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Imokawa G. Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Involved in the Biological Effects of the Xanthophyll Carotenoid Astaxanthin to Prevent the Photo-aging of the Skin in a Reactive Oxygen Species Depletion-independent Manner: The Key Role of Mitogen and Stress-activated Protein Kinase 1. Photochem Photobiol 2018; 95:480-489. [PMID: 30317634 DOI: 10.1111/php.13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the first review, we summarized the biological effects of the xanthophyll carotenoid astaxanthin (AX) to prevent UV-induced cutaneous inflammation, abnormal keratinization, pigmentation, and wrinkling in a manner independent of the depletion of reactive oxygen species. In this manuscript, we review what is known about the intracellular signaling mechanisms that are involved in those effects in keratinocytes and in melanocytes. Our research has characterized the intracellular stress signaling mechanism(s) that are involved in the up-regulated expression of genes encoding cyclooxygenase (COX2), interleukin (IL)-8, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulatory factor (GM-CSF), and transglutaminase (TGase)1 in UVB-exposed keratinocytes as well as in the stimulated transcription and/or translation of melanogenic factors, including microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), in stem cell factor (SCF)-treated melanocytes. The results reveal that while the expression of COX2, IL-8, GM-CSF, and TGase1 stimulated by UVB is due to effects primarily via the NFκB pathway, that stimulation can be abrogated by specifically interrupting the p38/MSK1/NFκBp65Ser276 axis. Further, the stimulation of melanogenesis by SCF can be inhibited by disrupting the phosphorylation of MSK1 via the p38, MSK1, CREB, and MITF axis. The sum of these findings provides new evidence for the interruption of ROS depletion independent-signaling by antioxidants.
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- Genji Imokawa
- Center for Bioscience Research & Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan.,Research Institute for Biological Functions, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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Kim KH, Son ED, Kim HJ, Lee SH, Bae IH, Lee TR. EGR3 Is a Late Epidermal Differentiation Regulator that Establishes the Skin-Specific Gene Network. J Invest Dermatol 2018; 139:615-625. [PMID: 30342896 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Late epidermal differentiation is a key step of skin barrier formation; however, the specific genetic factors that distinguish late differentiation from early differentiation remain unknown. Here, we demonstrated that EGR3 is highly expressed in the stratum granulosum, and that it contributes to late epidermal differentiation. However, its expression is lost under poorly differentiated conditions, such as parakeratosis-lesional skin. EGR3 mediated the regulation of genes located in the epidermal differentiation complex through activation of enhancers and induction of enhancer RNAs. We further identified 20 targets of EGR3 specific for late differentiation. Additionally, we discovered that EGR3- and EGR3-related genes exhibited high tissue specificity on the skin. Through weighted gene co-expression analysis, EGR3 was found to be related to the keratinocyte differentiation-related module as an important part of the skin-specific genetic network. These findings shed light on the transcriptional regulation of late epidermal differentiation, highlighting candidate targets for diseases related to disrupted differentiation.
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- Kyu-Han Kim
- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
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- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Basic Research and Innovation Division, Research and Development Unit, AmorePacific Corporation, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
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Terazawa S, Mori S, Nakajima H, Yasuda M, Imokawa G. The UVB-Stimulated Expression of Transglutaminase 1 Is Mediated Predominantly via the NFκB Signaling Pathway: New Evidence of Its Significant Attenuation through the Specific Interruption of the p38/MSK1/NFκBp65 Ser276 Axis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136311. [PMID: 26305102 PMCID: PMC4549294 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The influence of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on transglutaminase 1 (TGase 1), a major factor that regulates skin keratinization, has not been sufficiently characterized especially at the gene or protein level. Thus, we determined whether UVB affects the expression of TGase 1 in human keratinocytes and clarified the intracellular stress signaling mechanism(s) involved. Exposure of human keratinocytes to UVB significantly up-regulated the expression of TGase 1 at the gene and protein levels. Treatment with inhibitors of p38, MEK, JNK or NFκB significantly abolished the UVB-stimulated protein expression of TGase 1. Treatment with astaxanthin immediately after UVB irradiation did not attenuate the increased phosphorylation of Ser536/Ser468NFκBp65, c-Jun, ATK-2 and CK2, and did not abrogate the increased or diminished protein levels of c-Jun/c-Fos or I-κBα, respectively. However, the same treatment with astaxanthin significantly abolished the UVB-stimulated expression of TGase 1 protein, which was accompanied by the attenuated phosphorylation of Thr565/Ser376/Ser360MSK1, Ser276NFκBp65 and Ser133CREB. The MSK1 inhibitor H89 significantly down-regulated the increased protein expression of TGase 1 in UVB-exposed human keratinocytes, which was accompanied by an abrogating effect on the increased phosphorylation of Ser276NFκBp65 and Ser133CREB but not Thr565/Ser376/Ser360MSK1. Transfection of human keratinocytes with MSK1 siRNA suppressed the UVB-stimulated protein expression of TGase 1. These findings suggest that the UVB-stimulated expression of TGase 1 is mediated predominantly via the NFκB pathway and can be attenuated through a specific interruption of the p38/MSK1/NFκBp65Ser276 axis.
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- Shuko Terazawa
- Research Institute for Biological Functions, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute for Biological Functions, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan
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Reznikova TV, Phillips MA, Patterson TJ, Rice RH. Opposing actions of insulin and arsenite converge on PKCdelta to alter keratinocyte proliferative potential and differentiation. Mol Carcinog 2010; 49:398-409. [PMID: 20082316 DOI: 10.1002/mc.20612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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When cultured human keratinocytes reach confluence, they undergo a program of changes replicating features of differentiation in vivo, including exit from the proliferative pool, increased cell size, and expression of specialized differentiation marker proteins. Previously, we showed that insulin is required for some of these steps and that arsenite, a human carcinogen in skin and other epithelia, opposes the differentiation process. In present work, we show that insulin signaling, probably through the IGF-I receptor, is required for the increase in cell size accompanying differentiation and that this is opposed by arsenite. We further examine the impact of insulin and arsenite on PKCdelta, a known key regulator of keratinocyte differentiation, and show that insulin increases the amount, tyrosine phosphorylation, and membrane localization of PKCdelta. All these effects are prevented by exposure of cells to arsenite or to inhibitors of downstream effectors of insulin (phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin). Retrovirally mediated expression of activated PKCdelta resulted in increased loss of proliferative potential after confluence and greatly increased formation of cross-linked envelopes, a marker of keratinocyte terminal differentiation. These effects were prevented by removal of insulin, but not by arsenite addition. We further demonstrate a role for src family kinases in regulation of PKCdelta. Finally, inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor kinase activity diminished the ability of arsenite to prevent cell enlargement and to suppress insulin-dependent PKCdelta amount and tyrosine 311 phosphorylation. Thus suppression of PKCdelta signaling is a critical feature of arsenite action in preventing keratinocyte differentiation and maintaining proliferative capability.
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- Tatiana V Reznikova
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8588, USA
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Gentry PR, McDonald TB, Sullivan DE, Shipp AM, Yager JW, Clewell HJ. Analysis of genomic dose-response information on arsenic to inform key events in a mode of action for carcinogenicity. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2010; 51:1-14. [PMID: 19551812 DOI: 10.1002/em.20505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify information on gene expression changes following exposures to inorganic arsenic compounds. This information was organized by compound, exposure, dose/concentration, species, tissue, and cell type. A concentration-related hierarchy of responses was observed, beginning with changes in gene/protein expression associated with adaptive responses (e.g., preinflammatory responses, delay of apoptosis). Between 0.1 and 10 microM, additional gene/protein expression changes related to oxidative stress, proteotoxicity, inflammation, and proliferative signaling occur along with those related to DNA repair, cell cycle G2/M checkpoint control, and induction of apoptosis. At higher concentrations (10-100 microM), changes in apoptotic genes dominate. Comparisons of primary cell results with those obtained from immortalized or tumor-derived cell lines were also evaluated to determine the extent to which similar responses are observed across cell lines. Although immortalized cells appear to respond similarly to primary cells, caution must be exercised in using gene expression data from tumor-derived cell lines, where inactivation or overexpression of key genes (e.g., p53, Bcl-2) may lead to altered genomic responses. Data from acute in vivo exposures are of limited value for evaluating the dose-response for gene expression, because of the transient, variable, and uncertain nature of tissue exposure in these studies. The available in vitro gene expression data, together with information on the metabolism and protein binding of arsenic compounds, provide evidence of a mode of action for inorganic arsenic carcinogenicity involving interactions with critical proteins, such as those involved in DNA repair, overlaid against a background of chemical stress, including proteotoxicity and depletion of nonprotein sulfhydryls. The inhibition of DNA repair under conditions of toxicity and proliferative pressure may compromise the ability of cells to maintain the integrity of their DNA.
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Sinitsyna NN, Reznikova TV, Qin Q, Song H, Phillips MA, Rice RH. Arsenite suppression of involucrin transcription through AP1 promoter sites in cultured human keratinocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2009; 243:275-82. [PMID: 20006635 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Revised: 11/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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While preserving keratinocyte proliferative ability, arsenite suppresses cellular differentiation markers by preventing utilization of AP1 transcriptional response elements. In present experiments, arsenite had a dramatic effect in electrophoretic mobility supershift analysis of proteins binding to an involucrin promoter AP1 response element. Without arsenite treatment, binding of JunB and Fra1 was readily detected in nuclear extracts from preconfluent cultures and was not detected a week after confluence, while c-Fos was detected only after confluence. By contrast, band shift of nuclear extracts from arsenite treated cultures showed only JunB and Fra1 binding in postconfluent as well as preconfluent cultures. Immunoblotting of cell extracts showed that arsenite treatment prevented the loss of Fra1 and the increase in c-Fos proteins that occurred after confluence in untreated cultures. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated substantial reduction of c-Fos and acetylated histone H3 at the proximal and distal AP1 response elements in the involucrin promoter and of coactivator p300 at the proximal element. Alteration of AP1 transcription factors was also examined in response to treatment with four metal containing compounds (chromate, vanadate, hemin, divalent cadmium) that also suppress involucrin transcription. These agents all influenced transcription at AP1 elements in a transcriptional reporter assay, but exhibited less effect than arsenite on binding activity assessed by mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation and displayed variable effects on AP1 protein levels. These findings help trace a mechanism by which transcriptional effects of arsenite become manifest and help rationalize the unique action of arsenite, compared to the other agents, to preserve proliferative ability.
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- Nadezda N Sinitsyna
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588, USA
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Bailey K, Xia Y, Ward WO, Knapp G, Mo J, Mumford JL, Owen RD, Thai SF. Global Gene Expression Profiling of Hyperkeratotic Skin Lesions from Inner Mongolians Chronically Exposed to Arsenic. Toxicol Pathol 2009; 37:849-59. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623309351725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The skin is an organ that is highly sensitive to chronic arsenic (As) exposure. Skin lesions such as hyperkeratoses (HKs) are common early manifestations of arsenicosis in humans. HKs can be precursor lesions of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), but the driving forces behind their formation and how they may ultimately progress to NMSCs are unknown. The goal of this study was to examine the global gene expression profiles of As-related HKs in an effort to better understand gene expression changes that are potentially associated with early stages of As carcinogenesis. HK biopsies were removed from individuals living in an arsenicosis-endemic region in Inner Mongolia who had been exposed to high As levels in their drinking water for >20 years. Gene expression profiling was performed on RNA isolated from 7 individuals in this group and from 4 lesion-free skin samples from healthy individuals. Consistent with the pathological characteristics of the HK lesions, major functional categories and known canonical pathways represented by altered transcripts include those involved in development, differentiation, apoptosis, proliferation, and stress response. The results of this study may help define a signature profile of gene expression changes associated with long-term As exposure in the skin.
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- Kathryn Bailey
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control and Research, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, China
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- National Research Council, Washington, D.C., USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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Global effects of inorganic arsenic on gene expression profile in human macrophages. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:649-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.08.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Revised: 07/30/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Arsenic is a well-known human skin carcinogen whose mechanism of action remains to be elucidated. In this work using cultured human epidermal cells, arsenite suppressed accumulation of the transcriptionally active intracellular domain of Notch1. The cells responded to an active peptide from the Notch1 ligand, Jagged1, with increased levels of differentiation marker mRNAs and decreased colony-forming ability. Arsenite suppressed Jagged1 effects and expression of Jagged1 mRNA as well. Moreover, exposure of the cells to a gamma-secretase inhibitor prevented Notch1 processing, decreased cell size and differentiation marker expression, and increased proliferative potential, all effects that occur with arsenite treatment. Thus, arsenite action in suppressing keratinocyte differentiation while maintaining germinative capability could be due to inhibition of Notch1 signaling subsequent to ligand binding. This work also revealed that such arsenite action depends upon epidermal growth factor receptor kinase activity. These findings may help to explain how arsenite, by decreasing generation of the tumor suppressor Notch1, contributes to skin carcinogenesis.
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Perez DS, Handa RJ, Yang RSH, Campain JA. Gene expression changes associated with altered growth and differentiation in benzo[a]pyrene or arsenic exposed normal human epidermal keratinocytes. J Appl Toxicol 2008; 28:491-508. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.1301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Folate deficiency enhances arsenic effects on expression of genes involved in epidermal differentiation in transgenic K6/ODC mouse skin. Toxicology 2007; 241:134-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.08.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 08/23/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ngo MA, Sinitsyna NN, Qin Q, Rice RH. Oxygen-dependent differentiation of human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 127:354-61. [PMID: 16977326 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Oxygen is an essential micronutrient. Unlike many internal tissues, human epidermis obtains much of its oxygen supply from the atmosphere (21% oxygen), and it ordinarily experiences higher oxygen levels than internal tissues (estimated approximately 5%). To test whether epidermal cell growth and differentiation depend upon this higher oxygen level, keratinocyte cultures were studied at 21, 5, and 2% oxygen concentrations. Compared to 21% oxygen, culture in 5% had little effect on growth but led to profound suppression of the differentiation program as assessed by expression of differentiation markers and formation of squames in the superficial layers. Culture in 2% oxygen reduced the growth rate as well as stratification and differentiation. In low-oxygen conditions, the cells exhibited increased colony-forming ability, consistent with a lower proportion of differentiated cells, and increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and cyclooxygenase-2. Growth in 21% oxygen led to higher levels of glutathione and expression of oxidant-responsive genes. Electrophoretic mobility supershift assay using an involucrin activator protein 1 (AP1) response element sequence revealed altered binding by proteins of the Jun and Fos families in nuclear extracts. The present data thus demonstrate oxygen-dependent differentiation in human keratinocytes, to which altered utilization of AP1 transcriptional response elements may contribute.
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- Mai A Ngo
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8588, USA
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Lee CH, Chen JS, Sun YL, Liao WT, Zheng YW, Chai CZ, Chen GS, Yu HS. Defective beta1-integrins expression in arsenical keratosis and arsenic-treated cultured human keratinocytes. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33:129-38. [PMID: 16420308 DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2006.00361.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND beta1-integrins, which localize to the basolateral surface of basal keratinocytes, are important in the differentiation control and proliferation of the epidermis. Many cutaneous diseases with perturbed differentiation, including arsenical keratosis, show altered patterns of integrin distribution and expression. Arsenic may induce arsenical keratosis through the differentiation and apoptosis aberration by integrins. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of integrin and arsenic in the pathogenesis of arsenical keratosis. METHODS Twenty-five specimens obtained from 25 patients with arsenical keratosis disease were studied. Immunohistochemistry staining to beta1, alpha2beta1, or alpha3beta1 integrins was performed in arsenical keratosis and clinically normal perilesional skin. Western blotting was used to assess the expression of integrin beta1 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in arsenic-treated cultured keratinocytes. RESULTS A decreased expression of beta1, alpha2beta1, or alpha3beta1 integrins was demonstrated in arsenical keratosis and clinical normal perilesional skin in a large proportion of arsenical keratosis cases studied. The expressions of integrin beta1 and FAK were both decreased in arsenic-treated keratinocytes. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that arsenic induces abnormal differentiation in arsenical keratosis via the effects of integrin expression in keratinocytes.
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- Chih-Hung Lee
- Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Rice RH, Crumrine D, Uchida Y, Gruber R, Elias PM. Structural changes in epidermal scale and appendages as indicators of defective TGM1 activity. Arch Dermatol Res 2005; 297:127-33. [PMID: 16133457 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-005-0591-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Revised: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 07/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Defective transglutaminase 1 (TGM1) is a causative factor in some cases of lamellar ichthyosis (LI) and congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE) despite large differences in the phenotype between these conditions. In some of these individuals, defective cornified envelopes (CEs) have been reported by light or electron microscopic examination in epidermal scale, nail and/or hair. These findings suggest that assessment of such defects could have a diagnostic utility in distinguishing TG1-deficient versus non-deficient cases of autosomal recessive ichthyosis (ARI) . Present work (a) examines the integrity of CEs in epidermal scale and appendages in a case of TGM1-deficient CIE, (b) assesses the utility of hair/nail versus scale analysis in the diagnosis of TGM1 deficiency in vivo and (c) helps characterize the consequences of the V518M mutation in TGM1, about which conflicting reports have appeared. To this end, epidermal scale or callus, nail and hair samples from a patient with TGM1-deficient CIE, his asymptomatic family members and control subjects were extracted vigorously in sodium dodecyl sulfate and dithiothreitol and examined by light (phase contrast) and electron microscopy. Both epidermal scale and nail from the index case lacked the prominent cell borders that were visible by phase contrast microscopy after detergent extraction of control samples. (By contrast, abundant envelope structures were visible in extracted epidermal scale from patients with ichthyosis vulgaris, loricrin keratoderma and epidermolytic hyperkeratosis.) Electron microscopy confirmed the paucity of intact CEs, and revealed further that hair cuticle cells from the same subject also lacked the marginal bands that are visible in control hair samples. Such aberrations were evident neither in the samples from asymptomatic relatives of the index case nor in the hair-cuticle cells of numerous normal individuals, evidence that this defect is not a common polymorphism. These studies extend our prior work on TGM1-deficient LI to the full spectrum of TGM1-deficient patients, showing that the CIE phenotype, when attributable to a V518M heterozygous mutation in TGM1 in combination with an inactive allele, confers a cross-linking deficiency in a variety of keratinizing epithelia, as previously shown for TGM1-negative LI. These results further suggest that a non-invasive assessment of scale, nail and hair could be of diagnostic utility in distinguishing patients across a full range of phenotypes with deficiency in TGM1-encoded transglutaminase activity from other causes of ARI.
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- Robert H Rice
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8588, USA.
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Lee C, Lee YM, Rice RH. Human epidermal cell protein responses to arsenite treatment in culture. Chem Biol Interact 2005; 155:43-54. [PMID: 15899475 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2004] [Revised: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Study of the responses of target cells in culture is anticipated to help understand the mechanisms by which inorganic arsenic causes pathological effects in vivo. Treatment of human epidermal cells with arsenic has been shown to produce a myriad of changes in gene transcription. Present work focused on finding the extent of arsenite-induced changes in the protein pattern and whether global effects on protein sulfhydryls were evident. First, examining the profile of protein expression by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis indicated that approximately 40% of the 300 distinct protein spots that were monitored changed by at least two-fold in amount all through a 9-day exposure period. Second, examining soluble extracts of the treated cells by Activated Thiol Sepharose column chromatography gave little indication of change in the overall protein thiol content. Finally, among the 10 proteins identified that showed prominent changes in amount as a result of treatment for 1 or 4 days, enzymes of the glycolytic pathway were seen to be substantially elevated as a result of treatment, suggesting decreased utilization by the cells of oxidative phosphorylation. Since these changes were more conspicuous at the protein level than in previous transcriptional studies, the results emphasize the importance of proteomic analysis to complement transcriptional analysis of cell responses to perturbation by arsenic.
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- Chan Lee
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Ansung, Republic of Korea
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Surface epithelial cells, such as the epidermal keratinocyte, undergo a process of terminal cell differentiation that results in the construction of a multilayered epithelium. This epithelium functions to protect the organism from the environment. Transglutaminases, enzymes that catalyze the formation of isopeptide protein-protein cross-links, are key enzymes involved in the construction of this structure. This brief review will focus on the role of these enzymes in constructing the epidermal surface.
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- Richard L Eckert
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Patterson TJ, Reznikova TV, Phillips MA, Rice RH. Arsenite maintains germinative state in cultured human epidermal cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 207:69-77. [PMID: 16054901 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2004] [Revised: 11/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Arsenic is a well-known carcinogen for human skin, but its mechanism of action and proximal macromolecular targets remain to be elucidated. In the present study, low micromolar concentrations of sodium arsenite maintained the proliferative potential of epidermal keratinocytes, decreasing their exit from the germinative compartment under conditions that promote differentiation of untreated cells. This effect was observed in suspension and in post-confluent surface cultures as measured by colony-forming ability and by proportion of rapidly adhering colony-forming cells. Arsenite-treated cultures exhibited elevated levels of beta1-integrin and beta-catenin, two proteins enriched in cells with high proliferative potential. Levels of phosphorylated (inactive) glycogen synthase kinase 3beta were higher in the treated cultures, likely accounting for the increased levels of transcriptionally available beta-catenin. These findings suggest that arsenic could have co-carcinogenic and tumor co-promoting activities in the epidermis as a result of increasing the population and persistence of germinative cells targeted by tumor initiators and promoters. These findings also identify a critical signal transduction pathway meriting further exploration in pursuit of this phenomenon.
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- Timothy J Patterson
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8588, USA
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Koike E, Hirano S, Furuyama A, Kobayashi T. cDNA microarray analysis of rat alveolar epithelial cells following exposure to organic extract of diesel exhaust particles. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 201:178-85. [PMID: 15541757 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) induce pulmonary diseases including asthma and chronic bronchitis. Comprehensive evaluation is required to know the mechanisms underlying the effects of air pollutants including DEP on lung diseases. Using a cDNA microarray, we examined changes in gene expression in SV40T2 cells, a rat alveolar type II epithelial cell line, following exposure to an organic extract of DEP. We identified candidate sensitive genes that were up- or down-regulated in response to DEP. The cDNA microarray analysis revealed that a 6-h exposure to the DEP extract (30 microg/ml) increased (>2-fold) the expression of 51 genes associated with drug metabolism, antioxidation, cell cycle/proliferation/apoptosis, coagulation/fibrinolysis, and expressed sequence tags (ESTs), and decreased (<0.5-fold) that of 20 genes. In the present study, heme oxygenase (HO)-1, an antioxidative enzyme, showed the maximum increase in gene expression; and type II transglutaminase (TGM-2), a regulator of coagulation, showed the most prominent decrease among the genes. We confirmed the change in the HO-1 protein level by Western blot analysis and that in the enzyme activity of TGM-2. The organic extract of DEP increased the expression of HO-1 protein and decreased the enzyme activity of TGM-2. Furthermore, these effects of DEP on either HO-1 or TGM-2 were reduced by N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), thus suggesting that oxidative stress caused by this organic fraction of DEP may have induced these cellular responses. Therefore, an increase in HO-1 and a decrease in TGM-2 might be good markers of the biological response to organic compounds of airborne particulate substances.
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- Eiko Koike
- Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Diesel Exhaust Particles (DEP) Research Project, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
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Phillips MA, Jessen BA, Lu Y, Qin Q, Stevens ME, Rice RH. A distal region of the human TGM1 promoter is required for expression in transgenic mice and cultured keratinocytes. BMC DERMATOLOGY 2004; 4:2. [PMID: 15061870 PMCID: PMC416661 DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-4-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2003] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background TGM1(transglutaminase 1) is an enzyme that crosslinks the cornified envelope of mature keratinocytes. Appropriate expression of the TGM1 gene is crucial for proper keratinocyte function as inactivating mutations lead to the debilitating skin disease, lamellar ichthyosis. TGM1 is also expressed in squamous metaplasia, a consequence in some epithelia of vitamin A deficiency or toxic insult that can lead to neoplasia. An understanding of the regulation of this gene in normal and abnormal differentiation states may contribute to better disease diagnosis and treatment. Methods In vivo requirements for expression of the TGM1 gene were studied by fusing various lengths of promoter DNA to a reporter and injecting the DNA into mouse embryos to generate transgenic animals. Expression of the reporter was ascertained by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Further delineation of a transcriptionally important distal region was determined by transfections of progressively shortened or mutated promoter DNA into cultured keratinocytes. Results In vivo analysis of a reporter transgene driven by the TGM1 promoter revealed that 1.6 kilobases, but not 1.1 kilobases, of DNA was sufficient to confer tissue-specific and cell layer-specific expression. This same region was responsible for reporter expression in tissues undergoing squamous metaplasia as a response to vitamin A deprivation. Mutation of a distal promoter AP1 site or proximal promoter CRE site, both identified as important transcriptional elements in transfection assays, did not prevent appropriate expression. Further searching for transcriptional elements using electrophoretic mobility shift (EMSA) and transfection assays in cultured keratinocytes identified two Sp1 elements in a transcriptionally active region between -1.6 and -1.4 kilobases. While mutation of either Sp1 site or the AP1 site singly had only a small effect, mutation of all three sites eliminated nearly all the transcriptional activity. Conclusions A distal region of the TGM1 gene promoter, containing AP1 and Sp1 binding sites, is evolutionarily conserved and responsible for high level expression in transgenic mice and in transfected keratinocyte cultures.
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- Marjorie A Phillips
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588 USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588 USA
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121 USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588 USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588 USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588 USA
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Tanaka-Kagawa T, Hanioka N, Yoshida H, Jinno H, Ando M. Arsenite and arsenate activate extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 by an epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated pathway in normal human keratinocytes. Br J Dermatol 2004; 149:1116-27. [PMID: 14674888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2003.05704.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inorganic arsenic is an environmental contaminant and is associated with the increased risk of human skin cancer. Arsenic has been reported to activate or inhibit a variety of cellular signalling pathways which has effects on cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. However, the molecular mechanisms of these arsenic-induced biological effects are not completely understood. OBJECTIVES To understand the molecular basis for the mode of action of arsenicals, we examined the effect of arsenite and arsenate on the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and the upstream signalling cascade in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK). METHODS NHEK were exposed to arsenite or arsenate. Western blot analysis was performed to determine the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) 1/2, c-jun N-terminal kinases (JNK), p38, and MAPK or ERK kinases (MEK) 1/2. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine phosphorylation and recruitment of its adaptor proteins, Shc and Grb2, to EGFR were detected by immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis. RESULTS Both arsenicals activated ERK1/2, which are most highly activated in response to mitogenic stimulation, in addition to JNK and p38, which show greater activation in response to cellular stresses. The kinetics of ERK1/2 activation differed from those of JNK and p38 activation. Both arsenicals transiently activated ERK1/2 prior to JNK and p38 activation. MEK1/2, upstream kinases of ERK1/2, were also activated by arsenicals with similar time kinetics to that of ERK1/2 activation. To investigate a signalling pathway leading to activation of MEK1/2-ERK1/2, we examined the tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and Shc adapter protein. Both arsenicals stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and Shc. After arsenical treatment, Shc immunoprecipitates contained coprecipitated EGFR and Grb2, suggesting that both arsenicals induce the assembly of EGFR-Shc-Grb2 complexes. Both the EGFR inhibitor tyrphostin AG1478 and anti-EGFR blocking antibody markedly attenuated ERK1/2 activation induced by arsenicals, but did not affect JNK and p38 activation. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that both arsenite and arsenate activate the EGFR-Shc-Grb2-MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signalling cascade in NHEK.
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- T Tanaka-Kagawa
- Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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