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Portaro S, Naro A, Guarneri C, Di Toro G, Manuli A, Calabrò RS. Hemangiomas of the tongue and the oral cavity in a myotonic dystrophy type 1 patient: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e13448. [PMID: 30508964 PMCID: PMC6283126 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000013448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a cytosine, guanine, thymine (CTG) trinucleotide repeat expansion in the non-coding region of dystrophia myotonica protein kinase gene, causing a multisystem involvement. To date, few studies have been performed to evaluate skin features in DM1 patients, but none reported on the possible association between the disease and tongue hemangiomas. PATIENTS CONCERNS We report a case of a 63-year-old woman affected by DM1 and presenting, at the intraoral examination, several swelling and buish lesions occurring on buccal and palatal mucosa, and in the anterior two-thirds and margins of the tongue. DIAGNOSIS Multiple tongue hemangiomas in DM1 patient. INTERVENTIONS Color Doppler ultrasound revealed hypoechoic lesions with intermittent color picking suggestive of vascular lesion. Surgical excision was performed under general anesthesia. Histopathological examination was compatible with the diagnosis of cavernous hemangiomas. OUTCOMES At 6 months follow-up, a part from the cosmetic deformity, patient's hemangiomas did not bleed, but caused functional problems with speaking, mastication, and deglutition, in addition to the same symptoms induced by DM1. LESSONS This case may add new details to better characterize the DM1 phenotype, suggesting that even tongue hemangiomas may be part of the DM1 multisystem involvement.
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- Simona Portaro
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Section of Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”
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The lytic activation of KSHV during keratinocyte differentiation is dependent upon a suprabasal position, the loss of integrin engagement, and calcium, but not the interaction of cadherins. Virology 2010; 410:17-29. [PMID: 21084105 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We previously found that KSHV (HHV-8) lytic activation occurs during differentiation of oral keratinocytes in organotypic raft cultures. To further investigate the spatial and temporal aspects of KSHV lytic activation and the roles of integrins, cadherins, and calcium, we used rKSHV.219-infected primary oral keratinocytes in submerged, suspension, and direct suprabasal plating, models of differentiation. We found that early keratinocyte differentiation did not activate lytic KSHV in cells attached to a substratum, with activation only occurring in suprabasal cells. Temporally, KSHV lytic expression occurred between the expression of early and late differentiation markers. Keratinocytes differentiated in suspension culture, which mimics substratum loss that occurs with stratification, activated lytic KSHV. This lytic activation was inhibited by integrin engagement, showing that integrins are a control point for KSHV reactivation. A role for cadherins was not found. Elevated extracellular calcium was necessary, but not sufficient, for lytic activation.
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BACKGROUND Use of capsaicin or resiniferatoxin (RTX) as analgesics is an attractive therapeutic option. RTX opens the cation channel inflammatory pain/vanilloid receptor type 1 (TRPV1) permanently and selectively removes nociceptive neurons by Ca(2+)-cytotoxicity. Paradoxically, not only nociceptors, but non-neuronal cells, including keratinocytes express full length TRPV1 mRNA, while patient dogs and experimental animals that underwent topical treatment or anatomically targeted molecular surgery have shown neither obvious behavioral, nor pathological side effects. METHODS To address this paradox, we assessed the vanilloid sensitivity of the HaCaT human keratinocyte cell line and primary keratinocytes from skin biopsies. RESULTS Although both cell types express TRPV1 mRNA, neither responded to vanilloids with Ca(2+)-cytotoxicity. Only ectopic overproduction of TRPV1 rendered HaCaT cells sensitive to low doses (1-50 nM) of vanilloids. The TRPV1-mediated and non-receptor specific Ca(2+)-cytotoxicity ([RTX]>15 microM) could clearly be distinguished, thus keratinocytes were indeed resistant to vanilloid-induced, TRPV1-mediated Ca(2+)-entry. Having a wider therapeutic window than capsaicin, RTX was effective in subnanomolar range, but even micromolar concentrations could not kill human keratinocytes. Keratinocytes showed orders of magnitudes lower TRPV1 mRNA level than sensory ganglions, the bona fide therapeutic targets in human pain management. In addition to TRPV1, TRPV1b, a dominant negative splice variant was also noted in keratinocytes. CONCLUSION TRPV1B expression, together with low TRPV1 expression, may explain the vanilloid paradox: even genuinely TRPV1 mRNA positive cells can be spared with therapeutic (up to micromolar) doses of RTX. This additional safety information might be useful for planning future human clinical trials.
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Schmidt E, Wehr B, Wolf K, Sitaru C, Bröcker EB, Zillikens D. Localisation of bullous pemphigoid antigen 180 (BP180) in cultured human keratinocytes: functionally relevant modification by calcium. Arch Dermatol Res 2006; 298:283-90. [PMID: 16906396 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-006-0690-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2005] [Revised: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The expression of BP180 has previously been demonstrated to be influenced by both calcium (Ca(2+)) concentration and binding of anti-BP180-antibodies in cultured keratinocytes of the skin squamous cell carcinoma line DJM-1. Here, BP180 expression was studied in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes by confocal laser scanning microscopy. We exploited an experimental system, in which BP180 was previously shown to mediate, upon incubation with anti-BP180 antibodies, a specific signal-transducing event that leads to the release of inflammatory mediators, such as IL-8 from cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK). We found that without addition of BP180-specific IgG, BP180 is predominantly expressed on the cell surface irrespective of the Ca(2+) concentration. In contrast, cell surface BP180 was greatly reduced in NHEK kept in high Ca(2+) medium after incubation with BP180-specific IgG for 12 h compared to low Ca(2+) medium. This effect was seen with antibodies to both N- and C-terminal fragments of the BP180 ectodomain, respectively. In addition, a slightly higher BP180 expression was found in NHEK cultured in low compared to high Ca(2+) medium by Western blotting. Interestingly, in contrast to NHEK kept under low Ca(2+ )conditions, in NHEK grown in high Ca(2+) medium, no elevated levels of IL-8 were released after treatment of cells with anti-BP180 IgG compared to normal IgG. Our data indicate that the Ca(2+)-modulated expression of BP180 is functionally relevant. This finding sheds further light on the complex pathomechanism in blister formation of BP180-related autoimmune blistering skin diseases.
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- Enno Schmidt
- Department of Dermatology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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Ständer S, Moormann C, Schumacher M, Buddenkotte J, Artuc M, Shpacovitch V, Brzoska T, Lippert U, Henz BM, Luger TA, Metze D, Steinhoff M. Expression of vanilloid receptor subtype 1 in cutaneous sensory nerve fibers, mast cells, and epithelial cells of appendage structures. Exp Dermatol 2004; 13:129-39. [PMID: 14987252 DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2004.0178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (VR1)/(TRPV1), binding capsaicin, is a non-selective cation channel that recently has been shown in human keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo. However, a description of VR1 localization in other cutaneous compartments in particular cutaneous nerve fibers is still lacking. We therefore investigated VR1 immunoreactivity as well as mRNA and protein expression in a series (n = 26) of normal (n = 7), diseased (n = 13) [prurigo nodularis (PN) (n = 10), generalized pruritus (n = 1), and mastocytosis (n = 2)], and capsaicin-treated human skin (n = 6). VR1 immunoreactivity could be observed in cutaneous sensory nerve fibers, mast cells, epidermal keratinocytes, dermal blood vessels, the inner root sheet and the infundibulum of hair follicles, differentiated sebocytes, sweat gland ducts, and the secretory portion of eccrine sweat glands. Upon reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, VR1 was detected in mast cells and keratinocytes from human skin. In pruritic skin of PN, VR1 expression was highly increased in epidermal keratinocytes and nerve fibers, which was normalized after capsaicin application. During capsaicin therapy, a reduction of neuropeptides (substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide) was observed. After cessation of capsaicin therapy, neuropeptides re-accumulated in skin nerves. In conclusion, VR1 is widely distributed in the skin, suggesting a major role for this receptor, e.g. in nociception and neurogenic inflammation.
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- Sonja Ständer
- Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Muenster, Germany.
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Walker DC, Hill G, Wood SM, Smallwood RH, Southgate J. Agent-Based Computational Modeling of Wounded Epithelial Cell Monolayers. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2004; 3:153-63. [PMID: 15473067 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2004.833680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Computational modeling of biological systems, or in silico biology, is an emerging tool for understanding structure and order in biological tissues. Computational models of the behavior of epithelial cells in monolayer cell culture have been developed and used to predict the healing characteristics of scratch wounds made to urothelial cell cultures maintained in low- and physiological [Ca2+] environments. Both computational models and in vitro experiments demonstrated that in low exogenous [Ca2+], the closure of 500-microm scratch wounds was achieved primarily by cell migration into the denuded area. The wound healing rate in low (0.09 mM) [Ca2+] was approximately twice as rapid as in physiological (2 mM) [Ca2+]. Computational modeling predicted that in cell cultures that are actively proliferating, no increase in the fraction of cells in the S-phase would be expected, and this conclusion was supported experimentally in vitro by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assay. We have demonstrated that a simple rule-based model of cell behavior, incorporating rules relating to contact inhibition of proliferation and migration, is sufficient to qualitatively predict the calcium-dependent pattern of wound closure observed in vitro. Differences between the in vitro and in silico models suggest a role for wound-induced signaling events in urothelial cell cultures.
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- D C Walker
- Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK
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Risco-Castillo V, Fernández-García A, Ortega-Mora LM. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STRESS AGENTS IN A SIMPLIFIED IN VITRO SYSTEM OF NEOSPORA CANINUM BRADYZOITE PRODUCTION. J Parasitol 2004; 90:466-70. [PMID: 15270086 DOI: 10.1645/ge-3298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite identified as a major cause of abortion in cattle and neurological disease in various animal species. It is closely related to Toxoplasma gondii, sharing the ability to persist indefinitely in latent stage within the host as a tissue cyst containing slow-dividing bradyzoites. In this study, we compared different stress methods to induce in vitro bradyzoite conversion, using MARC-145 cells infected with Nc-Liverpool isolate. The tachyzoite-to-bradyzoite conversion rate was monitored at days 3, 5, and 7 after stress in a double-immunofluorescence assay using a monoclonal antibody against the tachyzoite antigen SAG1 (alphaSAG1) and a rabbit serum directed to the intracytoplasmic bradyzoite antigen BAG1 (alphaBAG1). Seven days of treatment with 70 microM sodium nitroprusside offered the highest bradyzoite transformation rate and the best yield of total parasitophorous vacuoles observed. In the present work, we introduce an alternative, simplified, and more advantageous method for bradyzoite production of N. caninum, using a reliable cell culture system easy to handle and with promising capacity of parasite purification.
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- V Risco-Castillo
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Vonlaufen N, Müller N, Keller N, Naguleswaran A, Bohne W, McAllister MM, Björkman C, Müller E, Caldelari R, Hemphill A. Exogenous nitric oxide triggers Neospora caninum tachyzoite-to-bradyzoite stage conversion in murine epidermal keratinocyte cell cultures. Int J Parasitol 2002; 32:1253-65. [PMID: 12204225 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(02)00126-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neospora caninum, like Toxoplasma gondii, undergoes stage conversion in chronically infected animals, and forms tissue cysts which contain the slowly proliferating bradyzoite stage. These tissue cysts are delineated by a cyst wall, protect the parasite from physiological and immunological reactions on part of the host, and bradyzoites remain viable within an infected host for many years. However, unlike T. gondii, N. caninum bradyzoites have been difficult to obtain using in vitro culture techniques, and current protocols, based on those developed for T. gondii, have been shown to be not very efficient in promoting tachyzoite-to-bradyzoite stage conversion. We report here an alternative in vitro culture method to obtain stage conversion of N. caninum from the proliferative to the cystic stage by using the Nc-Liverpool isolate, murine epidermal keratinocytes as host cells, and continuous treatment of infected cultures with 70 microM sodium nitroprusside for up to 8 days. This treatment significantly reduced parasite proliferation as assessed by Neospora-specific quantitative real-time PCR. The expression of bradyzoite markers was analysed by immunofluorescence following 4 and 8 days of in vitro culture using antibodies directed against bradyzoite antigen 1, the mAbCC2, and the lectin Dolichos biflorus agglutinin. Expression of the tachyzoite-specific immunodominant antigen NcSAG1 and the tachyzoite antigen NcMIC1 was also assessed. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the majority of parasitophorous vacuoles were in the process of forming a distinct cyst wall through accumulation of granular material at the periphery of the vacuole, and parasites exhibited the typical features of bradyzoites. These findings demonstrate the usefulness of this culture technique as a promising way to study tachyzoite-to-bradyzoite stage conversion in N. caninum in vitro.
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- Nathalie Vonlaufen
- Institute of Parasitology, Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine, University of Berne, Länggass-Strasse 122, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland.
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Calcium has an established role in the normal homeostasis of mammalian skin and serves as a modulator in keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. Gradients of calcium concentration increasing from 0.5 mM in the basal layer to > 1.4 mM in the stratum granulosum are consistent with migration patterns in response to minor abrasion (normal wear). Dermal fibroblasts require calcium but are approximately 100 times less sensitive than keratinocytes. Normal calcium metabolism in the skin is dependent on cell membrane and cytosolic calcium binding proteins (calmodulin, cadherins, etc.), but their modulation through parathyroid hormone, vitamin D or growth factors in normal or damaged tissue is not well documented. In wound repair, calcium is predominantly involved as Factor IV in the hemostatic phase, but it is expected to be required in epidermal cell migration and regeneration patterns in later stages of healing. Calcium alginate dressings are designed to liberate calcium early in the acute phase to promote hemostasis, but it is presently unclear whether the supplementary calcium influences the intracellular environment at later stages of wound repair, notably during the remodeling phase. Although experimental studies suggest that control of calcium is obligatory in wound management, we know very little as to how calcium in the wound bed is modulated through hormones, vitamin D, or various growth factors. Also, there is limited information as to how calcium released either from dressings, platelets, or from the circulation through the action of parathyroid hormone, growth factors or other modulators influences cell migration and remodeling in skin wounds, although experimental models suggest that management of calcium is essential in wound management.
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- Alan B G Lansdown
- Division of Investigative Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Caldelari R, Suter MM, Baumann D, De Bruin A, Müller E. Long-term culture of murine epidermal keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 114:1064-5. [PMID: 10792572 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00960-4.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Li L, Tennenbaum T, Yuspa SH. Suspension-induced murine keratinocyte differentiation is mediated by calcium. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 106:254-60. [PMID: 8601725 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12340654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Modulating extracellular Ca2+ (Cao) and suspension culture are two frequently used methods to induce maturation of cultured human and mouse keratinocytes. To determine if the two methods share a common mechanism, changes in Ca2+ metabolism were studied in suspension cultures of mouse keratinocytes. Spontaneously detached and suspension- cultured keratinocytes in 0.05 microM Ca2+ medium express markers of suprabasal differentiation, while 0.05 microM Ca2+ is not permissive for marker expression by attached keratinocytes. Intracellular free Ca2+ (Cai) increased rapidly after placing keratinocytes in suspension in 0.05 microM Ca2+, reaching levels up to 3- to 4-fold higher than Cai in attached cells after 4-5 h. In suspended cells, the increase in Cai was associated with a 2- to 6- fold increase in Ca2+ transport across plasma membrane as well as depletion of intracellular Ca2+ -stores. Differentiation marker expression and terminal differentiation were inhibited in suspension-cultured keratinocytes by preventing the rise of Cai using either 1,2-bis (o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid to chelate intracellular Ca2+ or ethyleneglycol-bis (beta-aminoethyl ether)- N,N,N',N' -tetraacetic acid to reduce Cao. Together these results indicate that a rise in CAi is a common mechanism controlling differentiation in cultured mouse keratinocytes, and suspension of keratinocytes enhances Ca2+ transport and alters intracellular Ca2+ sequestration producing a rise in Cai.
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- L Li
- Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Schwartz PM, Barnett SK, Milstone LM. Keratinocytes differentiate in response to inhibitors of deoxyribonucleotide synthesis. J Dermatol Sci 1995; 9:129-35. [PMID: 7772575 DOI: 10.1016/0923-1811(94)00370-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We previously reported that methotrexate (MTX) caused an irreversible inhibition of growth and induced terminal differentiation of human keratinocytes. These effects of methotrexate were prevented by thymidine and thus, were attributed to depletion of thymine deoxyribonucleotides. The purpose of the research reported in this paper was to determine whether differentiation was induced by the general class of agents which are known to interfere with synthesis or utilization of deoxyribonucleotides. Agents examined included 5-fluorouracil, 5-bromodeoxyuridine, hydroxyurea, high-dose thymidine, aphidicolin, and AG#85, a newly reported thymidylate synthase inhibitor. All these agents increased the expression of involucrin and increased the amount of cornified envelope protein at doses that inhibited proliferation by > 75%. We demonstrated, however, that in our cell culture system not all conditions producing inhibition of proliferation induced differentiation; withdrawal of growth factors and supplemental amino acids inhibited proliferation but did not increase involucrin expression or production of cornified envelope protein.
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- P M Schwartz
- Department of Dermatology, VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Jensen PK, Nørgård JO, Bolund L. Lateral growth and terminal differentiation during repeated epidermal regeneration in vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 62:189-98. [PMID: 1357820 DOI: 10.1007/bf02899682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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By incubating multilayered primary cultures of human epidermal keratinocytes in a low calcium medium, the suprabasal layers can be stripped off leaving a basal cell monolayer. When this monolayer is refed normal calcium medium a reproducible series of cell kinetic, morphological and biochemical changes take place resulting in the regeneration of a multilayered tissue. The stripping procedure seems to induce the selective proliferation of a cohort of basal cells that is committed to vertical migration and rapid terminal differentiation. In contrast, when the basal cells are allowed to regenerate in the presence of the strong mitogen, cholera toxin, lateral growth and continued proliferation are favoured at the expense of the capacity of the cells to differentiate. Repeated stripping of the same cultures disclosed a considerable heterogeneity in the capacity of the basal cells to regenerate the suprabasal layers. The number of times the basal cells could restore the suprabasal layers after repeated stripping varied from four to nine times. A negative correlation between donor age and regenerative capacity was observed. The experiments with repeated stripping of the same cultures also showed that the capacity to proliferate and to restore the multilayering was fully retained for at least four cycles of stripping-regeneration, whereas the capacity to terminally differentiate was rapidly lost. It is suggested that the present system of regenerating epidermal tissue cultures may serve as an experimental model for the study of epidermal tissue homeostasis and cellular aging.
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- P K Jensen
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Gotzos V, Schwaller B, Hetzel N, Bustos-Castillo M, Celio MR. Expression of the calcium binding protein calretinin in WiDr cells and its correlation to their cell cycle. Exp Cell Res 1992; 202:292-302. [PMID: 1397083 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(92)90078-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ca2+ ions intervene during different phases of the progression of the cell cycle, but only one calcium-binding protein, calmodulin, has been shown to be associated with dividing cells. We therefore screened cancer cells for the presence of other related calcium-binding proteins. Using molecular biological and immunohistochemical techniques we show that human tumor cells of epithelial origin, express calretinin. Calretinin immunoreactivity can be demonstrated at precise moments of the cell cycle and, in particular, in phase G1 and during mitosis. During mitosis calretinin is localized both in the cytoplasm and in the mitotic spindle. In the cytoplasm we find calretinin after prophase and until telophase. In the spindle apparatus, calretinin is already present in cells in prometaphase and persists in all the succeeding mitotic phases. It is associated with the kinetochore microtubules but, in contrast to calmodulin, also with the polar microtubules. The role that calretinin plays in well-defined moments of the cell cycle of these cells is as yet unknown, but our results strongly suggest that, in collaboration with other molecules, calretinin intervenes in the dynamic phenomena regulating the separation of the chromosomes.
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- V Gotzos
- Institute of Histology and General Embryology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Kruse FE, Tseng SC. Proliferative and differentiative response of corneal and limbal epithelium to extracellular calcium in serum-free clonal cultures. J Cell Physiol 1992; 151:347-60. [PMID: 1572908 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041510216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An increasing concentration of extracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]e) consistently induces epithelial differentiation, but its effect on proliferation remains variable. We investigated the effect of [Ca2+]e on two different cell populations: the peripheral corneal (PC) and limbal (L) epithelia, the latter containing corneal stem cells. Primary clonal (18 cells/cm2) cultures from rabbit limbal and peripheral corneal epithelia were established in serum-free MCDB 151 medium containing growth-promoting agents and 0.03, 0.3, or 1.8 mM Ca2+. During early culture life, colony size and the BrdU labelling-index of L and PC, assayed on day 6, increased in response to increasing [Ca2+]e; cell attachment and colony-forming efficiency remained unchanged for both L and PC epithelia. These results indicate that increasing [Ca2+]e, under these defined conditions, stimulates the proliferation of transient amplifying cells, but does not stimulate the differentiation of stem cells into clonal proliferation. A 10-fold increase of the seeding density or prolongation of the culture up to day 14 or 21 changed the response to [Ca2+]e allowing better proliferation in lower [Ca2+]e. Only cells grown as a monolayer in 0.03 mM Ca2+ could still be passaged on day 14, whereas cells in higher [Ca2+]e showed increasing stratification and cell detachment and could not be passaged. Normal cellular differentiation accessed by the expression of a cornea-type K3 keratin, recognized by the monoclonal antibody AE-5, was enhanced by increasing [Ca2+]e. Abnormal differentiation featured by the formation of cornified envelopes was only observed in higher [Ca2+]e. These results indicate that [Ca2+]e promotes the proliferation of relatively undifferentiated transient amplifying cells under clonal, serum-free culture conditions. Factors that enhance differentiation, such as seeding density or prolonged culture life, can modify this response and allow better proliferation in low [Ca2+]e.
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- F E Kruse
- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101
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