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Differentiation of P19 EC cells along different pathways into derivatives resembling cells of the three embryonic germ layers is accompanied by characteristic differences in modulation of expression of each of the three retinoic acid receptor genes, RAR alpha, -beta and -gamma. Differentiation induced by addition of RA to P19 EC cells cultured in monolayer is accompanied by a rapid increase in expression of both RAR alpha and -beta. Induction of RAR beta occurs in a characteristic biphasic manner, suggesting that multiple factors and/or different mechanisms are involved in controlling its expression. RAR beta mRNA is induced to a far higher level during early aggregation in the presence of RA than during early differentiation in monolayer, suggesting that the direction of differentiation depends on the number and/or ratio of alpha and beta type of RA receptors. Aggregation of P19 EC cells in the presence of RA, but not DMSO, is accompanied by repression of RAR gamma, suggesting that the expression of RAR beta and RAR gamma during neuroectodermal differentiation is mutually exclusive. The effects of RA on RAR expression are significantly greater in G1 than in S-phase of the cell cycle. These results extend previous observations that commitment to differentiation is cell cycle dependent and indicates that critical target gene regulation in response to RA has to take place in G1 for differentiation to occur.
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