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Chen Y, Zhou H, Wu H, Lu W, He Y. Abnormal Fetal Lung of Hoxa1 -/- Piglets Is Rescued by Maternal Feeding with All-Trans Retinoic Acid. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2850. [PMID: 37760250 PMCID: PMC10525738 DOI: 10.3390/ani13182850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Neonatal Hoxa1-/- piglets were characterized by dyspnea owing to the Hoxa1 mutation, and maternal administration with ATRA alleviated the dyspnea of neonatal Hoxa1-/- piglets. The purpose of this experiment was to explore how maternal ATRA administration rescued the abnormal fetal lungs of Hoxa1-/- piglets. Samples of the lungs were collected from neonatal Hoxa1-/- and non-Hoxa1-/- piglets delivered by sows in the control group, and from neonatal Hoxa1-/- piglets born by sows administered with ATRA at 4 mg/kg body weight on dpc 12, 13, or 14, respectively. These were used for the analysis of ELISA, histological morphology, immunofluorescence staining, immunohistochemistry staining, and quantitative real-time PCR. The results indicate that the Hoxa1 mutation had adverse impacts on the development of the alveoli and pulmonary microvessels of Hoxa1-/- piglets. Maternal administration with ATRA at 4 mg/kg body weight on dpc 14 rescued the abnormal lung development of Hoxa1-/- piglets by increasing the IFN-γ concentration (p < 0.05), airspace area (p < 0.01) and pulmonary microvessel density (p < 0.01); increasing the expression of VEGFD (p < 0.01), PDGFD (p < 0.01), KDR (p < 0.01), ID1 (p < 0.01), and NEDD4 (p < 0.01); and decreasing the septal wall thickness (p < 0.01) and the expression of SFTPC (p < 0.01) and FOXO3 (p < 0.01). Maternal administration with ATRA plays a vital role in rescuing the abnormal development of lung of Hoxa1-/- fetal piglets.
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- Yixin Chen
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China; (Y.C.); (W.L.)
- Department of Animal Science, Ganzhou Polytechnic, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Jiangxi Agricultural Engineering College, Zhangshu 331200, China;
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China; (Y.C.); (W.L.)
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China; (Y.C.); (W.L.)
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
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Kang JB, Koh PO. Retinoic Acid Has Neuroprotective effects by Modulating Thioredoxin in Ischemic Brain Damage and Glutamate-exposed Neurons. Neuroscience 2023; 521:166-181. [PMID: 37149281 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Ischemic stroke is a neurological disorder that causes pathological changes by increasing oxidative stress. Retinoic acid is one of the metabolites of vitamin A. It regulates oxidative stress and exerts neuroprotective effects. Thioredoxin is a small redox protein with antioxidant activity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether retinoic acid modulates the expression of thioredoxin in ischemic brain injury. Cerebral ischemia was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) surgery and retinoic acid (5 mg/kg) or vehicle was administered to adult male rats for four days prior to surgery. MCAO induced neurological deficits and increased oxidative stress and retinoic acid attenuated these changes. Retinoic acid ameliorated the MCAO-induced decrease in thioredoxin expression. MCAO decreases the interaction between thioredoxin and apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), and retinoic acid treatment alleviates this decrease. Glutamate (5 mM) exposure induced cell death and decreased thioredoxin expression in cultured neurons. Retinoic acid treatment attenuated these changes in a dose-dependent manner. Retinoic acid prevented the decrease of bcl-2 expression and the increase of bax expression caused by glutamate exposure. Moreover, retinoic acid attenuated the increases in caspase-3, cleaved caspase-3, and cytochrome c in glutamate-exposed neurons. However, the mitigation effects of retinoic acid were lower in thioredoxin siRNA-transfected neurons than in non-transfected neurons. These results demonstrate that retinoic acid regulates oxidative stress and thioredoxin expression, maintains the interaction between thioredoxin and ASK1, and modulates apoptosis-associated proteins. Taken together, these results suggest that retinoic acid has neuroprotective effects by regulating thioredoxin expression and modulating apoptotic pathway.
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- Ju-Bin Kang
- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinjudaero, Jinju 52828, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinjudaero, Jinju 52828, South Korea.
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Krutzen CLJM, Roa LA, Bloemen M, Von den Hoff JW. Excess vitamin a might contribute to submucous clefting by inhibiting WNT-mediated bone formation. Orthod Craniofac Res 2023; 26:132-139. [PMID: 35716278 PMCID: PMC10084165 DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is a common craniofacial birth defect caused by genetic as well as environmental factors. The phenotypic spectrum of CLP also includes submucous clefts with a defect in the palatal bone. To elucidate the contribution of vitamin A, we evaluated the effects of the vitamin A metabolite all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the osteogenic differentiation and mineralization of mouse embryonic palatal mesenchymal cells (MEPM). SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION MEPM cells were isolated from the prefusion palates of E13 mouse embryos from three different litters. MATERIALS AND METHODS MEPM cells were cultured with and without 0.5 μM ATRA in osteogenic medium. Differentiation was analysed by the expression of osteogenic marker genes and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity after 1, 2, and 7 days. The expression of Wnt marker genes was also analysed. Mineralization was assessed by alizarin red staining after 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. RESULTS The bone marker genes Sp7, Runx2, Alpl, and Col1a1 were inhibited 10% ± 2%, 59% ± 7%, 79% ± 12% and 57% ± 20% (P < .05) at day 7. ALP activity was inhibited at days 1 and 7 by 35 ± 0% (P < .05) and 23 ± 6% (P < .001). ATRA also inhibited mineralization at 3 and 4 weeks. Finally, expression of the universal Wnt marker gene Axin2 was strongly reduced, by 31 ± 18% (P < .001), at day 7. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that ATRA (vitamin A) inhibits bone formation by reducing Wnt signalling. This might contribute to the molecular aetiology of submucous clefting.
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- Charlotte Lucienne Jacqueline Maria Krutzen
- Department of Dentistry - Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dentistry - Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Laury A. Roa, Department of Instructive Biomaterial Engineering (IBE), MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dentistry - Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dentistry - Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Roa Fuentes LA, Bloemen M, Carels CE, Wagener FA, Von den Hoff JW. Retinoic acid effects on in vitro palatal fusion and WNT signaling. Eur J Oral Sci 2022; 130:e12899. [PMID: 36303276 PMCID: PMC10092745 DOI: 10.1111/eos.12899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Retinoic acid is the main active vitamin A derivate and a key regulator of embryonic development. Excess of retinoic acid can disturb palate development in mice leading to cleft palate. WNT signaling is one of the main pathways in palate development. We evaluated the effects of retinoic acid on palate fusion and WNT signaling in in vitro explant cultures. Unfused palates from E13.5 mouse embryos were cultured for 4 days with 0.5 μM, 2 μM or without retinoic acid. Apoptosis, proliferation, WNT signaling and bone formation were analyzed by histology and quantitative PCR. Retinoic acid treatment with 0.5 and 2.0 μM reduced palate fusion from 84% (SD 6.8%) in the controls to 56% (SD 26%) and 16% (SD 19%), respectively. Additionally, 2 μM retinoic acid treatment increased Axin2 expression. Retinoic acid also increased the proliferation marker Pcna as well as the number of Ki-67-positive cells in the palate epithelium. At the same time, the WNT inhibitors Dkk1, Dkk3, Wif1 and Sfrp1 were downregulated at least two-fold. Retinoic acid also down-regulated Alpl and Col1a2 gene expression. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was notably reduced in the osteogenic areas of the retinoic acid- treated palates. Our data suggest that retinoic acid impairs palate fusion and bone formation by upregulation of WNT signaling.
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- Laury Amelia Roa Fuentes
- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Department of Instructive Biomaterial Engineering (IBE), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, KU University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Sumitani Y, Uchibe K, Yoshida K, Weng Y, Guo J, Yuan H, Ikegame M, Kamioka H, Okamura H. Inhibitory effect of retinoic acid receptor agonists on in vitro chondrogenic differentiation. Anat Sci Int 2019; 95:202-208. [PMID: 31732869 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-019-00512-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA), an active metabolite of vitamin A, plays pivotal roles in a wide variety of biological processes, such as body patterning, organ development, and cell differentiation and proliferation. RA signaling is mediated by nuclear retinoic acid receptors, α, β, and γ (RARα, RARβ, and RARγ). RA is a well-known regulator of cartilage and skeleton formation and RARs are also essential for skeletal growth and hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene expression. These important roles of RA and RARs in chondrogenesis have been widely investigated using in vivo mouse models. However, few reports are available on the function of each subtype of RARs on in vitro chondrocyte differentiation. Here, we examined the effect of specific agonists of RARs on chondrogenic differentiation of ATDC5 and C3H10T1/2 cells. Subtype-specific RAR agonists as well as RA decreased the expressions of chondrogenic differentiation marker genes and inhibited chondrogenic differentiation, which was accompanied with morphological change to spindle-shaped cells. Among RAR agonists, RARα and RARγ agonists revealed a strong inhibitory effect on chondrogenic differentiation. RARα and RARγ agonists also hampered viability of ATDC5 cells. These observations suggested that RARα and RARγ are dominant receptors of RA signaling that negatively regulate chondrogenic differentiation.
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- Yusuke Sumitani
- Department of Orthodontics, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Healthcare Promotion, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8504, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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- Department of Oral Morphology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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Roa LA, Bloemen M, Carels CEL, Wagener FADTG, Von den Hoff JW. Retinoic acid disrupts osteogenesis in pre-osteoblasts by down-regulating WNT signaling. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2019; 116:105597. [PMID: 31479736 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The skull bones are formed by osteoblasts by intramembranous ossification. WNT signaling is a regulator of bone formation. Retinoic Acid (RA) act as a teratogen affecting craniofacial development. We evaluated the effects of RA on the differentiation and mineralization of MC-3T3 cells, and on the expression of WNT components. MC-3T3 were cultured with or without 0.5 μM RA in osteogenic medium and mineralization was assessed by alizarin red staining. The expression of osteogenic marker genes and WNT genes was evaluated at several time points up to 28 days. RA significantly inhibited MC-3T3 mineralization (p < 0.01), without affecting ALP activity or Alp gene expression. Both parameters gradually increased in time. During culture, RA stimulated Runx2 expression at 14 and 28 days compared to the respective controls (p < 0.05). Also, RA significantly reduced Sp7 expression at days 14 and 21 (p < 0.05). Simultaneously, RA significantly reduced the expression of the WNT genes cMyc, Lef1, Lrp5, Lrp6 and Wnt11 compared to the controls (p < 0.05). In contrast, RA increased the expression of the WNT inhibitors Dkk1 at day 21 and Dkk2 at days 14 and 21 (p < 0.01). Our data indicate that RA disrupts osteogenic differentiation and mineralization by inhibiting WNT signaling.
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- Laury A Roa
- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Philips van Leydenlaan 25, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Philips van Leydenlaan 25, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Oral Health Sciences, University KU Leuven. Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Philips van Leydenlaan 25, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Philips van Leydenlaan 25, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Zhang H, Yang Z, Duan C, Geng S, Wang K, Yu H, Yue Z, Guo B. WNT4 acts downstream of BMP2 to mediate the regulation of ATRA signaling on RUNX1 expression: Implications for terminal differentiation of antler chondrocytes. J Cell Physiol 2017; 233:1129-1145. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Hong‐Liang Zhang
- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- Institute of Agro‐food TechnologyJilin Academy of Agricultural SciencesChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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- College of Veterinary MedicineJilin UniversityChangchunP. R. China
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Mammadova A, Zhou H, Carels CE, Von den Hoff JW. Retinoic acid signalling in the development of the epidermis, the limbs and the secondary palate. Differentiation 2016; 92:326-335. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Gao RW, Kong XY, Zhu XX, Zhu GQ, Ma JS, Liu XX. Retinoic acid promotes primary fetal alveolar epithelial type II cell proliferation and differentiation to alveolar epithelial type I cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2014; 51:479-87. [PMID: 25515249 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-014-9850-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Retinoic acid (RA) plays an important role in lung development and maturation. Many stimuli can induce alveolar epithelial cell damage which will result in the injury of lung parenchyma. The aim of this study was to observe the effect of RA on the proliferation and differentiation of primary fetal alveolar epithelial type II cells (fAECIIs). Primary fAECIIs were isolated from fetal rats at 19 d of gestation and purified by a differential centrifugation and adhesion method. The cells were randomly divided into control (dimethyl sulfoxide, DMSO) and RA groups. Cell proliferation, viability, apoptosis, cycle, and expression of target protein were examined at 24, 48, and 72 h. We found that the proliferation and viability of cells in the RA-exposed group significantly increased compared with the DMSO control group. The proportion (%) of cells in the G2 and S phases in the RA group was significantly higher than that in control group cells. The proportion (%) of both early apoptotic cells and late apoptotic cells decreased significantly in cells exposed to RA compared with cells exposed to DMSO. RA significantly enhanced the expression of aquaporin 5 (AQP5). The expression level of pulmonary surfactant C (SPC) was elevated after cells were exposed to RA for 24 and 72 h but was inhibited when cells were exposed to RA for 48 h. These results suggest that RA promotes fAECII proliferation by improving cell viability, promoting S phase entry and inhibiting apoptosis and RA promotes fAECIIs differentiation to alveolar epithelial type I cells (AECIs).
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- Rui-wei Gao
- Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China
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