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Retinoic acid (simplified nomenclature for all-trans-retinoic acid) is a metabolite of vitamin A 1 (all-trans-retinol) that is required for embryonic development, male fertility, regulation of bone growth and immune function. [2] All-trans-retinoic acid is required for chordate animal development, which includes all higher animals from fish to ...
13082 Ensembl ENSG00000095596 ENSMUSG00000024987 UniProt O43174 O55127 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_057157 NM_000783 NM_007811 RefSeq (protein) NP_000774 NP_476498 NP_031837 Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 93.07 – 93.08 Mb Chr 19: 37.69 – 37.69 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Cytochrome P450 26A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP26A1 gene. Function This gene encodes a ...
During development, retinoic acid, a metabolite of vitamin A, is used to stimulate the growth of the posterior end of the organism. [12] Retinoic acid binds to retinoic acid receptors that acts as transcription factors to regulate the expression of Hox genes. Exposure of embryos to exogenous retinoids especially in the first trimester results ...
Retinoic acid is actively transported into the cell nucleus by CRABp2 where it regulates thousands of genes by binding directly to gene targets via retinoic acid receptors. [ 6 ] In addition to retinol, retinal and retinoic acid, there are plant-, fungi- or bacteria-sourced carotenoids which can be metabolized to retinol, and are thus vitamin A ...
In males, the mesonephros releases retinoic acid. RA then goes to the gonad causing an enzyme called CYP26B1 to be released by sertoli cells. CYP26B1 metabolizes RA, and because sertoli cells surround primordial germ cells (PGCs), PGCs never come into contact with RA, which results in a lack of proliferation of PGCs and no meiotic entry.
Retinoic acid via the retinoic acid receptor influences the process of cell differentiation and, hence, the growth and development of embryos. During development, there is a concentration gradient of retinoic acid along the anterior-posterior (head-tail) axis. Cells in the embryo respond to retinoic acid differently depending on the amount present.
In order to aid in proper development fish have an organizer center called the Nieuwkoop center. [9] Anterior and posterior axis formation seems to be the result of interplay of FGFs, Wnt, and retinoic acid. FGFs, retinoic acid, and Wnts are required to turn on posterior genes. [8]
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development in organisms during their life span. It is a sub-discipline in medical genetics which focuses on the classification of congenital abnormalities in dysmorphology caused by teratogens and also in pharmacology and toxicology.