title: 4-oxo-retinoic acid is generated from its precursor canthaxanthin and enhances gap junctional communication in 10T1/2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanusch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D016644:Canthaxanthin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D010957:Plasmids; D051381:Rats; D012176:Retinoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D012176:Retinoids; D002338:Carotenoids; C002202:4-oxoretinoic acid; D016644:Canthaxanthin; D014212:Tretinoin; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases