Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics
Open Access
ISSN: 0974-276X
ISSN: 0974-276X
O.P. Jangir
India
Research Article
In Silico and In Vivo Study of Lens Regeneration Under theInfluence of Retinoid
Author(s): Amit Nagal, O.P. Jangir, P S Solanki, Vijay Singh and M Krishnamohan
Amit Nagal, O.P. Jangir, P S Solanki, Vijay Singh and M Krishnamohan
The present study supports previous finding that vitamin A can induce and accelerate lens regeneration in pigmented epithelial cells (PECs) of dorsal iris not only in amphibians but also in young and adult swiss albino mice, guinea pig, rabbit and pigs. In lens regeneration, several workers have shown that vitamin A possesses the mitogenic activity which causes functional impairment of retinoid receptors and thereby inhibits the lens regeneration. The purpose of present study is to know how retinoids and their derivatives interact with Retinoid X receptor (Rxr alpha) and thus helping in lens regeneration. The docking studies of human and mice Rxr alpha were performed against vitamin A and 9-cis retinoic acid (vitamin A1) using autodock and the results were analyzed using Discovery Studio from Accelrys. The results show that there is a significant similarity in interac.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/jpb.1000016