Protein Information

Name Retinal dehydrogenase 2
Synonyms ALDH1A2; Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1 member A2; RALDH 2; RALDH(II); RALDH2; RALDH2 T; Retinal dehydrogenase 2; Retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2…

Compound Information

Name nitrofen
CAS 2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
14729516 Babiuk RP, Thebaud B, Greer JJ: Reductions in the incidence of nitrofen-induced diaphragmatic hernia by vitamin A and retinoic acid. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 May;286(5):L970-3. Epub 2004 Jan 16.

This includes findings that nitrofen, which induces CDH in rodents, inhibits the key enzyme for retinoic acid (RA) production, retinaldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (RALDH2) in vitro.
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17203325 Nakazawa N, Takayasu H, Montedonico S, Puri P: Altered regulation of retinoic acid synthesis in nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lung. Pediatr Surg Int. 2007 May;23(5):391-6.

Recently, it was reported that nitrofen may act by inhibiting RALDH2.
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12547725 Mey J, Babiuk RP, Clugston R, Zhang W, Greer JJ: Retinal dehydrogenase-2 is inhibited by compounds that induce congenital diaphragmatic hernias in rodents. Am J Pathol. 2003 Feb;162(2):673-9.

The following compounds all induce posterolateral defects in the rat diaphragm; nitrofen, 4-biphenyl carboxylic acid, bisdiamine, and SB-210661.
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17270546 Nakazawa N, Montedonico S, Takayasu H, Paradisi F, Puri P: Disturbance of retinol transportation causes nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lung. J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Feb;42(2):345-9.

Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was performed to evaluate the relative amount of cellular retinol-biding protein I, retinal dehydrogenase 1a2 and 1a3 (Aldh1a2 and Aldh1a3), retinoic acid receptors alpha and beta (RARalpha, RARbeta), and retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha) expression in the lung.
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