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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: ALTEX. 2022 Jun 23;40(2):217ā€“236. doi: 10.14573/altex.2202231

Tab. 1: Overview of retinoid pathway targets reviewed.

Table identifiers with ā€œSā€ are supplemental1.

Section Retinoid target Long name Basic function Data source and entries Table
3.1 RBP Retinol binding protein
(serum / plasma)
Transports dietary derived and in situ synthesized retinol in serum PDB entries S1
ChEMBL assays S2
3.2 STRA6 stimulated by retinoic acid gene 6 protein Transports retinol across membrane into cell from bloodstream; receptor for retinol uptake; signaling PDB entries S3
3.3 CRBP (CRBP1, CRBP2, CRBP3) Cellular retinol binding protein Binds retinol inside the cell PDB entries S4
3.4 CRABP (CRABP1, CRABP2) Cellular retinoic acid binding protein Binds ATRA; facilitates transfer of ATRA from cytosol to nucleus PDB entries S5
ChEMBL assays S6
Fogh et al., 1993 2
Chaudhuri et al., 1999 2
3.5 CYP26 Retinoic acid 4- hydroxylase OR cytochrome P450 family 26 Degradation of ATRA ChEMBL assays S7
Thatcher et al., 2011; Buttrick, 2013; Foti et al., 2016a,b 3
3.6 RDH Retinol dehydrogenase Transforms retinol to retinal through dehydrogenation ChEMBL assays S8
3.7 ALDH / RALDH Aldehyde dehydrogenase / retinal dehydrogenase Transforms retinal to ATRA through dehydrogenation PDB entries S9
ChEMBL assays S10
Koppaka et al., 2012 6
3.8 RARa Retinoic acid receptor alpha ATRA receptor PDB entries S11
ChEMBL assays S12
ToxCast assay results S17
3.9 RARb Retinoic acid receptor beta ATRA receptor PDB entries S13
ChEMBL assays S14
ToxCast assay results S17
3.10 RARg Retinoic acid receptor
gamma
ATRA receptor PDB entries S15
ChEMBL assays S16
ToxCast assay results S17
3.11 Retinoid pathway Retinoid pathway Chen and Reese, 2013; Chen et al., 2016b 7
ToxCast / Tox21 assay results S17