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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
At least four different proteins that bind retinoids could be present in a vitamin A target tissue like the skin. In order to separate cellular retinoid-binding proteins (CRBP and CRABP) from serum retinol-binding protein (RBP) and albumin, a one-step procedure was devised. The technique is based on slab polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of the extracted proteins incubated with tritiated retinoids. The procedure was used to study binding proteins in the skin. The results show that epidermal extracts (the epithelial part of the skin) contain no RBP activities whereas dermal extracts (the mesenchymal part of the skin) contain 1.6 +/- 0.81 pmol/mg protein of RBP. This technique further showed higher levels of CRABP in both epidermal (9.05 +/- 1.16 pmol/mg protein) and dermal (1.5 +/- 0.54 pmol/mg protein) extracts than those previously determined by other less specific techniques. On the other hand CRBP levels were found to be lower in the two tissues (epidermis 0.2 +/- 0.1 pmol/mg and dermis 0.12 +/- 0.05 pmol/mg protein). New conditions to measure specifically CRABP with the charcoal/dextran technique could be developed and analyzed by the PAGE technique; a dissociation constant of 13.7 nM was then calculated for epidermal CRABP. This PAGE technique appears to be the most appropriate method for the study of retinoid-binding proteins including RBP in human skin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
A slab gel electrophoresis technique for measurement of plasma retinol-binding protein, cellular retinol-binding and retinoic-acid-binding proteins in human skin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't