PMID- 8308867 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19940315 LR - 20190709 IS - 0022-2623 (Print) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 3 DP - 1994 Feb 4 TI - Synthesis of high specific activity [3H]-9-cis-retinoic acid and its application for identifying retinoids with unusual binding properties. PG - 408-14 AB - all-trans-Retinoic acid is known to bind to the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) resulting in an increase in their transcriptional activity. In contrast, recently identified 9-cis-retinoic acid (9-cis-RA), which is an additional endogenous RA isomer, is capable of binding to both RARs and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). These distinct properties have raised questions as to the biological role governed by these two retinoic acid isomers and the set of target genes that they regulate. Herein, we report the synthesis of high specific activity [3H]-9-cis-RA and its application to study the ligand-binding properties of the various retinoid receptor subtypes. We examined the binding properties of RARs and RXRs for a series of synthetic retinoids and compared the ligand-binding properties of these arotinoid analogs with their ability to regulate gene expression via the retinoid receptors in a cotransfection assay. The utilization of the [3H]-9-cis-RA competitive binding assay and the cotransfection assay has made it possible to rapidly identify important structural features of retinoids leading to increased selectivity for either the RAR or RXR receptor subtypes. FAU - Boehm, M F AU - Boehm MF AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, San Diego, California 92121. FAU - McClurg, M R AU - McClurg MR FAU - Pathirana, C AU - Pathirana C FAU - Mangelsdorf, D AU - Mangelsdorf D FAU - White, S K AU - White SK FAU - Hebert, J AU - Hebert J FAU - Winn, D AU - Winn D FAU - Goldman, M E AU - Goldman ME FAU - Heyman, R A AU - Heyman RA LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Benzoates) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Retinoids) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 10028-17-8 (Tritium) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - 71441-28-6 (4-(2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)-1-propenyl)benzoic acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Baculoviridae/genetics MH - Benzoates/metabolism MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Methylation MH - Molecular Structure MH - Moths MH - Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - Retinoids/metabolism MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - *Transcription Factors MH - Transfection MH - Tretinoin/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism MH - Tritium EDAT- 1994/02/04 00:00 MHDA- 1994/02/04 00:01 CRDT- 1994/02/04 00:00 PHST- 1994/02/04 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/02/04 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/02/04 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/jm00029a013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 1994 Feb 4;37(3):408-14. doi: 10.1021/jm00029a013.