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Age-associated changes in initiation of ribonucleic acid synthesis in isolated rat liver nuclei.


ABSTRACT: Initiation of RNA synthesis was studied in an attempt to determine a possible molecular mechanism for age-related biochemical and physiological changes. Initiation of RNA synthesis was determined by incorporation of [gamma-32 P]ATP and of [gamma-32P]GTP into an acid-insoluble product by intact nuclei isolated from livers of Sprague-Dawley CD-strain rats of various ages. When the rats were grouped into young (0.75-9 months) and old (12-30 months) rats, a significant decrease (P less than or equal to 0.001) in incorporation of initiating nucleotides was observed. The rat population was divided into five age groups (0.75-3 months, 4-9 months, 12-18 months, 19-23 months and 30 months) for further analysis of the effect of age on the initiation of RNA synthesis. Analysis of data from these groups indicated a significant trend for an age-related decrease in RNA-synthesis initiation (correlation coefficient = 0.94). Long-term hypophysectomy coupled with minimal hormone-replacement therapy was shown to have a significant effect on the reversal of the age-related decrease in initiation of RNA synthesis. It was observed that initiation of RNA synthesis in nuclei from 19-month-old rats, hypophysectomized at 12 months of age, was closest to that in 3-month-old intact rats and was not significantly different from that in liver nuclei of 0.75-9-month-old intact rats.

SUBMITTER: Miller JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1162536 | biostudies-other | 1980 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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