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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
卷 1530, 期 2-3, 页码 146-154出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-1981(00)00175-X
关键词
all-trans-retinoic acid; testis; mitochondria; protein; retinoylation; coenzyme A
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-39733] Funding Source: Medline
all-trans-Retinoic acid, a highly active form of vitamin A in inducing cellular differentiation, is incorporated covalently into proteins both in vivo and in vitro. The relative rates of incorporation of all-trans-11,12-H-3-retinoic acid into rat tissue homogenates in the presence of ATP and coenzyme A were testes much greater than lung greater than or equal to brain greater than or equal to kidney > liver. Although all studied cellular organelles of the testes incorporated H-3-retinoic acid into protein, mitochondria were by far the most active; indeed, up to 25% of the added tritiated retinoic acid (RA) became covalently bound to protein in a 90 min incubation period. in the absence of ATP, coenzyme A, or both cofactors, the amount of RA incorporated into the proteins of testes mitochondria fell to 37%, 16%, and 11%, respectively, of that incorporated in their presence. N-Ethylmaleimide (5 mM) strongly inhibited the reaction. Boiled mitochondria were inactive. After extensive extraction with CHCl3-CH3OH, the protein-bound radioactivity, which proved largely to be retinoic acid, was released by treatment with proteinase K, hydroxylamine, and dilute base. Thus, retinoic acid is most probably linked to protein as a thiol ester. By SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, four protein fractions with molecular masses of approx. 20, 24, 29, and 45 kDa, as well as smaller amounts of larger entities, were labeled in testes mitochondria. The possible identities and roles of these retinoylated proteins are currently being explored. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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