Demonstration of cellular retinoic acid binding protein in cultured human skin fibroblasts
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 113 (5), 529-535
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02376.x
Abstract
Previous studies have indicated that retinoids, such as all-trans-retinoic acid and 13-cis-retinoic acid, can modulate connective tissue metabolism in human skin fibroblast cultures. Such effects could be mediated through binding of these retinoids to specific cellular binding proteins. In the present study we have demonstrated cellular retinoic acid binding protein using both whole cell and cytosol binding assays with [3H]all-trans-retinoic acid or [3H]13-cis-retinoic acid as the ligand. Specific binding of [3H]all-trans-retinoic acid could be demonstrated by both techniques and the binding could be displaced by unlabelled all-trans-retinoic acid and 13-cis-retinoic acid, but not retinol or RO-10-9359 (etretinate) in a 100-fold excess. Gel filtration chromatography of the cytosol proteins after incubation with [3H]all-trans-retinoic acid demonstrated that the specific binding protein had an apparent molecular weight of approximately 15000 daltons. Thus, the cellular retinoic acid binding protein demonstrated in human skin fibroblasts may mediate the effects of the retinoids on connective tissue metabolism in these cells.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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