CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?

Retinoic acid being the most active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) regulates the wide spectrum of physiological processes including embryonic development, development of immune response, hematopoiesis, glucose and lipids metabolism, etc. Retinoic acid participates in the regulation of such import...

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Main Authors: E. M. Tchevkina, I. A. Favorskaya
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Language:Russian
Published: ABV-press 2015-06-01
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description Retinoic acid being the most active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) regulates the wide spectrum of physiological processes including embryonic development, development of immune response, hematopoiesis, glucose and lipids metabolism, etc. Retinoic acid participates in the regulation of such important aspects of life-sustaining activity as cell differentiation, proliferation and programmed cell death. This review is focused on comparison of two highly homological members of lipid-binding proteins family, CRABP1 and CRABP2. Although binding of retinoic acid is the only known function of these proteins the physiological meaning this interaction seems to be rather different. CRABBP2 binding of retinoic acid leads to the activation of RAR / RXR nuclear receptors, that act as transcription factors, and further stimulation of expression of numerous retinoic responsive genes. The meaning of CRABP1 binding of retinoic acid is less clear. Some data evidences for the similar action of CRABP1 and CRABP2 in regard to the potentiation of the retinoic acid effect, while the majority of data points on the opposite role of CRABP1, that is reduction of intracellular concentration of retinoic acid and / or decrease of retinoic acid bioavailability through the potentiation of its catabolism or sequestration in the cytosol. The most recent publications also suggest some additional functions of these proteins that could be independent of retinoic acid signalling. The data concerning the roles of these proteins in carcinogenesis and tumor progression are contradictive as well.This review covers the functions of retinoic acid as well as the molecular mechanisms mediating its activity including the different aspects of retinoic acid receptors activity. The review also comprises the comparative structural-functional analysis of CRABP proteins and probable mechanisms of their intracellular activity including those associated with retinoic acid signalling and retinoic acid-independent. A special attention is drawn to the analysis of the data on the involvement of CRABP proteins in the carcinogenesis and tumor progression. The data pointing on either oncogenic or tumor-suppressive functions are given for each protein.
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spelling doaj-art-ec7287a1ee0f4550b384e5299d0fb5e22025-08-04T14:04:34ZrusABV-pressУспехи молекулярной онкологии2313-805X2413-37872015-06-012261610.17650/2313-805X.2015.2.2.6-1621CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?E. M. Tchevkina0I. A. Favorskaya1N. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research CenterN. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research CenterRetinoic acid being the most active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol) regulates the wide spectrum of physiological processes including embryonic development, development of immune response, hematopoiesis, glucose and lipids metabolism, etc. Retinoic acid participates in the regulation of such important aspects of life-sustaining activity as cell differentiation, proliferation and programmed cell death. This review is focused on comparison of two highly homological members of lipid-binding proteins family, CRABP1 and CRABP2. Although binding of retinoic acid is the only known function of these proteins the physiological meaning this interaction seems to be rather different. CRABBP2 binding of retinoic acid leads to the activation of RAR / RXR nuclear receptors, that act as transcription factors, and further stimulation of expression of numerous retinoic responsive genes. The meaning of CRABP1 binding of retinoic acid is less clear. Some data evidences for the similar action of CRABP1 and CRABP2 in regard to the potentiation of the retinoic acid effect, while the majority of data points on the opposite role of CRABP1, that is reduction of intracellular concentration of retinoic acid and / or decrease of retinoic acid bioavailability through the potentiation of its catabolism or sequestration in the cytosol. The most recent publications also suggest some additional functions of these proteins that could be independent of retinoic acid signalling. The data concerning the roles of these proteins in carcinogenesis and tumor progression are contradictive as well.This review covers the functions of retinoic acid as well as the molecular mechanisms mediating its activity including the different aspects of retinoic acid receptors activity. The review also comprises the comparative structural-functional analysis of CRABP proteins and probable mechanisms of their intracellular activity including those associated with retinoic acid signalling and retinoic acid-independent. A special attention is drawn to the analysis of the data on the involvement of CRABP proteins in the carcinogenesis and tumor progression. The data pointing on either oncogenic or tumor-suppressive functions are given for each protein.https://umo.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/21retinoic acidretinoic acid receptorsretinoic-responsive genesprotein crabp1protein crabp2tumor progression
spellingShingle E. M. Tchevkina
I. A. Favorskaya
CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
Успехи молекулярной онкологии
retinoic acid
retinoic acid receptors
retinoic-responsive genes
protein crabp1
protein crabp2
tumor progression
title CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
title_full CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
title_fullStr CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
title_full_unstemmed CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
title_short CRABP proteins – relatives or homonyms?
title_sort crabp proteins relatives or homonyms
topic retinoic acid
retinoic acid receptors
retinoic-responsive genes
protein crabp1
protein crabp2
tumor progression
url https://umo.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/21
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