ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids2020
Interplay between β-carotene and lipoprotein metabolism at the maternal-fetal barrier.
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- Maternal Extracellular Vesicles During Pregnancy and Autism Risk in Children.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Dietary β-carotene improves the ovary development and antioxidant capacity of replacement gilts.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Recent advances in carotenoid absorption, distribution, and elimination.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2025Review
- Maternal genetics and diet modulate vitamin A homeostasis of the offspring and affect the susceptibility to obesity in adulthood in mice.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Dynamic and Energetic Aspects of Carotenoids In-and-Around Model Lipid Membranes Revealed in Molecular Modelling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Maternal Exercise Prior to and during Gestation Induces Sex-Specific Alterations in the Mouse Placenta.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Characterization of lipoproteins in human placenta and fetal circulation as well as gestational changes in lipoprotein assembly and secretion in human and mouse placentas.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2023Article
- In Silico and In Vitro Methods in the Characterization of Beta-Carotene as Pharmaceutical Material via Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitory Actions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- miR-330 targeting BCO2 is involved in carotenoid metabolism to regulate skin pigmentation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Genetic tuning of β-carotene oxygenase-1 activity rescues cone photoreceptor function in STRA6-deficient mice.Human molecular genetics · 2023Article
- Home-Prepared Meal Consumption Is Associated with Healthy Food Choices in Pregnant Women Followed Up by Primary Health Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Retinoic acid regulates pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (Pdk4) to modulate fuel utilization in the adult heart: Insights from wild-type and β-carotene 9',10' oxygenase knockout mice.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2022Article
- β-carotene improves fecal dysbiosis and intestinal dysfunctions in a mouse model of vitamin A deficiency.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2022Article
- Mechanisms of Feedback Regulation of Vitamin A Metabolism.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein-mediated transfer of β-carotene from donor to acceptor vesicles in vitro.Methods in enzymology · 2022Article
- Additive and Dominance Genomic Analysis for Litter Size in Purebred and Crossbred Iberian Pigs.Genes · 2021Article
- The Structural and Biochemical Basis of Apocarotenoid Processing by β-Carotene Oxygenase-2.ACS chemical biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Vitamin A is an essential nutrient, critical for proper embryonic development in mammals. Both embryonic vitamin A-deficiency or -excess lead to congenital malformations or lethality in mammals, including humans. This is due to the defective transcriptional action of retinoic acid, the active form of vitamin A, that regulates in a spatial- and temporal-dependent manner the expression of genes essential for organogenesis. Thus, an adequate supply of vitamin A from the maternal circulation is vital for normal mammalian fetal development. Provitamin A carotenoids circulate in the maternal bloodstream and are available to the embryo. Of all the dietary carotenoids, β-carotene is the main vitamin A precursor, contributing at least 30% of the vitamin A intake in the industrialized countries and often constituting the sole source of retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) in the developing world. In humans, up to 40% of the absorbed dietary β-carotene is incorporated in its intact form in chylomicrons for distribution to other organs within the body, including the developing tissues. Here, it can serve as a source of vitamin A upon conversion into apocarotenoids by its cleavage enzymes. Given that β-carotene is carried in the bloodstream by lipoproteins, and that the placenta acquires, assembles and secretes lipoproteins, it is becoming evident that the maternal-fetal transfer of β-carotene relies on lipoprotein metabolism. Here, we will explore the current knowledge about this important biological process, the cross-talk between carotenoid and lipid metabolism in the context of the maternal-fetal transfer of this provitamin A precursor, and the mechanisms whereby β-carotene is metabolized by the developing tissues. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Carotenoids recent advances in cell and molecular biology edited by Johannes von Lintig and Loredana Quadro.
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