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Pajed L, Wagner C, Taschler U, Schreiber R, Kolleritsch S, Fawzy N, Pototschnig I, Schoiswohl G, Pusch LM, Wieser BI, Vesely P, Hoefler G, Eichmann TO, Zimmermann R, Lass A. Hepatocyte-specific deletion of lysosomal acid lipase leads to cholesteryl ester but not triglyceride or retinyl ester accumulation. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:9118-9133. [PMID: 31023823 PMCID: PMC6556574 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.007201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) hydrolyzes cholesteryl ester (CE) and retinyl ester (RE) and triglyceride (TG). Mice globally lacking LAL accumulate CE most prominently in the liver. The severity of the CE accumulation phenotype progresses with age and is accompanied by hepatomegaly and hepatic cholesterol crystal deposition. In contrast, hepatic TG accumulation is much less pronounced in these mice, and hepatic RE levels are even decreased. To dissect the functional role of LAL for neutral lipid ester mobilization in the liver, we generated mice specifically lacking LAL in hepatocytes (hep-LAL-ko). On a standard chow diet, hep-LAL-ko mice exhibited increased hepatic CE accumulation but unaltered TG and RE levels. Feeding the hep-LAL-ko mice a vitamin A excess/high-fat diet (VitA/HFD) further increased hepatic cholesterol levels, but hepatic TG and RE levels in these mice were lower than in control mice. Performing in vitro activity assays with lysosome-enriched fractions from livers of mice globally lacking LAL, we detected residual acid hydrolytic activities against TG and RE. Interestingly, this non-LAL acid TG hydrolytic activity was elevated in lysosome-enriched fractions from livers of hep-LAL-ko mice upon VitA/HFD feeding. In conclusion, the neutral lipid ester phenotype in livers from hep-LAL-ko mice indicates that LAL is limiting for CE turnover, but not for TG and RE turnovers. Furthermore, in vitro hydrolase activity assays revealed the existence of non-LAL acid hydrolytic activities for TG and RE. The corresponding acid lipase(s) catalyzing these reactions remains to be identified.
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- Laura Pajed
- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II
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- the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz
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- the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz
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- the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz.,BioTechMed-Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II.,the Center for Explorative Lipidomics, BioTechMed-Graz, and
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II.,BioTechMed-Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31/II, .,BioTechMed-Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Hibberd MC, Wu M, Rodionov DA, Li X, Cheng J, Griffin NW, Barratt MJ, Giannone RJ, Hettich RL, Osterman AL, Gordon JI. The effects of micronutrient deficiencies on bacterial species from the human gut microbiota. Sci Transl Med 2017; 9:eaal4069. [PMID: 28515336 PMCID: PMC5524138 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal4069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vitamin and mineral (micronutrient) deficiencies afflict 2 billion people. Although the impact of these imbalances on host biology has been studied extensively, much less is known about their effects on the gut microbiota of developing or adult humans. Therefore, we established a community of cultured, sequenced human gut-derived bacterial species in gnotobiotic mice and fed the animals a defined micronutrient-sufficient diet, followed by a derivative diet devoid of vitamin A, folate, iron, or zinc, followed by return to the sufficient diet. Acute vitamin A deficiency had the largest effect on bacterial community structure and metatranscriptome, with Bacteroides vulgatus, a prominent responder, increasing its abundance in the absence of vitamin A. Applying retinol selection to a library of 30,300 B. vulgatus transposon mutants revealed that disruption of acrR abrogated retinol sensitivity. Genetic complementation studies, microbial RNA sequencing, and transcription factor-binding assays disclosed that AcrR is a repressor of an adjacent AcrAB-TolC efflux system. Retinol efflux measurements in wild-type and acrR-mutant strains plus treatment with a pharmacologic inhibitor of the efflux system revealed that AcrAB-TolC is a determinant of retinol and bile acid sensitivity in B. vulgatus Acute vitamin A deficiency was associated with altered bile acid metabolism in vivo, raising the possibility that retinol, bile acid metabolites, and AcrAB-TolC interact to influence the fitness of B. vulgatus and perhaps other microbiota members. This type of preclinical model can help to develop mechanistic insights about the effects of, and more effective treatment strategies for micronutrient deficiencies.
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- Matthew C Hibberd
- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 127994, Russia
- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
- Center for Gut Microbiome and Nutrition Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Grumet L, Eichmann TO, Taschler U, Zierler KA, Leopold C, Moustafa T, Radovic B, Romauch M, Yan C, Du H, Haemmerle G, Zechner R, Fickert P, Kratky D, Zimmermann R, Lass A. Lysosomal Acid Lipase Hydrolyzes Retinyl Ester and Affects Retinoid Turnover. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:17977-87. [PMID: 27354281 PMCID: PMC5016185 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.724054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) is essential for the clearance of endocytosed cholesteryl ester and triglyceride-rich chylomicron remnants. Humans and mice with defective or absent LAL activity accumulate large amounts of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides in multiple tissues. Although chylomicrons also contain retinyl esters (REs), a role of LAL in the clearance of endocytosed REs has not been reported. In this study, we found that murine LAL exhibits RE hydrolase activity. Pharmacological inhibition of LAL in the human hepatocyte cell line HepG2, incubated with chylomicrons, led to increased accumulation of REs in endosomal/lysosomal fractions. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition or genetic ablation of LAL in murine liver largely reduced in vitro acid RE hydrolase activity. Interestingly, LAL-deficient mice exhibited increased RE content in the duodenum and jejunum but decreased RE content in the liver. Furthermore, LAL-deficient mice challenged with RE gavage exhibited largely reduced post-prandial circulating RE content, indicating that LAL is required for efficient nutritional vitamin A availability. In summary, our results indicate that LAL is the major acid RE hydrolase and required for functional retinoid homeostasis.
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- Lukas Grumet
- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Laboratory of Experimental and Molecular Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and
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- the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Laboratory of Experimental and Molecular Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- From the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria, BioTechMed, Graz 8010, Austria
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Zhang R, Wang Y, Li R, Chen G. Transcriptional Factors Mediating Retinoic Acid Signals in the Control of Energy Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:14210-44. [PMID: 26110391 PMCID: PMC4490549 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160614210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Retinoic acid (RA), an active metabolite of vitamin A (VA), is important for many physiological processes including energy metabolism. This is mainly achieved through RA-regulated gene expression in metabolically active cells. RA regulates gene expression mainly through the activation of two subfamilies in the nuclear receptor superfamily, retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). RAR/RXR heterodimers or RXR/RXR homodimers bind to RA response element in the promoters of RA target genes and regulate their expressions upon ligand binding. The development of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes is often associated with profound changes in the expressions of genes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism in metabolically active cells. RA regulates some of these gene expressions. Recently, in vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated that status and metabolism of VA regulate macronutrient metabolism. Some studies have shown that, in addition to RARs and RXRs, hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α, chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II, and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor β/δ may function as transcriptional factors mediating RA response. Herein, we summarize current progresses regarding the VA metabolism and the role of nuclear receptors in mediating RA signals, with an emphasis on their implication in energy metabolism.
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- Rui Zhang
- State Food and Drug Administration Hubei Center for Medical Equipment Quality Supervision and Testing, 666 High-Tech Avenue, Wuhan 430000, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Wuhan University, 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Wuhan University, 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1215 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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Altered hepatic retinyl ester concentration and acyl composition in response to alcohol consumption. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1831:1276-86. [PMID: 23583843 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Retinoids (vitamin A and its metabolites) are essential micronutrients that regulate many cellular processes. Greater than 70% of the body's retinoid reserves are stored in the liver as retinyl ester (RE). Chronic alcohol consumption induces depletion of hepatic retinoid stores, and the extent of this has been correlated with advancing stages of alcoholic liver disease. The goal of this study was to analyze the mechanisms responsible for depletion of hepatic RE stores by alcohol consumption. A change in the fatty-acyl composition of RE in alcohol-fed mice was observed within two weeks after the start of alcohol consumption. Specifically, alcohol-feeding was associated with a significant decline in hepatic retinyl palmitate levels; however, total RE levels were maintained by a compensatory increase in levels of usually minor RE species, particularly retinyl oleate. Our data suggests that alcohol feeding initially stimulates a futile cycle of RE hydrolysis and synthesis, and that the change in RE acyl composition is associated with a change in the acyl composition of hepatic phosphatidylcholine. The alcohol-induced change in RE acyl composition was specific to the liver, and was not seen in lung or white adipose tissue. This shift in hepatic RE fatty acyl composition is a sensitive indicator of alcohol consumption and may be an early biomarker for events associated with the development of alcoholic liver disease.
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Rodríguez-Estival J, Martinez-Haro M, Monsalve-González L, Mateo R. Interactions between endogenous and dietary antioxidants against Pb-induced oxidative stress in wild ungulates from a Pb polluted mining area. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2011; 409:2725-2733. [PMID: 21550099 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Certain physiologic disorders, attributed to lead (Pb) exposure are related to the generation of oxidative stress. Organisms rely on a complex antioxidant system, composed of endogenously produced compounds such as glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and GSH peroxidase (GPX); and dietary antioxidants such as vitamins A and E. The aim of this work was to study the interactions between both groups of antioxidants and to evaluate their role in fighting Pb-induced oxidative stress in wild ungulates living in a Pb mining area. We studied red deer (n=54) and wild boar (n=60) from mining and control sites. Liver Pb, copper (Cu) and selenium (Se) levels were measured in liver and bone. Levels of GSH, oxidized GSH (GSSG), lipid peroxidation (TBARS), α-tocopherol, free retinol and retinyl esters, and the activities of SOD and GPX were measured in liver. Wild boar and red deer from the mining sites had higher bone (geometric means: 7.36 vs. 1.23μg/g dw for boar; and 0.46 vs. 0.11μg/g dw for deer) and liver Pb levels (0.81 vs. 0.24μg/g dw for boar; and 0.35 vs. 0.11μg/g dw for deer) than the controls. Pb exposure in deer was associated with lower GSH, α-tocopherol and retinyl esters, and higher free retinol and TBARS. A similar effect on vitamin A balance was observed in wild boar, but this was accompanied with an increase in GSH and α-tocopherol. GPX activity and Se levels were higher in wild boar (mean in controls: 670IU/mg protein and 1.3μg/g dw, respectively) than in red deer (150IU/mg protein and 0.3μg/g). These differences may indicate that red deer is more sensitive to Pb-induced oxidative stress than wild boar. Both endogenous and nutritional antioxidants may be negatively affected by Pb exposure, and their interactions are essential to fight against Pb-mediated oxidative damage.
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- Jaime Rodríguez-Estival
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC, Ronda de Toledo s/n, Ciudad Real, Spain.
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Kumar S, Sandell LL, Trainor PA, Koentgen F, Duester G. Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: retinoid metabolic effects in mouse knockout models. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1821:198-205. [PMID: 21515404 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) is the active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) that controls growth and development. The first step of RA synthesis is controlled by enzymes of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and retinol dehydrogenase (RDH) families that catalyze oxidation of retinol to retinaldehyde. The second step of RA synthesis is controlled by members of the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) family also known as retinaldehyde dehydrogenase (RALDH) that further oxidize retinaldehyde to produce RA. RA functions as a ligand for DNA-binding RA receptors that directly regulate transcription of specific target genes. Elucidation of the vitamin A metabolic pathway and investigation of the endogenous function of vitamin A metabolites has been greatly improved by development of mouse ADH, RDH, and RALDH loss-of-function models. ADH knockouts have demonstrated a postnatal role for this enzyme family in clearance of excess retinol to prevent vitamin A toxicity and in generation of RA for postnatal survival during vitamin A deficiency. A point mutation in Rdh10 generated by ethylnitrosourea has demonstrated that RDH10 generates much of the retinaldehyde needed for RA synthesis during embryonic development. Raldh1, Raldh2, and Raldh3 knockouts have demonstrated that RALDH1, RALDH2, and RALDH3 generate most of the RA needed during embryogenesis. These mouse models serve as instrumental tools for providing new insight into retinoid function. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Retinoid and Lipid Metabolism.
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- Sandeep Kumar
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Development and Aging Program, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Al-Johar D, Shinwari N, Arif J, Al-Sanea N, Jabbar AA, El-Sayed R, Mashhour A, Billedo G, El-Doush I, Al-Saleh I. Role ofNigella sativaand a number of its antioxidant constituents towards azoxymethane-induced genotoxic effects and colon cancer in rats. Phytother Res 2008; 22:1311-23. [PMID: 18570215 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Dalal Al-Johar
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Farias EF, Ong DE, Ghyselinck NB, Nakajo S, Kuppumbatti YS, Mira y Lopez R. Cellular retinol-binding protein I, a regulator of breast epithelial retinoic acid receptor activity, cell differentiation, and tumorigenicity. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005; 97:21-9. [PMID: 15632377 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dji004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Retinoic acid receptor (RAR) activation induces cell differentiation and may antagonize cancer progression. Cellular retinol-binding protein I (CRBP-I) functions in retinol storage and its expression is lower in human cancers than in normal cells. We hypothesized that retinol storage might be linked to RAR activation and thus that lowered CRBP-I function might impair RAR activity and cell differentiation. METHODS Sarcoma virus 40-immortalized human mammary epithelial cells (MTSV1-7) devoid of CRBP-I were transfected with wild-type CRBP-I or CRBP-I point mutants with low RA binding affinity. The subcellular localization of CRBP-I was investigated in these cells and in wild-type or CRBP-I null mouse mammary epithelial cells (MECs), using indirect immunofluorescence and sucrose gradient fractionation. RAR activity was assessed using reporter gene assays. Acinar differentiation and in vivo tumor growth were assessed in reconstituted basement membrane and athymic mice, respectively. RESULTS In cells expressing wild-type CRBP-I but not the CRBP-I mutants, CRBP-I was found mainly in lipid droplets, the retinol storage organelle, and this localization was associated with promotion of retinol storage by wild-type CRBP-I only. RAR activity was higher and acinar differentiation was observed in cells expressing wild-type but not mutant CRBP-I. RAR antagonist treatment blocked and chronic RA treatment mimicked, the CRBP-I induction of cell differentiation. Finally, CRBP-I suppressed tumorigenicity in athymic mice. CONCLUSIONS Physiologic RAR activation is dependent on CRBP-I-mediated retinol storage, and CRBP-I downregulation chronically compromises RAR activity, leading to loss of cell differentiation and tumor progression.
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- Eduardo F Farias
- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Annenberg Bldg., Rm 24-74, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Boily MH, Ndayibagira A, Spear PA. Retinoid metabolism (LRAT, REH) in the yolk-sac membrane of Japanese quail eggs and effects of mono-ortho-PCBs. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2003; 134:11-23. [PMID: 12524014 DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(02)00146-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Retinoids stored in the avian egg are essential for normal development, however, laboratory and field experiments suggest that they are affected by environmental contaminants. Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) activity was detected in the microsomal fraction of the yolk-sac membrane of the Japanese quail at day 6 of development. LRAT activity was maximal at pH 7.0 having apparent kinetic parameters of K(m)=1.35 microM and V(max)=0.21 nmol/mg protein/h and was inhibited by the sulfhydryl modifying agent N-ethyl-maleimide. Retinol ester hydrolase (REH) activity in the microsomal fraction of the yolk-sac membrane was stimulated by the bile salt analogue 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propane sulfonate and was maximal at pH 9.0 with apparent K(m)=77 microM and V(max)=34.3 nmol/mg protein/h. Injection of the PCB congener 2,3,3',4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl increased both REH and LRAT activities, whereas 2,3,3',4-tetrachlorobiphenyl stimulated LRAT. Yolk retinol concentration and the molar ratio retinol:retinyl palmitate were lower in the exposed eggs. Yolk retinol concentration decreased as LRAT increased (R(2)=0.89) suggesting that certain PCB congeners may affect vitamin A mobilization in ovo by increasing LRAT activity in the yolk-sac membrane.
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- M H Boily
- Centre de recherche TOXEN and Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Que., Canada H3C 3P8
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Danelisen I, Palace V, Lou H, Singal PK. Maintenance of myocardial levels of vitamin A in heart failure due to adriamycin. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2002; 34:789-95. [PMID: 12099718 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2002.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The therapeutic use of adriamycin (doxorubicin), a potent antitumor antibiotic, is limited by the development of dose-dependent cardiomyopathy. Increased oxidative stress due to adriamycin is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of this toxic effect. In this study, we examined the levels and redistribution of vitamin A (a potent non-enzymatic antioxidant) in adriamycin-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. Three weeks after the adriamycin (ADR) treatment, animals were hemodynamically assessed and different tissues were analyzed for total retinol (vitamin A), (3)H-radio-labeled retinol, retinol palmitate and vitamin E. At 3 weeks, animals in the ADR group were hemodynamically and clinically confirmed to be in heart failure. In the ADR group, total retinol levels in heart and plasma were unchanged. However, levels of the (3)H radio-labeled fraction of retinol were significantly increased in both organs suggesting increased turnover. In the liver, the levels of total retinol and retinol palmitate were significantly decreased, while the radio-labeled fraction of retinol was significantly increased suggesting mobilization of retinol from this organ. Alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) levels were found unchanged in hearts of the ADR animals, while its levels in the plasma and liver were significantly increased. Increased radio-labeled fraction, without any change in the total retinol in the heart, suggested that vitamin A is utilized more by the heart under increased oxidative stress due to adriamycin. Its levels in the plasma and the heart may have been maintained at the expense of the loss from the liver.
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- Igor Danelisen
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada
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Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase from mouse and rat liver: cDNA cloning and liver-specific regulation by dietary vitamin A and retinoic acid. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32364-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lu J, Dixon WT, Tsin AT, Basu TK. The metabolic availability of vitamin A is decreased at the onset of diabetes in BB rats. J Nutr 2000; 130:1958-62. [PMID: 10917908 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.8.1958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats have been associated with an impaired metabolic availability of vitamin A (retinol). This study was undertaken to investigate whether Biobreeding (BB) rats, in which diabetes mellitus resembling human type I diabetes develops spontaneously, respond the same way at the onset of diabetes. Weaning diabetes-prone (BBdp) and normal (BBn) BB rats consumed NIH-07 nonpurified diet ad libitum until 120 d of age. Plasma and hepatic concentrations of retinol and its carriers, retinol-binding protein (RBP) and transthyretin (TTR) were lower in diabetic BB (BBd) rats than in BBn rats. In parallel with RBP, the abundance of mRNA was lower in the liver of BBd rats. Furthermore, the status of zinc, an important factor for the synthesis of RBP, was also disturbed in BBd rats, as indicated by lower circulatory levels and greater urinary excretion. To determine whether the biochemical evidence of vitamin A deficiency in BBd rats could be reversed, BBdp rats were fed a diet supplemented with vitamin A either alone or in combination with zinc. None of these treatments increased plasma vitamin A concentration. The hepatic abundance of RBP mRNA was significantly greater, whereas circulatory RBP concentrations were unaffected by vitamin A plus zinc supplementation. Overall, these results suggest that impaired metabolic availability of vitamin A, possibly caused by its decreased transport from hepatic stores, is another metabolic derangement associated with type I diabetes.
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- J Lu
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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McGowan S, Jackson SK, Jenkins-Moore M, Dai HH, Chambon P, Snyder JM. Mice bearing deletions of retinoic acid receptors demonstrate reduced lung elastin and alveolar numbers. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2000; 23:162-7. [PMID: 10919981 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.23.2.3904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In mammals, including rats and mice, the development of pulmonary alveolar septa is primarily limited to late gestation and the early periods of postnatal life. Before this time, the rat lung contains a relatively large supply of endogenous retinyl ester that, together with its metabolite retinoic acid, has been shown to increase elastin gene expression and the number of alveoli. We have hypothesized that mice bearing a deletion of one or more genes encoding for retinoic acid receptors (which are DNA binding proteins that alter transcription of retinoic acid-responsive genes) may demonstrate abnormalities in retinoid-mediated alveolar formation. Our studies demonstrate that the absence of the retinoic acid receptor-gamma (RARgamma) is associated with a decrease in the steady-state level of tropoelastin messenger RNA in a subpopulation of lung fibroblasts at Postnatal Day 12. RARgamma gene deletion also resulted in a decrease in whole lung elastic tissue and alveolar number, and an increase in mean cord length of alveoli (L(m)) at Postnatal Day 28. The additional deletion of one retinoid X receptor (RXR)alpha allele resulted in a decrease in alveolar surface area and alveolar number, and an increase in L (m). These data indicate that RARgamma is required for the formation of normal alveoli and alveolar elastic fibers in the mouse, and that RAR/RXR heterodimers are involved in alveolar morphogenesis.
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- S McGowan
- Departments of Veterans Affairs Research Service, Internal Medicine, and Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
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Tsin AT, Mata NL, Ray JA, Villazana ET. Substrate specificities of retinyl ester hydrolases in retinal pigment epithelium. Methods Enzymol 2000; 316:384-400. [PMID: 10800689 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)16737-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- A T Tsin
- Division of Life Sciences, University of Texas, San Antonio 78249-0662, USA
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Vogel S, Piantedosi R, Frank J, Lalazar A, Rockey DC, Friedman SL, Blaner WS. An immortalized rat liver stellate cell line (HSC-T6): a new cell model for the study of retinoid metabolism in vitro. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Dawson HD, Yamamoto Y, Zolfaghari R, Rosales FJ, Dietz J, Shimada T, Li N, Ross AC. Regulation of hepatic vitamin A storage in a rat model of controlled vitamin A status during aging. J Nutr 2000; 130:1280-6. [PMID: 10801930 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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It is currently unknown whether the capacity of the liver to esterify and store vitamin A (VA) changes as a function of long-term VA intake or age. The objective of this study was to investigate whether age and/or VA status are factors for the hepatic expression of cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP), the esterification of retinol by lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) and the accumulation of VA and lipids in liver. Two factors, VA intake and age, were studied in a 3x3 design. Diets denoted as VA-marginal, control and supplemented contained 0.35, 4 and 25 mg retinol equivalents/kg diet, respectively; male Lewis rats were fed these diets from weaning until the ages of 2-3 mo (young), 8-10 mo (middle-aged) and 18-20 mo (old) (n = 6/group. Liver CRBP mRNA differed (two-way ANOVA) with dietary VA (P<0.0001) and age (P<0.05). Hepatic LRAT activity increased with dietary VA (P<0.0001). Age was not a factor (P = 0.47) although there was an interaction of age and dietary VA (P<0.0001). Hepatic LRAT activity was correlated (r = 0.633, P<0.0001) with plasma retinol at physiologic concentrations. In VA-supplemented rats of all ages, the plasma molar ratio of total retinol:retinol-binding protein (RBP) exceeded 1, and liver VA and total lipid concentrations were elevated. However, tests of liver function had previously been shown to be within normal values. Thus, the capacity of the liver for retinol esterification by LRAT was not diminished by age or the accumulation of VA and other lipids. We conclude the following: 1) hepatic LRAT activity is regulated across a broad, physiologic range of dietary VA; 2) LRAT activity is regulated throughout life; and 3) the capacity for hepatic VA storage is high throughout life.
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- H D Dawson
- Graduate Program in Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Napoli JL. Retinoic acid: its biosynthesis and metabolism. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 63:139-88. [PMID: 10506831 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60722-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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This article presents a model that integrates the functions of retinoid-binding proteins with retinoid metabolism. One of these proteins, the widely expressed (throughout retinoid target tissues and in all vertebrates) and highly conserved cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP), sequesters retinol in an internal binding pocket that segregates it from the intracellular milieu. The CRBP-retinol complex appears to be the quantitatively major form of retinol in vivo, and may protect the promiscuous substrate from nonenzymatic degradation and/or non-specific enzymes. For example, at least seven types of dehydrogenases catalyze retinal synthesis from unbound retinol in vitro (NAD+ vs. NADP+ dependent, cytosolic vs. microsomal, short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases vs. medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenases). But only a fraction of these (some of the short-chain de-hydrogenases/reductases) have the fascinating additional ability of catalyzing retinal synthesis from CRBP-bound retinol as well. Similarly, CRBP and/or other retinoid-binding proteins function in the synthesis of retinal esters, the reduction of retinal generated from intestinal beta-carotene metabolism, and retinoic acid metabolism. The discussion details the evidence supporting an integrated model of retinoid-binding protein/metabolism. Also addressed are retinoid-androgen interactions and evidence incompatible with ethanol causing fetal alcohol syndrome by competing directly with retinol dehydrogenation to impair retinoic acid biosynthesis.
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- J L Napoli
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo 14214, USA
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Palace VP, Hill MF, Khaper N, Singal PK. Metabolism of vitamin A in the heart increases after a myocardial infarction. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 26:1501-7. [PMID: 10401615 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The supply of vitamin A to the myocardium by storage organs during increased oxidative stress subsequent to myocardial infarction (MI) was examined in hemodynamically assessed rats using compartment analysis of a radio-labeled vitamin A. 3H-Vitamin A was injected into two groups of rats: an MI group and a control group. There were no differences in the plasma or myocardial content of total vitamin A (unlabeled + labeled) between the two groups. However, the proportion of 3H-vitamin A was greater in the myocardium as well as plasma of MI rats. Rats with MI also had significantly lower 3H-vitamin A levels in liver and kidney than sham controls. The greatest difference in vitamin A content was in the concentrations of 3H-labeled storage forms of vitamin A in the liver of MI animals. Activity of bile salt-dependent retinyl ester hydrolase, an enzyme responsible for hydrolyzing vitamin A storage forms, was significantly increased in the liver of MI animals. These data indicate that analysis of plasma concentrations of vitamin A to ascertain links to cardiac conditions may be inappropriate. Specifically, during MI, increased amounts of vitamin A are mobilized from the liver to the heart without changing plasma concentrations. This is facilitated by an increase in the activity of an enzyme that hydrolyzes vitamin A storage forms.
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- V P Palace
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Center, Winnipeg, Canada
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Ndayibagira A, Spear PA. Esterification and hydrolysis of vitamin A in the liver of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and the influence of a coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART C, PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY 1999; 122:317-25. [PMID: 10336091 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(98)10129-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Recent reports of extremely low retinoid stores in fish living in contaminated river systems prompted an initial investigation of the mechanisms of hepatic storage and mobilization in brook trout. Enzyme characterization in microsomes revealed a lecithin:retinol acyltransferase activity (LRAT) optimum in the alkaline range (pH 9.0; Vmax = 0.6 nmol per mg prot. h(-1); Km = 10.2 microM) which is not known to occur in mammals, in addition to a secondary optimum at pH 6.5 typical of mammals. Acyl CoA:retinol acyltransferase (ARAT) kinetic parameters were quite different to those of mammals. The substrate affinity of trout ARAT (Km = 1.6 microM) was approximately 22-fold greater than that of the rat while maximal velocity (Vmax = 0.2 nmol per mg prot. h(-1)) was 18-fold less. Retinyl ester hydrolase activity (REH) was optimal under acid conditions (pH 4.2; Vmax = 6.6 nmol per mg prot. h(-1); Km = 0.6 mM), was inhibited by a bile salt analogue and was greater in males than females. This REH was tentatively categorized as a bile salt-independent, acid retinyl ester hydrolase (BSI-AREH). REH was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner following in vivo exposure to a representative environmental contaminant the coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCBP). Inhibition may be an indirect effect because enzyme activity was not affected by in vitro exposure of control microsomes. REH inhibition in the brook trout may affect the uptake of retinyl esters (REs) from chylomicron remnants as well as the mobilization of stored REs.
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- A Ndayibagira
- Centre de Recherche TOXEN and Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
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Hagen E, Myhre A, Tjelle T, Berg T, Norum K. Retinyl esters are hydrolyzed in early endosomes of J774 macrophages. J Lipid Res 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)33371-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mata JR, Mata NL, Tsin AT. Substrate specificity of retinyl ester hydrolase activity in retinal pigment epithelium. J Lipid Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)33298-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sun G, Alexson SE, Harrison EH. Purification and characterization of a neutral, bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase from rat liver microsomes. Relationship To rat carboxylesterase ES-2. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:24488-93. [PMID: 9305911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.39.24488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A neutral, bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase (NREH) has been purified from a rat liver microsomal fraction. The purification procedure involved detergent extraction, DEAE-Sepharose ion exchange, Phenyl-Sepharose hydrophobic interaction, Sephadex G-100 and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration chromatographies, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The isolated enzyme has an apparent molecular mass of approximately 66 kDa under denaturing conditions on SDS-PAGE. Analysis of the amino acid sequences of four peptides isolated after proteolytic digestion revealed that the enzyme is highly homologous with other rat liver carboxylesterases. In particular, the sequences of the four peptides of the NREH (60 amino acids total) were identical to those of a rat carboxylesterase expressed in the liver (Alexson, S. E. H., Finlay, T. H., Hellman, U., Svensson, L. T., Diczfalusy, U., and Eggertsen, G. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 17118-17124). Antibodies against this enzyme also react with the purified NREH. Purified NREH shows a substrate preference for retinyl palmitate over triolein and did not catalyze the hydrolysis of cholesteryl oleate. With retinyl palmitate as substrate, the enzyme had a pH optimum of 7 and showed apparent saturation kinetics, with half-maximal activity achieved at substrate concentrations (Km) of approximately 70 microM.
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- G Sun
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA
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Matsuura T, Gad MZ, Harrison EH, Ross AC. Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase and retinyl ester hydrolase activities are differentially regulated by retinoids and have distinct distributions between hepatocyte and nonparenchymal cell fractions of rat liver. J Nutr 1997; 127:218-24. [PMID: 9039821 DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.2.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The cellular distribution of enzymes that esterify retinol and hydrolyze retinyl esters (RE) was studied in liver of vitamin A-sufficient, -deficient, and deficient rats treated with retinoic acid or N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-retinamide. Livers were perfused and cell fractions enriched in hepatocytes, and nonparenchymal cells were obtained for assays of RE and enzyme activity. The specific activity of lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) was approximately 10-fold greater in the nonparenchymal cell than the hepatocyte fraction from both vitamin A-sufficient and retinoid-treated rats. Total RE mass, newly synthesized [3H]RE and LRAT activity were positively correlated in liver and isolated cells of both normal (P < 0.0001) and retinoid-treated rats (P < 0.0002). In nonparenchymal cells, these three constituents were nearly equally enriched as evaluated by their relative specific activity values (RSA, defined as the percentage of recovered activity divided by the percentage of recovered protein), which were each significantly greater than 1.0, with values of 4.3 for total RE mass (P < 0.05), 3.6 for newly synthesized [3H]RE (P < 0.01) and 3.8 for LRAT activity (P < 0.01). In contrast, the specific activities of neutral and acid bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolases (REH) did not vary with vitamin A status, and their RSA values were close to 1.0 in both hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells. These data show that LRAT and REH are differentially regulated by retinoids and that these enzymes also differ in their spacial distribution between liver parenchymal and nonparenchymal cells.
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- T Matsuura
- Department of Biochemistry, MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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Mata NL, Mata JR, Tsin AT. Comparison of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in bovine liver and retinal pigment epithelium. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37559-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- W J Johnson
- Department of Biochemistry, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA
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Azaïs-Braesco V, Dodeman I, Delpal S, Alexandre-Gouabau MC, Partier A, Borel P, Grolier P. Vitamin A contained in the lipid droplets of rat liver stellate cells is substrate for acid retinyl ester hydrolase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1259:271-6. [PMID: 8541334 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(95)00173-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Vitamin A is stored in the lipid droplets of liver stellate cells (LSCs), as retinyl esters whose hydrolysis is necessary for the secretion of retinol into the blood. Here, we isolated these retinyl esters under their physiological form, i.e., in LSC lipid droplets, which had retained their morphological and biochemical characteristics. These retinyl esters are substrate for an hydrolytic enzyme, whose optimum pH is 4.1, and which is kinetically similar to the acidic retinyl ester hydrolase (aREH) we had previously described (Mercier et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1994) 1212, 176-182). The cellular and subcellular localizations of aREH activity in rat liver suggest that this enzyme could be involved in the hydrolysis of the esterified vitamin A stores.
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- V Azaïs-Braesco
- I.N.R.A. Metabolic Diseases and Micronutrients Research Unit, CRNH, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Hepatic uptake and metabolism of chylomicron retinyl esters: probable role of plasma membrane/endosomal retinyl ester hydrolases. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39737-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chevalier S, Tuchweber B, Vranckx R, Bhat PV, Lacroix A. Vitamin a status in rats submitted to graded levels of dietary restriction. Nutr Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(95)00051-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R Blomhoff
- Institute for Nutrition Research, School of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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