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CHAPTER 3<br />

RESULTS<br />

3.1.9 Stabilization of DNA-PK mRNA<br />

mRNA stability plays a major role in gene expression in mammalian cells, affecting the rates at<br />

which mRNAs disappear following transcriptional repression and accumulate following<br />

transcriptional induction. An array of exogenous factors, from hormones to viruses to radiation,<br />

influence mRNA halflives in ways that are incompletely understood. It was of interest to look for<br />

the stabilization of different mRNA in A549 cells exposed to fractionated irradiation.<br />

The activation of DNA-PK was accompanied by the stabilization of its mRNA in A549 cells that<br />

had been exposed to fractionated irradiation (Fig. 3.1.9). The ATM and Rad 52 mRNA were not<br />

stabilized indicating a specific and selective stabilization of DNA-PK mRNA. Very little is<br />

known about the signaling pathways regulating mRNA turnover in contrast to current<br />

understanding of how signaling pathways regulate transcription. Recently, however, several<br />

studies have provided increasing support for the notion that mRNA stability is regulated through<br />

signal transduction pathways involving phosphorylation events. It was of interest to look for the<br />

role of signal transduction pathway in the regulation of mRNA stabilization of DNA-PK. DNA-<br />

PK mRNA stabilization was found to be regulated by the p38 MAP Kinase pathway but not by<br />

ERK or JNK MAP Kinase pathway (Fig. 3.1.9).<br />

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