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2004
Costa A., de Barros J. P. Pais, Keith G., Baranowski W., Desgres J.
Determination of queuosine derivatives by reverse-phase liquid chromatography for the hypomodification study of Q-bearing tRNAs from various mammal liver cells Article de journal
Dans: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci, vol. 801, no. 2, p. 237-47, 2004, (1570-0232 Journal Article).
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: *Chromatography, &, Acyl/chemistry, Amino, Animals, Asn/chemistry, Cells, Chickens, Cultured, derivatives/*analysis, Experimental, Gov't, Hepatocytes/chemistry, high, KEITH, liquid, Liver, Liver/*chemistry, Neoplasms, Non-U.S., Nucleoside, Pressure, purification, Q/*analogs, Rats, RNA, Support, Transfer, Transfer/*chemistry/isolation, tumor
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title = {Determination of queuosine derivatives by reverse-phase liquid chromatography for the hypomodification study of Q-bearing tRNAs from various mammal liver cells},
author = { A. Costa and J. P. Pais de Barros and G. Keith and W. Baranowski and J. Desgres},
year = {2004},
date = {2004-01-01},
journal = {J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci},
volume = {801},
number = {2},
pages = {237-47},
abstract = {Three queuosine derivatives (Q-derivatives) have been found at position 34 of four mammalian so-called Q-tRNAs: queuosine (Q) in tRNA(Asn) and tRNA(His), mannosyl-queuosine (manQ) in tRNA(Asp), and galactosyl-queuosine (galQ) in tRNA(Tyr). An analytical procedure based on the combined means of purified tRNA isolation from liver cells and ribonucleoside analysis by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled with real-time UV-spectrometry (RPLC-UV) was developed for the quantitative analysis of the three Q-derivatives present in total tRNA from liver tissues and liver cell cultures. Using this analytical procedure, the rates of Q-tRNA modification were studied in total tRNAs from various mammalian hepatic cells. Our results show that the four Q-tRNAs are fully modified in liver tissues from adult mammals, regardless of the mammal species. However, a lack in the Q-modification level was observed in Q-tRNAs from newborn rat liver, as well in Q-tRNAs from normal rat liver cell cultures growing in a low queuine content medium, and from a rat hepatoma cell line. It is noteworthy that in all cases of Q-tRNA hypomodification, our analytical procedure showed that tRNA(Asp) is always the least affected by the hypomodification. The biological significance of this phenomenon is discussed.},
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Three queuosine derivatives (Q-derivatives) have been found at position 34 of four mammalian so-called Q-tRNAs: queuosine (Q) in tRNA(Asn) and tRNA(His), mannosyl-queuosine (manQ) in tRNA(Asp), and galactosyl-queuosine (galQ) in tRNA(Tyr). An analytical procedure based on the combined means of purified tRNA isolation from liver cells and ribonucleoside analysis by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled with real-time UV-spectrometry (RPLC-UV) was developed for the quantitative analysis of the three Q-derivatives present in total tRNA from liver tissues and liver cell cultures. Using this analytical procedure, the rates of Q-tRNA modification were studied in total tRNAs from various mammalian hepatic cells. Our results show that the four Q-tRNAs are fully modified in liver tissues from adult mammals, regardless of the mammal species. However, a lack in the Q-modification level was observed in Q-tRNAs from newborn rat liver, as well in Q-tRNAs from normal rat liver cell cultures growing in a low queuine content medium, and from a rat hepatoma cell line. It is noteworthy that in all cases of Q-tRNA hypomodification, our analytical procedure showed that tRNA(Asp) is always the least affected by the hypomodification. The biological significance of this phenomenon is discussed.