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Christofidou ED, Tomazou M, Voutouri C, Michael C, Stylianopoulos T, Spyrou GM, Strati K. Oct4 is a gatekeeper of epithelial identity by regulating cytoskeletal organization in skin keratinocytes. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113859. [PMID: 38421873 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Oct4 is a pioneer transcription factor regulating pluripotency. However, it is not well known whether Oct4 has an impact on epidermal cells. We generated OCT4 knockout clonal cell lines using immortalized human skin keratinocytes to identify a functional role for the protein. Here, we report that Oct4-deficient cells transitioned into a mesenchymal-like phenotype with enlarged size and shape, exhibited accelerated migratory behavior, decreased adhesion, and appeared arrested at the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint. Oct4 absence had a profound impact on cortical actin organization, with loss of microfilaments from the cell membrane, increased puncta deposition in the cytoplasm, and stress fiber formation. E-cadherin, β-catenin, and ZO1 were almost absent from cell-cell contacts, while fibronectin deposition was markedly increased in the extracellular matrix (ECM). Mapping of the transcriptional and chromatin profiles of Oct4-deficient cells revealed that Oct4 controls the levels of cytoskeletal, ECM, and differentiation-related genes, whereas epithelial identity is preserved through transcriptional and non-transcriptional mechanisms.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
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- Department of Bioinformatics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus.
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Zhao M, Rolandi M, Isseroff RR. Bioelectric Signaling: Role of Bioelectricity in Directional Cell Migration in Wound Healing. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2022; 14:a041236. [PMID: 36041786 PMCID: PMC9524286 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In wound healing, individual cells' behaviors coordinate movement toward the wound center to restore small or large barrier defects. The migration of epithelial cells as a continuous sheet structure is one of the most important processes by which the skin barrier is restored. How such multicellular and tissue level movement is initiated upon injury, coordinated during healing, and stopped when wounds healed has been a research focus for decades. When skin is wounded, the compromised epithelial barrier generates endogenous electric fields (EFs), produced by ion channels and maintained by cell junctions. These EFs are present across wounds, with the cathodal pole at the wound center. Epithelial cells detect minute EFs and migrate directionally in response to electrical signals. It has long been postulated that the naturally occurring EFs facilitate wound healing by guiding cell migration. It is not until recently that experimental evidence has shown that large epithelial sheets of keratinocytes or corneal epithelial cells respond to applied EFs by collective directional migration. Although some of the mechanisms of the collective cell migration are similar to those used by isolated cells, there are unique mechanisms that govern the coordinated movement of the cohesive sheet. We will review the understanding of wound EFs and how epithelial cells and other cells important to wound healing respond to the electric signals individually as well as collectively. Mounting evidence suggests that wound bioelectrical signaling is an important mechanism in healing. Critical understanding and proper exploitation of this mechanism will be important for better wound healing and regeneration.
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- Min Zhao
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Rasmont V, Valois A, Gueniche A, Sore G, Kerob D, Nielsen M, Berardesca E. Vichy volcanic mineralizing water has unique properties to strengthen the skin barrier and skin defenses against exposome aggressions. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022; 36 Suppl 2:5-15. [PMID: 34979589 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Exposome aggressions are known to weaken certain skin functions, such as skin barrier and skin defense functions. Vichy volcanic mineralizing water (VVMW) percolates through volcanic and magmatic rocks in the Auvergne region in France to create a pure, highly mineralized water containing 15 minerals for a total mineral concentration of 5.2 g/L. Here, we provide an overview of the main results of in vitro and ex vivo studies (keratinocyte cultures, 3D reconstructed skin model, skin explants) and clinical studies to evaluate the effect of VVMW on key skin functions to help elucidate how it counteracts exposome aggressions on the skin. Properties to strengthen the skin barrier: VVMW stimulated the synthesis of tight junction proteins and keratinocyte differentiation markers in vitro. In clinical studies, VVMW accelerated cell turnover and improved skin hydration. Properties to strengthen skin antioxidant defense: VVMW stimulated the expression of antioxidant defense markers and had a higher stimulatory effect than a competitor thermal water on the expression of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase in keratinocytes in vitro. In vivo, VVMW restored endogenous catalase activity after exposure to UVA radiation. Anti-inflammatory action: VVMW reduced substance P-induced inflammation ex vivo and lactic acid-induced stinging in vivo. Topical application of VVMW in subjects with sensitive skin showed soothing and decongestant effects by reducing skin dryness and erythema. After sodium lauryl sulfate -induced skin barrier disruption, recovery from redness and erythema was faster following application of VVMW compared to a competitor water or untreated skin. These studies illustrate that VVMW has unique properties to repair and regenerate the skin barrier, as well as to strengthen antioxidant and immune defenses, which help protect the skin against exposome aggressions.
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- V Rasmont
- Laboratoires Vichy, Levallois Perret, France
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- L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Chevilly Larue, France
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- L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Chevilly Larue, France
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- L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Chevilly Larue, France
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- Laboratoires Vichy, Levallois Perret, France
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- Laboratoires Vichy, Levallois Perret, France
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- Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Tan JJY, Common JE, Wu C, Ho PCL, Kang L. Keratinocytes maintain compartmentalization between dermal papilla and fibroblasts in 3D heterotypic tri-cultures. Cell Prolif 2019; 52:e12668. [PMID: 31379046 PMCID: PMC6797517 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Reproducing human hair follicles in vitro is often limited by various reasons such as the lack of a systematic approach to culture distinct hair follicle cell types to reproduce their spatial relationship. Here, we reproduce hair follicle-like constructs resembling the spatial orientation of different cells in vivo, to study the role of keratinocytes in maintaining cellular compartmentalization among hair follicle-related cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Dermal papilla (DP) cells, HaCaT keratinocytes and human dermal fibroblast (HDF) cells were seeded sequentially into three-dimensional (3D) microwells fabricated from polyethylene glycol diacrylate hydrogels. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to compare inductive gene expression of 3D and two-dimensional (2D) DP. DP and HaCaT cells were transfected with green fluorescent protein and red fluorescent protein lentivirus, respectively, to enable cell visualization using confocal microscopy. RESULTS The 3D DP cultures showed significantly enhanced expression of essential DP genes as compared 2D cultures. Core-shell configurations containing keratinocytes forming the outer shell and DP forming the core were observed. Migratory polarization was mediated by cell-cell interaction between the keratinocytes and HDF cells, while preserving the aggregated state of the DP cells. CONCLUSIONS Keratinocytes may play a role in maintaining compartmentalization between the DP and the surrounding HDF residing in the dermis, and therefore maintains the aggregative state of the DP cells, necessary for hair follicle development and function.
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- Justin J. Y. Tan
- Department of PharmacyNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Pharmaceutical AnalysisChina Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of PharmacyNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- School of PharmacyUniversity of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
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Zhang M, Wang X, Guo F, Jia Q, Liu N, Chen Y, Yan Y, Huang M, Tang H, Deng Y, Huang S, Zhou Z, Zhang L, Zhang L. Cdc42 Deficiency Leads To Epidermal Barrier Dysfunction by Regulating Intercellular Junctions and Keratinization of Epidermal Cells during Mouse Skin Development. Am J Cancer Res 2019; 9:5065-5084. [PMID: 31410202 PMCID: PMC6691388 DOI: 10.7150/thno.34014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Rationale: Cdc42 is a Rho GTPase that regulates diverse cellular functions. Here, we used genetic techniques to investigate the role of Cdc42 in epidermal development and epidermal barrier formation. Methods: Keratinocyte-restricted Cdc42 knockout mice were generated with the Cre-LoxP system under the keratin 14 (K14) promoter. The skin and other tissues were collected from mutant and wild-type mice, and their cellular, molecular, morphological, and physiological features were analyzed. Results: Loss of Cdc42 in the epidermis in vivo resulted in neonatal lethality and impairment of epidermal barrier formation. Cdc42 deficiency led to the loss of epidermal stem cells. The absence of Cdc42 led to increased thickening of the epidermis, which was associated with increased proliferation and reduced apoptosis of keratinocytes. In addition, Cdc42 deficiency damaged tight junctions, adherens junctions and desmosomes. RNA sequencing results showed that the most significantly altered genes were enriched by the terms of “keratinization” and “cornified envelope” (CE). Among the differentially expressed genes in the CE term, several members of the small proline-rich protein (SPRR) family were upregulated. Further study revealed that there may be a Cdc42-SPRR pathway, which may correlate with epidermal barrier function. Conclusions: Our study indicates that Cdc42 is essential for epidermal development and epidermal barrier formation. Defects in Cdc42-SPRR signaling may be associated with skin barrier dysfunction and a variety of skin diseases.
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Roger M, Fullard N, Costello L, Bradbury S, Markiewicz E, O'Reilly S, Darling N, Ritchie P, Määttä A, Karakesisoglou I, Nelson G, von Zglinicki T, Dicolandrea T, Isfort R, Bascom C, Przyborski S. Bioengineering the microanatomy of human skin. J Anat 2019; 234:438-455. [PMID: 30740672 PMCID: PMC6422806 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recreating the structure of human tissues in the laboratory is valuable for fundamental research, testing interventions, and reducing the use of animals. Critical to the use of such technology is the ability to produce tissue models that accurately reproduce the microanatomy of the native tissue. Current artificial cell-based skin systems lack thorough characterisation, are not representative of human skin, and can show variation. In this study, we have developed a novel full thickness model of human skin comprised of epidermal and dermal compartments. Using an inert porous scaffold, we created a dermal construct using human fibroblasts that secrete their own extracellular matrix proteins, which avoids the use of animal-derived materials. The dermal construct acts as a foundation upon which epidermal keratinocytes were seeded and differentiated into a stratified keratinised epithelium. In-depth morphological analyses of the model demonstrated very close similarities with native human skin. Extensive immunostaining and electron microscopy analysis revealed ultrastructural details such as keratohyalin granules and lamellar bodies within the stratum granulosum, specialised junctional complexes, and the presence of a basal lamina. These features reflect the functional characteristics and barrier properties of the skin equivalent. Robustness and reproducibility of in vitro models are important attributes in experimental practice, and we demonstrate the consistency of the skin construct between different users. In summary, a new model of full thickness human skin has been developed that possesses microanatomical features reminiscent of native tissue. This skin model platform will be of significant interest to scientists researching the structure and function of human skin.
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- Department of Health and Life SciencesNorthumbria UniversityNewcastleUK
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- Department of BiosciencesDurham UniversityDurhamUK
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- Institute for Ageing and HealthUniversity of NewcastleNewcastleUK
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- Mason Business Centre, Procter & GambleMason, CincinnatiOHUSA
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- Mason Business Centre, Procter & GambleMason, CincinnatiOHUSA
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- Department of BiosciencesDurham UniversityDurhamUK
- Reprocell EuropeSedgefieldUK
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Tsuji R, Komano Y, Ohshio K, Ishii N, Kanauchi O. Long-term administration of pDC stimulative lactic acid bacteria, Lactococcus lactis strain Plasma, prevents immune-senescence and decelerates individual senescence. Exp Gerontol 2018; 111:10-16. [PMID: 29964182 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2018.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aging is accompanied by the decline in immune function, resulting in increasing susceptibility to infectious diseases and tumorigenesis. In our previous reports, we showed that Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis strain Plasma (LC-Plasma) stimulated plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), which play an important role in viral infection, and oral administration of LC-Plasma showed prophylactic effects against viral infection both in mice and humans. However, the effects of long-term administration of LC-Plasma are not known. In this study, we investigated the effect of long-term oral administration of LC-Plasma on IFN-α induction activity and individual senescence in the senescence-accelerated mice strains Prone 1 (SAMP1) and Prone 10 (SAMP10). LC-Plasma administration promoted IFN-α induction activity and increased the naïve T cell ratio in SAMP1 mice. In SAMP10 mice, in addition to preventing a decrease in the naïve T cell ratio, aging-associated skin thinning was suppressed histologically and the expression of representative tight junction genes, such as Claudin-1 and Zo-1, was increased. Furthermore, age-related muscle weight loss tended to be suppressed in the LC-Plasma group and expression of the muscle degeneration gene FoxO-1 was significantly suppressed. Related to these phenotypes, the senescence score in the LC-Plasma group was significantly decreased at 47 weeks of age compared with that in the control group. Taken together, long-term oral administration of LC-Plasma could prevent immune-senescence and other senescence phenotypes at the organ level. Therefore, LC-Plasma is suggested to be a useful functional food material for decelerating individual senescence.
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- Ryohei Tsuji
- Research Laboratories for Health Science and Food Technologies, Kirin Co., Ltd., 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan.
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- Research Laboratories for Health Science and Food Technologies, Kirin Co., Ltd., 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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- Research Laboratories for Health Science and Food Technologies, Kirin Co., Ltd., 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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- Tokai University, School of Health Study, 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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- Research Laboratories for Health Science and Food Technologies, Kirin Co., Ltd., 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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Hsu CK, Lin HH, Harn HIC, Hughes MW, Tang MJ, Yang CC. Mechanical forces in skin disorders. J Dermatol Sci 2018; 90:232-240. [PMID: 29567352 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mechanical forces are known to regulate homeostasis of the skin and play a role in the pathogenesis of skin diseases. The epidermis consists of keratinocytes that are tightly adhered to each other by cell junctions. Defects in keratins or desmosomal/hemidesmosomal proteins lead to the attenuation of mechanical strength and formation of intraepidermal blisters in the case of epidermolysis bullosa simplex. The dermis is rich in extracellular matrix, especially collagen, and provides the majority of tensile force in the skin. Keloid and hypertrophic scar, which is the result of over-production of collagen by fibroblasts during the wound healing, are associated with extrinsic tensile forces and changes of intrinsic mechanical properties of the cell. Increasing evidences shows that stiffness of the skin environment determines the regenerative ability during wound healing process. Mechanotransduction pathways are also involved in the morphogenesis and cyclic growth of hair follicles. The development of androgenetic alopecia is correlated to tensile forces generated by the fibrous tissue underlying the scalp. Acral melanoma predominantly occurs in the weight-bearing area of the foot suggesting the role of mechanical stress. Increased dermal stiffness from fibrosis might be the cause of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa associated squamous cell carcinoma. Strategies to change the mechanical forces or modify the mechanotransduction signals may lead to a new way to treat skin diseases and promote skin regeneration.
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- Chao-Kai Hsu
- Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; International Research Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Ma X, Li L, Jia T, Chen M, Liu G, Li C, Li N, Yang D. miR-203a controls keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation via targeting the stemness-associated factor ΔNp63 and establishing a regulatory circuit with SNAI2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 491:241-249. [PMID: 28754589 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Keratinocyte differentiation plays a pivotal role in the function of epidermal barrier and can be triggered by extracellular calcium in vitro and in vivo, but the precise mechanism still need to be further investigated. On the other hand, it is known that microRNAs control multiple biological events including cellular proliferation and differentiation. The present study demonstrated that miR-203a expression was upregulated in calcium-induced HaCaT Cells in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the stemness-associated factors SNAI2 and ΔNp63 were downregulated. Furthermore, SNAI2 and ΔNp63 were identified as the targets of miR-203a by computational prediction and luciferase reporter assays. The protein levels of SNAI2 and ΔNp63 were suppressed by ectopic expression of miR-203a. Functionally, silencing of miR-203a or overexpression of SNAI2 and ΔNp63 attenuated cell cycle arrest induced by calcium without any changes in cellular apoptosis. Additionally, ectopic expression of SNAI2 inhibited miR-203a in calcium-induced HaCaT cells, by binding to the promoter region of miR-203a. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that miR-203a plays an essential role in keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation caused by extracellular calcium by targeting the SNAI2 and ΔNp63 genes. Furthermore, SNAI2 was found to suppress the transcription of miR-203a. Our data highlights a coherent cross-talk between two transcription factors (SNAI2 and ΔNp63) and miR-203a in keratinocyte differentiation and epidermal development.
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- Xu Ma
- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Hand and Microsurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Block, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
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A microscopic multiphase diffusion model of viable epidermis permeability. Biophys J 2013; 104:2307-20. [PMID: 23708370 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2012] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A microscopic model of passive transverse mass transport of small solutes in the viable epidermal layer of human skin is formulated on the basis of a hexagonal array of cells (i.e., keratinocytes) bounded by 4-nm-thick, anisotropic lipid bilayers and separated by 1-μm layers of extracellular fluid. Gap junctions and tight junctions with adjustable permeabilities are included to modulate the transport of solutes with low membrane permeabilities. Two keratinocyte aspect ratios are considered to represent basal and spinous cells (longer) and granular cells (more flattened). The diffusion problem is solved in a unit cell using a coordinate system conforming to the hexagonal cross section, and an efficient two-dimensional treatment is applied to describe transport in both the cell membranes and intercellular spaces, given their thinness. Results are presented in terms of an effective diffusion coefficient, D¯(epi), and partition coefficient, K¯(epi/w), for a homogenized representation of the microtransport problem. Representative calculations are carried out for three small solutes-water, L-glucose, and hydrocortisone-covering a wide range of membrane permeability. The effective transport parameters and their microscopic interpretation can be employed within the context of existing three-layer models of skin transport to provide more realistic estimates of the epidermal concentrations of topically applied solutes.
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Revi D, Paul W, Anilkumar T, Sharma CP. Chitosan scaffold co-cultured with keratinocyte and fibroblast heals full thickness skin wounds in rabbit. J Biomed Mater Res A 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Deepa Revi
- Laboratory for Experimental Pathology, Biomedical Technology Wing; Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Thiruvananthapuram 695012 India
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- Biosurface Technology Division, Biomedical Technology Wing; Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Thiruvananthapuram 695012 India
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- Laboratory for Experimental Pathology, Biomedical Technology Wing; Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Thiruvananthapuram 695012 India
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- Biosurface Technology Division, Biomedical Technology Wing; Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Thiruvananthapuram 695012 India
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Franke WW, Pape UF. Diverse types of junctions containing tight junction proteins in stratified mammalian epithelia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2012; 1257:152-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Enthaler B, Pruns JK, Wessel S, Rapp C, Fischer M, Wittern KP. Improved sample preparation for MALDI–MSI of endogenous compounds in skin tissue sections and mapping of exogenous active compounds subsequent to ex-vivo skin penetration. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 402:1159-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5562-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Stojadinovic O, Pastar I, Vukelic S, Mahoney MG, Brennan D, Krzyzanowska A, Golinko M, Brem H, Tomic-Canic M. Deregulation of keratinocyte differentiation and activation: a hallmark of venous ulcers. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 12:2675-90. [PMID: 18373736 PMCID: PMC3828883 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Epidermal morphology of chronic wounds differs from that of normal epidermis. Biopsies of non-healing edges obtained from patients with venous ulcers show thick and hyperproliferative epidermis with mitosis present in suprabasal layers. This epidermis is also hyper-keratotic and parakeratotic. This suggests incomplete activation and differentiation of keratinocytes. To identify molecular changes that lead to pathogenic alterations in keratinocyte activation and differentiation pathways we isolated mRNA from non-healing edges deriving from venous ulcers patients and determined transcriptional profiles using Affymetrix chips. Obtained transcriptional profiles were compared to those from healthy, unwounded skin. As previously indicated by histology, we found deregulation of differentiation and activation markers. We also found differential regulation of signalling molecules that regulate these two processes. Early differentiation markers, keratins K1/K10 and a subset of small proline-rich proteins, along with the late differentiation marker filaggrin were suppressed, whereas late differentiation markers involucrin, transgultaminase 1 and another subset of small proline-rich proteins were induced in ulcers when compared to healthy skin. Surprisingly, desomosomal and tight junction components were also deregulated. Keratinocyte activation markers keratins K6/K16/K17 were induced. We conclude that keratinocytes at the non-healing edges of venous ulcers do not execute either activation or differentiation pathway, resulting in thick callus-like formation at the edge of a venous ulcers.
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- Olivera Stojadinovic
- Hospital for Special Surgery of the Weill Cornell Medical College, Tissue Repair Lab, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Peltonen S, Riehokainen J, Pummi K, Peltonen J. Tight junction components occludin, ZO-1, and claudin-1, -4 and -5 in active and healing psoriasis. Br J Dermatol 2007; 156:466-72. [PMID: 17300235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cells of the granular layer are interconnected by tight junctions (TJs) in normal epidermis. The structural proteins of epidermal TJs include occludin, ZO-1, and claudin-1 and -4. OBJECTIVES Our aim was to correlate the expression of TJ components with keratinocyte differentiation using psoriasis as a model of premature keratinization. METHODS The distribution of TJ proteins was evaluated in the skin of nine patients with psoriasis. Punch biopsies were taken from perilesional skin, from active psoriasis plaques, and from healed, previously lesional locations. The punch biopsies were analysed using indirect immunolabelling for ZO-1, occludin and claudin-1, -4 and -5. In addition, epidermal samples were analysed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for claudin-1, -4 and -5 mRNAs. RESULTS Claudin-5 was localized to the granular cell layers of normal control skin as well as perilesional and lesional psoriatic epidermis. This was unexpected, as previous studies have not detected claudin-5 in the epidermis. Occludin and ZO-1 were expressed in the granular cell layer in psoriatic perilesional epidermis. In the psoriasis plaques, ZO-1 and occludin were detected in a wider zone extending from the granular layer to the middle spinous cell layers. In healed psoriasis plaques, the expression of occludin and ZO-1 resumed a normal-looking profile, being restricted to the upper epidermis only. Claudin-1 and -4 did not show marked changes in psoriasis compared with normal skin. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate claudin-5 in normal epidermis and psoriatic skin, and abnormal distribution of occludin and ZO-1 in psoriasis plaques. Clinical healing of aberrant keratinization is associated with restoration of the normal distribution of occludin, ZO-1 and also involucrin.
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- S Peltonen
- Department of Dermatology, University of Turku, PL 52, Turku, Finland.
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SUMMARYThe vertebrate integument represents an evolutionary compromise between the needs for mechanical protection and those of sensing the environment and regulating the exchange of materials and energy. Fibrous keratins evolved as a means of strengthening the integument while simultaneously providing a structural support for lipids, which comprise the principal barrier to cutaneous water efflux in terrestrial taxa. Whereas lipids are of fundamental importance to water barriers, the efficacy of these barriers depends in many cases on structural features that enhance or maintain the integrity of function. Amphibians are exceptional among tetrapods in having very little keratin and a thin stratum corneum. Thus, effective lipid barriers that are present in some specialized anurans living in xeric habitats are external to the epidermis, whereas lipid barriers of amniotes exist as a lipid-keratin complex within the stratum corneum. Amphibians prevent desiccation of the epidermis and underlying tissues either by evaporating water from a superficial aqueous film, which must be replenished, or by shielding the stratum corneum with superficial lipids. Water barrier function in vertebrates generally appears to be relatively fixed, although various species have`plasticity' to adjust the barrier effectiveness facultatively. While it is clear that both phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation can account for covariation between environment and skin resistance to water efflux, studies of the relative importance of these two phenomena are few. Fundamental mechanisms for adjusting the skin water barrier include changes in barrier thickness, composition and physicochemical properties of cutaneous lipids,and/or geometry of the barrier within the epidermis. While cutaneous lipids have been studied extensively in the contexts of disease and cosmetics,relatively little is known about the processes of permeability barrier ontogenesis related to adaptation and environment. Advances in such knowledge have didactic significance for understanding vertebrate evolution as well as practical application to clinical dermatology.
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Feldmeyer L, Huber M, Fellmann F, Beckmann JS, Frenk E, Hohl D. Confirmation of the origin of NISCH syndrome. Hum Mutat 2006; 27:408-10. [PMID: 16619213 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Neonatal ichthyosis-sclerosing cholangitis (NISCH) syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive ichthyosis syndrome characterized by scalp hypotrichosis, scarring alopecia, ichthyosis, and sclerosing cholangitis, was described for the first time in 2002. It is caused by a mutation in the gene coding for the tight junction protein claudin-1. Only four patients carrying the same mutation of the CLDN1 gene have been described until now. We report a patient presenting with the clinical characteristics of NISCH syndrome and carrying a novel mutation in the CLDN1 gene.
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- L Feldmeyer
- Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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For homeostasis in multicellular organisms, isolation and compartmentalisation of the internal environment are essential, and are established by various cellular sheets. For these cellular sheets to function as barriers, the intercellular route must be sealed. Recent advances reveal that claudins - major cell adhesion molecules in tight junctions - are directly involved in this intercellular sealing, not only in simple but also in stratified cellular sheets in vertebrates.
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- Shoichiro Tsukita
- Department of Cell Biology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
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Vaezi A, Bauer C, Vasioukhin V, Fuchs E. Actin cable dynamics and Rho/Rock orchestrate a polarized cytoskeletal architecture in the early steps of assembling a stratified epithelium. Dev Cell 2002; 3:367-81. [PMID: 12361600 DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00259-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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To enable stratification and barrier function, the epidermis must permit self-renewal while maintaining adhesive connections. By generating K14-GFP-actin mice to monitor actin dynamics in cultured primary keratinocytes, we uncovered a role for the actin cytoskeleton in establishing cellular organization. During epidermal sheet formation, a polarized network of nascent intercellular junctions and radial actin cables assemble in the apical plane of the monolayer. These actin fibers anchor to a central actin-myosin network, creating a tension-based plane of cytoskeleton across the apical surface of the sheet. Movement of the sheet surface relative to its base expands the zone of intercellular overlap, catalyzing new sites for nascent intercellular junctions. This polarized cytoskeleton is dependent upon alpha-catenin, Rho, and Rock, and its regulation may be important for wound healing and/or stratification, where coordinated tissue movements are involved.
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- Alec Vaezi
- Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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