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Nucleic Acids Research, 1992, Vol. 20, No. 6 1271-1275
© 1992

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The mechanism of action of trichosanthin on eukaryotic ribosomes—RNA N-glycosidase activity of the cytotoxin

Jin-song Zhang and Wang-yi Liu*

Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Academia Sinica 320 Yue-yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China

*To whom correspondence should be addressed

Received January 3, 1992. Revised February 10, 1992. Accepted February 10, 1992.

Trichosanthin is a ribosome-inactivating protein from root tubers of Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. In this paper, the mechanism of action of trichosanthin on eukaryotic ribosomes was studied. A fragment of about 450 nucleotides was released from 28S ribosomal RNA after treatment of rat liver ribosome with trichosanthin and its isolated ribosomal RNAs were treated with aniline. Analysis of nucleotide sequence of 5' terminus of this fragment revealed that the aniline-sensitive site of the phosphodiester bond was between positions A4324 and G4325 in the 28S rRNA. Adenine was recovered by ion-exchange column chromatography from the 50% ethanol soluble fraction of the reaction mixture In which rat liver ribosomes were treated with trichosanthin. Thin-layer chromatographic analysis indicated that 1 mol of adenine was released from 1 mol of ribosomes. When the ribosomes were incubated with trichosanthin in the presence of inorganic [32p]phosphate, little incorporation of radioactivity into 28S rRNA was observed, indicating that the release of adenine was not mediated by phosphorolysis. These results demonstrate that trichosanthin inactivates the ribosomes by cleaving the N-C glycosidic bond of adenylic acid at 4324 of 28S rRNA in a hydrolytic fashion.


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