Comparison of the rate of uptake and biologic effects of retinol added to human keratinocytes either directly to the culture medium or bound to serum retinol-binding protein

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Journal of Investigative Dermatology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1523-1747.ep12480562· OSTI ID:5320442

Hodam, J R; Hilaire, P; Creek, K E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia (USA)

Retinol circulates in the plasma bound to retinol-binding protein (RBP), but the mechanism by which retinol is transferred from RBP to target cells is not known. To study retinol delivery, human keratinocytes (HKc) were incubated with (3H)retinol added directly to the culture medium or bound to RBP and the uptake of (3H)retinol was determined at various times. During the first hour of incubation, the rate of (3H)retinol accumulation by HKc was about 40 times greater when the vitamin was added directly to the media rather than bound to RBP. Although maximal uptake of (3H)retinol added directly to the culture medium occurred at 3 h, the uptake of (3H)retinol from RBP was linear with time for at least 72 h. By 57 h, cell-associated (3H)retinol was the same whether it was added directly to the culture medium or bound to RBP. Excess unlabeled retinol or pretreatment of HKc with retinol had no effect on the uptake of (3H)retinol added directly to the culture medium or bound to RBP. Apo- but not holo-RBP was capable of competing with HKc for the uptake of (3H)retinol from RBP. No specific or saturable binding of 125I-labeled RBP to HKc cultured in the absence or the presence of retinol was found. The dose response of retinol inhibition of cholesterol sulfate synthesis and phorbol ester-induced ornithine decarboxylase activity or retinol modulation of keratin expression was the same whether the retinol was delivered to HKc bound to RBP or added directly to the medium. Our data support a mechanism for retinol delivery from RBP to HKc that does not involve cell-surface RBP receptors but instead suggest that the vitamin is first slowly released from RBP and then becomes cell-associated from the aqueous phase. This mechanism is consistent with the finding that HKc respond identically to retinol whether or not it is delivered to them bound to RBP.

• OSTI ID: 5320442
• Journal Information: Journal of Investigative Dermatology; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Investigative Dermatology; (United States) Vol. 97:2; ISSN 0022-202X; ISSN JIDEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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