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Robust formation and maintenance of continuous stratified cortical neuroepithelium by laminin-containing matrix in mouse ES cell culture. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53024. [PMID: 23300850 PMCID: PMC3534089 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In the mammalian cortex, the dorsal telencephalon exhibits a characteristic stratified structure. We previously reported that three-dimensional (3D) culture of mouse ES cells (mESCs) can efficiently generate cortical neuroepithelium (NE) and layer-specific cortical neurons. However, the cortical NE generated in this mESC culture was structurally unstable and broke into small neural rosettes by culture day 7, suggesting that some factors for reinforcing the structural integrity were missing. Here we report substantial supporting effects of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein laminin on the continuous formation of properly polarized cortical NE in floating aggregate culture of mESCs. The addition of purified laminin and entactin (a laminin-associated protein), even at low concentrations, stabilized the formation of continuous cortical NE as well as the maintenance of basement membrane and prevented rosette formation. Treatment with the neutralizing ß1-integrin antibody impaired the continuous NE formation. The stabilized cortical NE exhibited typical interkinetic nuclear migration of cortical progenitors, as seen in the embryonic cortex. The laminin-treated cortical NE maintained a continuous structure even on culture days 12 and 15, and contained ventricular, basal-progenitor, cortical-plate and Cajal-Retzius cell layers. The cortical NE in this culture was flanked by cortical hem-like tissue. Furthermore, when Shh was added, ventral telencephalic structures such as lateral ganglionic eminence–like tissue formed in the region adjacent to the cortical NE. Thus, our results indicate that laminin-entactin ECM promotes the formation of structurally stable telencephalic tissues in 3D ESC culture, and supports the morphogenetic recapitulation of cortical development.
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Serra M, Brazís P, Puigdemont A, Fondevila D, Romano V, Torre C, Ferrer L. Development and characterization of a canine skin equivalent. Exp Dermatol 2007; 16:135-42. [PMID: 17222228 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00525.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The development of a complex cellular model, which incorporates the basic cell components of the dog skin, would be a useful tool to investigate the biology and pathology of canine skin and also to replace animal testing partially. The aim of the present study was to develop and characterize a canine skin equivalent. Epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts were freshly isolated from skin biopsies from healthy dogs. Fibroblasts were embedded into a bio-matrix from collagen type I matrix protein; this built the scaffold where the keratinocytes were seeded, at air exposed conditions. At 3, 7, 15 and 21 days of culture in special growth media, skin equivalents were analysed by histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopical techniques. At 15 days, keratinocytes underwent differentiation to a multilayer epidermis with stratum basal, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum and stratum corneum. Expression of epidermal cytokeratins in keratinocytes was detected by immunhistochemistry, and followed the same pattern than in the normal canine epidermis. Fibroblasts from the skin equivalent expressed vimentin as dermal fibroblasts do. A basement membrane (BM) was observed underneath the epidermis; ultrastructurally, it was similar to the normal canine BM and collagen IV and laminin 5 were detected immunohistochemically as major components of this structure. Skin equivalents developed from canine cutaneous cells presented a similar morphological structure than healthy canine skin. Moreover, the immunohistochemical analysis revealed the expression of the major markers of the epidermis (keratins), dermis (vimentin) and BM (collagen type IV, laminin 5).
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- Montserrat Serra
- UNIVET, SL, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Adachi T, Tomita M, Yoshizato K. Synthesis of prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit and type IV collagen in hemocytic granular cells of silkworm, Bombyx mori: Involvement of type IV collagen in self-defense reaction and metamorphosis. Matrix Biol 2005; 24:136-54. [PMID: 15890264 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2005.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Revised: 12/13/2004] [Accepted: 01/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study shows that hemocytic granular cells synthesize and secrete type IV collagen (ColIV) in the silkworm Bombyx mori (B. mori) and suggests that these cells play roles in the formation of basement membrane, the encapsulation of foreign bodies, and the metamorphic remodeling of the gut. The full- and partial-length cDNA of B. mori prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit (BmP4Halpha) and B. mori ColIV (BmColIV) were cloned, respectively. In situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry on larval tissues and cells identified hemocytic granular cells as the cells that express mRNAs and proteins of both BmP4Halpha and BmColIV. Immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry demonstrated that BmColIV was present in the basement membrane and in the secretory granules of granular cells, respectively. Granular cells in culture secreted BmColIV without accompanying the degranulation and discharged it from the granules when the cells were degranulated. Nylon threads were inserted into the hemocoel of larvae. Granular cells concentrated around the nylon threads and encapsulated them as a self-defense reaction. BmColIV was found to be a component of the capsules. Furthermore, the present study showed that actively BmColIV-expressing granular cells accumulated around the midgut epithelium and formed BmColIV-rich thick basal lamina-like structures there in larval to pupal metamorphosis.
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- Takahiro Adachi
- Yoshizato Project, Cooperative Link of Unique Science and Technology for Economy Revitalization, Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 3-10-32, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-0046, Japan
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Symbolism that describes the synthetic processes for chemical compounds has been used to describe, in qualitative terms, the synthesis of tissues and organs at the correct anatomical site. The synthetic process is summarized in the reaction diagram, a shorthand representation of the reactants, reactor, and products. Analysis of a large number of independent protocols has led to identification of the simplest synthetic pathways for two organs that have been studied extensively: skin and peripheral nerves. These apparently irreducible reaction diagrams for the two organs are not only simple but surprisingly similar, a fact suggesting the existence of general rules for the synthesis of other organs as well. The only two reactants that are required are an active scaffold (a macromolecular network synthesized as a highly porous analogue of the extracellular matrix) and a seeding of epithelial cells of the organ being synthesized. Scaffolds possessed biological (regenerative) activity provided that they were capable of blocking the contraction process that leads to closure of the injured site. Such activity requires that the density of ligands for binding of contractile cells on the scaffold maintains a sufficiently high level over the period of synthesis.
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- Ioannis V Yannas
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Allen J, Phan TT, Hughes MA, Cherry GW, Wojnarowska F. The cellular origins of the linear IgA disease target antigens: an indirect immunofluorescence study using cultured human keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Br J Dermatol 2003; 148:945-53. [PMID: 12786825 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05313.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Linear IgA disease (LAD) is an IgA-mediated subepidermal immunobullous disease of adults and children, with heterogeneous immunopathology. Objectives To investigate to what extent the cellular origins of the target antigens account for the heterogeneity of the immune response in LAD. METHODS Forty-nine adult and 33 childhood LAD sera were studied. Immunofluorescence was carried out to determine the expression of the LAD antigens by normal human keratinocytes, fibroblasts and mixed cultures of keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Immunoblotting was performed to determine the localization of the LAD target antigens in tissue extracts (48 adult and 31 childhood sera) and cell extracts (21 adult and 10 childhood sera). RESULTS Thirty-one adult and 13 childhood LAD sera bound proteins expressed by human keratinocytes; of these sera, 15 adult and four childhood LAD sera also recognized proteins expressed by fibroblasts. A single adult serum was positive on fibroblasts alone. Seventeen adult and 20 childhood sera were negative on both cell types. There was a modest increase (9%) in the detection of the IgA autoantibodies on keratinocytes and fibroblasts grown together in mixed culture. Immunoblotting showed that the LAD target antigens could be detected in cell as well as in tissue extracts. CONCLUSIONS Our results have shown that normal human keratinocytes and fibroblasts in culture express the LAD target antigens. LAD sera (with a single exception) bound antigens expressed by keratinocytes alone or by both keratinocytes and fibroblasts. The principal pattern of expression in keratinocytes was cytoplasmic, similar to that demonstrated by polyclonal antibodies to the 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen (BP180). This reflects the pivotal role of BP180 in LAD. The finding that LAD antigens are expressed by both human keratinocytes and fibroblasts in culture may explain the heterogeneity of the target antigens, and may be a contributory factor in the immunopathology of the disease.
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- J Allen
- Department of Dermatology and The Wound Healing Institute, The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
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Evans MD, McFarland GA, Taylor S, Johnson G, McLean KM. The architecture of a collagen coating on a synthetic polymer influences epithelial adhesion. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 2001; 56:461-8. [PMID: 11400123 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20010915)56:4<461::aid-jbm1117>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The current study sought to identify a collagen coating methodology for application to polymer surfaces that would provide for the development of adhesive structures responsible for the sustained adhesion of corneal epithelial tissue. We compared an uncoated microporous polycarbonate surface and equivalent surfaces coated with either covalently immobilized collagen I or chemically crosslinked collagen I gel in a corneal explant outgrowth assay over 21 days. Electron microscopy was used to examine the formation of hemidesmosomes, basal lamina, and anchoring fibrils at the tissue-polymer interface. The crosslinked collagen gel preparation supported the overlying epithelial tissue across the pore openings and allowed for the formation of identifiable basal lamina, hemidesmosomes, and anchoring fibrils between the epithelial tissue and the polymer surface. Hemidesmosomal plaque, but no basal lamina or anchoring fibril formation, occurred on the uncoated surface or on that coated with covalently immobilized collagen I. We propose that the collagen matrix provided by the crosslinked collagen gel was reorganized by the epithelial tissue and that this, combined with the secretion of ECM molecules, served to limit the diffusion of basement membrane components, which permitted an increase in the local concentration of these molecules, which favored the assembly of epithelial adhesive structures.
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- M D Evans
- Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia 2052.
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Andree C, Reimer C, Page CP, Slama J, Stark BG, Eriksson E. Basement membrane formation during wound healing is dependent on epidermal transplants. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001; 107:97-104. [PMID: 11176607 DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200101000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The purpose of the study was to compare directly the effect of healing and the formation of the basement membrane during wound healing from two autologous primary keratinocyte cultures in the liquid environment in full-thickness wounds in pigs. Wounds were either transplanted with cultured epidermal autografts (n = 26) or autologous keratinocyte suspensions (n = 24) or treated with saline alone (n = 40) and covered with a chamber. All wounds transplanted with cultured epidermal autografts and keratinocyte cell suspensions had positive "take" after transplantation. Healing times were significantly shorter for wounds treated with either cultured epidermal autografts or keratinocyte suspensions (p = 0.0001) compared with saline-treated wounds but were not different from each other (p = 0.1835). There were no differences in cytokeratin and laminin expression; however, staining with monoclonal antibody against collagen type VII showed a lower signal for cultured epidermal autografts only on days 8 and 16 compared with keratinocyte suspensions. Electron microscope evaluation showed a higher incidence of anchoring fibrils and a more mature dermal-epidermal junction in wounds treated with keratinocyte cell suspensions at day 8. These findings may be due to the single, noncontact-inhibited cells and the early formation of an in vivo neodermis to the wet wound environment. These data suggest that wounds transplanted with autologous keratinocyte suspensions in a wet environment may be an alternative method in the treatment of wounds.
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- C Andree
- Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02115, USA
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Schneider AI, Maier-Reif K, Graeve T. Constructing an in vitro cornea from cultures of the three specific corneal cell types. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1999; 35:515-26. [PMID: 10548433 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-999-0062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper presents a reliable method for establishing pure cultures of the three types of corneal cells. This is believed to be the first time, corneal cells have been cultured from fetal pig corneas. Cell growth studies were performed in different media. Subcultures of the three corneal cell types were passaged until the 30th generation without their showing signs of senescence. For engineering an in vitro cornea, corneal epithelial cells were cultured over corneal stromal cells in an artificial biomatrix of collagen with an underlying layer of corneal endothelial cells. The morphology, histology, and differentiation of the in vitro cornea were investigated to determine the degree of comparability to the cornea in vivo. The in vitro construct displayed signs of transition to an organotypic phenotype of which the most prominent was the formation of two basement membranes.
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Zhang L, Ishikawa O, Takeuchi Y, Yokoyama Y, Miyachi Y. Influences of keratinocyte-fibroblast interaction on the expression of epimorphin by fibroblasts in vitro. J Dermatol Sci 1999; 20:191-6. [PMID: 10397390 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(98)00081-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Epimorphin was demonstrated to be a mesenchymal signal factor modulating epithelial morphogenesis of skin, lung and liver in vitro. Most of the previous studies were performed biochemically and functionally. In the present study, expression of epimorphin was immunohistochemically compared between cultured fibroblasts and cocultured fibroblasts with keratinocytes obtained from normal skin. Cultured fibroblasts revealed a low level of epimorphin expression. In contrast, the expression by fibroblasts was greatly enhanced in skin explant culture where both fibroblasts and keratinocytes were present. In three-dimensional coculture of fibroblasts and keratinocytes, the expression of epimorphin was enhanced. The staining pattern of epimorphin in three-dimensional coculture was similar to that in human skin. These results suggest that dermal fibroblasts are manufacturers of epimorphin, and keratinocyte-fibroblast interaction may play important roles in the expression of epimorphin in vitro.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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Horiguchi Y, Suzuki S, Toda K, Ueda M, Leigh IM, Imamura S. Three-dimensional cultures of keratinocytes and an application to in vitro-amyloid production of cutaneous amyloidosis. Microsc Res Tech 1997; 38:387-93. [PMID: 9297688 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19970815)38:4<387::aid-jemt6>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Some three-dimensional culture models of the skin were reviewed including our systems using a collagen dermal substitute and a matrix dermal substitute. No obvious junctional structures, such as hemidesmosomes and the lamina densa, were formed between the basal keratinocytes and the dermal substitutes, when the cytoplasmic membrane of the basal keratinocytes directly faced the collagenous materials. On the other hand, when the cytoplasmic membrane of the basal keratinocytes faced the preformed basement membrane, the type IV collagen film, or the extracellular matrix gel, an organized interaction occurred between the basal keratinocytes and the dermal substitute through hemidesmosomes and a rudimentary lamina densa. Keratinocyte differentiation in the suprabasal layers seemed to be closely related to such a basal cell differentiation. Our preliminary examination of the experimental amyloid production by the epidermal sheet from the lesional skin of patients with primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis suggested that the basal cells in the transplanted lesional epidermis produced amyloid fibrils in our in vitro culture model. This is another use of the three-dimensional culture models of the skin in addition to the application of the systems to wound treatment.
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- Y Horiguchi
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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After chorionic villus biopsy of human placenta, cell cultures were propagated with Ham's F10 medium or Eagle's minimum essential medium (MEM). It was possible to study the morphology of the cells by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) after a special culture of the cells in a collagen gel. The cells embedded in a collagen gel were able to contract the gel and to organize collagen fibres, as fibroblast cultures do. TEM showed vacuolization and well-developed cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum, especially in the case of MEM culture. The aim was to determine whether cells cultivated from early placenta were able to synthesize enough collagen for a metabolic study. A high level of collagen biosynthesis could be quantified. Types I and III collagen can be determined which is useful for studying the abnormalities of collagen synthesis in suspected cases of osteogenesis imperfecta or Ehlers-Danlos type IV syndrome. The hydroxylation of lysine can also be studied with respect to Ehlers-Danlos type VI syndrome. Moreover, these cells, in contrast to fibroblast cultures, made it possible to study the biosynthesis of type IV collagen.
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- A Chamson
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Saint Etienne, France
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Tsunenaga M, Kohno Y, Horii I, Yasumoto S, Huh NH, Tachikawa T, Yoshiki S, Kuroki T. Growth and differentiation properties of normal and transformed human keratinocytes in organotypic culture. Jpn J Cancer Res 1994; 85:238-44. [PMID: 8188521 PMCID: PMC5919442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1994.tb02088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The growth and differentiation of human normal keratinocytes and their transformed counterparts were examined in organotypic cultures in which the keratinocytes were grown at the air-liquid interface on top of contracted collagen gel containing fibroblasts. We developed a modified culture procedure including the use of a mixed medium for keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Normal keratinocytes formed a three-dimensional structure of epithelium that closely resembled the epidermis in vivo, consisting of basal, spinous, granular and cornified layers. Cells synthesizing DNA were located in the lowest basal layer facing the collagen gel. Expressions of proteins involved in epidermal differentiation were examined by immunohistochemical staining and compared with those in skin in vivo. In the organotypic culture, transglutaminase, involucrin and filaggrin were expressed, as in the epidermis in vitro, most prominently in the granular layer. Type IV collagen, a component of basement membrane, was expressed at the interface between the keratinocyte sheet and the contracted collagen gel. Keratinocytes transformed by simian virus 40 or human papilloma virus (HPV) exhibited a highly disorganized pattern of squamous differentiation. In particular, HPV-transformed cells invaded the collagen gel. Organotypic culture is unique in that regulatory mechanisms of growth and differentiation of keratinocytes can be investigated under conditions mimicking those in vivo.
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- M Tsunenaga
- Skin Biological Research Laboratories, Shiseido Research Center, Yokohama
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Rosdy M, Pisani A, Ortonne JP. Production of basement membrane components by a reconstructed epidermis cultured in the absence of serum and dermal factors. Br J Dermatol 1993; 129:227-34. [PMID: 8286218 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb11839.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A fully differentiated epithelium displaying features of human epidermis was obtained in vitro by culturing second-passage normal human keratinocytes for 14 days in defined medium and on an inert polycarbonate filter substratum at the air-liquid interface. Vertical sections stained for histology and indirect immunofluorescence studies showed that the 'basal' cells synthesize and secrete all major markers of hemidesmosomes and the lamina lucida. Components of the lamina densa are also expressed. Collagen VII is synthesized, but not secreted. Ultrastructural studies showed the presence of hemidesmosomes with major dense plaques and anchoring filaments, and a basement membrane-like structure was clearly identified. These results show that epidermal cells are able to produce hemidesmosomes and to secrete the major components of the dermo-epidermal junction in the absence of serum and dermal factors, suggesting that basement membrane synthesis and hemidesmosome assembly are not dependent on the presence of dermis.
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- M Rosdy
- Laboratoire de Recherches Dermatologiques, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France
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Okamoto E, Kitano Y. Expression of basement membrane components in skin equivalents--influence of dermal fibroblasts. J Dermatol Sci 1993; 5:81-8. [PMID: 8357785 DOI: 10.1016/0923-1811(93)90074-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have made a skin equivalent constructed of fibroblasts embedded in a type I collagen, with an overlying stratified keratinocyte epithelium to examine formation of the basement membrane. We assessed the influence of the existence and species of fibroblasts in the collagen gel. Cultured human keratinocytes were well attached to the dermal equivalent. Plating efficiency was not clearly different among several types of gel. On the control and mouse fibroblast gel, sheet formation was delayed and epithelial stratification on the human fibroblast gel was more remarkable than on the control gel. On the human fibroblast gel, we observed the expression of basement membrane components (bulbous phemphigoid antigen, laminin, type IV collagen and fibronectin) between the sheet of cultured keratinocytes and the human fibroblast gel earlier than those on the control gel and mouse fibroblast gel. Type VIII collagen was not observed in any of the models at 4 weeks.
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- E Okamoto
- Department of Dermatology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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Mitsuhashi Y, Mikami Y, Mikami H, Ishikawa H, Tamai K, Hashimoto I. Simultaneous and separated culture of keratinocytes and fibroblasts on each side of a collagen membrane. J Dermatol Sci 1993; 5:3-13. [PMID: 8485110 DOI: 10.1016/0923-1811(93)90099-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have developed a new cell culture system which is of benefit for the research of dermal-epidermal interaction. In this system, normal human keratinocytes are cultured on the upper surface of a permeable collagen membrane, on the undersurface of which human fibroblasts are simultaneously and separately cultured in a lifted condition. Both the keratinocytes and fibroblasts showed good proliferation and differentiation which were revealed by phase contrast microscopy as well as light and electron microscopies. A permeability test of the collagen membrane used in the present study showed that peptides of less than 30 kDa are able to penetrate through the membrane. Using this system, we estimated the total protein content and cornified envelope formation in the keratinocytes cultured with or without fibroblasts. We found that the total protein and cornified envelope formation were significantly increased when keratinocytes were cultured together with fibroblasts. When keratinocytes were cultured with fibroblasts in the condition of air-liquid interface, synthesis of the cornified envelope was further enhanced. These results indicate that fibroblasts really effect not only the proliferation but also the differentiation of keratinocytes, and the air-liquid interface enhances their effect on differentiation. This bi-phase separated cell culture system is a useful tool for the study of keratinocyte-fibroblast interaction.
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- Y Mitsuhashi
- Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Contard P, Bartel RL, Jacobs L, Perlish JS, MacDonald ED, Handler L, Cone D, Fleischmajer R. Culturing keratinocytes and fibroblasts in a three-dimensional mesh results in epidermal differentiation and formation of a basal lamina-anchoring zone. J Invest Dermatol 1993; 100:35-9. [PMID: 8423391 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12349952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to characterize an in vitro co-culture model in which fibroblasts grown in a three-dimensional nylon mesh were recombined with human keratinocytes. The cultures were kept for 3 and 5 weeks and then processed for electron microscopy. Keratinocytes showed reconstruction of an epidermis consisting of a basal layer with hemidesmosomes, a stratified epithelium with tonofilaments and desmosomes, a granular layer with keratinosomes and keratohyaline granules, and a transitional stratum corneum. Anchoring filaments, lamina densa, anchoring fibrils, bundles of elastin-associated microfibrils (diameters 10 nm) and fine collagen fibrils were formed. Collagen fibrils near the epidermis were much thinner than those in the lower levels. The present study shows that the dermal model containing metabolically active fibroblasts in their natural environment will support epidermal morphogenesis and differentiation including the formation of a basal lamina and anchoring zone.
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- P Contard
- Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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Nanchahal J, Ward CM. New grafts for old? A review of alternatives to autologous skin. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY 1992; 45:354-63. [PMID: 1638287 DOI: 10.1016/0007-1226(92)90004-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Immediate resurfacing of skin defects is a challenging prospect, especially in patients with extensive full-thickness burns. Currently, split-thickness autografts offer the best form of wound coverage, but limited donor sites and their associated morbidity have prompted the search for alternatives. The application of allogeneic skin is restricted by availability and the risk of transmission of infection, whilst synthetic skin substitutes are simply expensive dressings. The problems of limited expansion may be overcome by culturing keratinocytes in vitro. Unlike autologous cells, allogeneic keratinocytes are available immediately, although they survive for less than a week when applied to full-thickness skin defects. Moreover, the absence of a dermal component in these grafts predisposes to instability and contracture. A cross-linked collagen and glycosaminoglycan dermal substitute, covered with thin split-skin grafts or cultured autologous keratinocytes, shows promise in burns patients. An alternative is a collagen matrix populated by allogeneic fibroblasts and overlaid with cultured autologous or allogeneic keratinocytes. The clinical application of cultured grafts remains imperfect but offers the prospect of immediate coverage and massive expansion.
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- J Nanchahal
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London
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Bernacki SH, Nervi C, Vollberg TM, Jetten AM. Homeobox 1.3 expression: induction by retinoic acid in human bronchial fibroblasts. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1992; 7:3-9. [PMID: 1627335 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb/7.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Homeobox (Hox) genes code for transcriptional factors and are expressed during many developmental and differentiative processes. In this study, we describe the induction of Hox 1.3 expression by retinoic acid (RA) in human bronchial fibroblasts (HBF) derived from explants of bronchial tissue. Using Northern blot analysis, we show that RA induces Hox 1.3 mRNA 3- to 10-fold over steady-state levels within 2 h after addition of RA to HBF culture medium. The induction was dose dependent, reaching a half-maximal level at approximately 10(-8) M RA. This induction was not seen in human dermal fibroblasts. Immunofluorescent staining of HBF showed a corresponding increase in Hox 1.3 protein levels in the nuclei. The increase in Hox 1.3 transcript levels in HBF was not abolished by cycloheximide treatment, suggesting that synthesis of a protein intermediate is not required for the induction. RA did not significantly alter the rate of degradation of the Hox 1.3 mRNA as determined by actinomycin D treatment, suggesting that the increase in Hox 1.3 mRNA may be due to an increase in the rate of transcription. This study provides further evidence that bronchial fibroblasts are targets for RA. Although downstream target genes for Hox 1.3 have not yet been identified, it is likely that the induction of Hox 1.3 by RA is an early step in a cascade of RA-induced changes in gene expression in bronchial fibroblasts.
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- S H Bernacki
- Cell Biology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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König A, Bruckner-Tuderman L. Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions enhance expression of collagen VII in vitro. J Invest Dermatol 1991; 96:803-8. [PMID: 2045667 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12474424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Expression of collagen VII, the major structural protein of the anchoring fibrils, was assessed in vitro using indirect immunofluorescence staining and immunoblotting of collagen VII isolated from cultures. A very low level of expression was observed in monocultures of normal human fibroblasts or keratinocytes, but the expression was greatly stimulated when fibroblasts and keratinocytes were co-cultured. Primary skin explants under culture conditions supporting growth of both cell types, or mixed co-cultures of purified fibroblasts and keratinocytes, exhibited clearly enhanced synthesis of collagen VII, and the intact tissue form of this collagen could be extracted from small co-cultures. Three-dimensional skin equivalents were constructed with fibroblasts embedded in a contracted gel of collagen I and III, with an overlying stratified keratinocyte epithelium. In these equivalents, expression of collagen VII was observed primarily in the lowest epithelial cells, indicating that these cells are the main manufacturers of collagen VII. Laminin and collagen IV were deposited in a linear fashion onto the epithelial-mesenchymal interface. The results suggest that epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, either through physical interactions and/or through soluble mediators, are necessary for efficient synthesis of collagen VII and biogenesis of the anchoring fibrils.
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- A König
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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Tinois E, Tiollier J, Gaucherand M, Dumas H, Tardy M, Thivolet J. In vitro and post-transplantation differentiation of human keratinocytes grown on the human type IV collagen film of a bilayered dermal substitute. Exp Cell Res 1991; 193:310-9. [PMID: 2004647 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(91)90102-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Using human type IV and type I + III collagens and a new, nontoxic cross-linking procedure, we have developed a cell-free bilayered human dermal substitute for organotypic culture and transplantation of human skin keratinocytes. We have studied the formation of the basement membrane, and the differentiation of keratinocytes grown on the type IV collagen layer of this dermal substitute, in vitro and after grafting onto nude mice. These studies demonstrated the formation of essential constituents of the basement membrane in culture: hemidesmosomes and deposition of extracellular matrix on the top of the type IV collagen were observed as early as 6 days after plating of human keratinocytes. Although the keratinocytes formed a well-organized multilayered epithelium, they exhibited limited differentiation when grown submerged in liquid medium. However, the multilayered sheet obtained after 14 days in submerged culture was composed of a regular basal cell layer, several nucleated suprabasal cell layers containing granular cells, and several dense, anucleated cell layers. The grafting experiments have shown a good biocompatibility of the dermal substitute. It is repopulated by fibroblasts, newly synthesized collagen, vessels, and a few mononuclear cells. At Day 14 after grafting, the type IV collagen layer was still present and very dense, and the basement membrane appeared as in culture, with numerous well-structured hemidesmosomes and deposition of extracellular matrix resembling lamina densa. At Day 55 after transplantation, even if the epidermal graft did not exhibit all the characteristics of the normal epidermis in vivo, it was very close to it. At this stage, the basement membrane was complete, with structures clearly indicative of anchoring fibrils. This new dermal substitute offers many advantages. It is stable and easy to handle. Its production is standardized. The oxidation induced by periodic acid led to a nontoxic cross-linked matrix. This dermal substitute is the first one entirely composed of human collagens. The type I + III collagen underlayer is reorganized when grafted. It supports a type IV collagen top layer which offers an excellent substrate for keratinocytes, favors their anchorage, and favors the formation of the basement membrane in vitro. This dermal substitute could be useful for wound coverage or as an in vitro model for toxicological and pharmacological studies.
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Nanchahal J, Davies D. Cultured composite skin grafts for burns. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1990; 301:1342-3. [PMID: 2271878 PMCID: PMC1664511 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6765.1342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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