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Tasneem S, Ghufran H, Azam M, Arif A, Bin Umair M, Yousaf MA, Shahzad K, Mehmood A, Malik K, Riazuddin S. Cassia Angustifolia Primed ASCs Accelerate Burn Wound Healing by Modulation of Inflammatory Response. Tissue Eng Regen Med 2024; 21:137-157. [PMID: 37847444 PMCID: PMC10764710 DOI: 10.1007/s13770-023-00594-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Thermal traumas impose a huge burden on healthcare systems. This merits the need for advanced but cost-effective remedies with clinical prospects. In this context, we prepared a regenerative 3D-construct comprising of Cassia angustifolia extract (SM) primed adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) laden amniotic membrane for faster burn wound repair. METHODS ASCs were preconditioned with SM (30 µg/ml for 24 h), and subsequently exposed to in-vitro thermal injury (51 °C,10 min). In-vivo thermal injury was induced by placing pre-heated copper-disc (2 cm diameter) on dorsum of the Wistar rats. ASCs (2.0 × 105) pre-treated with SM (SM-ASCs), cultured on stromal side of amniotic membrane (AM) were transplanted in rat heat-injury model. Non-transplanted heat-injured rats and non-heat-injured rats were kept as controls. RESULTS The significantly upregulated expression of IGF1, SDF1A, TGFβ1, VEGF, GSS, GSR, IL4, BCL2 genes and downregulation of BAX, IL6, TNFα, and NFkB1 in SM-ASCs in in-vitro and in-vivo settings confirmed its potential in promoting cell-proliferation, migration, angiogenesis, antioxidant, cell-survival, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing activity. Moreover, SM-ASCs induced early wound closure, better architecture, normal epidermal thickness, orderly-arranged collagen fibers, and well-developed skin appendages in healed rat-skin transplanted with AM+SM-ASCs, additionally confirmed by increased expression of structural genes (Krt1, Krt8, Krt19, Desmin, Vimentin, α-Sma) in comparison to untreated-ASCs laden-AM transplanted in heat injured rats. CONCLUSION SM priming effectively enabled ASCs to counter thermal injury by significantly enhancing cell survival and reducing inflammation upon transplantation. This study provides bases for development of effective combinational therapies (natural scaffold, medicine, and stem cells) with clinical prospects for treating burn wounds.
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- Saba Tasneem
- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- Jinnah Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Centre, Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
- CosmoPlast, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan.
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan.
- Jinnah Burn & Reconstructive Surgery Centre, Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Cohen E, Johnson C, Redmond CJ, Nair RR, Coulombe PA. Revisiting the significance of keratin expression in complex epithelia. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:jcs260594. [PMID: 36285538 PMCID: PMC10658788 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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A large group of keratin genes (n=54 in the human genome) code for intermediate filament (IF)-forming proteins and show differential regulation in epithelial cells and tissues. Keratin expression can be highly informative about the type of epithelial tissue, differentiation status of constituent cells and biological context (e.g. normal versus diseased settings). The foundational principles underlying the use of keratin expression to gain insight about epithelial cells and tissues primarily originated in pioneering studies conducted in the 1980s. The recent emergence of single cell transcriptomics provides an opportunity to revisit these principles and gain new insight into epithelial biology. Re-analysis of single-cell RNAseq data collected from human and mouse skin has confirmed long-held views regarding the quantitative importance and pairwise regulation of specific keratin genes in keratinocytes of surface epithelia. Furthermore, such analyses confirm and extend the notion that changes in keratin gene expression occur gradually as progenitor keratinocytes commit to and undergo differentiation, and challenge the prevailing assumption that specific keratin combinations reflect a mitotic versus a post-mitotic differentiating state. Our findings provide a blueprint for similar analyses in other tissues, and warrant a more nuanced approach in the use of keratin genes as biomarkers in epithelia.
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- Erez Cohen
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Nyman E, Lindholm E, Rakar J, Junker JP, Kratz G. Effects of amniotic fluid on human keratinocyte gene expression - Implications for wound healing. Exp Dermatol 2021; 31:764-774. [PMID: 34921689 PMCID: PMC9305168 DOI: 10.1111/exd.14515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cutaneous wounds can lead to huge suffering for patients. Early fetal wounds have the capacity to regenerate without scar formation. Amniotic fluid (AF), containing hyaluronic acid (HA), may contribute to this regenerative environment. We aimed to analyse changes in gene expression when human keratinocytes are exposed to AF or HA. Human keratinocytes were cultured to subconfluence, starved for 12 h and then randomised to be maintained in (1) Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), (2) DMEM with 50% AF, or (3) DMEM with 50% fetal calf serum (FCS). Transcriptional changes were analysed using microarray and enriched with WebGestalt and Enrichr. Additionally, eight diagnostic genes were analysed using semiquantitative real‐time PCR to investigate epidermal differentiation and cellular stress after HA exposure as an alternative for AF exposure. The AF and FCS treatments resulted in enrichment of genes relating to varied aspects of epidermal and keratinocyte biology. In particular, p63‐, AP1‐ and NFE2L2‐ (Nrf2) associated genes were found significantly regulated in both treatments. More genes regulated by FCS treatment were associated with inflammatory signalling, whilst AF treatment was dominantly associated with molecular establishment of epidermis and lipid metabolic activity. HA exposure mostly resulted in gene regulation that was congruent with the AF microarray group, with increased expression of ITGA6 and LOR. We conclude that AF exposure enhances keratinocyte differentiation in vitro, which suggests that AF constituents can be beneficial for wound‐healing applications.
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- Erika Nyman
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Centre for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Centre for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.,Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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Peter Rout D, Nair A, Gupta A, Kumar P. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis: clinical update. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol 2019; 12:333-344. [PMID: 31190940 PMCID: PMC6512611 DOI: 10.2147/ccid.s166849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), earlier termed as bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma is a skin disorder characterized as an autosomal dominant and rare disorder which has been observed to affect 1 in over 200,000 infants as a consequence of a significant mutation in the genes responsible for the keratin proteins, mostly keratin 1 and 10. The features present at birth include erythema and blistering. In adults, the hallmarks include hyperkeratosis, erosions, and blisters. The major symptoms including xerosis, pruritus, and painful fissuring lead not only to cosmetic problems but also stress, inferiority complex and other psychological conditions. While clinical inspection followed by confirmatory tests including histopathology and electron microscopic assessment is used for diagnosis, treatment modalities can be further improved for better diagnosis. This article reviews subtypes of ichthyosis, with a focus on EHK, genetics behind the disease, recently reported mutations, the existing diagnostics and treatments for the same and potential of new modalities in diagnosis/treatment.
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- Denice Peter Rout
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, India
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Gandolfi B, Alhaddad H, Joslin SEK, Khan R, Filler S, Brem G, Lyons LA. A splice variant in KRT71 is associated with curly coat phenotype of Selkirk Rex cats. Sci Rep 2013; 3:2000. [PMID: 23770706 PMCID: PMC3683669 DOI: 10.1038/srep02000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One of the salient features of the domestic cat is the aesthetics of its fur. The Selkirk Rex breed is defined by an autosomal dominant woolly rexoid hair (ADWH) abnormality that is characterized by tightly curled hair shafts. A genome-wide case - control association study was conducted using 9 curly coated Selkirk Rex and 29 controls, including straight-coated Selkirk Rex, British Shorthair and Persian, to localize the Selkirk autosomal dominant rexoid locus (SADRE). Although the control cats were from different breed lineages, they share recent breeding histories and were validated as controls by Bayesian clustering, multi-dimensional scaling and genomic inflation. A significant association was found on cat chromosome B4 (Praw = 2.87 × 10(-11)), and a unique haplotype spanning ~600 Kb was found in all the curly coated cats. Direct sequencing of four candidate genes revealed a splice site variant within the KRT71 gene associated with the hair abnormality in Selkirk Rex.
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- Barbara Gandolfi
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Kim JM, Choi SY, Kim CS. Expression of cytokeratin 10, 16 and 17 as biomarkers differentiating odontogenic keratocysts from dentigerous cysts. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012. [DOI: 10.5125/jkaoms.2012.38.2.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Jung-Min Kim
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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Kim SW, Kim S, Nam EJ, Jeong YW, Lee SH, Paek JH, Kim JH, Kim JW, Kim YT. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Advanced Serous Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma: Possible Predictors of Chemoresistant Disease. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2011; 15:281-92. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2010.0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Sang Wun Kim
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Kyunggi-do, Korea
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Gandolfi B, Outerbridge CA, Beresford LG, Myers JA, Pimentel M, Alhaddad H, Grahn JC, Grahn RA, Lyons LA. The naked truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex cat breed mutations in KRT71. Mamm Genome 2010; 21:509-15. [PMID: 20953787 PMCID: PMC2974189 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-010-9290-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 09/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hair is a unique structure, characteristic of mammals, controlling body homeostasis, as well as cell and tissue integration. Previous studies in dog, mouse, and rat have identified polymorphisms in Keratin 71 (KRT71) as responsible for the curly/wavy phenotypes. The coding sequence and the 3′ UTR of KRT71 were directly sequenced in randomly bred and pedigreed domestic cats with different pelage mutations, including hairless varieties. A SNP altering a splice site was identified in the Sphynx breed and suggested to be the hairless (hr) allele, and a complex sequence alteration, also causing a splice variation, was identified in the Devon Rex breed and suggested to be the curly (re) allele. The polymorphisms were genotyped in approximately 200 cats. All the Devon Rex were homozygous for the complex alterations and most of the Sphynx were either homozygous for the hr allele or compound heterozygotes with the Devon-associated re allele, suggesting that the phenotypes are a result of the identified SNPs. Two Sphynx carrying the proposed hr mutation did not carry the Devon-associated alteration. No other causative mutations for eight different rexoid and hairless cat phenotypes were identified. The allelic series KRT71+ > KRT71hr > KRT71re is suggested.
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- Barbara Gandolfi
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California—Davis, 1114 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Alaminos M, Garzón I, Sánchez-Quevedo MC, Moreu G, González-Andrades M, Fernández-Montoya A, Campos A. Time-course study of histological and genetic patterns of differentiation in human engineered oral mucosa. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2007; 1:350-9. [DOI: 10.1002/term.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stoll C, Stollenwerk C, Riediger D, Mittermayer C, Alfer J. Cytokeratin expression patterns for distinction of odontogenic keratocysts from dentigerous and radicular cysts. J Oral Pathol Med 2005; 34:558-64. [PMID: 16138895 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2005.00352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The clinical outcome of treatment of odontogenic cysts differs depending on separate entities. Particular clinical relevance must be attached to the distinction between odontogenic keratocysts, which have an evident tendency to recur, and other odontogenic cysts. The aim of this study was to evaluate cytokeratin (CK) expression patterns as an additional tool for characterization of different cysts as the histomorphologic appearance often is not decisive. METHODS Thirty cases of dentigerous and radicular cysts respectively as well as 15 cases of odontogenic keratocysts were considered. Expression of CK 5/6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 19 and 20 was determined in addition to Ki-67 immunohistochemically. RESULTS Expression of CK 17 was discernible in 93.3% of the odontogenic keratocysts, but only in 35.0% of dentigerous and radicular cysts under study (P < 0.001). CK 19 could be detected in 48.3% of dentigerous and radicular cysts, whereas odontogenic keratocysts were completely negative (P < 0.002). CONCLUSION Immunohistochemical detection of CK 17 and 19 seems to be a valuable additional parameter distinguishing between odontogenic keratocysts and other odontogenic--especially dentigerous--cysts which clinically are likely the most significant differential diagnoses in this context. J Oral Pathol Med (2005) 34: 558-64.
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- Christian Stoll
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany.
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Rogers MA, Winter H, Langbein L, Bleiler R, Schweizer J. The human type I keratin gene family: characterization of new hair follicle specific members and evaluation of the chromosome 17q21.2 gene domain. Differentiation 2005; 72:527-40. [PMID: 15617563 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2004.07209006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In general concurrence with recent studies, bioinformatic analysis of the chromosome 17q21.2 DNA sequence found in the EBI/Genebank database shows the presence of 27 type I keratin genes and five keratin pseudogenes present on 8 contiguous Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) sequences. This constitutes the 970 kb type I keratin gene domain. Inserted into this domain is a 350 kb region harboring 32 previously characterized keratin-associated protein genes. Of the 27 keratin genes found in this region, six have not been characterized in detail. This study reports the isolation of cDNA sequences for these keratin genes, termed K25irs1-K25irs4, Ka35, and Ka36, as well as cDNA sequences for the previously reported hair keratins hHa3-I, hHa7, and hHa8. RT-PCR analysis of 14 epithelial tissues using primers for the six novel keratins, as well as for keratins 23 and 24, shows that the six novel keratins appear to be hair follicle associated. Previous expression data, coupled with evolutionary analysis studies point to K25irs1-K25irs4 probably being inner root sheath specific keratins. Ka35 and Ka36 are, based on their exon-intron structure and expression characteristics, hair keratins. In contrast, K23 and K24 appear to be epithelial keratins associated with simple/glandular or stratified, non-cornified epithelia, respectively. A literature analysis coupled with the data presented here confirms that all of the 27 keratin genes found on this domain have been characterized at the transcriptional level. Together with K18, a type I keratin gene found on the type II keratin domain, this seems to be the entire complement of functional type I keratins in humans.
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- Michael A Rogers
- Section of Normal and Neoplastic Epidermal Differentiation, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69210 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rogers MA, Edler L, Winter H, Langbein L, Beckmann I, Schweizer J. Characterization of new members of the human type II keratin gene family and a general evaluation of the keratin gene domain on chromosome 12q13.13. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 124:536-44. [PMID: 15737194 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.23530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The recent completion of a reference sequence of the human genome now allows a complete characterization of the type II keratin gene domain on chromosome 12q13.13. This, domain, approximately 780 kb in size, is present on nine bacterial artificial chromosome clones sequenced by the Human Genome Sequencing Project. The type II keratin domain contains 27 keratin genes and eight pseudogenes. Twenty-three of these genes and four pseudogenes have been previously reported. This study describes, in addition to the genomic sequencing of the K2p gene and the bioinformatic identification of four keratin pseudogenes, the characterization of cDNA corresponding to three previously undescribed keratin genes K1b, K6l, and Kb20, as well as cDNA sequences for the previously described keratin genes hHb2, hHb4, and K3. Northern analysis of the new keratins K1b, K6l, K5b, and Kb20 using mRNA of major organs as well as of specific epithelial subtypes shows singular expression of these keratins in skin, hair follicles and, for K5b and Kb20, in tongue, respectively. In addition, the obvious discrepancies between the current reference sequence of the human genome and the previously described gene/cDNA sequences for K6c, K6d, K6e, K6f, K6h are investigated, leading to the conclusion that K6c, K6d as well as K6e, K6f are probably polymorphic variants of K6a and K6h, respectively. All 26 human type II keratins found on this domain as well as K18, dtype 1 Keratin, are identified at the genomic and transcriptional level. This appears to be the total complement of functional type II keratins in humans.
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- Michael A Rogers
- Section of Normal and Neoplastic Epidermal Differentiation, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Lu Y, Guo C, Liu Q, Zhang X, Cheng L, Li J, Chen B, Gao G, Zhou H, Guo Y, Li Y, Gong Y. A novel mutation of keratin 9 in epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma combined with knuckle pads. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 120A:345-9. [PMID: 12838553 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease. We studied a family from Shandong, China, having patients suffering from EPPK with a unique symptom-knuckle pads. We noticed that both the hyperkeratosis and knuckle pads in the Chinese family were friction-related. Candidate gene analysis was carried out using linkage analysis and direct sequencing. A novel L160F mutation in keratin 9 was found, and its effects on the secondary structure of keratin 9 were studied. We predict that the L160F mutation is also responsible for the knuckle pads in the family. Our study provides a new clue for the study of the function of keratin 9.
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- Yong Lu
- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Curto EV, Lambert GW, Davis RL, Wilborn TW, Dooley TP. Biomarkers of human skin cells identified using DermArray DNA arrays and new bioinformatics methods. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 291:1052-64. [PMID: 11866472 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biomarker genes of human skin-derived cells were identified by new simple bioinformatic methods and DNA microarray analysis utilizing in vitro cultures of normal neonatal human epidermal keratinocytes, melanocytes, and dermal fibroblasts. A survey of 4405 human cDNAs was performed using DermArray DNA microarrays. Biomarkers were rank ordered by "likelihood ratio" algorithms and stringent selection criteria that have general applicability for analyzing a minimum of three RNA samples. Signature biomarker genes (up-regulated in one cell type) and anti-signature biomarker genes (down-regulated in one cell type) were determined for the three major skin cell types. Many of the signature genes are known biomarkers for these cell types. In addition, 17 signature genes were identified as ESTs, and 22 anti-signature biomarkers were discovered. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to verify nine signature biomarker genes. A total of 158 biomarkers of normal human skin cells were identified, many of which may be valuable in diagnostic applications and as molecular targets for drug discovery and therapeutic intervention.
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- Ernest V Curto
- IntegriDerm Inc., 2130 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, Alabama 35801, USA.
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Rogers MA, Langbein L, Winter H, Ehmann C, Praetzel S, Korn B, Schweizer J. Characterization of a cluster of human high/ultrahigh sulfur keratin-associated protein genes embedded in the type I keratin gene domain on chromosome 17q12-21. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:19440-51. [PMID: 11279113 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100657200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Low stringency screening of a human P1 artificial chromosome library using a human hair keratin-associated protein (hKAP1.1A) gene probe resulted in the isolation of six P1 artificial chromosome clones. End sequencing and EMBO/GenBank(TM) data base analysis showed these clones to be contained in four previously sequenced human bacterial artificial chromosome clones present on chromosome 17q12-21 and arrayed into two large contigs of 290 and 225 kilobase pairs (kb) in size. A fifth, partially sequenced human bacterial artificial chromosome clone data base sequence overlapped and closed both of these contigs. One end of this 600-kb cluster harbored six gene loci for previously described human type I hair keratin genes. The other end of this cluster contained the human type I cytokeratin K20 and K12 gene loci. The center of the cluster, starting 35 kb downstream of the hHa3-I hair keratin gene, contained 37 genes for high/ultrahigh sulfur hair keratin-associated proteins (KAPs), which could be divided into a total of 7 KAP multigene families based on amino acid homology comparisons with previously identified sheep, mouse, and rabbit KAPs. To date, 26 human KAP cDNA clones have been isolated through screening of an arrayed human scalp cDNA library by means of specific 3'-noncoding region polymerase chain reaction probes derived from the identified KAP gene sequences. This screening also yielded four additional cDNA sequences whose genes were not present on this gene cluster but belonged to specific KAP gene families present on this contig. Hair follicle in situ hybridization data for single members of five different KAP multigene families all showed localization of the respective mRNAs to the upper cortex of the hair shaft.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Cloning, Molecular
- Contig Mapping
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Databases, Factual
- Gene Library
- Hair/physiology
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Keratins/genetics
- Keratins, Hair-Specific
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Proteins
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Scalp/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- M A Rogers
- Divisions of Biochemistry of Tissue-specific Regulation, Cell Biology, and Resource Center for Human Genome Research, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Morifuji M, Taniguchi S, Sakai H, Nakabeppu Y, Ohishi M. Differential expression of cytokeratin after orthotopic implantation of newly established human tongue cancer cell lines of defined metastatic ability. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 156:1317-26. [PMID: 10751357 PMCID: PMC1876874 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two human tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell lines, SQUU-A and SQUU-B, were established from the same patient. Cervical lymph node metastasis was detected in the mice orthotopically implanted with SQUU-B (86.7%, 13/15), but not in those with SQUU-A (0/13). Histologically, SQUU-B showed invasive growth and intravasation in the tongue, whereas SQUU-A simply demonstrated expansive growth without intravasation. By Western blot analysis, nonmetastatic clone SQUU-A expressed cytokeratin (CK)13/4, 14, 16/6, 18/8, and 19, whereas a high metastatic clone SQUU-B expressed CK18/8 and 19. The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique showed that CK13/4 mRNA was expressed in both cell lines, but CK14 and 16 mRNA was expressed only in SQUU-A. CK13 was immunohistochemically expressed in both SQUU-A and SQUU-B transplanted into the tongues of nude mice; CK14 and 16 were detected in SQUU-A of the tongues, but not in SQUU-B. As seen in SQUU-B cell line, SQUU-B of the cervical lymph node metastasis did not exhibit CK13, 14, or 16. These results suggest that the loss or down-regulation of CK13, 14, or 16 is related to the invasive and metastatic ability of cancer. The cytoskeletal system is thus considered to be closely related to the malignant phenotype.
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- Research Center on Aging and Adaptation, Shinsyu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka; the Department of Biochemistry,‡
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- Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka; CREST,§
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Rogers MA, Winter H, Langbein L, Wolf C, Schweizer J. Characterization of a 300 kbp region of human DNA containing the type II hair keratin gene domain. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 114:464-72. [PMID: 10692104 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00910.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Screening of an arrayed human genomic P1 artificial chromosome DNA library by means of the polymerase chain reaction with a specific primer pair from the human type II hair keratin hHb5 yielded two P1 artificial chromosome clones covering approximately 300 kb of genomic DNA. The contig contained six type II hair keratin genes, hHb1-hHb6, and four keratin pseudogenes psihHbA-psihHbD. This hair keratin gene domain was flanked by type II epithelial keratins K6b/K6hf and K7, respectively. The keratin genes/pseudogene are 5-14 kbp in size with intergenic distances of 5-19 kbp of DNA and do not exhibit a single direction of transcription. With one exception, type II hair keratin genes are organized into nine exons and eight introns, with strictly conserved exon-intron boundaries. The functional hair keratin genes are grouped into two distinct subclusters near the extremities of the hair keratin gene domain. One subcluster encodes the highly related hair keratins hHb1, hHb3, and hHb6; The second cluster encodes the structurally less related hair keratins hHb2, hHb4, and hHb5. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction shows that all hair keratin genes are expressed in the hair follicle. Pseudogene psihHbD is also transcriptionally expressed, albeit with alterations in splicing and frameshift mutations, leading to premature stop codons in the splice forms analyzed. Evolutionary tree analysis revealed a divergence of the type II hair keratin genes from the epithelial keratins, followed by their segregation into the members of the two subclusters over time. We assume that the approximately 200 kbp DNA domain contains the entire complement of human type II hair keratin genes.
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- M A Rogers
- German Cancer Research Center, Research Programs 1 and 2, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Sørensen CB, Ladekjaer-Mikkelsen AS, Andresen BS, Brandrup F, Veien NK, Buus SK, Anton-Lamprecht I, Kruse TA, Jensen PK, Eiberg H, Bolund L, Gregersen N. Identification of novel and known mutations in the genes for keratin 5 and 14 in Danish patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex: correlation between genotype and phenotype. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 112:184-90. [PMID: 9989794 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) is a group of autosomal dominant inherited skin diseases caused by mutations in either the keratin 5 (K5) or the keratin 14 (K14) genes and characterized by development of intraepidermal skin blisters. The three major subtypes of EBS are Weber-Cockayne, Koebner, and Dowling-Meara, of which the Dowling-Meara form is the most severe. We have investigated five large Danish families with EBS and two sporadic patients with the Dowling-Meara form of EBS. In the sporadic Dowling-Meara EBS patients, a novel K14 mutation (N123S) and a previously published K5 mutation (N176S) were identified, respectively. A novel K14 mutation (K116N) was found in three seemingly unrelated families, whereas another family harbored a different novel K14 mutation (L143P). The last family harbored a novel K5 mutation (L325P). The identified mutations were not present in more than 100 normal chromosomes. Six polymorphisms were identified in the K14 gene and their frequencies were determined in normal controls. These polymorphisms were used to show that the K14 K116N mutation was located in chromosomes with the same haplotype in all three families, suggesting a common ancestor. We observed a strict genotype-phenotype correlation in the investigated patients as the same mutation always resulted in a similar phenotype in all individuals with the mutation, but our results also show that it is not possible to predict the EBS phenotype merely by the location (i.e., head, rod, or linker domains) of a mutation. The nature of the amino acid substitution must also be taken into account.
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- C B Sørensen
- Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, Skejby Sygehus, Denmark
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Rogers MA, Winter H, Wolf C, Heck M, Schweizer J. Characterization of a 190-kilobase pair domain of human type I hair keratin genes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:26683-91. [PMID: 9756910 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.41.26683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Polymerase chain reaction-based screening of an arrayed human P1 artificial chromosome (PAC) library using primer pairs specific for the human type I hair keratins hHa3-II or hHa6, led to the isolation of two PAC clones, which covered 190 kilobase pairs (kbp) of genomic DNA and contained nine human type I hair keratin genes, one transcribed hair keratin pseudogene, as well as one orphan exon. The hair keratin genes are 4-7 kbp in size, exhibit intergenic distances of 5-8 kbp, and display the same direction of transcription. With one exception, all hair keratin genes are organized into 7 exons and 6 positionally conserved introns. On the basis of sequence homologies, the genes can be grouped into three subclusters of tandemly arranged genes. One subcluster harbors the highly related genes hHa1, hHa3-I, hHa3-II, and hHa4. A second subcluster of highly related genes comprises the novel genes hHa7 and hHa8, as well as pseudogene PsihHaA, while the structurally less related genes hHa6, hHa5, and hHa2 are constituents of the third subcluster. As shown by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, all hair keratin genes, including the pseudogene, are expressed in the human hair follicle. The transcribed pseudogene PsihHaA contains a premature stop codon in exon 4 and exhibits aberrant pre-mRNA splicing. Evolutionary tree construction reveals an early divergence of hair keratin genes from cytokeratin genes, followed by the segregation of the genes into the three subclusters. We suspect that the 190-kbp domain contains the entire complement of human type I hair keratin genes.
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- M A Rogers
- German Cancer Research Center, Research Program 2, Im Neuenheimerfeld 280, 691200 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Mofid MZ, Costarangos C, Gruber SB, Koch SE. Hereditary epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (Vörner type) in a family with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 38:825-30. [PMID: 9591795 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70467-0] [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: 02/07/2023]
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We describe a kindred in whom epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma occurred in association with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type III (benign hypermobility syndrome). This kindred consisted of 27 members of four generations, 14 of whom had palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK). Of those who had palmoplantar keratoderma, 6 had Ehlers-Danlos type III (EDS II). The proband presented with diffuse, symmetrical hyperkeratotic plaques that were yellow and sharply demarcated, covering the entire palms and soles, in addition to marked large and small joint flexibility and skin hyperextensibility. A biopsy specimen from the palm revealed features of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis with acanthosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PPK in a family with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Linkage analysis of these two clinical traits showed that the genes responsible for PPK and EDS III are not closely linked, and therefore are not immediately adjacent. However, linkage at greater genetic distances could not be excluded.
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- M Z Mofid
- Department of Dermatology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Powell BC, Rogers GE. The role of keratin proteins and their genes in the growth, structure and properties of hair. EXS 1997; 78:59-148. [PMID: 8962491 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9223-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The importance of wool in the textile industry has inspired extensive research into its structure since the 1960s. Over the past several years, however, the hair follicle has increased in significance as a system for studying developmental events and the process of terminal differentiation. The present chapter seeks to integrate the expanding literature and present a broad picture of what we know of the structure and formation of hair at the cellular and molecular level. We describe in detail the hair keratin proteins and their genes, their structure, function and regulation in the hair follicle, and also the major proteins and genes of the inner and outer root sheaths. We discuss hair follicle development with an emphasis on the factors involved and describe some hair genetic diseases and transgenic and gene knockout models because, in some cases, they stimulate natural mutations that are advancing our understanding of cellular interactions in the formation of hair.
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- B C Powell
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia
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Li G, Vowels BR, Benoit BM, Rook AH, Lessin SR. Failure to detect human T-lymphotropic virus type-I proviral DNA in cell lines and tissues from patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 107:308-13. [PMID: 8751961 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12363017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Previous molecular studies investigating the presence of HTLV-I proviral DNA in cell lines and tissue samples of patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) have reported a detection rate ranging from 0-92%. Despite the lack of epidemiologic data linking HTLV-I infection with CTCL, the molecular data still invite speculation regarding the precise role of HTLV-I in the pathogenesis of CTCL. To determine the detection rate of HTLV-I proviral DNA among CTCL patients referred to our medical center, we analyzed Epstein-Barr virus-transformed cell lines established from peripheral blood of seven CTCL patients and 43 tissue samples from 22 patients with different stages of disease. Genomic DNA was polymerase chain reaction-amplified with primers within the HTLV-I tax gene region. Amplification products were probed with nested oligonucleotide probes by Southern blot analysis. No HTLV-I proviral sequences were detected in the samples (0/50). Using HTLV-I/II pol primers, no HTLV-I pol gene sequences were detected. In tissues from one patient, HTLV-II pol and tax gene sequences were detected; however, HTLV-II proviral integration was not detected by Southern blot analysis of the genomic DNA. Our data suggest: (i) HTLV-I does not appear to be a primary etiologic agent in CTCL; and (ii) HTLV-II pol and tax gene sequences can be detected in a minority of CTCL patients, but this does not necessarily imply an etiologic role.
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- G Li
- Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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Blumenfeld A, Lucente DE, Trofatter JA, Lerner T, Slaugenhaupt SA, Liebert CB, Monahan M, Haines JL, Gusella JF, Breakefield XO, Parysek LM. Peripherin gene is linked to keratin 18 gene on human chromosome 12. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1995; 21:83-8. [PMID: 7541564 DOI: 10.1007/bf02255825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Peripherin is a neuron-specific intermediate filament (IF) protein, found primarily in phylogenetically old regions of the nervous system. Whereas other neuronal IF genes have only two to three introns and are scattered in the genome, the peripherin gene (PRPH) has a complex intron-exon structure like nonneuronal IF genes that are clustered in tandem arrays, e.g., those encoding the keratins. We used a cosmid containing the human peripherin gene (PRPH) to determine its chromosomal location in relationship to nonneuronal IF genes. Using a rodent-human mapping panel, we localized the PRPH gene to human chromosome 12. Since a cluster of keratin genes maps to 12q12-13, polymorphic markers were developed for PRPH and for one of the keratin genes presumed to be in the cluster, keratin 18 (KRT18). Both markers were typed in CEPH reference families. Pairwise and multipoint analyses of the CEPH data revealed that KRT18 is tightly linked to DNA markers D12S4, D12S22, D12S90, D12S96 and D12S103, which lie between D12S18 and D12S8, with odds greater than 1000:1. These markers are physically located at 12q11-13, thus supporting the fine localization of KRT18 in or near the group of type II keratins in this region. Furthermore, linkage analysis showed that the peripherin gene (PRPH) is tightly linked to KRT18 (Z = 15.73, theta = 0.013), and therefore appears to be in close proximity to the cluster.
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- A Blumenfeld
- Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02129, USA
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Chan YM, Yu QC, LeBlanc-Straceski J, Christiano A, Pulkkinen L, Kucherlapati RS, Uitto J, Fuchs E. Mutations in the non-helical linker segment L1-2 of keratin 5 in patients with Weber-Cockayne epidermolysis bullosa simplex. J Cell Sci 1994; 107 ( Pt 4):765-74. [PMID: 7520042 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107.4.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Keratins are the major structural proteins of the epidermis. Analyzing keratin gene sequences, appreciating the switch in keratin gene expression that takes place as epidermal cells commit to terminally differentiate, and elucidating how keratins assemble into 10 nm filaments, have provided the foundation that has led to the discoveries of the genetic bases of two major classes of human skin diseases, epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) and epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EH). These diseases involve point mutations in either the basal epidermal keratin pair, K5 and K14 (EBS), or the suprabasal pair, K1 and K10 (EH). In severe cases of EBS and EH, mutations are found in the highly conserved ends of the alpha-helical rod domain, regions that, by random mutagenesis, had already been found to be important for 10 nm filament assembly. In order to identify regions of the keratin polypeptides that might be more subtly involved in 10 nm filament assembly and to explore the diversity in mutations within milder cases of these diseases, we have focused on Weber-Cockayne EBS, where mild blistering occurs primarily on the hands and feet in response to mechanical stress. In this report, we show that affected members of two different W-C EBS families have point mutations within 1 residue of each other in the non-helical linker segment of the K5 polypeptide. Genetic linkage analyses, the absence of this mutation in > 150 wild-type alleles and filament assembly studies suggest that these mutations are responsible for the W-C EBS phenotype. These findings provide the best evidence to date that the non-helical linker region in the middle of the keratin polypeptides plays a subtle but significant role in intermediate filament structure and/or intermediate filament cytoskeletal architecture.
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- Y M Chan
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is an autosomal dominant ichthyosis characterized by blistering, especially at birth and during childhood, and hyperkeratosis. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis presents striking clinical heterogeneity, particularly between families. Several avenues of research have implicated an abnormality of epidermal differentiation in the pathogenesis of this disease. In a three-generation family with 20 affected individuals, we tested a variety of candidate loci and identified linkage to the type II keratin region on chromosome 12. Further investigation revealed a mutation in the H1 subdomain of the keratin 1 gene as the cause of EHK in this family. Because keratin 10 is the co-expressed partner of keratin 1, it was not surprising when abnormalities in keratin 10 were found in other families with EHK. We have examined 52 patients from 21 families and have identified at least six clinical phenotypes. The most useful distinguishing feature was the presence or absence of severe hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles. We and others are continuing to search for and characterize mutations in keratin 1 and 10 in patients with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Correlation of the clinical disease types with the specific mutations should lead to a better understanding of the relationship between keratin structure and function in normal and diseased epidermis.
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- J J DiGiovanna
- Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Reis A, Hennies HC, Langbein L, Digweed M, Mischke D, Drechsler M, Schröck E, Royer-Pokora B, Franke WW, Sperling K. Keratin 9 gene mutations in epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK). Nat Genet 1994; 6:174-9. [PMID: 7512862 DOI: 10.1038/ng0294-174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We have isolated the gene for human type I keratin 9 (KRT9) and localised it to chromosome 17q21. Patients with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK), an autosomal dominant skin disease, were investigated. Three KRT9 mutations, N160K, R162Q, and R162W, were identified. All the mutations are in the highly conserved coil 1A of the rod domain, thought to be important for heterodimerisation. R162W was detected in five unrelated families and affects the corresponding residue in the keratin 14 and keratin 10 genes that is also altered in cases of epidermolysis bullosa simplex and generalised epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, respectively. These findings provide further evidence that mutations in keratin genes may cause epidermolysis and hyperkeratosis and that hyperkeratosis of palms and soles may be caused by different mutations in the KRT9 gene.
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- A Reis
- Institute of Human Genetics, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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A flood of new knowledge and discoveries in the basic science of keratins and keratinization has appeared in the past several years. This review summarizes this recent information with a focus on the epithelial keratin polypeptides, keratin intermediate filaments, keratohyaline granule proteins, cell envelope formation and cell envelope proteins, "soft" keratinization, true disorders of keratinization (i.e., epidermolysis bullosa simplex and epidermolytic hyperkeratosis), and disease and drug effects on keratinization.
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- D P Smack
- Dermatology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307
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Langbein L, Heid HW, Moll I, Franke WW. Molecular characterization of the body site-specific human epidermal cytokeratin 9: cDNA cloning, amino acid sequence, and tissue specificity of gene expression. Differentiation 1993; 55:57-71. [PMID: 7507869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1993.tb00033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Differentiation of human plantar and palmar epidermis is characterized by the suprabasal synthesis of a major special intermediate-sized filament (IF) protein, the type I (acidic) cytokeratin 9 (CK 9). Using partial amino acid (aa) sequence information obtained by direct Edman sequencing of peptides resulting from proteolytic digestion of purified CK 9, we synthesized several redundant primers by 'back-translation'. Amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of cDNAs obtained by reverse transcription of mRNAs from human foot sole epidermis, including 5'-primer extension, resulted in multiple overlapping cDNA clones, from which the complete cDNA (2353 bp) could be constructed. This cDNA encoded the CK 9 polypeptide with a calculated molecular weight of 61,987 and an isoelectric point at about pH 5.0. The aa sequence deduced from cDNA was verified in several parts by comparison with the peptide sequences and showed the typical structure of type I CKs, with a head (153 aa), and alpha-helical coiled-coil-forming rod (306 aa), and a tail (163 aa) domain. The protein displayed the highest homology to human CK 10, not only in the highly conserved rod domain but also in large parts of the head and the tail domains. On the other hand, the aa sequence revealed some remarkable differences from CK 10 and other CKs, even in the most conserved segments of the rod domain. The nuclease digestion pattern seen on Southern blot analysis of human genomic DNA indicated the existence of a unique CK 9 gene. Using CK 9-specific riboprobes for hybridization on Northern blots of RNAs from various epithelia, a mRNA of about 2.4 kb in length could be identified only in foot sole epidermis, and a weaker cross-hybridization signal was seen in RNA from bovine heel pad epidermis at about 2.0 kb. A large number of tissues and cell cultures were examined by PCR of mRNA-derived cDNAs, using CK 9-specific primers. But even with this very sensitive signal amplification, only palmar/plantar epidermis was found positive. By in situ hybridization and immunolocalization we further showed that CK 9 is only expressed in the suprabasal cell layers of this special epidermal tissue. We discuss the molecular properties of CK 9 and its cell type- and body site-specific expression in relation to the special differentiation of palmar/plantar epidermis and to diseases specific for this body site.
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- L Langbein
- Division of Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Pulkkinen L, Christiano AM, Knowlton RG, Uitto J. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma). Genetic linkage to chromosome 12q in the region of the type II keratin gene cluster. J Clin Invest 1993; 91:357-61. [PMID: 7678607 PMCID: PMC330034 DOI: 10.1172/jci116193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by hyperkeratosis and blistering of the skin. Histopathology demonstrates suprabasilar blister formation with aggregation of tonofilaments. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the EHK phenotype is linked to one of the suprabasilar keratins (KRT10 or KRT1) present in the types I and II keratin gene clusters in chromosomes 17q and 12q, respectively. For this purpose, Southern hybridizations were performed with DNA from a large kindred with EHK, consisting of 11 affected individuals in three generations. Segregation analysis with markers flanking the keratin gene clusters demonstrated linkage (Z = 3.61 at theta = 0) to a locus on 12q, while markers on 17q were excluded. These data implicate KRT1, the type II keratin expressed in suprabasilar keratinocytes, as a candidate gene in this family with EHK.
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- L Pulkkinen
- Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Humphries MM, Sheils DM, Farrar GJ, Kumar-Singh R, Kenna PF, Mansergh FC, Jordan SA, Young M, Humphries P. A mutation (Met-->Arg) in the type I keratin (K14) gene responsible for autosomal dominant epidermolysis bullosa simplex. Hum Mutat 1993; 2:37-42. [PMID: 7682883 DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380020107] [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: 01/26/2023]
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We have identified a single base change in exon 4 of the type I keratin gene which results in the replacement of a methionine for an arginine residue at codon 272 in an Irish family displaying an autosomal dominant simplex (Koebner) form of epidermolysis bullosa (EB). This family had previously provided tentative evidence for linkage to genetic markers on chromosome 1q. The mutation cosegregates with the disease, producing a lod score of 4.8 at theta = 0.
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- M M Humphries
- Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Bonifas JM, Bare JW, Chen MA, Lee MK, Slater CA, Goldsmith LA, Epstein EH. Linkage of the epidermolytic hyperkeratosis phenotype and the region of the type II keratin gene cluster on chromosome 12. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99:524-7. [PMID: 1385543 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12658061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (epidermolytic hyperkeratosis) is a severe, generalized, lifelong disease of the skin. As in epidermolysis bullosa simplex, intraepidermal blisters and clumping of keratin intermediate filaments are characteristic. We report here linkage of the inheritance of this disease to the region of chromosome 12q containing the genes encoding type II keratins. This suggests that keratin gene mutations may underlie this complex hyperproliferative and hyperkeratotic phenotype.
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- J M Bonifas
- Department of Dermatology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
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Fietz MJ, Rogers GE, Eyre HJ, Baker E, Callen DF, Sutherland GR. Mapping of the trichohyalin gene: co-localization with the profilaggrin, involucrin, and loricrin genes. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99:542-4. [PMID: 1431214 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12667301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The chromosomal location of the gene encoding the human hair follicle protein trichohyalin has been determined by in situ hybridization. The human gene has been localized to the region 1q21.1-1q23 (probably 1q21.3) using a sheep trichohyalin cDNA probe. The genes encoding three other epithelial proteins, namely, profilaggrin, involucrin, and loricrin, are also located in the same region of chromosome 1, which, together with their similar gene and protein structures, suggests that the four proteins form a novel superfamily of epithelial structural proteins.
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- M J Fietz
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Romano V, Raimondi E, Bosco P, Feo S, Di Pietro C, Leube RE, Troyanovsky SM, Ceratto N. Chromosomal mapping of human cytokeratin 13 gene (KRT13). Genomics 1992; 14:495-7. [PMID: 1385306 DOI: 10.1016/s0888-7543(05)80250-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In the present study the human cytokeratin 13 gene (KRT13), encoding a polypeptide characteristic of internal stratified epithelia, has been mapped with the help of the polymerase chain reaction and somatic cell hybrids to chromosome 17. In situ hybridization of a KRT13 cDNA probe to metaphase chromosomes allowed the assignment of the KRT13 gene within the q12-q21.2 region of chromosome 17.
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- V Romano
- Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, OASI Istituto per la Ricerca sul Ritardo Mentale e l'Involuzione Cerebrale (IRCCS), Troina, Italy
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Rothnagel JA, Dominey AM, Dempsey LD, Longley MA, Greenhalgh DA, Gagne TA, Huber M, Frenk E, Hohl D, Roop DR. Mutations in the rod domains of keratins 1 and 10 in epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Science 1992; 257:1128-30. [PMID: 1380725 DOI: 10.1126/science.257.5073.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is a hereditary skin disorder characterized by blistering and a marked thickening of the stratum corneum. In one family, affected individuals exhibited a mutation in the highly conserved carboxyl terminal of the rod domain of keratin 1. In two other families, affected individuals had mutations in the highly conserved amino terminal of the rod domain of keratin 10. Structural analysis of these mutations predicts that heterodimer formation would be unaffected, although filament assembly and elongation would be severely compromised. These data imply that an intact keratin intermediate filament network is required for the maintenance of both cellular and tissue integrity.
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- J A Rothnagel
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Ohtsuki M, Tomic-Canic M, Freedberg IM, Blumenberg M. Nuclear proteins involved in transcription of the human K5 keratin gene. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99:206-15. [PMID: 1378479 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12650436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Keratin K5 is expressed in the basal layer of stratified epithelia in mammals and its synthesis is regulated by hormones and vitamins such as retinoic acid. The molecular mechanisms that regulate K5 expression are not known. To initiate analysis of the protein factors that interact with the human K5 keratin gene upstream region, we have used gel-retardation and DNA-mediated cell-transfection assays. We found five DNA sites that specifically bind nuclear proteins. DNA-protein interactions at two of the sites apparently increase transcription levels, at one decrease it. The importance of the remaining two sites is, at present, unclear. In addition, the location of the retinoic acid and thyroid hormone nuclear receptor action site has been determined, and we suggest that it involves a cluster of five sites similar to the consensus recognition elements. The complex constellation of protein binding sites upstream from the K5 gene probably reflects the complex regulatory circuits that govern the expression of the K5 keratin in mammalian tissues.
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- M Ohtsuki
- Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Compton JG, DiGiovanna JJ, Santucci SK, Kearns KS, Amos CI, Abangan DL, Korge BP, McBride OW, Steinert PM, Bale SJ. Linkage of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis to the type II keratin gene cluster on chromosome 12q. Nat Genet 1992; 1:301-5. [PMID: 1284546 DOI: 10.1038/ng0792-301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We investigated the molecular genetics of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), a dominant disorder characterized by epidermal blistering, hyperkeratosis, vacuolar degeneration and clumping of keratin filaments. Based on this pathology, we have excluded by linkage analysis several candidate genes for the disease; in contrast, complete linkage was obtained with the type II keratin, K1, on 12q11-q13. Linkage in this region of chromosome 12 was confirmed using several other markers, and multi-locus linkage analyses further supported this location. Keratins are excellent EHK gene candidates since their expression is specific to the suprabasal epidermal layers. In the pedigree studied here, a type II keratin gene, very probably K1, is implicated as the site of the molecular defect causing EHK.
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- J G Compton
- Skin Biology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Bonifas JM, Bare JW, Lynch ED, Lebo RV, Epstein EH. Regional assignment of the human keratin 5 (KRT5) gene to chromosome 12q near D12S14 by PCR analysis of somatic cell hybrids and multicolor in situ hybridization. Genomics 1992; 13:452-4. [PMID: 1377166 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(92)90270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Keratin 5 is the major type II keratin of the basal cells of epidermis and of other stratified epithelia. With its type I partner, keratin 14, it constitutes a major fraction of the cytoskeleton of the basal cells. Because the inheritance of epidermolysis bullosa simplex, a disease of epidermal basal cell fragility, was mapped in one family to chromosome 12q close to D12S14, we undertook to localize the gene for keratin 5. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of somatic cell hybrids mapped the keratin 5 gene to chromosome 12, and multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization localized it to 12q very near D12S14. This sublocalization exemplifies the utility of in situ physical localization in assessing the candidacy of genes thought to underlie inherited disorders.
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- J M Bonifas
- Department of Dermatology, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California 94110
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Korge BP, Gan SQ, McBride OW, Mischke D, Steinert PM. Extensive size polymorphism of the human keratin 10 chain resides in the C-terminal V2 subdomain due to variable numbers and sizes of glycine loops. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:910-4. [PMID: 1371013 PMCID: PMC48354 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.3.910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Existing data suggest that the human keratin 10 intermediate filament protein is polymorphic in amino acid sequence and in size. To precisely define the nature of the polymorphism, we have used PCR amplification and sequence analyses on DNA from several individuals including five with documented size variations of the keratin 10 protein. We found no variation in the N-terminal or rod domain sequences. However, we observed many variations in the V2 subdomain near the C terminus in glycine-rich sequences with a variation of as much as 114 base pairs (38 amino acids), but all individuals had either one or two variants. Our results show that (i) the keratin 10 system is far more polymorphic than previously realized, (ii) the polymorphism is restricted to insertions and deletions of the glycine-rich quasipeptide repeats that form the glycine-loop motif in the C-terminal domain, (iii) the polymorphism can be accounted for by simple allelic variations that segregate by normal Mendelian mechanisms, and (iv) the differently sized PCR products most likely represent different alleles of a single-copy gene per haploid genome.
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- B P Korge
- Laboratory of Skin Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Compton JG, Ferrara DM, Yu DW, Recca V, Freedberg IM, Bertolino AP. Chromosomal localization of mouse hair keratin genes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991; 642:32-43. [PMID: 1725581 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Many genetic defects are known to cause abnormal development of the coat in mice. Hair keratin genes would seem to be particularly promising candidates among the potential targets of these mutations in mice and of inherited hair-related abnormalities in humans as well. We used specific probes from cloned and sequenced mouse hair keratin cDNAs (MHKA-2, MHKB-1, and MHKB-2) to assess linkage of hair keratin genes and mouse mutations. We analyzed DNA from the progeny of interspecies backcrossed mice for segregation of hair mutations, hair ("hard") keratin alleles, and epidermal ("soft") keratin alleles (Krt-1 and Krt-2 loci). The results suggest that most, if not all, hair keratin genes (types Ia and IIa) are part of the Krt-1 locus on chromosome 11 and Krt-2 locus on chromosome 15, respectively. Linkage of the hair keratin genes and the mutations Re, Den, and Bsk on chromosome 11, and Ca, Sha, and Ve on chromosome 15 suggests that these mutations may possibly involve altered hair keratin expression or structure. In addition, the nondispersion of homologous keratin genes in the mammalian genome suggests that a domain organization of the genes has influenced evolution of the keratin gene family and that the organization may play a significant role in tissue-specific and developmental regulation of keratin gene expression as well.
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Bonifas JM, Rothman AL, Epstein EH. Epidermolysis bullosa simplex: evidence in two families for keratin gene abnormalities. Science 1991; 254:1202-5. [PMID: 1720261 DOI: 10.1126/science.1720261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 354] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) is characterized by skin blistering due to basal keratinocyte fragility. In one family studied, inheritance of EBS is linked to the gene encoding keratin 14, and a thymine to cytosine mutation in exon 6 of keratin 14 has introduced a proline in the middle of an alpha-helical region. In a second family, inheritance of EBS is linked to loci that map near the keratin 5 gene. These data indicate that abnormalities of either of the components of the keratin intermediate filament heterodipolymer can impair the mechanical stability of these epithelial cells.
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- J M Bonifas
- Department of Dermatology, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California 94110
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Pendleton JW, Violette SM, Hunihan LW, Greene LA, Ruddle FH. The peripherin gene maps to mouse chromosome 15. Genomics 1991; 9:369-72. [PMID: 2004788 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90267-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have mapped the mouse peripherin gene, Prph, to chromosome 15 by means of Southern analysis of a panel of Chinese hamster/mouse somatic cell hybrids using a rat peripherin cDNA probe. Peripherin is a recently characterized type III intermediate filament expressed in the peripheral and the central nervous system. Although its exact function is not known, peripherin is likely to be involved in the neuronal cytoskeleton, a role it shares with other intermediate filaments, such as the neurofilament proteins. The intermediate filament gene family is believed to have evolved via gene duplication and dispersal throughout the genome; these processes have resulted in clusters of intermediate filament genes on specific chromosomes and conservation of these chromosomal locations among mammalian species.
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- J W Pendleton
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
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Vassar R, Coulombe PA, Degenstein L, Albers K, Fuchs E. Mutant keratin expression in transgenic mice causes marked abnormalities resembling a human genetic skin disease. Cell 1991; 64:365-80. [PMID: 1703046 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90645-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To explore the relationship between keratin gene mutations and genetic disease, we made transgenic mice expressing a mutant keratin in the basal layer of their stratified squamous epithelia. These mice exhibited abnormalities in epidermal architecture and often died prematurely. Blistering occurred easily, and basal cell cytolysis was evidence at the light and electron microscopy levels. Keratin filament formation was markedly altered, with keratin aggregates in basal cells. In contrast, terminally differentiating cells made keratin filaments and formed a stratum corneum. Recovery of outer layer cells was attributed to down-regulation of mutant keratin expression and concomitant induction of differentiation-specific keratins as cells terminally differentiate, and the fact that these cells arose from basal cells developing at a time when keratin expression was relatively low. Collectively, the pathobiology and biochemistry of the transgenic mice and their cultured keratinocytes bore a resemblance to a group of genetic disorders known as epidermolysis bullosa simplex.
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- R Vassar
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Rousseau-Merck MF, Huebner K, Berger R, Thiesen HJ. Chromosomal localization of two human zinc finger protein genes, ZNF24 (KOX17) and ZNF29 (KOX26), to 18q12 and 17p13-p12, respectively. Genomics 1991; 9:154-61. [PMID: 2004757 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90233-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Two members of the zinc finger Krüppel family, ZNF24 (KOX17) and ZNF29 (KOX26), have been localized by somatic cell hybrid analysis and in situ chromosomal hybridization to human chromosomes 18q12 and 17p13-p12, respectively. The mapping of ZNF29 together with the previously reported localization of ZFP3 suggests that a zinc finger gene complex is located on human chromosome 17p. ZNF29 maps centromeric to the human p53 tumor antigen gene (TP53). In the analogous murine position, the two mouse zinc finger genes Zfp2 and Zfp3 have recently been assigned to the distal region of mouse chromosome 11, the murine homolog of human chromosome 17. Both human zinc finger genes ZNF24 and ZNF29 are in chromosomal regions that have been noted to be deleted in neoplasms of the lung and of the central nervous system at chromosome 17p and in colorectal neoplasia at chromosomes 17p and 18q.
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MacKinnon PJ, Powell BC, Rogers GE, Baker EG, MacKinnon RN, Hyland VJ, Callen DF, Sutherland GR. An ultrahigh-sulphur keratin gene of the human hair cuticle is located at 11q13 and cross-hybridizes with sequences at 11p15. Mamm Genome 1991; 1:53-6. [PMID: 1724400 DOI: 10.1007/bf00350846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A human hair cuticle ultrahigh-sulphur keratin Q (UHSK) gene (KRN1) has been mapped by Southern analysis of a somatic cell hybrid panel and by in situ hybridization. A probe containing the coding region of this gene mapped to 11pter- greater than 11q21 using the hybrid cell panel and on in situ hybridization mapped to two regions on chromosome 11: the distal part of 11p15, most likely 11p15.5, and the distal part of 11q13, most likely 11q13.5. A probe from the 3' noncoding region of KRN1 mapped to 11q13.5 indicating that this was the map location of the cloned gene. The sequence of 11p15.5 is termed KRN1-like (KRN1L). The results reveal that the cuticle UHSK gene family is clustered in the human genome.
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- P J MacKinnon
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Bader BL, Franke WW. Cell type-specific and efficient synthesis of human cytokeratin 19 in transgenic mice. Differentiation 1990; 45:109-18. [PMID: 1711485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1990.tb00464.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In studies designed to identify cis-regulatory elements involved in the cell-type-specific expression of human cytokeratin (CK) genes we have dissected from the major type I CK gene locus on chromosome 17 a region containing the gene that encodes CK 19, with flanking segments of different lengths, and have examined the expression of related gene constructs in transgenic mice. Adult transgenic mice have been characterized by immunohistochemistry, gel-electrophoretic analyses of cytoskeletal proteins and genomic DNA (Southern blots). We have found that a construct harbouring the transcriptional unit plus approximately 0.7 kb downstream from the polyA-addition site and an immediately adjacent 5' upstream segment of approximately 3.6 kb, when combined with a further 5' upstream element of -6.4 - -8.6 kb, is sufficient to guarantee the synthesis of human CK 19 in the same cells and to a similar extent as the murine genome expresses its endogenous CK 19 gene. The findings demonstrate that all cis-elements necessary for the specific and efficient expression of a single type I CK gene, in the context of epithelial differentiation, can be located in the vicinity of the gene itself and that more-distant elements are not required.
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- B L Bader
- Division of Membrane Biology and Biochemistry, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Savtchenko ES, Tomic M, Ivker R, Blumenberg M. Three parallel linkage groups of human acidic keratin genes. Genomics 1990; 7:394-407. [PMID: 1694815 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90174-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Two regions of human genomic DNA, each containing several keratin genes, were isolated and partially sequenced. The keratin genes are inactive, having suffered deleterious mutations. Both regions contain at least four keratin genes arranged in a head-to-tail orientation including a pseudogene for keratin K#16. Within each segment there are two keratin genes in close linkage with only 1.5 kb of DNA between them. Sequence comparison of the two regions showed 98.9% identity in both the coding and the intronic segments of the pseudogenes. The pseudogenes show 94% identity to their functional counterparts. Southern hybridization analysis showed that the segments are paralogous, not allelic. The regions are products of two independent, recent duplication events. The first occurred approximately 24 million years ago, after the separation of primates from the rhesus/baboon line. The second is specific for the human lineage, having occurred approximately 3.8 million years ago. Analysis of the genomic DNAs of primates showed the presence of only one of the regions in the DNAs of gibbon and gorilla, while rhesus monkey and baboon were missing both copies. We conclude that the human keratin genes are still actively evolving, with new duplications having occurred as recently as after the separation of human and gorilla ancestors.
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- E S Savtchenko
- Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Dale BA, Salonen J, Jones AH. New approaches and concepts in the study of differentiation of oral epithelia. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 1990; 1:167-90. [PMID: 1717003 DOI: 10.1177/10454411900010030201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Epithelial structural proteins, the keratins and keratin-associated proteins, are useful as markers of differentiation because their expression is both region-specific and differentiation-specific. In general, basal cells in all stratified oral epithelia express similar keratins, while the suprabasal cells express a specific set of markers indicating commitment to a distinct program of differentiation. Critical factors in the regulation of epithelial protein expression are now under investigation. The promoter regions of keratin genes are being characterized to determine what sequences within the genes are responsible for differential expression. One important extracellular factor that influences epithelial protein expression is retinol (vitamin A), which exerts its effects via a group of nuclear receptor proteins that may also be expressed in a region-specific manner. These molecular biological approaches enhance our understanding of the mechanisms regulating differentiation of oral epithelia and its regional complexity.
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- B A Dale
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Waseem A, Gough AC, Spurr NK, Lane EB. Localization of the gene for human simple epithelial keratin 18 to chromosome 12 using polymerase chain reaction. Genomics 1990; 7:188-94. [PMID: 1693358 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90540-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Many human genes encoding keratin intermediate filament proteins are clustered on chromosomes 17 (the type I genes) and 12 (the type II genes). Some have not yet been localized, notably the genes for the primary embryonic keratins 8 and 18, normally expressed in simple epithelia: this is because the numerous pseudogenes for these keratins have made it difficult to identify the true functional gene in each case. Through the use of human-specific primers from within introns of the published gene sequence for human type I keratin 18, human genomic DNA has been specifically amplified using the polymerase chain reaction. A single reaction product was obtained. DNA from a characterized series of mouse-human somatic cell hybrid lines was tested for the presence of sequences able to initiate the chain reaction from these primers, and the presence or absence of this genomic DNA PCR product allowed us to assign a gene for human keratin 18 to chromosome 12 unambiguously. This differs from the location of other human type I keratins on chromosome 17 and may indicate the early divergence of the genes for stratifying cell keratins from that of simple, or embryonic, keratin 18.
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- A Waseem
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund Clare Hall Laboratories, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Sastre-Garau X, Schneider-Maunoury S, Couturier J, Orth G. Human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is integrated into chromosome region 12q14-q15 in a cell line derived from a vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1990; 44:243-51. [PMID: 2153440 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(90)90053-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The SK-v cell line, established from a precancerous lesion (a vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia), contains 10 to 20 copies of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) genome, and was previously shown to derive from a clone of cells present in the patient's lesions. By in situ hybridization the integrated HPV16 DNA sequences were localized to a single site in chromosome region 12q14-q15. The localization of viral sequences to a single nonrearranged chromosome 12 suggests that integration occurred at this site in the patient's premalignant lesions. The INT1 and GLI protooncogenes are located in this chromosomal region. No detectable modification of the structure and expression of these genes was observed by blot hybridization experiments.
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- X Sastre-Garau
- Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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McKinley-Grant LJ, Idler WW, Bernstein IA, Parry DA, Cannizzaro L, Croce CM, Huebner K, Lessin SR, Steinert PM. Characterization of a cDNA clone encoding human filaggrin and localization of the gene to chromosome region 1q21. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:4848-52. [PMID: 2740331 PMCID: PMC297512 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.13.4848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Filaggrins are an important class of intermediate filament-associated proteins that interact with keratin intermediate filaments of terminally differentiating mammalian epidermis. They show wide species variations and their aberrant expression has been implicated in a number of keratinizing disorders. We have isolated a cDNA clone encoding human filaggrin and used this to demonstrate that the human gene encodes a polyprotein precursor containing numerous tandem filaggrin repeats. This structure is similar to that of mouse; however, the human filaggrin repeat is much longer (972 base pairs; 324 amino acids) and shows little sequence homology to the mouse protein. Also, data presented here reveal that the human filaggrin repeats show considerable sequence variations; such polymorphism is not found in the mouse. Furthermore, chromosomal mapping data revealed that the human gene is located at 1q21, indicating that the polymorphism is confined to a single locus. By peptide mapping, we define a short linker sequence within the human filaggrin repeat that is excised by proteolysis to yield functional molecules. Finally, we show by in situ hybridization that human filaggrin precursor gene expression is tightly regulated at the transcriptional level in terminally differentiating epidermis and that this represents a useful system in which to study intermediate filament-intermediate filament-associated protein interactions as well as disorders of keratinization.
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