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Lin YL, Lin YW, Nhieu J, Zhang X, Wei LN. Sonic Hedgehog-Gli1 Signaling and Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein 1 Gene Regulation in Motor Neuron Differentiation and Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21114125. [PMID: 32527063 PMCID: PMC7312406 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 1 (CRABP1) is highly expressed in motor neurons. Degenerated motor neuron-like MN1 cells are engineered by introducing SODG93A or AR-65Q to model degenerated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or spinal bulbar muscular atrophy neurons. Retinoic acid (RA)/sonic hedgehog (Shh)-induced embryonic stem cells differentiation into motor neurons are employed to study up-regulation of Crabp1 by Shh. In SODG93A or AR-65Q MN1 neurons, CRABP1 level is reduced, revealing a correlation of motor neuron degeneration with Crabp1 down-regulation. Up-regulation of Crabp1 by Shh is mediated by glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1 (Gli1) that binds the Gli target sequence in Crabp1′s neuron-specific regulatory region upstream of minimal promoter. Gli1 binding triggers chromatin juxtaposition with minimal promoter, activating transcription. Motor neuron differentiation and Crabp1 up-regulation are both inhibited by blunting Shh with Gli inhibitor GANT61. Expression data mining of ALS and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) motor neurons shows reduced CRABP1, coincided with reduction in Shh-Gli1 signaling components. This study reports motor neuron degeneration correlated with down-regulation in Crabp1 and Shh-Gli signaling. Shh-Gli up-regulation of Crabp1 involves specific chromatin remodeling. The physiological and pathological implication of this regulatory pathway in motor neuron degeneration is supported by gene expression data of ALS and SMA patients.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-612-6259402
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Wei LN. Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Proteins: Genomic and Non-genomic Functions and their Regulation. Subcell Biochem 2016; 81:163-178. [PMID: 27830504 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0945-1_6] [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: 12/15/2022]
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Cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABPs) are high-affinity retinoic acid (RA) binding proteins that mainly reside in the cytoplasm. In mammals, this family has two members, CRABPI and II, both highly conserved during evolution. The two proteins share a very similar structure that is characteristic of a "β-clam" motif built up from10-strands. The proteins are encoded by two different genes that share a very similar genomic structure. CRABPI is widely distributed and CRABPII has restricted expression in only certain tissues. The CrabpI gene is driven by a housekeeping promoter, but can be regulated by numerous factors, including thyroid hormones and RA, which engage a specific chromatin-remodeling complex containing either TRAP220 or RIP140 as coactivator and corepressor, respectively. The chromatin-remodeling complex binds the DR4 element in the CrabpI gene promoter to activate or repress this gene in different cellular backgrounds. The CrabpII gene promoter contains a TATA-box and is rapidly activated by RA through an RA response element. Biochemical and cell culture studies carried out in vitro show the two proteins have distinct biological functions. CRABPII mainly functions to deliver RA to the nuclear RA receptors for gene regulation, although recent studies suggest that CRABPII may also be involved in other cellular events, such as RNA stability. In contrast, biochemical and cell culture studies suggest that CRABPI functions mainly in the cytoplasm to modulate intracellular RA availability/concentration and to engage other signaling components such as ERK activity. However, these functional studies remain inconclusive because knocking out one or both genes in mice does not produce definitive phenotypes. Further studies are needed to unambiguously decipher the exact physiological activities of these two proteins.
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- Li-Na Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 6-120 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Wei LN. Chromatin remodeling and epigenetic regulation of the CrabpI gene in adipocyte differentiation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1821:206-12. [PMID: 21435396 PMCID: PMC3151335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) acts by binding to nuclear RA receptors (RARs) to regulate a broad spectrum of downstream target genes in most cell types examined. In cytoplasm, RA binds specifically to cellular retinoic acid binding proteins I (CRABPI), and II. Although the function of CRABPI in animals remains the subject of debate, it is believed that CRABPI binding facilitates RA metabolism, thereby modulating the concentration of RA and the type of RA metabolites in cells. The basal promoter of the CrabpI gene is a housekeeping promoter that can be regulated by thyroid hormones (T3), DNA methylation, sphinganine, and ethanol acting on its upstream regulatory region. T3 regulation of CrabpI is mediated by the binding of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) to a TR response element (TRE) approximately 1 kb upstream of the basal promoter. Specifically, in the adipocyte differentiation process, T3 regulation is bimodal and closely associated with the cellular differentiation status: T3 activates CrabpI in predifferentiated cells (e.g., mesenchymal precursors or fibroblasts), but suppresses this gene once cells are committed to adipocyte differentiation. These disparate effects are functions of T3-triggered differential recruitment of coregulatory complexes in conjunction with chromatin looping/folding that alters the configuration of this genomic locus along adipocyte differentiation. Subsequent sliding, disassembly and reassembly of nucleosomes occur, resulting in specific changes in the conformation of the basal promoter chromatin at different stages of differentiation. This chapter summarizes studies illustrating the epigenetic regulation of CrabpI expression during adipocyte differentiation. Understanding the pathways regulating CrabpI in this specific context might help to illuminate the physiological role of CRABPI in vivo. This article is part of a special issue entitled: Retinoid and Lipid Metabolism.
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- Li-Na Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 6-122 Jackson Hall, 341 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55655, USA.
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Wei LN, Hu X. Receptor interacting protein 140 as a thyroid hormone-dependent, negative co-regulator for the induction of cellular retinoic acid binding protein I gene. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2004; 218:39-48. [PMID: 15130509 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2003] [Revised: 12/09/2003] [Accepted: 12/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Over-expression of receptor interacting protein 140 (RIP140) suppressed thyroid hormone (T3) induction of cellular retinoic acid binding I protein (CRABPI) gene in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. CRABPI induction by T3 is mediated by a direct-repeat four-element bound by T3 receptor (T3R) and retinoid receptor X (RXR). Three receptor-interacting domains (RIDs) in RIP140 mediate its interaction with T3R: one constitutive RID within the amino terminus, and two T3-dependent RIDs in the central portion and the carboxyl terminus. In co-immunoprecipitation and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, RIP140 formed complexes with T3R/RXR in solution and on the endogenous target, the CRABPI promoter. T3 treatment resulted in elevated histone acetylation of the endogenous CRABPI gene promoter, but simultaneous expression of RIP140 resulted in significantly reduced histone acetylation of this promoter, primarily through the recruitment of HDAC4. This study presents the first evidence that over-expressed RIP140 acts as a T3-dependent negative co-regulator for T3 induction of the endogenous CRABPI gene in P19 cells.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- COS Cells
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Reporter
- Mice
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nuclear Receptor Interacting Protein 1
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
- Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Repressor Proteins/metabolism
- Triiodothyronine/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Li-Na Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 6-120 Jackson, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Asquith TN, Gauggel DL, Esquer-Blasco R, Anderson NL, Isfort RJ. Confirmed identities of proteins from a two-dimensional map of Syrian hamster embryo cells. Electrophoresis 1999; 20:1646-51. [PMID: 10424491 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19990601)20:7<1646::aid-elps1646>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Syrian hamster embryo (SHE) cell transformation assay is widely used to screen chemicals for carcinogenic potential. However, the biochemical mechanisms of transformation in SHE cells are incompletely understood relative to other rodent systems. Thus identification of proteins which change during transformation can provide clues to biochemical mechanisms. Previously, we published a map of SHE cell proteins based on comparisons to other maps. In this report we provide direct sequence analysis of numerous proteins which were previously identified solely by electrophoretic mobility. Protein sequencing verified original spot identifications and extended the range of identified proteins. The updated map will assist in evaluating biochemical mechanisms of morphological transformation in hamster cells.
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- T N Asquith
- Miami Valley Laboratories, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8707, USA.
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Mansfield SG, Cammer S, Alexander SC, Muehleisen DP, Gray RS, Tropsha A, Bollenbacher WE. Molecular cloning and characterization of an invertebrate cellular retinoic acid binding protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:6825-30. [PMID: 9618497 PMCID: PMC22650 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.12.6825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have cloned a cDNA and gene from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, which is related to the vertebrate cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABPs). CRABPs are members of the superfamily of lipid binding proteins (LBPs) and are thought to mediate the effects of retinoic acid (RA) on morphogenesis, differentiation, and homeostasis. This discovery of a Manduca sexta CRABP (msCRABP) demonstrates the presence of a CRABP in invertebrates. Compared with bovine/murine CRABP I, the deduced amino acid sequence of msCRABP is 71% homologous overall and 88% homologous for the ligand binding pocket. The genomic organization of msCRABP is conserved with other CRABP family members and the larger LBP superfamily. Importantly, the promoter region contains a motif that resembles an RA response element characteristic of the promoter region of most CRABPs analyzed. Three-dimensional molecular modeling based on postulated structural homology with bovine/murine CRABP I shows msCRABP has a ligand binding pocket that can accommodate RA. The existence of an invertebrate CRABP has significant evolutionary implications, suggesting CRABPs appeared during the evolution of the LBP superfamily well before vertebrate/invertebrate divergence, instead of much later in evolution in selected vertebrates.
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- S G Mansfield
- Intron LLC, 710 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701-2801, USA
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Tsuzuki T, Rancourt DE. Embryonic stem cell gene targeting using bacteriophage lambda vectors generated by phage-plasmid recombination. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:988-93. [PMID: 9461458 PMCID: PMC147375 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.4.988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Targeted mutagenesis is an extremely useful experimental approach in molecular medicine, allowing the generation of specialized animals that are mutant for any gene of interest. Currently the rate determining step in any gene targeting experiment is construction of the targeting vector (TV). In order to streamline gene targeting methods and avoid problems encountered with plasmid TVs, we describe the direct application of lambda phage in targeted mutagenesis. The recombination-proficient phage vector lambda2TK permits generation of TVs by conventional restriction-ligation or recombination-mediated methods. The resulting lambdaTV DNA can then be cleaved with restriction endonucleases to release the bacteriophage arms and can subsequently be electroporated directly into ES cells to yield gene targets. We demonstrate that in vivo phage-plasmid recombination can be used to introduce neo and lacZ - neo mutations into precise positions within a lambda2TK subclone via double crossover recombination. We describe two methods for eliminating single crossover recombinants, spi selection and size restriction, both of which result in phage TVs bearing double crossover insertions. Thus TVs can be easily and quickly generated in bacteriophage without plasmid subcloning and with little genomic sequence or restriction site information.
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- T Tsuzuki
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Pravenec M, Kren V, Wang J, Kurtz TW. Linkage mapping of the cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 1 (Crabp1) gene to rat chromosome 8. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:455-6. [PMID: 9166599 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- M Pravenec
- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Means AL, Gudas LJ. The CRABP I gene contains two separable, redundant regulatory regions active in neural tissues in transgenic mouse embryos. Dev Dyn 1997; 209:59-69. [PMID: 9142496 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0177(199705)209:1<59::aid-aja6>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The CRABP I gene is expressed in a spatiotemporal pattern in neural and mesenchymal tissues at the onset of organogenesis. The neural pattern of CRABP I expression includes specific rhombomeres of the hindbrain, neural crest cells and their derivatives the optic stalk, and the central area of the neural retina. We have created transgenic mouse lines with CRABP I 5' and transcribed regions fused to the lacZ structural gene that recapitulate much of this neural pattern of expression. Sequences 5' of the transcription initiation site between -7.8 and -3.2 kb confer beta-galactosidase expression to specific rhombomeres, migrating neural crest cells, trigeminal ganglion, the optic stalk, and the neural retina. We have also defined a region located between exon 1 and exon 8 that confers a portion of this expression pattern, including the mesencephalic projections of the trigeminal ganglion, the inner layer of the neural retina, and the peripheral layer of the posterior hindbrain. CRABP I expression in mesenchyme appears to require sequences in addition to or outside of those examined here.
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- A L Means
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021, USA
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Chang L, Wei LN. Characterization of a negative response DNA element in the upstream region of the cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-I gene of the mouse. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:10144-50. [PMID: 9092560 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.15.10144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A negative, regulatory DNA element from the mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein I gene promoter was identified. This DNA element, located approximately 1 kilobase upstream from the transcription initiation site of this gene, contained a pair of direct repeats (DRs) separated by 4 base pairs (DR4, TGACCTTTGGGGACCT). By examining a series of reporters deleted or mutated within this DR4 region, it was concluded that the core sequence of this DR4, including both repeats and the spacer, was required for suppressive activity in the mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line P19. From gel retardation experiments, it was concluded that both repeated sequences were essential for specific protein binding, but the spacer sequence was not as critical. Specific residues required for protein binding to this DR4 were identified. In P19 cells, retinoic acid induced the binding of nuclear factors to DR4 and suppressed the activities of the reporters containing this DR4. Co-expression of retinoic acid receptor beta or thyroid hormone receptor beta1 (T3Rbeta1) significantly inhibited the expression of this reporter in P19 cells. Gel retardation with in vitro-synthesized nuclear receptors demonstrated specific binding of this DR4 by T3Rbeta1 monomers, homodimers, or heterodimers of T3Rbeta1/retinoid receptor X beta. A biological function of DR4 in crabp-I gene regulation in P19 cells was suggested.
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- L Chang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Chinpaisal C, Lee CH, Wei LN. Studies of the mouse Rab geranylgeranyl transferase beta subunit: gene structure, expression and regulation. Gene 1997; 184:237-43. [PMID: 9031634 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00605-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The mouse Rab geranylgeranyl transferase beta (Rab GGTase beta) catalytic subunit gene was isolated and characterized. This gene (Rabggtb) spans a distance of approx. 7 kb and is organized into eight exons. All the exon/intron junction sequences follow the GT/AG rule. Multiple transcription initiation sites are located within 384 bp upstream from the translation start codon. The 5'-flanking region contains several potential binding sites for transcription factors, but no TATA box is identified in this region. Expression of this gene was detected in all the major organs in adult animals. In mouse embryos, its expression was examined by in situ hybridization. Specific expression of this gene was elevated in mid-gestation stages, particularly developing liver and spinal cord. Northern blot analysis of an embryonic carcinoma cell line P19 showed that the steady-state level of Rabggtb mRNA expression was increased dramatically by cycloheximide (CHX) treatment as early as 2 h, suggesting a role of post-transcriptional regulation of Rab GGTase beta gene expression. Actinomycin D was used to determine the half-life of Rab GGTase beta transcripts CHX treatment resulted in a dramatic increase of the half-life of Rab GGTase beta transcripts, from 8 h to greater than 12 h.
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- C Chinpaisal
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Chen AC, Gudas LJ. An analysis of retinoic acid-induced gene expression and metabolism in AB1 embryonic stem cells. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:14971-80. [PMID: 8663043 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.25.14971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Murine embryonic stem cells such as the AB1 cell line undergo differentiation in the presence of retinoic acid (RA) into an extraembryonic epithelial cell type. This results in the activation of genes such as Hoxa-1, Hoxb-1, laminin, collagen IV(alpha1), tissue plasminogen activator, RARbeta, and CRABPII. The CRABPI gene is regulated in an unusual fashion; CRABPI message and protein levels are induced at low concentrations of RA, but induction is diminished at higher concentrations. AB1 cells take up RA rapidly from the medium, and the addition of low, exogenous concentrations of RA to the culture medium results in very high intracellular RA concentrations. For example, AB1 stem cells cultured in 5 nM [3H]RA have an internal [3H]RA concentration of 1-2 microM within the first hour. AB1 cells also metabolize [3H]RA to more polar RA derivatives. The half-life of RA in AB1 cells not previously exposed to RA is about 2-2.5 h versus 40-45 min in cells cultured for 2-3 days in 1 microM exogenous RA. Thus, the enzyme(s) which metabolize RA are induced or activated by RA. Furthermore, the local concentration of RA required to elicit some biological responses may be higher than previously thought.
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- A C Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Wei LN, Chang L. Promoter and upstream regulatory activities of the mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-I gene. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5073-8. [PMID: 8617785 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.9.5073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The promoter and its upstream regulatory region of the mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein I (crabp-I) gene were examined in transgenic mouse embryos, a mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line P19, and a mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line 3T6. In transgenic mouse embryos, a beta-galactosidase reporter gene under the control of crabp-I promoter and its upstream regulatory region displayed a very specific pattern of expression characteristic of crabp-I gene expression during developmental stages. In tissue culture systems, the minimal promoter of this gene was identified, and regions containing positive and negative regulatory activities were dissected from the upstream 3-kilobase sequence using assays for transient reporter activity. It is concluded that the minimal promoter of the mouse crabp-I gene is located between 120 and 150 base pairs upstream from the transcription initiation site. Several cell type-specific positive and negative regulatory regions for this promoter have been identified. A region encoding a common negative regulatory activity in both P19 and 3T6 cells is also inhibitory to two heterologous promoters, and specific protein-DNA interactions between this DNA fragment and nuclear extracts of P19 and 3T6 are demonstrated by gel retardation experiments.
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- L N Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Wei LN, Lee CH, Chang L. Retinoic acid induction of mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-I gene expression is enhanced by sphinganine. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1995; 111:207-11. [PMID: 7556883 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03570-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-I (CRABP-I) gene expression is induced in mouse embryonal carcinoma P19 cells specifically by retinoic acid (RA) and the induction is enhanced by sphinganine. The effects of retinoic acid and sphinganine on CRABP-I gene expression can be accounted for by a stimulation of its transcription rate. Using a lacZ reporter system, it was determined that a DNA fragment containing a putative AP-1 binding site in the promoter region of CRABP-I gene is required for the up-regulation of CRABP-I gene transcription.
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- L N Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Lampron C, Rochette-Egly C, Gorry P, Dollé P, Mark M, Lufkin T, LeMeur M, Chambon P. Mice deficient in cellular retinoic acid binding protein II (CRABPII) or in both CRABPI and CRABPII are essentially normal. Development 1995; 121:539-48. [PMID: 7768191 DOI: 10.1242/dev.121.2.539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have disrupted the CRABPII gene using homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells, and shown that this disruption results in a null mutation. CRABPII null mutant mice are essentially indistinguishable from wild-type mice as judged by their normal development, fertility, life span and general behaviour, with the exception of a minor limb malformation. Moreover, CRABPI−/−/CRABPII−/− double mutant mice also appear to be essentially normal, and both CRABPII−/− single mutant and CRABPI−/−/CRABPII−/− double mutant embryos are not more sensitive than wild-type embryos to retinoic acid excess treatment in utero. Thus, CRABPI and CRABPII are dispensable both during mouse development and adult life. Our present results demonstrate that CRABPs are not critically involved in the retinoic acid signaling pathway, and that none of the functions previously proposed for CRABPs are important enough to account for their evolutionary conservation.
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- C Lampron
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Institut de Chimie Biologique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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- J H Veerkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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de Bruijn DR, Oerlemans F, Hendriks W, Baats E, Ploemacher R, Wieringa B, Geurts van Kessel A. Normal development, growth and reproduction in cellular retinoic acid binding protein-I (CRABPI) null mutant mice. Differentiation 1994; 58:141-8. [PMID: 7890139 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1995.5820141.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have generated mouse null mutants for the cellular retinoic acid (RA) binding protein type I (CRABPI), a protein whose spatio-temporal expression pattern coincides with the target tissues for RA action. Inactivation of the CRABPI gene was accomplished via homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. Cells carrying the correctly targeted gene were injected into blastocysts and the resulting chimaeras yielded offspring heterozygous for the knockout mutation. Subsequent breeding programs resulted in normal litter sizes containing viable and fertile CRABPI deficient mice. Homozygous mice carrying the knockout mutation were studied in detail to detect possible organ and skeletal anomalies and/or abnormalities of the hematopoietic system. No overt phenotype was evident indicating that a deficiency for CRABPI does not seem to interfere with normal development, growth and reproduction.
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- D R de Bruijn
- Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Gorry P, Lufkin T, Dierich A, Rochette-Egly C, Décimo D, Dollé P, Mark M, Durand B, Chambon P. The cellular retinoic acid binding protein I is dispensable. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:9032-6. [PMID: 8090764 PMCID: PMC44741 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.19.9032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The cellular retinoic acid binding proteins I and II (CRABPI and CRABPII) bind retinoic acid with high affinity, exhibit distinct patterns of expression during embryonic development, and are thought to play important roles in the RA signaling pathway. We have generated a targeted mutation of the CRABPI gene using the "hit-and-run" strategy and shown that it prevents the production of a functional CRABPI protein. Homozygous mutant mice were normal, indicating that CRABPI does not play a crucial role in the RA signaling pathway.
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- P Gorry
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France
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Wei LN, Lee CH. Demethylation in the 5'-flanking region of mouse cellular retinoic acid binding protein-I gene is associated with its high level of expression in mouse embryos and facilitates its induction by retinoic acid in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. Dev Dyn 1994; 201:1-10. [PMID: 7528580 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1002010102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The mouse cellular retinoic acid binding protein-I (CRABP-I) gene is specifically up-regulated by retinoic acid (RA) in P19 mouse embryonal carcinoma cells, and its expression in animals is spatially and temporally restricted to RA-sensitive tissues during embryonic development. This study demonstrates that, in adult mouse tissues and P19 cells where the expression of CRABP-I is detected at the basal level, the 5'-flanking region of the CRABP-I gene is hypermethylated at the C residues of all the Hpa II sites. Conversely, in mouse embryos during early stages of development when the expression of CRABP-I gene is detected at a much higher level, this region is demethylated at these Hpa II sites. In P19, enhancement on the RA-induced up-regulation of CRABP-I can be observed in cells treated with 5-azacytidine (5-AzaC) in conjunction with RA, where partial demethylation in the 5'-flanking region of CRABP-I gene is observed. Nuclear run-on experiments indicate that increased message levels of CRABP-I in P19 cells can be accounted for, at least partially, by increases in its transcription rates. The induction of retinoic acid receptor (RAR) beta by RA can also be enhanced by 5-AzaC, but to a much lesser degree. In contrast, all the Hpa II sites in the structural gene portion, at least in the first two exons, are fully demethylated at the C residues.
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- L N Wei
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455
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Feng L, Hatten ME, Heintz N. Brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP): a novel signaling system in the developing mammalian CNS. Neuron 1994; 12:895-908. [PMID: 8161459 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90341-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 437] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Using a polyclonal antibody against postnatal cerebellar cells, we have isolated a new, brain-specific member of the lipid-binding protein family (BLBP). Members of this family, such as cellular retinoic acid-binding protein, have been shown to carry small hydrophobic signaling molecules between cellular compartments. The expression of BLBP is spatially and temporally correlated with neuronal differentiation in many parts of the mouse CNS, including postnatal cerebellum, embryonic spinal cord, and cerebral cortex. In situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry show that BLBP is transiently expressed in radial glia in both the embryonic ventricular zone and the postnatal cerebellum. Subcellular localization studies by immunoelectron microscopy demonstrate that BLBP is present in the nucleus as well as the cytoplasm. Affinity-purified anti-BLBP antibodies block glial and neuronal differentiation in primary cell cultures, but have no effect on cell proliferation or adhesion. Based on these results, we propose that BLBP is required for the establishment of the radial glial fiber system in developing brain, a system that is necessary for the migration of immature neurons to establish cortical layers.
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- L Feng
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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Mammalian cell cytoplasm contains at least two proteins which bind retinoic acid (RA): CRABP I and CRABP II. Produced by separate genes, they differ in their affinity for RA, their transcriptional regulation by RA, their tissue distribution, and possibly their function. They intervene, probably at different stages, in the "intracine" metabolic process which controls the amount of biologically active ligand that is available for binding to the nuclear receptors of RA.
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- P Piletta
- Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Cantonal, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Expression of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (type II) in Escherichia coli. Characterization and comparison to cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (type I). J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)80576-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ludolph DC, Cameron J, Neff AW, Stocum DL. Cloning and Tissue Specific Expression of the Axolotl Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein. (CRABP gene/Axolotl/Retinoic acid binding protein). Dev Growth Differ 1993. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1993.00341.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Structure of the human cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II gene. Early transcriptional regulation by retinoic acid. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Durand B, Saunders M, Leroy P, Leid M, Chambon P. All-trans and 9-cis retinoic acid induction of CRABPII transcription is mediated by RAR-RXR heterodimers bound to DR1 and DR2 repeated motifs. Cell 1992; 71:73-85. [PMID: 1327537 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90267-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two cooperating retinoic acid response elements (RAREs) in the cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II (CRABPII) gene mediate differential transcriptional transactivation by retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs) in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. RARE1 and RARE2 are direct repeats (DR) of two motifs separated by 2 bp (DR2) and 1 bp (DR1), respectively, and bind RAR-RXR heterodimers more efficiently than homodimers. Using all-trans and 9-cis RA, which differentially activate RARs and RXRs, and RAR and RXR dominant-negative mutants, RAR-RXR heterodimers bound to RARE1 and RARE2 are shown to be responsible for CRABPII promoter transactivation, arguing against a unique DR spacing specifying recognition by RARs. Within heterodimers, RAR and RXR independently and differentially transactivate, depending on the specific RARE. Consistent with these results, 9-cis RA increases CRABPII mRNA levels more efficiently than all-trans RA. In contrast, all-trans and 9-cis RA have identical effects on induction of RAR beta 2 transcripts.
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- B Durand
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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Wei LN, Lee CH, Chang SL, Chu YS. Pathogenesis in Transgenic Mice Expressing Bovine Cellular Retinoic Acid-Binding Protein. (transgenic/retinoic acid/CRABP/pathogenesis). Dev Growth Differ 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1992.00479.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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MacGregor T, Copeland N, Jenkins N, Giguère V. The murine gene for cellular retinoic acid-binding protein type II. Genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and post-transcriptional regulation by retinoic acid. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42582-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Wei LN, Chen GJ. Production and analyses of transgenic mice with ectopic expression of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 179:210-6. [PMID: 1652949 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)91356-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Transgenic mice with ectopic expression of bovine cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (CRABP) under the control of human metallothionein IIA promoter have been generated. From a total of 10 independent transgenic live borns, six lines have expressed the bovine CRABP messages in a variety of tissues. Among the six lines, three appear to be normal and healthy in the founders as well as their offspring, one has generated transgenic offspring with retarded growth and two have produced only female transgenic mice that are all sterile.
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- L N Wei
- Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Chang Gung Medical College, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C
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