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Nutrient Physiology, Metabolism, and Nutrient-Nutrient Interactions

Chronic Vitamin A Status and Acute Repletion with Retinyl Palmitate Are Determinants of the Distribution and Catabolism of all-trans-Retinoic Acid in Rats¹

Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: acr6{at}psu.edu.

The relation between vitamin A (VA) nutritional status and the metabolism of all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) is not well understood. In this study, we determined the tissue distribution and metabolism of a test dose of [³H]-RA in rats with graded, diet-dependent, differences in VA status. The design included 3 groups, designated VA-deficient, VA-marginal, and VA-adequate, with liver total retinol concentrations of 9.7, 35.7 and 359 nmol/g, respectively, (P < 0.05), and an additional group of VA-deficient rats treated with a single oral dose of retinyl palmitate (RP) 20 h before the injection of [³H]-RA. Plasma, liver, lung, and small intestines, collected 30 min after [³H]-RA, were analyzed for total ³H, unmetabolized [³H]-RA, polar organic-phase metabolites of [³H]-RA, and aqueous phase [³H]-labeled metabolites. In all groups, [³H]-RA was rapidly removed from plasma and concentrated in the liver. VA deficiency did not prevent the oxidative metabolism of RA. Nevertheless, the quantity of [³H]-RA metabolites in plasma and the ratio of total [³H]-polar metabolites to unmetabolized [³H]-RA in liver varied directly with VA status (VA-adequate > VA-marginal > VA-deficient, P < 0.05). Moreover, supplementation of VA-deficient rats with RP reduced the metabolism of [³H]-RA, similar to that in VA-adequate or VA-marginal rats. Liver retinol concentration, considered a proxy for VA status, was correlated (P < 0.05) with [³H]-RA metabolites in liver (R² = 0.54), plasma (R² = 0.44), lung (R² = 0.40), intestine (R² = 0.62), and all combined (R² = 0.655). Overall, the results demonstrate close linkage between dietary VA intake, hepatic storage of VA, and the degradation of RA and suggest that measuring plasma retinoid metabolites after a dose of RA may provide insight into the metabolism of this bioactive retinoid by visceral organs.

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