Cell cycle variations in ADP-ribosylation of HeLa nuclear proteins

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Abstract

Changes in ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins during the HeLa cell cycle were determined. Portions of synchronized cultures were withdrawn at intervals and cells were permeabilized by resuspension in hypotonic buffer containing detergents. Nuclear proteins were radioactively labeled by incubating samples with [32P]NAD. Modified species were resolved using one-dimensional and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Measurements of the incorporation of [32P]NAD by permeabilized cells showed that ADP-ribosylation is a significant modification throughout the cell cycle. A twofold increase was detected during S phase. Autoradiograms of one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels revealed that many nuclear nonhistones are modified, though the major acceptors of 32P were the histones and a 116,000-Da species (poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase). The same modified proteins were present through the cell cycle, but densitometry of autoradiograms demonstrated a general increase in the level of incorporation in S phase. Autoradiograms of two-dimensional gels of nuclear proteins labeled with [32P]NAD were consistent with these results. Although nonhistones of isolated metaphase chromosomes show a substantial reduction in ADP-ribosylation, histone modification is essentially unchanged in metaphase.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)427-438
Number of pages12
JournalArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume243
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1985

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Funding Information:
1 This research was supported Minnesota Medical Foundation GM 26440 from the National

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