title: Retinoic acid and 4-hydroxyphenylretinamide induce growth inhibition and tissue transglutaminase through different signal transduction pathways in mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3 cells).
abstract: 4-Hydroxyphenylretinamide (4-HPR) is a synthetic retinoid with minimal toxicity and favorable pharmacokinetics during long-term administration to patients in clinical trials. Since 4-HPR binds poorly to the retinoic acid receptors, the issue of whether 4-HPR exerts its biological actions via classical retinoid receptor pathways remains to be resolved. We have previously reported that stable expression of a truncated retinoic acid receptor alpha, RARalpha403, transduced in NIH 3T3 cells by a retroviral vector, rendered the cells resistant to retinoic acid for growth inhibition and induction of tissue transglutaminase (TGase II). Here, we report that stable expression of the dominant negative construct RARalpha403 fails to blunt growth inhibition and TGase II induction by 4-HPR, a potent chemopreventive retinoid, in the same cells. These data show that retinoic acid receptors do not mediate either growth inhibition or induction of TGase II activity by 4-HPR in mouse fibroblast cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giandomenico
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andreola
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rodriguez de la Concepcion
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: De Luca
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D017313:Fenretinide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D000091345:Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2; D015398:Signal Transduction; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D017313:Fenretinide; D014212:Tretinoin; D000091345:Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2; D011503:Transglutaminases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins