Retinoic acid induces matrix Gla protein gene expression in human cells. | - CCMAR -

Journal Article

TitleRetinoic acid induces matrix Gla protein gene expression in human cells.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsM. Cancela, L, Price, PA
Year of Publication1992
JournalEndocrinology
Volume130
Issue1
Date Published1992 Jan
Pagination102-8
ISSN0013-7227
KeywordsCalcitriol, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Cartilage, Cells, Cultured, Dactinomycin, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Fibroblasts, Gene Expression, Humans, Osteoblasts, Osteocalcin, RNA, Messenger, Tretinoin
Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the possible regulation of the vitamin K-dependent matrix Gla (gamma-carboxyglutamic acid) protein (MGP) by retinoic acid, a regulation suggested by the recent observation that the human MGP promoter has a perfect direct repeat which is nearly identical to the retinoic acid-responsive element in the retinoic acid receptor-beta gene. We report that retinoic acid strongly increases MGP mRNA levels in all human cells tested, including osteoblasts, articular cartilage chondrocytes, and fibroblasts. In osteoblastic cells, MGP mRNA levels are increased by 25-fold at 1 microM retinoic acid and achieve half-maximal levels at 0.1 microM hormone. MGP is a small secreted protein of unknown function that is synthesized in a wide variety of vertebrate tissues. The present results suggest that part of the known actions of retinoic acid on skin, bone, cartilage, and other tissues in the human may be mediated by the stimulation of MGP synthesis and the consequent effect of increased MGP secretion on nearby target cells.

DOI10.1210/endo.130.1.1727694
Sapientia

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1727694?dopt=Abstract

Alternate JournalEndocrinology
PubMed ID1727694
Grant ListAR-25921 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
CCMAR Authors