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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Mar; 85(5): 1427–1431.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.5.1427
PMCID: PMC279784
PMID: 2449691

Detection of activated double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase in 3T3-F442A cells.

R Petryshyn, J J Chen, and I M London
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Abstract

We have previously reported that cultured mouse 3T3-F442A cells exhibit a transient, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent phosphorylation of the dsRNA-dependent eIF-2 alpha kinase (eIF-2 alpha, alpha-subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2) (dsI). When dsI is activated by low levels of dsRNA, it is a potent inhibitor of protein synthesis. The transient expression of dsI is due to an autocrine effect of interferon at specific stages of growth and differentiation, and it may represent a mechanism for regulating cell growth and differentiation in 3T3-F442A cells. In this report, the purification of dsI from 3T3-F442A cell cultures by a two-step procedure is described. A specific immune serum to dsI was prepared by immunizing a rabbit with highly pure preparations. Immune precipitation studies demonstrate that the serum reacts with phosphorylated dsI both in vitro and in vivo and with de novo synthesized dsI after induction with interferon. We find that dsI of 3T3 cells can undergo phosphorylation in vitro without the addition of dsRNA and in vivo in the absence of viral infection. These results are consistent with a physiologic role for dsI in the growth and differentiation of these cells.

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