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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 7 2565-2572, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
RW Dirks, KC Daniel and AK Raap
Department of Cytochemistry and Cytometry, Sylvius Laboratories, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
Genes for Epstein-Barr virus, human cytomegalovirus immediate early antigen and luciferase are abundantly transcribed in Namalwa, rat 9G and X1 cells, respectively. The EBV transcripts and HCMV-IE transcripts are extensively spliced, while in the luciferase transcript only a small intron sequence has to be spliced out. EBV transcripts are hardly localized in the cytoplasm while the luciferase and HCMV-IE transcripts are present in the cytoplasm and translated into proteins. We have correlated these characteristics with nuclear RNA distribution patterns as seen by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Transcripts of the HCMV-IE transcription unit were shown to be present in a main nuclear signal in the form of a track or elongated dot and as small nuclear RNA signals that radiate from this site towards the cytoplasm. A similar distribution pattern of small RNA signals was observed for transcripts of the luciferase gene, whereas the main nuclear signal was always observed as a dot and never as a track or elongated dot. In Namalwa cells, EBV transcripts were only present as track-like signals. The results suggest that when the extent for splicing is high, unspliced or partially spliced mRNAs begin to occupy elongated dot or track-like domains in the vicinity of the gene. When the extent of splicing is low, splicing is completed co-transcriptionally, leading to a bright dot-like signal. The presence of small nuclear spots in addition to the main signal correlates with cytoplasmic mRNA expression. The small spots most likely represent, therefore, mRNAs in transport to the cytoplasm.
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