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Zhou T, Chen S, Mao J, Fei Y, Yu X, Han L. Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index is negatively associated with olfactory dysfunction among adults in the United States: A cross-sectional study. Nutr Res 2024; 124:85-93. [PMID: 38428291 DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2024.02.002] [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: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The Comprehensive Dietary Antioxidant Index (CDAI) plays a crucial role as an indicator of diets rich in antioxidants. Despite its importance, the clinical significance of CDAI concerning olfactory dysfunction (OD) remains unknown. Our study aims to investigate whether there is an association between CDAI and OD within the general adult population aged 20 years and older. We hypothesized a negative correlation between CDAI and OD in the general adult population. A cross-sectional study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n = 1624; >20 y of age). A multivariate logistic regression model examined the connection between CDAI and OD. Smooth-fitted curves were used to investigate the nonlinear relationship between CDAI and OD. A threshold effect analysis was then used to pinpoint the inflection point. Subgroup analyses were conducted based on gender and age. Multivariate regression analysis revealed a negative correlation between CDAI and OD. After controlling for variables, the risk of OD in the highest quartile of CDAI was significantly lower than in the lowest quartile (Q1) (odds ratio = 0.64; 95% confidence interval, 0.44-0.92; P = .0148). Stratified analysis indicated a significant association between CDAI and OD in individuals younger than age 60 years and male. This research suggests that increasing the co-ingestion of antioxidants within a moderate range can reduce the incidence of OD.
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- Tingfeng Zhou
- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, China
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- Department of Neurology, Postgraduate training base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Wenzhou People's Hospital), China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, China.
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Niknazar S, Abbaszadeh HA, Khoshsirat S, Mehrjerdi FZ, Peyvandi AA. Combined treatment of retinoic acid with olfactory ensheathing cells protect gentamicin-induced SGNs damage in the rat cochlea in vitro. Mol Cell Neurosci 2022; 121:103752. [PMID: 35781072 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2022.103752] [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: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hearing is mainly dependent on the function of hair cells (HCs) and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) which damage or loss of them leads to irreversible hearing loss. Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are specialized glia that forms the fascicles of the olfactory nerve by surrounding the olfactory sensory axons. The OECs, as a regenerating part of the nervous system, play a supporting function in axonal regeneration and express a wide range of growth factors. In addition, retinoic acid (RA) enhances the proliferation and differentiation of these cells into the nerve. In the present study, we co-cultured human OECs (hOECs) with cochlear SGNs in order to determine whether hOECs and RA co-treatment can protect the repair process in gentamycin-induced SGNs damage in vitro. For this purpose, cochlear cultures were prepared from P4 Wistar rats, which were randomly appointed to four groups: normal cultivated SGNs (Control), gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture (Gent), gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture treated with OECs (Gent + OECs) and gentamicin-lesioned SGNs culture co-treated with OECs and RA (Gent + OEC& RA). The expression of a specific protein in SGNs was examined using immunohistochemical and Western blotting technique. TUNEl staining was used to detect cell apoptosis. Here, we revealed that combined treatment of OECs and RA protect synapsin and Tuj-1 expression in the lesioned SGNs and attenuate cell apoptosis. These findings suggest that RA co-treatment can enhance efficiency of OECs in repair of SGNs damage induced by ototoxic drug.
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- Somayeh Niknazar
- Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohada Tajrish Comprehensive Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Anatomical Sciences and Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroendocrine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of MedicalSciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Increased Retinoic Acid Catabolism in Olfactory Sensory Neurons Activates Dormant Tissue-Specific Stem Cells and Accelerates Age-Related Metaplasia. J Neurosci 2020; 40:4116-4129. [PMID: 32385093 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2468-19.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The cellular and molecular basis of metaplasia and declining neurogenesis in the aging olfactory epithelium (OE) remains unknown. The horizontal basal cell (HBC) is a dormant tissue-specific stem cell presumed to only be forced into self-renewal and differentiation by injury. Here we analyze male and female mice and show that HBCs also are activated with increasing age as well as non-cell-autonomously by increased expression of the retinoic acid-degrading enzyme CYP26B1. Activating stimuli induce HBCs throughout OE to acquire a rounded morphology and express IP3R3, which is an inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor constitutively expressed in stem cells of the adjacent respiratory epithelium. Odor/air stimulates CYP26B1 expression in olfactory sensory neurons mainly located in the dorsomedial OE, which is spatially inverse to ventrolateral constitutive expression of the retinoic acid-synthesizing enzyme (RALDH1) in supporting cells. In ventrolateral OE, HBCs express low p63 levels and preferentially differentiate instead of self-renewing when activated. When activated by chronic CYP26B1 expression, repeated injury, or old age, ventrolateral HBCs diminish in number and generate a novel type of metaplastic respiratory cell that is RALDH- and secretes a mucin-like mucus barrier protein (FcγBP). Conversely, in the dorsomedial OE, CYP26B1 inhibits injury-induced and age-related replacement of RALDH- supporting cells with RALDH1+ ciliated respiratory cells. Collectively, these results support the concept that inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate type 3 receptor signaling in HBCs, together with altered retinoic acid metabolism within the niche, promote HBC lineage commitment toward two types of respiratory cells that will maintain epithelial barrier function once the capacity to regenerate OE cells ceases.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Little is known about signals that activate dormant stem cells to self-renew and regenerate odor-detecting neurons and other olfactory cell types after loss due to injury, infection, or toxin exposure in the nose. It is also unknown why the stem cells do not prevent age-dependent decline of odor-detecting neurons. We show that (1) stem cells are kept inactive by the vitamin A derivative retinoic acid, which is synthesized and degraded locally by olfactory cells; (2) old age as well as repeated injuries activate the stem cells and exhaust their potential to produce olfactory cells; and (3) exhausted stem cells alter the local retinoic acid metabolism and maintain the epithelial tissue barrier by generating airway cells instead of olfactory cells.
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How Dietary Deficiency Studies Have Illuminated the Many Roles of Vitamin A During Development and Postnatal Life. Subcell Biochem 2020; 95:1-26. [PMID: 32297294 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42282-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Vitamin A deficiency studies have been carried out since the early 1900s. Initially, these studies led to the identification of fat soluble A as a unique and essential component of the diet of rodents, birds, and humans. Continuing work established that vitamin A deficiency produces biochemical and physiological dysfunction in almost every vertebrate organ system from conception to death. This chapter begins with a review of representative historical and current studies that used the nutritional vitamin A deficiency research model to gain an understanding of the many roles vitamin A plays in prenatal and postnatal development and well-being. This is followed by a discussion of recent studies that show specific effects of vitamin A deficiency on prenatal development and postnatal maintenance of the olfactory epithelium, brain, and heart. Vitamin A deficiency studies have helped define the necessity of vitamin A for the health of all vertebrates, including farm animals, but the breadth of deficient states and their individual effects on health have not been fully determined. Future work is needed to develop tools to assess the complete vitamin A status of an organism and to define the levels of vitamin A that optimally support molecular and systems level processes during all ages and stages of life.
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Retinoic Acid Is Required for Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Production and Differentiation in the Postnatal Mouse Corpus Callosum. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0270-19.2019. [PMID: 31879367 PMCID: PMC6977210 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0270-19.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Myelination of the CNS relies on the production and differentiation of oligodendrocyte (OL) precursor cells (OPCs) into mature OLs. During the first month of postnatal life, OPCs that populate the corpus callosum (CC) arise from neural stem cells (NSCs) in the subcallosal subventricular zone (SVZ), and then differentiate to generate myelinating OLs. However, the signals that regulate these processes are not fully understood. Myelination of the CNS relies on the production and differentiation of oligodendrocyte (OL) precursor cells (OPCs) into mature OLs. During the first month of postnatal life, OPCs that populate the corpus callosum (CC) arise from neural stem cells (NSCs) in the subcallosal subventricular zone (SVZ), and then differentiate to generate myelinating OLs. However, the signals that regulate these processes are not fully understood. In this study, we show that endogenous expression of the retinoic acid (RA)-synthesizing enzyme retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (RALDH2) is required for OPC generation and differentiation in the postnatal subcortical white matter. In male and female pups, conditional deletion of Raldh2 reduced OPC numbers and differentiation. Moreover, decreased OPC numbers coincided with reductions in NSC survival and expression of the sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling effector protein Gli1 in the SVZ. Additionally, GFAP expression in the CC was decreased, and cortical neuron numbers were altered. Our work suggests a role for endogenous RALDH2-dependent RA synthesis in OPC production and differentiation in the CC, as well as in the development of other cell types derived from NSCs in the embryonic ventricular zone (VZ) and SVZ, as well as the postnatal subcallosal SVZ.
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Hummel T, Whitcroft KL, Rueter G, Haehner A. Intranasal vitamin A is beneficial in post-infectious olfactory loss. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 274:2819-2825. [PMID: 28434127 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-017-4576-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vitamin A plays a decisive role in the regeneration of olfactory receptor neurons. In this retrospective study we investigated the effectiveness of topical vitamin A in patients with post-infectious and posttraumatic smell disorders. Retrospective cohort. A total of 170 patients (age range 18-70 years, mean age 52 years) participated. Forty-six patients were treated with smell training only. The remaining 124 patients received smell training and topical vitamin A. Olfactory function was assessed using the Sniffin' Sticks test kit, a validated technique to measure odor thresholds, discrimination and identification. The duration of olfactory training was 12 weeks. In patients receiving vitamin A, this was applied topically (head back position) at a dose of 10,000 IU/day for 8 weeks. Follow-up testing was performed approximately 10 months after the first assessment. Thirty-seven per cent of all post-infectious patients treated with vitamin A exhibited clinical improvement, whereas only 23% improved in controls. Using a Chi-square test, this was a significant result (χ 2 = 7.06, df = 2, p = 0.03). In addition, when comparing change in score after treatment, olfactory training + vitamin A produced significantly greater improvement compared with training alone, in discrimination score for all patients (1.4 points, p = 0.008), and in threshold and discrimination in the post-infectious group (1.6 points, p = 0.01 and 1.4 points, p = 0.04, respectively). Intranasal vitamin A at a dose of 10,000 IU per day for 2 months may be useful in the treatment of post-infectious olfactory loss. Further work with prospective, placebo-controlled studies is required to confirm these findings.
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- Thomas Hummel
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Interdisciplinary Center for Smell and Taste, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Interdisciplinary Center for Smell and Taste, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.,UCL Ear Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Interdisciplinary Center for Smell and Taste, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Interdisciplinary Center for Smell and Taste, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Asson-Batres MA, Ryzhov S, Tikhomirov O, Duarte CW, Congdon CB, Lessard CR, McFarland S, Rochette-Egly C, Tran TL, Galindo CL, Favreau-Lessard AJ, Sawyer DB. Effects of vitamin A deficiency in the postnatal mouse heart: role of hepatic retinoid stores. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 310:H1773-89. [PMID: 27084391 PMCID: PMC4935514 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00887.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To determine whether hepatic depletion of vitamin A (VA) stores has an effect on the postnatal heart, studies were carried out with mice lacking liver retinyl ester stores fed either a VA-sufficient (LRVAS) or VA-deficient (LRVAD) diet (to deplete circulating retinol and extrahepatic stores of retinyl esters). There were no observable differences in the weights or gross morphology of hearts from LRVAS or LRVAD mice relative to sex-matched, age-matched, and genetically matched wild-type (WT) controls fed the VAS diet (WTVAS), but changes in the transcription of functionally relevant genes were consistent with a state of VAD in LRVAS and LRVAD ventricles. In silico analysis revealed that 58/67 differentially expressed transcripts identified in a microarray screen are products of genes that have DNA retinoic acid response elements. Flow cytometric analysis revealed a significant and cell-specific increase in the number of proliferating Sca-1 cardiac progenitor cells in LRVAS animals relative to WTVAS controls. Before myocardial infarction, LRVAS and WTVAS mice had similar cardiac systolic function and structure, as measured by echocardiography, but, unexpectedly, repeat echocardiography demonstrated that LRVAS mice had less adverse remodeling by 1 wk after myocardial infarction. Overall, the results demonstrate that the adult heart is responsive to retinoids, and, most notably, reducing hepatic VA stores (while maintaining circulating levels of VA) impacts ventricular gene expression profiles, progenitor cell numbers, and response to injury.
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- Mary Ann Asson-Batres
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee; Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine;
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- Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine
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- Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch Cedex, France; and
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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The Stimulus-Dependent Gradient of Cyp26B1+ Olfactory Sensory Neurons Is Necessary for the Functional Integrity of the Olfactory Sensory Map. J Neurosci 2016; 35:13807-18. [PMID: 26446231 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2247-15.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Stimulus-dependent expression of the retinoic acid-inactivating enzyme Cyp26B1 in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) forms a dorsomedial (DM)-ventrolateral (VL) gradient in the mouse olfactory epithelium. The gradient correlates spatially with different rates of OSN turnover, as well as the functional organization of the olfactory sensory map, into overlapping zones of OSNs that express different odorant receptors (ORs). Here, we analyze transgenic mice that, instead of a stimulus-dependent Cyp26B1 gradient, have constitutive Cyp26B1 levels in all OSNs. Starting postnatally, OSN differentiation is decreased and progenitor proliferation is increased. Initially, these effects are selective to the VL-most zone and correlate with reduced ATF5 expression and accumulation of OSNs that do not express ORs. Transcription factor ATF5 is known to stabilize OR gene choice via onset of the stimulus-transducing enzyme adenylyl cyclase type 3. During further postnatal development of Cyp26B1 mice, an anomalous DM(high)-VL(low) expression gradient of adenylyl cyclase type 3 appears, which coincides with altered OR frequencies and OR zones. All OR zones expand ventrolaterally except for the VL-most zone, which contracts. The expansion results in an increased zonal overlap that is also evident in the innervation pattern of OSN axon terminals in olfactory bulbs. These findings together identify a mechanism by which postnatal sensory-stimulated vitamin A metabolism modifies the generation of spatially specified neurons and their precise topographic connectivity. The distributed patterns of vitamin A-metabolizing enzymes in the nervous system suggest the possibility that the mechanism may also regulate neuroplasticity in circuits other than the olfactory sensory map. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The mouse olfactory sensory map is functionally wired according to precise axonal projections of spatially organized classes of olfactory sensory neurons in the nose. The genetically controlled mechanisms that regulate the development of the olfactory sensory map are beginning to be elucidated. Little is known about mechanisms by which sensory stimuli shape the organization of the map after birth. We show that a stimulus-dependent gradient of a retinoic acid-inactivating enzyme Cyp26B1 modifies the composition, localization, and axonal projections of olfactory sensory neuron classes. The mechanism is novel and suggests the interesting possibility that local vitamin A metabolism could also be a mediator of stimulus-dependent modifications of precise spatial connectivity in other parts of the nervous system.
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Peluso CE, Jang W, Dräger UC, Schwob JE. Differential expression of components of the retinoic acid signaling pathway in the adult mouse olfactory epithelium. J Comp Neurol 2013; 520:3707-26. [PMID: 22522724 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Position within a tissue often correlates with cellular phenotype, for example, differential expression of odorant receptors and cell adhesion molecules across the olfactory mucosa (OM). The association between position and phenotype is often paralleled by gradations in the concentration of retinoic acid (RA), caused by differential expression of the RA synthetic enzymes, the retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDH). We show here that RALDH-1, -2, and -3 are enriched in the sustentacular cells, deep fibroblasts of the lamina propria, and the superficial fibroblasts, respectively, of the ventral and lateral OM as compared to the dorsomedial OM. The shift from high to low expression of the RALDHs matches the boundary defined by the differential expression of OCAM/mamFasII. Further, we found that RA-binding proteins are expressed in the epithelium overlying the RALDH-3 expressing fibroblasts of the lamina propria. Both findings suggest that local alterations in RA concentration may be more important than a gradient of RA across the epithelial plane, per se. In addition, RALDH-3 is found in a small population of basal cells in the ventral and lateral epithelium, which expand and contribute to the neuronal lineage following MeBr lesion. Indeed, transduction with a retrovirus expressing a dominant negative form of retinoic acid receptor type alpha blocks the reappearance of mature, olfactory marker protein (OMP) (+) olfactory neurons as compared to empty vector. These results support the notion of a potential role for RA, both in maintaining the spatial organization of the normal olfactory epithelium and in reestablishing the neuronal population during regeneration after injury.
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- Carolyn E Peluso
- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Reden J, Lill K, Zahnert T, Haehner A, Hummel T. Olfactory function in patients with postinfectious and posttraumatic smell disorders before and after treatment with vitamin A: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. Laryngoscope 2012; 122:1906-9. [DOI: 10.1002/lary.23405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Goodman T, Crandall JE, Nanescu SE, Quadro L, Shearer K, Ross A, McCaffery P. Patterning of retinoic acid signaling and cell proliferation in the hippocampus. Hippocampus 2012; 22:2171-83. [PMID: 22689466 PMCID: PMC3505796 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The nuclear receptor ligand retinoic acid (RA) has been identified as an endogenous regulatory factor in the hippocampus, acting on pyramidal neurons and granule neuron progenitors, but almost nothing is known about the distribution of RA itself in the hippocampus. This study describes the source of RA for the rodent hippocampus in the meninges via the key RA synthetic enzyme retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (RALDH2). Diffusion of RA from the meninges potentially creates a gradient of RA across the infrapyramidal and suprapyramidal blades of the dentate gyrus, enhanced by the expression of the RA catabolic enzyme Cyp26B1 between the blades, and an infrapyramidal and suprapyramidal blade difference is evident in RA-regulated transcription. This asymmetry may contribute to some of the physiological and molecular differences between the blades, including a disparity in the rates of cell proliferation in the subgranular zone of the two blades through RA inhibition of cell proliferation. Such differences can be altered by either the application of excess RA, its effect dependent on the relative position along the septotemporal axis, or change in RA signaling through mutation of retinol binding protein, while the capacity of RA to inhibit proliferation of cells in the dentate gyrus is demonstrated using in vitro slice culture. Use of synthetic and catabolic enzymes in the hippocampus to create differing zones of RA concentration parallels the mechanisms used in the developing brain to generate patterns of RA-regulated transcription. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Timothy Goodman
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
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Buchanan FQ, Rochette-Egly C, Asson-Batres MA. Detection of variable levels of RARα and RARγ proteins in pluripotent and differentiating mouse embryonal carcinoma and mouse embryonic stem cells. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 346:43-51. [PMID: 21987218 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1247-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Pluripotent mouse embryonal carcinoma (mEC) and mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells differentiate into several cell lineages upon retinoic acid (RA) addition. Differentiation is facilitated, in part, by RA activation of nuclear RA receptors (RARs) that bind to DNA response elements located in the promoters of target genes. The purpose of the studies reported here was to immunolocalize RARα and RARγ protein in mEC and mES cells and in their RA-induced differentiated progeny. Fixed cells were reacted with three different RARα antibodies and one RARγ antibody. Pluripotent and differentiated mEC and mES cells showed positive nuclear immunoreactivity with all antibodies tested. Two RARα antibodies also showed positive reactivity in the cytoplasm. Surprisingly, our results revealed variability in immunofluorescence intensity and in RARα and RARγ distribution from one cell to the other, suggesting that RARα and RARγ protein levels were not synchronous throughout the cell population. The results indicate that RARα and RARγ are present in pluripotent and differentiating mEC and mES cells and suggest that the expression of these proteins is dynamic.
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Hörnberg M, Gussing F, Berghard A, Bohm S. Retinoic acid selectively inhibits death of basal vomeronasal neurons during late stage of neural circuit formation. J Neurochem 2009; 110:1263-75. [PMID: 19519663 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In mouse, sexual, aggressive, and social behaviors are influenced by G protein-coupled vomeronasal receptor signaling in two distinct subsets of vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs): apical and basal VSNs. In addition, G protein-signaling by these receptors inhibits developmental death of VSNs. We show that cells of the vomeronasal nerve express the retinoic acid (RA) synthesizing enzyme retinal dehydrogenase 2. Analyses of transgenic mice with VSNs expressing a dominant-negative RA receptor indicate that basal VSNs differ from apical VSNs with regard to a transient wave of RA-regulated and caspase 3-mediated cell death during the first postnatal week. Analyses of G-protein subunit deficient mice indicate that RA and vomeronasal receptor signaling combine to regulate postnatal expression of Kirrel-2 (Kin of IRRE-like), a cell adhesion molecule regulating neural activity-dependent formation of precise axonal projections in the main olfactory system. Collectively, the results indicate a novel connection between pre-synaptic RA receptor signaling and neural activity-dependent events that together regulate neuronal survival and maintenance of synaptic contacts.
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- Maria Hörnberg
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Asson-Batres MA, Smith WB, Clark G. Retinoic acid is present in the postnatal rat olfactory organ and persists in vitamin A--depleted neural tissue. J Nutr 2009; 139:1067-72. [PMID: 19403718 PMCID: PMC2682984 DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.096040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vitamin A (VA), all-trans-retinol (at-ROL), and its derivative, all-trans-retinoic acid (at-RA), are required for neuron development. The effects of these retinoids are dependent upon the nutritional status of the rat and tissue-specific dynamics of retinoid access and utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of at-ROL and at-RA in the peripheral olfactory organ of postnatal rats fed a normal diet and rats fed a VA-deficient (VAD) diet. Extracted retinoids were analyzed by HPLC. Resolved sample peaks were identified by comparing their elution times and spectra with those of authentic standards. Mean at-RA and at-ROL concentrations of 23 pmol/g olfactory tissue and 0.13 nmol/g, respectively, were recovered from olfactory tissue. The ratio of at-RA:at-ROL in olfactory was approximately 2 times that in testis and 200 times that in liver. at-ROL was depleted from the liver and olfactory organ of rats fed a VAD diet from birth to 70 d of age. Surprisingly, at-RA was still present in olfactory tissue from these rats. At 90 d of age, the VAD rats were frankly deficient and at-RA was no longer detectable in olfactory tissue. The comparatively high ratio of at-RA:at-ROL in the peripheral olfactory organ and the persistence of at-RA in at-ROL-depleted tissues strongly suggests that maintenance of local stores of at-RA is functionally relevant in this tissue.
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- Mary Ann Asson-Batres
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209 and Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209 and Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
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Li F, Zhang L, Craddock J, Bruce-Keller AJ, Dasuri K, Nguyen A, Keller JN. Aging and dietary restriction effects on ubiquitination, sumoylation, and the proteasome in the heart. Mech Ageing Dev 2008; 129:515-21. [PMID: 18533226 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2008] [Revised: 04/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Dietary restriction (DR), in the absence of malnutrition, is the only intervention known to reliably increase average and maximal lifespan in a variety of organisms including mammals. Because the effects of DR on the heart are poorly understood, in the present study we examined the effects of DR on the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) in the heart. In these studies we observed that DR significantly reduced age-related impairments in proteasome-mediated protein degradation, and reduced age-related increases in ubiquitinated, oxidized, and sumoylated protein in the heart. Interestingly, DR did not significantly increase the expression of 20S proteasome subunits or the proteasome maturation factor (POMP-1). These data demonstrate for the first time the effects of aging and DR on proteasome biogenesis and sumoylation in the heart. Cumulatively, our data indicate that DR has many beneficial effects towards the UPP in the heart, and suggests that a preservation of the UPP may be a potential mechanism by which DR mediates beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system.
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- Feng Li
- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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Bremner JD, McCaffery P. The neurobiology of retinoic acid in affective disorders. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008; 32:315-31. [PMID: 17707566 PMCID: PMC2704911 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Revised: 07/02/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Current models of affective disorders implicate alterations in norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, and CRF/cortisol; however treatments targeted at these neurotransmitters or hormones have led to imperfect resolution of symptoms, suggesting that the neurobiology of affective disorders is incompletely understood. Until now retinoids have not been considered as possible contributors to affective disorders. Retinoids represent a family of compounds derived from vitamin A that perform a large number of functions, many via the vitamin A product, retinoic acid. This signaling molecule binds to specific retinoic acid receptors in the brain which, like the glucocorticoid and thyroid hormone receptors, are part of the nuclear receptor superfamily and regulate gene transcription. Research in the field of retinoic acid in the CNS has focused on the developing brain, in part stimulated by the observation that isotretinoin (13-cis retinoic acid), an isomer of retinoic acid used in the treatment of acne, is highly teratogenic for the CNS. More recent work has suggested that retinoic acid may influence the adult brain; animal studies indicated that the administration of isotretinoin is associated with alterations in behavior as well as inhibition of neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Clinical evidence for an association between retinoids and depression includes case reports in the literature, studies of health care databases, and other sources. A preliminary PET study in human subjects showed that isotretinoin was associated with a decrease in orbitofrontal metabolism. Several studies have shown that the molecular components required for retinoic acid signaling are expressed in the adult brain; the overlap of brain areas implicated in retinoic acid function and stress and depression suggest that retinoids could play a role in affective disorders. This report reviews the evidence in this area and describes several systems that may be targets of retinoic acid and which contribute to the pathophysiology of depression.
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- J Douglas Bremner
- Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA.
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Retinol and Retinol-Binding Protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid: Can Vitamin A Take the “Idiopathic” Out of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension? J Neuroophthalmol 2007; 27:253-7. [DOI: 10.1097/wno.0b013e31815c44bc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Maden M. Retinoic acid in the development, regeneration and maintenance of the nervous system. Nat Rev Neurosci 2007; 8:755-65. [PMID: 17882253 DOI: 10.1038/nrn2212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 619] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Retinoic acid (RA) is involved in the induction of neural differentiation, motor axon outgrowth and neural patterning. Like other developmental molecules, RA continues to play a role after development has been completed. Elevated RA signalling in the adult triggers axon outgrowth and, consequently, nerve regeneration. RA is also involved in the maintenance of the differentiated state of adult neurons, and disruption of RA signalling in the adult leads to the degeneration of motor neurons (motor neuron disease), the development of Alzheimer's disease and, possibly, the development of Parkinson's disease. The data described here strongly suggest that RA could be used as a therapeutic molecule for the induction of axon regeneration and the treatment of neurodegeneration.
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- Malcolm Maden
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, fourth floor New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Retinoids have been shown to be important cofactors in regulating the differentiation and proliferation of ciliated epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. In particular, retinoic acid has been shown to enhance the regeneration of paranasal sinus mucosa. The objective of this study is to use scanning electron microscopy techniques to evaluate the effect of topical retinoic acid on mucosal wound healing in a rabbit model of maxillary sinus surgery. It is hypothesized that the application of topical retinoic acid will enhance ciliogenesis and improve the morphology of regenerated cilia compared with controls. STUDY DESIGN Prospective multi-arm controlled animal trial. METHODS Eighteen New Zealand white rabbits underwent surgical opening of the maxillary sinuses through a midline incision. The rabbits were divided among four experimental groups: 1) mucosal stripping alone (stripped control), 2) stripping followed by topical application of an inert aqueous gel, 3) stripping followed by application of 0.01% retinoic acid in aqueous gel, and 4) no mucosal stripping and no topical treatment (nonstripped control). After 14 days, the medial wall of the maxillary sinus was harvested and examined by scanning electron microscopy at x2,000 and x5,000 magnification. The micrographs were then rated by a blinded review panel for ciliary density, orientation, and morphology. RESULTS Mean scores for ciliary density, orientation, and morphology were all significantly higher for the retinoic acid treatment group compared with both the inert aqueous gel treatment group and the stripped control group (P=.004-.03 for all comparisons, Student's t test). Mean scores for the retinoic acid treatment group were numerically lower than the nonstripped control group but did not approach statistical significance for any parameter (P=.23-.31). CONCLUSIONS In a rabbit model of maxillary sinus surgery, topically delivered retinoic acid enhances ciliogenesis. Qualitative assessment of ciliary density, orientation, and morphology shows improved healing in retinoic acid treated sinuses compared with both untreated control sinuses and aqueous gel treated sinuses.
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- Peter H Hwang
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Rawson NE, LaMantia AS. A speculative essay on retinoic acid regulation of neural stem cells in the developing and aging olfactory system. Exp Gerontol 2006; 42:46-53. [PMID: 16860961 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Circulating signals like the acidic derivative of vitamin A: retinoic acid (RA) may regulate resident stem cells in the adult nervous system, particularly in the olfactory pathway. RA is an essential factor for inducing neural stem or precursor cells that give rise to olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) and olfactory bulb (OB) interneurons (OBINs) during embryonic development. Similar precursors in the adult brain constantly generate new ORNs and OBINs, and embryonic signaling pathways, like that via RA, may be retained or reactivated for this purpose. We have shown that RA regulates neural precursors in the embryonic and adult olfactory pathway. Moreover, RA administration after olfactory system damage stimulates an immune response and yields a more rapid recovery of olfactory-guided behavior. We suggest that olfactory integrity may be maintained by RA-mediated regulation of neurogenesis as well as local immune responses, and that aging compromises these mechanisms. The chemical senses, particularly olfaction, decline in aged individuals, and RA (via vitamin A) levels may also decline, perhaps due to changes in appetite and food intake. This synergy may result in a high prevalence of olfactory pathology in aged individuals.
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- N E Rawson
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Asson-Batres MA, Smith WB. Localization of retinaldehyde dehydrogenases and retinoid binding proteins to sustentacular cells, glia, Bowman's gland cells, and stroma: potential sites of retinoic acid synthesis in the postnatal rat olfactory organ. J Comp Neurol 2006; 496:149-71. [PMID: 16538685 PMCID: PMC2562045 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Work from our laboratory suggests that retinoic acid (RA) influences neuron development in the postnatal olfactory epithelium (OE). The studies reported here were carried out to identify and localize retinaldehyde dehydrogenase (RALDH) expression in postnatal rat OE to gain a better understanding of potential in vivo RA synthesis sites in this continuously regenerating tissue. RALDH 1, 2, and 3 mRNAs were detected in postnatal rat olfactory tissue by RT-PCR analysis, but RALDH 1 and 2 transcripts were predominant. RALDH 1 immunoreactivity was localized to sustentacular cells in the OE and to Bowman's gland cells, and GFAP(+)/p75(-) olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) in the underlying lamina propria (LP). RALDH 2 did not colocalize with RALDH 1, but appeared to be expressed in GFAP(-)/RALDH 1(-) OECs as well as in unidentified structures in the LP. Cellular RA binding protein (CRABP II) colocalized with RALDH 1. Cellular retinol/retinaldehyde binding protein (CRBP I) was localized to RALDH 1(+) sites in the OE and LP and RALDH 2(+) sites, primarily surrounding nerve fiber bundles in the LP. Vitamin A deficiency altered RALDH 1, but not RALDH 2 protein expression. The isozymes and binding proteins exhibited random variability in levels and areas of expression both within and between animals. These findings support the hypothesis that RA is synthesized in the postnatal OE (catalyzed by RALDH 1) and underlying LP (differentially catalyzed by RALDH 1 and RALDH 2) at sites that could influence the development, maturation, targeting, and/or turnover of olfactory receptor neurons throughout the olfactory organ.
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- Mary Ann Asson-Batres
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209, USA.
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Hägglund M, Berghard A, Strotmann J, Bohm S. Retinoic acid receptor-dependent survival of olfactory sensory neurons in postnatal and adult mice. J Neurosci 2006; 26:3281-91. [PMID: 16554478 PMCID: PMC6674105 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4955-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To address the hypothesis that retinoids produced by synthesizing enzymes present in the primary olfactory system influence the mouse olfactory sensory map, we expressed a dominant-negative retinoic acid receptor selectively in olfactory sensory neurons. We show that neurons deficient in nuclear retinoid signaling are responsive to odors and form correct odorant receptor-specific axonal projections to target neurons in the olfactory bulb of the brain. Subsequent to the formation of the map, the neurons die prematurely by retrograde-driven caspase-3 activation, which resembles the previously described mechanism of neural death after olfactory bulb ablation. This neurodegenerative event is initiated the second postnatal week and occurs in the adult animal without a compensatory increase of progenitor cell proliferation. In addition, we find that nuclear retinoid signaling is required for the expression of a retinoic acid-degrading enzyme, Cyp26B1, in a small fraction of mature neurons. Collectively, the results provide evidence for a role of locally regulated retinoid metabolism in neuroprotection and in determining population size of neurons at a late stage of neural circuit formation.
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Rawson NE, LaMantia AS. Once and again: Retinoic acid signaling in the developing and regenerating olfactory pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 66:653-76. [PMID: 16688760 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA), a member of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of signaling molecules, is an essential regulator of morphogenesis, differentiation, and regeneration in the mammalian olfactory pathway. RA-mediated teratogenesis dramatically alters olfactory pathway development, presumably by disrupting retinoid-mediated inductive signaling that influences initial olfactory epithelium (OE) and bulb (OB) morphogenesis. Subsequently, RA modulates the genesis, growth, or stability of subsets of OE cells and OB interneurons. RA receptors, cofactors, and synthetic enzymes are expressed in the OE, OB, and anterior subventricular zone (SVZ), the site of neural precursors that generate new OB interneurons throughout adulthood. Their expression apparently accommodates RA signaling in OE cells, OB interneurons, and slowly dividing SVZ neural precursors. Deficiency of vitamin A, the dietary metabolic RA precursor, leads to cytological changes in the OE, as well as olfactory sensory deficits. Vitamin A therapy in animals with olfactory system damage can accelerate functional recovery. RA-related pathology as well as its potential therapeutic activity may reflect endogenous retinoid regulation of neuronal differentiation, stability, or regeneration in the olfactory pathway from embryogenesis through adulthood. These influences may be in register with retinoid effects on immune responses, metabolism, and modulation of food intake.
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- N E Rawson
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105, USA
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Yee KK, Rawson NE. Immunolocalization of retinoic acid receptors in the mammalian olfactory system and the effects of olfactory denervation on receptor distribution. Neuroscience 2005; 131:733-43. [PMID: 15730877 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a metabolite of vitamin A, binds to retinoic acid receptors (RARs) to mediate gene transcription in target cells. We previously found that an ATRA supplement enhanced olfactory recovery rate in adult mice after olfactory bulb deafferentation. In this study, we examined the cellular localization of RARalpha, RARbeta, and RARgamma and the effects of surgery and ATRA treatment using immunocytochemistry. Mice received a left olfactory nerve transection with the right side serving as internal control. One day after surgery, the mice were given either ATRA mixed with sesame oil or just sesame oil. In the unoperated olfactory bulb, only RARalpha immunoreactivity (ir) was observed. In the unoperated right olfactory epithelium, RARalpha-ir was found in flask-shaped cells located in the supporting cell layer, in cell clusters above the basal cell layer, in cells in the lamina propria, in some respiratory cells and in the olfactory bulb. The flask-shaped cells did not immunostain for either neurons or sustentacular cells. RARbeta-ir was localized only in the respiratory cells while no RARgamma-ir was observed in the olfactory epithelium. The density of RARalpha-ir cells was higher in the operated left olfactory epithelium and highest after ATRA treatment. This study demonstrates the presence of RARs in the olfactory system, provides additional support that the ATRA-signaling pathway may be involved in the recovery of the olfactory epithelium after injury, and suggests a role for an unstudied cell type in that process.
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- K K Yee
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA.
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