin RNA; and 1.6 kb actin and 2.1 kb alpha-tubulin RNAs. The steady state level of the 2.2 kb actin RNA(s) varies less than any other RNA analyzed. Actin RNAs of approximately 1.6 kb are observed in fractions enriched for A spermatogonia or round spermatids or cytoplasts shed from elongating spermatids. The level of 1.8 kb alpha-tubulin RNA increases in a fraction enriched for leptotene-zygotene spermatocytes and peaks in pachytene spermatocytes. As the level of this alpha-tubulin RNA species decreases in maturing spermatids a new 2.1 kb alpha-tubulin RNA increases. beta-Tubulin RNAs of 2.7 and 1.8 kb are present in somatic and premeiotic cell fractions. beta-Tubulin RNA transcripts of 1.8 kb that increase in pachytene spermatocytes are derived from a different gene than that expressed in premeiotic cells. The major RNA that hybridizes to the chicken calmodulin cDNA is 1.4 kb; it increases during the development of spermatocytes, reaching a maximum level in pachytene spermatocytes before it declines during spermiogenesis. Calmodulin RNAs of 1.6 and 1.0 kb are clearly evident in the round spermatid fraction. These data reveal that mechanisms exist for cell-selective elevation of mRNAs encoding cytoskeletal proteins during rat spermatogenesis.

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Biol Reprod

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ISSN

0006-3363

Publication Date

February 1989

Volume

40

Issue

2

Start / End Page

395 / 405

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tubulin
  • Testis
  • Spermatogenesis
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Male
  • In Vitro Techniques
 

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Slaughter, G. R., Meistrich, M. L., & Means, A. R. (1989). Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells. Biol Reprod, 40(2), 395–405. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod40.2.395
Slaughter, G. R., M. L. Meistrich, and A. R. Means. “Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells.Biol Reprod 40, no. 2 (February 1989): 395–405. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod40.2.395.
Slaughter GR, Meistrich ML, Means AR. Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells. Biol Reprod. 1989 Feb;40(2):395–405.
Slaughter, G. R., et al. “Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells.Biol Reprod, vol. 40, no. 2, Feb. 1989, pp. 395–405. Pubmed, doi:10.1095/biolreprod40.2.395.
Slaughter GR, Meistrich ML, Means AR. Expression of RNAs for calmodulin, actins, and tubulins in rat testis cells. Biol Reprod. 1989 Feb;40(2):395–405.

Published In

Biol Reprod

DOI

ISSN

0006-3363

Publication Date

February 1989

Volume

40

Issue

2

Start / End Page

395 / 405

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tubulin
  • Testis
  • Spermatogenesis
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Male
  • In Vitro Techniques