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Increasing the intracellular availability of all-trans retinoic acid in neuroblastoma cells.

Abstract
Recent data indicate that isomerisation to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is the key mechanism underlying the favourable clinical properties of 13-cis retinoic acid (13cisRA) in the treatment of neuroblastoma. Retinoic acid (RA) metabolism is thought to contribute to resistance, and strategies to modulate this may increase the clinical efficacy of 13cisRA. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that retinoids, such as acitretin, which bind preferentially to cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABPs), or specific inhibitors of the RA hydroxylase CYP26, such as R116010, can increase the intracellular availability of ATRA. Incubation of SH-SY5Y cells with acitretin (50 microM) or R116010 (1 or 10 microM) in combination with either 10 microM ATRA or 13cisRA induced a selective increase in intracellular levels of ATRA, while 13cisRA levels were unaffected. CRABP was induced in SH-SY5Y cells in response to RA. In contrast, acitretin had no significant effect on intracellular retinoid concentrations in those neuroblastoma cell lines that showed little or no induction of CRABP after RA treatment. Both ATRA and 13cisRA dramatically induced the expression of CYP26A1 in SH-SY5Y cells, and treatment with R116010, but not acitretin, potentiated the RA-induced expression of a reporter gene and CYP26A1. The response of neuroblastoma cells to R116010 was consistent with inhibition of CYP26, indicating that inhibition of RA metabolism may further optimise retinoid treatment in neuroblastoma.
AuthorsJ L Armstrong, M Ruiz, A V Boddy, C P F Redfern, A D J Pearson, G J Veal
JournalBritish journal of cancer (Br J Cancer) Vol. 92 Issue 4 Pg. 696-704 (Feb 28 2005) ISSN: 0007-0920 [Print] England
PMID15714209 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Imidazoles
  • R116010
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins
  • Thiazoles
  • Tretinoin
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase
  • Isotretinoin
  • Acitretin
Topics
  • Acitretin (pharmacology)
  • Antineoplastic Agents (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles (pharmacology)
  • Isotretinoin (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Retinoblastoma (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins (metabolism)
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Thiazoles (pharmacology)
  • Tretinoin (metabolism, pharmacology)

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