Alteration in RNA synthesis in the dorsal root ganglia of methylmercury-treated rats
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Toxicology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 236-241
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00295160
Abstract
The effect of methylmercury in vivo on the incorporation of 3H-uridine in vitro into RNA of dorsal root ganglia of the rat was examined. Modified methods for the incubation of the tissue and extraction of RNA were applied to adequately determine the rate of RNA synthesis. Methylmercury significantly decreased the RNA content and RNA synthetic activity only in the symptomatic period, while uptake of the precursor into the acid-soluble pool remained unchanged. These results indicate that the previously reported inhibition of protein synthesis in dorsal root ganglia at an early phase of methylmercury intoxication was not due to impairment RNA synthesis in this tissue.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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