Long-term incorporation of tritiated adenine into deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid by Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain).
AUTOR(ES)
Norris, S J
RESUMO
Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain), extracted in medium containing Eagle minimal essential medium 50% fresh, heat-inactivated normal rabbit serum, and 1.0 mM dithiothreitol, was incubated under 3% oxygen in the presence of tritiated nucleic acid precursors. [8-3H]adenine was incorporated with high efficiency into trichloroacetic acid-insoluble material; 2'-deoxyadenosine and uridine were incorporated in lower quantities, and thymine and thymidine were not incorporated. Incorporation of [3H]adenine was inhibited by penicillin G, mitomycin C, actinomycin D, and erythromycin, but was not affected by cycloheximide. Partial purification of nucleic acids from T. pallidum incubated with [8-3H]adenine for 36 to 72 h and subsequent treatment with ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease revealed that 15 to 20% of the trichloroacetic acid-precipitable counts were resistant to ribonuclease but susceptible to deoxyribonuclease. A simple assay was developed in which NaOH treatment was used to distinguish incorporation into ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid. Both ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis continued for 6 days of incubation under 3% O2, whereas incorporation was limited to the first day of incubation in samples incubated under aerobic or anaerobic conditions. T. pallidum thus appears to be capable of significant de novo deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid synthesis under microaerobic conditions.
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