title: Specific high-affinity binding of fatty acids to epidermal cytosolic proteins.
abstract: Cytosol from rat, mouse, and human skin or rat epidermis was incubated with [3H]arachidonic acid, [14C]retinoic acid, [14C]oleic acid, [3H]leukotriene A4, [3H]prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) or [3H] 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE), and protein-bound ligands were separated using Lipidex-1000 at 4 degrees C to assess the binding specificity. The binding of oleic acid and arachidonic acid with rat epidermal cytosol was rapid, saturable, and reversible. Binding of oleic acid was competed out with the simultaneous addition of other ligands and found to be in the following order: arachidonic acid greater than oleic acid greater than linoleic acid greater than lauric acid greater than leukotriene A4 greater than 15-HETE = PGE1 greater than PGE2 = PGF2. Scatchard analysis of the binding with arachidonic acid, oleic acid, and retinoic acid revealed high-affinity binding sites with the dissociation constant in the nM range. SDS-PAGE analysis of the oleic acid-bound epidermal cytosolic protein(s) revealed maximum binding at the 14.5 kDa region. The presence of the fatty acid-binding protein in epidermal cytosol and its binding to fatty acids and retinoic acid may be of significance both in the trafficking and the metabolism of fatty acids and retinoids across the skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004817:Epidermis / Q000378:metabolism; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009829:Oleic Acids; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019301:Oleic Acid; D014212:Tretinoin