In vitro poly(ADPribosylation) of estrogen-induced proteins from the oviduct of the lizard Podarcis s. sicula Raf.

Poly(ADPribosylation) of nuclear proteins has been investigated in the nuclei from growing oviducts of intact and estrogen-treated spayed females of the lizard Podarcis s. sicula Raf. Isolated nuclei were incubated with [14C] NAD and nuclear proteins extracted in 0.2 m H2SO4. Labeled acid-soluble proteins were analysed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and acetic acid-urea gel electrophoresis. The results reported here indicate that the ADPribosylation reaction is involved in modifying besides histone H2b, tissue specific proteins (SNPs and LMG-O). Moreover, comparable results have been obtained from nuclei prepared from the fully active oviduct of intact animals and spayed lizards stimulated with 17 beta-estradiol. It is concluded that the poly-(ADPribosylation) of hormone-induced proteins might play a role in the differentiation of the lizard oviduct.