UNIQUE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF 2 DISTINCT CELLULAR RETINOIC ACID BINDING-PROTEINS IN NEONATAL AND ADULT-RAT
UNIQUE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF 2 DISTINCT CELLULAR RETINOIC ACID BINDING-PROTEINS IN NEONATAL AND ADULT-RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(90)90131-f
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发表时间:
1990-03-26
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SIU, CH
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作者:
BAILEY, JS;SIU, CH
Two different species of cellular retinoic acid binding proetins, CRABP-I and CRABP-II, have been found in neonatal rat pups (Bailey, J. S. and Siu, C.-H. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 9326-9332). In this report, we describe a sensitive radio-ligand binding assay for CRABP in crude tissue extracts. The assay makes use of anion-exchange high-pressure liquid chromatography which effectively separates CRABP-II from CRABP-I, thus permitting the simultaneous quantitation of these two proteins. The distribution CRABP-I and CRABP-II in various neonatal and adult tissues of the rat has been examined. CRABP-1 is the predominant species of CRABP and is present in high levels in the brain, skin and testis. CRABP-II is apparently unique to the skin of neonatal animals and it becomes undetectable in adult skin. Interestingly, CRABP-II is detected at a significant level only in the adrenals of adult animals, while neonatal adrenals express only CRABP-I and not CRABP-II. CRABP-I is present in higher levels in most organs at the neonatal stage than in the adult.