scholarly journals Terminal-group oxidation of retinol by mouse epidermis. Inhibition in vitro and in vivo

1987 ◽  
Vol 244 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Connor ◽  
M H Smit
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Potential Method ◽  
Terminal Group ◽  
Hairless Mouse ◽  
Mouse Epidermis ◽  
Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme ◽  
Oxidation System

Locally applied retinol is metabolized to retinoic acid in mouse epidermis in vivo. To characterize the oxidation system we investigated the ability of soluble extracts of hairless-mouse epidermis to convert retinol and retinal into retinoic acid. The extracts oxidized retinol to retinoic acid in two steps catalysed by two NAD+-dependent enzymes that were resolved on h.p.l.c. The first enzyme catalyses the reversible oxidation of retinol to retinal and is an alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzyme. The second enzyme oxidizes retinal to retinoic acid. Retinol oxidation by epidermal extracts was inhibited by the alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole and by the polyene citral. The toxicity and relatively low potency at inhibiting the epidermal alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzyme curtailed the use of 4-methylpyrazole in vivo. However, citral significantly inhibited retinoic acid formation from retinol in the epidermis in vivo. The ability to inhibit the oxidation of retinol to retinoic acid in mouse epidermis provides a potential method to resolve the roles of retinol and retinoic acid in epithelial function.

scholarly journals All-Trans Retinoic Acid Increases DRP1 Levels and Promotes Mitochondrial Fission

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1202
Author(s):  
Bojjibabu Chidipi ◽  
Syed Islamuddin Shah ◽  
Michelle Reiser ◽  
Manasa Kanithi ◽  
Amanda Garces ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Mitochondrial Fission ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Mitochondrial Network ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Trans Retinoic Acid ◽  
All Trans Retinoic Acid ◽  
Area And Perimeter

In the heart, mitochondrial homeostasis is critical for sustaining normal function and optimal responses to metabolic and environmental stressors. Mitochondrial fusion and fission are thought to be necessary for maintaining a robust population of mitochondria, and disruptions in mitochondrial fission and/or fusion can lead to cellular dysfunction. The dynamin-related protein (DRP1) is an important mediator of mitochondrial fission. In this study, we investigated the direct effects of the micronutrient retinoid all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the mitochondrial structure in vivo and in vitro using Western blot, confocal, and transmission electron microscopy, as well as mitochondrial network quantification using stochastic modeling. Our results showed that ATRA increases DRP1 protein levels, increases the localization of DRP1 to mitochondria in isolated mitochondrial preparations. Our results also suggested that ATRA remodels the mitochondrial ultrastructure where the mitochondrial area and perimeter were decreased and the circularity was increased. Microscopically, mitochondrial network remodeling is driven by an increased rate of fission over fusion events in ATRA, as suggested by our numerical modeling. In conclusion, ATRA results in a pharmacologically mediated increase in the DRP1 protein. It also results in the modulation of cardiac mitochondria by promoting fission events, altering the mitochondrial network, and modifying the ultrastructure of mitochondria in the heart.

Effects of retinoic acid steroidal analogs on human leukemic HL60 cell proliferation in vitro and on angiogenesis in vivo

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evaggelia S. Arsenou ◽  
Evangelia P. Papadimitriou ◽  
Eleni Kliafa ◽  
Maria Hountala ◽  
Sotiris S. Nikolaropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Hl60 Cell ◽  
Proliferation In Vitro

scholarly journals Percutaneous Penetration of Methylglyoxal Bis(guanylhydrazone): Effects on Hairless Mouse Epidermis In Vivo

1983 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry L. McCullough ◽  
Gerald D. Weinstein ◽  
Michael G. Rosenblum ◽  
Jennifer J. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Hairless Mouse ◽  
Percutaneous Penetration ◽  
Mouse Epidermis

scholarly journals Fucoidan enhances the therapeutic potential of arsenic trioxide and all-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia, in vitro and in vivo

Oncotarget ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (29) ◽  
pp. 46028-46041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzaneh Atashrazm ◽  
Ray M. Lowenthal ◽  
Joanne L. Dickinson ◽  
Adele F. Holloway ◽  
Gregory M. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Arsenic Trioxide ◽  
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Promyelocytic Leukemia ◽  
Trans Retinoic Acid ◽  
All Trans Retinoic Acid

scholarly journals Retinoic acid decreases fetal lung mesenchymal cell proliferation in vivo and in vitro

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sussie Dalvin ◽  
Katsumi Komatsuzaki ◽  
Mark A. Anselmo ◽  
David E. Kling ◽  
Jay J. Schnitzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Mesenchymal Cell ◽  
Fetal Lung

New Inhibitors of Alcohol Dehydrogenase: Studies in Vivo and in Vitro in the Rat

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Delmas ◽  
Georges de Saint Blanquat ◽  
Charles Freudenreich ◽  
Jean-FranCois Bielimann
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase

MDI 301 suppresses myeloid leukemia cell growth in vitro and in vivo without the toxicity associated with all-trans retinoic acid therapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 763-773
Author(s):  
Muhammad N. Aslam ◽  
Shannon McClintock ◽  
Shazli P. Khan ◽  
Patricia Perone ◽  
Ronald Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Cell Growth ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Leukemia Cell ◽  
Acid Therapy ◽  
Trans Retinoic Acid ◽  
All Trans Retinoic Acid ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia Cell

scholarly journals Autophagy and Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolytic Degradation of PML/Rarα Fusion Protein in Matrine-Induced Differentiation Sensitivity Recovery of ATRA-Resistant APL (NB4-LR1) Cells: in Vitro and in Vivo Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 2286-2301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dijiong  Wu ◽  
Keding Shao ◽  
Qihao Zhou ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Ziqi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Mrna Level ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Proteolytic Degradation ◽  
Induced Differentiation ◽  
Fluorescent Substrate

Background/Aims: Although the cure rate of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has exceeded 90%, the relapse/refractory APL that resistant to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) or ATO was still serious concern. Matrine (MAT) could improve the differentiation ability of ATRA-resistant APL cells. This study aimed to explore how the APL-specific fusion protein was degraded in ATRA-resistant APL with the application of MAT and ATRA. Methods: ATRA-sensitive (NB4) and ATRA-resistant (NB4-LR1) cell lines were used. Nitroblue tetrazolium reduction assay and flow cytometry were used to detect the differentiation ability. The activity of ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy-mediated pathways in both cells treated with ATRA with or without MAT were compared in protein and mRNA level (Western blot analysis, qRT-PCR), the Fluorescent substrate Suc-LLVY-AMC detection was used to detect the activity of proteasome, and electron microscope for observing autophagosome. MG 132(proteasome inhibitor), rapamycin (autophagy activator), hydroxychloroquine (lysosomal inhibitor) and STI571 [retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα) ubiquitin stabilizer] were used as positive controls. The effect of MAT was observed in vivo using xenografts. Results: MAT improved the sensitivity of NB4-LR1cells to ATRA treatment, which was consistent with the expression of PML-RARα fusion protein. MAT promoted the ubiquitylation level in NB4-LR1. MG 132 induced the decrease in RARα in both cell lines, and hampered the differentiation of NB4 cells. MAT also promoted the autophagy in NB4-LR1 cells, with an increase in microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain3 (LC3)-II and LC3-II/LC3-I ratio and exhaustion of P62. The expression of LC3II increased significantly in the MAT and ATRA + MAT groups in combination with lysosomal inhibitors. A similar phenomenon was observed in mouse xenografts. MAT induced apoptosis and differentiation. Conclusions: Autophagy and ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic degradation of PML/RARα fusion protein are crucial in MAT-induced differentiation sensitivity recovery of NB4-LR1 cells.

Vitamin A alters the internal viscosity of fragments of limb-bud mesenchyme

Development ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-339
Author(s):  
T. E. Kwasigroch ◽  
D. M. Kochhar
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Mesenchymal Cells ◽  
Limb Bud ◽  
Mouse Limb ◽  
Vitamin A Acid ◽  
Internal Viscosity ◽  
Fusion Experiments

Two techniques were used to examine the effect of vitamin A compounds (vitamin A acid = retinoic acid and vitamin A acetate) upon the relative strengths of adhesion among mouse limb-bud mesenchymal cells. Treatment with retinoic acid in vivo and with vitamin A acetate in vitro reduced the rate at which the fragments of mesenchyme rounded-up when cultured on a non-adhesive substratum, but these compounds did not alter the behavior of tissues tested in fragment-fusion experiments. These conflicting results indicate that the two tests measure different activities of cells and suggest that treatment with vitamin A alters the property(ies) of cells which regulate the internal viscosity of tissues.

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