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  • Title: Vitamin A deficiency alters genomic expression for fibronectin in liver and hepatocytes.
    Author: Kim HY, Wolf G.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1987 Jan 05; 262(1):365-71. PubMed ID: 3793729.
    Abstract:
    Earlier work from our laboratory had shown that vitamin A-deficient rats had increased levels of fibronectin in their serum. To explain this result, we investigated the mechanism whereby vitamin A deficiency affects the production of fibronectin by liver and hepatocytes, since liver is the known source of plasma fibronectin. By use of cDNA specific for rat liver fibronectin, we showed that livers of vitamin A-deficient rats had a 2-4-fold increase in the level of fibronectin mRNA and also a higher transcription rate. Rate of synthesis and secretion of fibronectin was found to be increased 2-fold in primary cultures of hepatocytes of deficient animals. Exogenous addition of retinyl acetate or retinoic acid to the media reversed this increase to control levels. The increase was paralleled by an increase in fibronectin mRNA, also reversed by exogenous retinoic acid. At least 12 h were needed for this reversal to take place. Thus, vitamin A appears to regulate the synthesis of fibronectin through its action on fibronectin mRNA transcription. This represents the first reported observation of an action of vitamin A at the genomic level on the synthesis of a specific protein in liver.
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