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(American Journal of Pathology. 2003;162:673-679.)
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Retinal Dehydrogenase-2 Is Inhibited by Compounds that Induce Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias in Rodents

Jörg Mey*, Randal P. Babiuk{dagger}, Robin Clugston{dagger}, Wei Zhang{dagger} and John J. Greer{dagger}

From the Institut für Biologie II,* Aachen, Germany; and the Department of Physiology,{dagger} Division of Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Currently, the etiology of the serious developmental anomaly congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is unknown. We have used an animal model of CDH to address this issue. We characterized four separate teratogens that produced diaphragmatic defects in embryonic rats that are similar to those in infants with CDH. We then tested the hypothesis that all these agents share the common mechanism of perturbing the retinoid-signaling pathway. Specifically, inhibition of retinal dehydrogenase-2 (RALDH2), a key enzyme necessary for the production of retinoic acid and that is expressed in the developing diaphragm, was assayed by measuring retinoic acid production in cytosolic extracts from an oligodendrocyte cell line. The following compounds all induce posterolateral defects in the rat diaphragm; nitrofen, 4-biphenyl carboxylic acid, bisdiamine, and SB-210661. Importantly, we demonstrate that they all share the common mechanism of inhibiting RALDH2. These data provide an important component of mounting evidence suggesting that the retinoid system warrants consideration in future studies of the etiology of CDH.




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