Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano 99, Trieste 34149, Italy.
EMBO Rep. 2011 Dec 1;12(12):1280-5. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.196.
Averaged estimates of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) elongation rates in mammalian cells have been shown to range between 1.3 and 4.3 kb min(-1). In this work, nascent RNAs from an integrated human immunodeficiency virus type 1-derived vector were detectable at the single living cell level by fluorescent RNA tagging. At steady state, a constant number of RNAs was measured corresponding to a minimal density of polymerases with negligible fluctuations over time. Recovery of fluorescence after photobleaching was complete within seconds, indicating a high rate of RNA biogenesis. The calculated transcription rate above 50 kb min(-1) points towards a wide dynamic range of RNAPII velocities in living cells.
哺乳动物细胞中 RNA 聚合酶 II(RNAPII)延伸率的平均估计值在 1.3 到 4.3 kb/min 之间。在这项工作中,通过荧光 RNA 标记,可以在单细胞水平上检测到整合的人类免疫缺陷病毒 1 衍生载体的新生 RNA。在稳定状态下,测量到与聚合酶的最小密度相对应的恒定数量的 RNA,这些聚合酶的数量随时间的变化可以忽略不计。光漂白后荧光的恢复在几秒钟内完全完成,表明 RNA 生物发生的速度很高。计算得到的转录速率超过 50 kb/min,表明活细胞中 RNAPII 速度具有很宽的动态范围。