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Busslinger GA, Weusten BLA, Bogte A, Begthel H, Brosens LAA, Clevers H. Human gastrointestinal epithelia of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum resolved at single-cell resolution. Cell Rep 2021; 34:108819. [PMID: 33691112 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The upper gastrointestinal tract, consisting of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, controls food transport, digestion, nutrient uptake, and hormone production. By single-cell analysis of healthy epithelia of these human organs, we molecularly define their distinct cell types. We identify a quiescent COL17A1high KRT15high stem/progenitor cell population in the most basal cell layer of the esophagus and detect substantial gene expression differences between identical cell types of the human and mouse stomach. Selective expression of BEST4, CFTR, guanylin, and uroguanylin identifies a rare duodenal cell type, referred to as BCHE cell, which likely mediates high-volume fluid secretion because of continual activation of the CFTR channel by guanylin/uroguanylin-mediated autocrine signaling. Serotonin-producing enterochromaffin cells in the antral stomach significantly differ in gene expression from duodenal enterochromaffin cells. We, furthermore, discover that the histamine-producing enterochromaffin-like cells in the oxyntic stomach express the luteinizing hormone, yet another member of the enteroendocrine hormone family.
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- Georg A Busslinger
- Hubrecht Institute and Oncode Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Utrecht, the Netherlands; Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UMC Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute and Oncode Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, UMC Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute and Oncode Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Utrecht, the Netherlands; Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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In vitro keratinocyte expansion for cell transplantation therapy is associated with differentiation and loss of basal layer derived progenitor population. Differentiation 2015; 89:137-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Leube RE, Moch M, Kölsch A, Windoffer R. "Panta rhei": Perpetual cycling of the keratin cytoskeleton. BIOARCHITECTURE 2014; 1:39-44. [PMID: 21866261 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.1.1.14815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The filamentous cytoskeletal systems fulfil seemingly incompatible functions by maintaining a stable scaffolding to ensure tissue integrity and simultaneously facilitating rapid adaptation to intracellular processes and environmental stimuli. This paradox is particularly obvious for the abundant keratin intermediate filaments in epithelial tissues. The epidermal keratin cytoskeleton, for example, supports the protective and selective barrier function of the skin while enabling rapid growth and remodelling in response to physical, chemical and microbial challenges. We propose that these dynamic properties are linked to the perpetual re-cycling of keratin intermediate filaments that we observe in cultured cells. This cycle of assembly and disassembly is independent of protein biosynthesis and consists of distinct, temporally and spatially defined steps. In this way, the keratin cytoskeleton remains in constant motion but stays intact and is also able to restructure rapidly in response to specific regulatory cues as is needed, e.g., during division, differentiation and wound healing.
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- Rudolf E Leube
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy; RWTH Aachen University; Aachen, Germany
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Moriyasu M, Makanae A, Satoh A. Spatiotemporal regulation of keratin 5 and 17 in the axolotl limb. Dev Dyn 2012; 241:1616-24. [PMID: 22836940 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Amphibians have greater regeneration capability than higher vertebrates. They can regenerate their limbs after an amputation. As a limb is regenerated, a regeneration-specific epithelium called the apical epithelial cap (AEC) is induced. The AEC is an essential structure for limb regeneration. Despite the importance of the AEC, molecular marker genes have not been well studied at the molecular level. RESULTS In the present study, keratin5 (KRT5) and KRT17 were investigated in an axolotl-regenerating limb. KRT5 and KRT17 were expressed in a regenerating limb but down-regulated in a differentiating limb. KRT5 showed characteristic regulation in a regenerating blastema. KRT5 was suppressed in the basal layer of the AEC. This KRT5 suppression was correlated to the blastema differentiation and nerve presence. Simple skin wounding could also upregulate both KRT5 and KRT17 gene expression. But these genes were suppressed within a shorter time than in limb regeneration. CONCLUSIONS The KRT5 and KRT17 gene profile can be a useful marker gene to investigate AEC in limb regeneration.
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- Miyuki Moriyasu
- Okayama University, Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences (RCIS), Okayama, Japan
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Windoffer R, Beil M, Magin TM, Leube RE. Cytoskeleton in motion: the dynamics of keratin intermediate filaments in epithelia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 194:669-78. [PMID: 21893596 PMCID: PMC3171125 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201008095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Epithelia are exposed to multiple forms of stress. Keratin intermediate filaments are abundant in epithelia and form cytoskeletal networks that contribute to cell type–specific functions, such as adhesion, migration, and metabolism. A perpetual keratin filament turnover cycle supports these functions. This multistep process keeps the cytoskeleton in motion, facilitating rapid and protein biosynthesis–independent network remodeling while maintaining an intact network. The current challenge is to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of the keratin cycle in relation to actin and microtubule networks and in the context of epithelial tissue function.
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- Reinhard Windoffer
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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Yu X, Espinoza-Lewis RA, Sun C, Lin L, He F, Xiong W, Yang J, Wang A, Chen Y. Overexpression of constitutively active BMP-receptor-IB in mouse skin causes an ichthyosis-vulgaris-like disease. Cell Tissue Res 2010; 342:401-10. [PMID: 21079999 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1077-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The skin is the outer layer of protection against the environment. The development and formation of the skin is regulated by several genetic cascades including the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway, which has been suggested to play an important role during embryonic organ development. Several skin defects and diseases are caused by genetic mutations or disorders. Ichthyosis is a common genetic skin disorder characterized by dry scaly skin. Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin (FLG) gene have been identified as the cause of the ichthyosis vulgaris (IV) phenotype; however, the direct regulation of filaggrin expression in vivo is unknown. We present evidence that BMP signaling regulates filaggrin expression in the epidermis. Mice expressing a constitutively active form of BMP-receptor-IB in the developing epidermis exhibit a phenotype resembling IV in humans, including dry flaky skin, compact hyperkeratosis, and an attenuated granular layer associated with a significantly downregulated expression of filaggrin. Regulation of filaggrin expression by BMP signaling has been further confirmed by the application of exogenous BMP2 in skin explants and by a transgenic model overexpressing Noggin in the epidermis. Our results demonstrate that aberrant BMP signaling in the epidermis causes overproliferation and hyperkeratinization, leading to an IV-like skin disease.
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- Xueyan Yu
- Section of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Transgenic mice exhibiting inducible and spontaneous Cre activities driven by a bovine keratin 5 promoter that can be used for the conditional analysis of basal epithelial cells in multiple organs. J Biomed Sci 2009; 16:2. [PMID: 19272176 PMCID: PMC2653515 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-16-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Cre/loxP-mediated genetic modification is the most widely used conditional genetic approach used in the mouse. Engineered Cre and the mutated ligand-binding domain of estrogen receptor fusion recombinase (CreERT) allow temporal control of Cre activity. Results In this study, we have generated two distinct transgenic mouse lines expressing CreERT, which show 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT)-inducible and spontaneous (4-OHT-independent) Cre activities, referred to Tg(BK5-CreERT)I and Tg(BK5-CreERT)S, respectively. The transgenic construct is driven by the bovine Keratin 5 promoter, which is active in the basal epithelial lineage of stratified and pseudo-stratified epithelium across multiple organs. Despite the difference in 4-OHT dependency, the Tg(BK5-CreERT)I and Tg(BK5-CreERT)S mouse lines shared similar Cre-mediated recombination among various organs, except for unique mammary epithelial Cre activity in Tg(BK5-CreERT)S females. Conclusion These two new transgenic mouse lines for the analysis of basal epithelial function and for the genetic modification have been created allowing the identification of these cell lineages and analysis of their differentiation during embryogenesis, during perinatal development and in adult mice.
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Cohen TV, Stewart CL. Fraying at the edge mouse models of diseases resulting from defects at the nuclear periphery. Curr Top Dev Biol 2008; 84:351-84. [PMID: 19186248 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)00607-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells compartmentalize their genetic material within the nucleus. The boundary separating the genetic material from the cytoplasm is the nuclear envelope (NE) and lamina. Historically, the NE was perceived as functioning primarily as a barrier regulating the entry and exit of macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm via the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that traverse the nuclear membranes. However, recent findings have caused a fundamental reassessment with regard to NE and lamina functions. Evidence now points to the NE and lamina functioning as a "hub" in regulating and perhaps integrating critical cellular functions that include chromatin organization, transcriptional regulation, mechanical integrity of the cell, signaling pathways, as well as acting as a key component of the cytoskeleton. Such an integral role for the nuclear boundary has emerged from increased interest into the functions of the NE/lamina, which has been largely stimulated by the discovery that some 24 different diseases and anomalies are caused by defects in proteins of the NE and lamina.
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- Tatiana V Cohen
- Center for Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, N.W. Washington, DC 20010, USA
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Iwasaki SI, Aoyagi H. Expression of keratin 14 in the basal cells of the lingual epithelium of mice during the morphogenesis of filiform papillae: visualization by fluorescent immunostaining and confocal laser-scanning microscopy in the transmission mode. Odontology 2007; 95:61-5. [PMID: 17660983 DOI: 10.1007/s10266-007-0072-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We examined the expression of keratin 14 (K14) on the lingual epithelium by immunofluorescent staining while monitoring morphological changes in the filiform papillae of mice by confocal laser-scanning microscopy in the transmission mode of the same sections to define both the histology and the morphology of cells. It is difficult to visualize histological details of the fetal lingual epithelium of the mouse on semi-ultrathin sections by light microscopy after immunohistochemical staining because the histological structures in such sections cannot be distinguished by standard counterstaining. To solve this problem and to visualize the immunoreactivity specific for K14, we analyzed the results of immunofluorescent staining of semi-ultrathin sections in combination with an examination of the corresponding images by laser-scanning microscopy in the transmission mode after staining of specimens with toluidine blue. No immunoreactivity specific for K14 was detected on the lingual epithelium of fetuses on embryonic day 15 (E15), but immunoreactivity was distinct at all postnatal stages from postnatal day 0 (P0) to P21.
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- Shin-Ichi Iwasaki
- Advanced Research Center, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, Niigata, Japan.
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Ji L, Allen-Hoffmann BL, de Pablo JJ, Palecek SP. Generation and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Keratinocyte Precursors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 12:665-79. [PMID: 16674282 DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) hold tremendous potential in the future of tissue engineering, offering promise as a source of virtually unlimited quantities of desired cell and tissue types. We have identified soluble chemical and extracellular matrix factors that permit isolation of keratinocyte precursors from hESCs. Culturing embryoid bodies (EB) formed from hESCs in a defined serum-free keratinocyte growth medium on a gelatin matrix generated keratin 14 (K14) expressing cells with an epithelial morphology. These K14 expressing cells could be subcultured in medium supplemented with hydrocortisone and induced to stratify and terminally differentiate by addition of calcium. Optimum times for obtaining K14 expressing cells were found for EB formation and for differentiation and growth of cultures after EB plating. EB formation was not necessary to generate keratinocyte precursors; direct transfer of hESC colonies to keratinocyte growth medium permitted differentiation into the keratinocyte lineage. With further studies to optimize generation and purification of hESC-derived keratinocyte precursors, these cells could provide a source of epidermal cells for skin tissue engineering applications in vitro or in vivo.
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- Lin Ji
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA
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Iwasaki SI, Yoshizawa H, Aoyagi H. Immunohistochemical expression of keratins 13 and 14 in the lingual epithelium of rats during the morphogenesis of filiform papillae. Arch Oral Biol 2005; 51:416-26. [PMID: 16271699 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Revised: 09/14/2005] [Accepted: 09/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We examined the immunofluorescence of keratins 13 (K13) and 14 (K14) and differential interference contrast (DIC) images during the morphogenesis of filiform papillae and the keratinization of the lingual epithelium of rats on semi-ultrathin sections of epoxy resin-embedded samples by laser-scanning microscopy. We also examined semi-ultrathin sections of epoxy resin embedded, toluidine blue stained samples by light microscopy to obtain details of cell histology and morphology. No immunoreactivity specific for K13 and K14 was detected on the lingual epithelium of foetuses on days 13, 15 and 17 after conception (E13, E15 and E17), during which time the number of layers of cuboidal cells in the lingual epithelium increased from one to several. Immunoreactivity specific for K13 and K14 was first detected on the lingual epithelium of foetuses on E19. The immunoreactivity specific for K13 appeared in the suprabasal cells of the papillary and interpapillary cell columns and immunoreactivity specific for K14 was detected in the basal and suprabasal cells of the papillary and interpapillary cell columns. The lingual epithelium was composed of stratified squamous cells. The rudiments of filiform papillae were compactly arranged and interpapillary cell columns were very narrow. Filiform papillae developed gradually from postnatal day 0 (PO) to 21 (P21). The width of interpapillary spaces also increased during this period. Immunoreactivity specific for K13 and K14 was distinct at all postnatal stages examined. Thus, the patterns of immunoreactivity of K13 and K14 differed as the filiform papillae developed.
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- Shin-ichi Iwasaki
- Advanced Research Center, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, 1-8 Hamaura-cho, Niigata 951-8580, Japan.
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Bruen KJ, Campbell CA, Schooler WG, deSerres S, Cairns BA, Hultman CS, Meyer AA, Randell SH. Real-time monitoring of keratin 5 expression during burn re-epithelialization1. J Surg Res 2004; 120:12-20. [PMID: 15172185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Keratin is a major protein produced during epithelialization following burn injury and is a useful marker for assessing wound healing. Transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) driven by the keratin 5 (K5) promoter (K5GFP mice) were used to monitor keratin expression, and thus, re-epithelialization of burn wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS K5GFP transgenic mice were created using conventional techniques, with PCR and Southern blot confirmation of transgene incorporation, followed by selection of the line with the most intense and consistent basal epithelial EGFP expression. Epi-fluorescent microscopy of 24 K5GFP mouse flanks and 10 negative littermate controls was used to characterize EGFP intensity, before wounding and serially for 30 days after administration of a standardized burn wound and excision. Biopsy sections of K5GFP and negative control mice were stained with K5 antibody and imaged with confocal microscopy to characterize the distribution of EGFP and K5 at baseline and after injury and to examine the correlation between K5 expression and EGFP expression during healing. RESULTS Green fluorescence intensity increased at the advancing wound margin of burned K5GFP mice, reaching a maximum between days 12 and 15 post-burn and then decreasing as healing completed. K5 and EGFP expression increased in parallel in burned K5GFP mice as demonstrated by confocal microscopy. CONCLUSION EGFP expression correlated with K5 expression during wound healing and therefore serves as a good marker of re-epithelialization. This transgenic model allows noninvasive, real-time assessment of in vivo K5 expression and will be useful in the study of wound healing.
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- Kevin J Bruen
- Department of Surgery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7050, USA
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Kikkawa Y, Oyama A, Ishii R, Miura I, Amano T, Ishii Y, Yoshikawa Y, Masuya H, Wakana S, Shiroishi T, Taya C, Yonekawa H. A Small Deletion Hotspot in the Type II Keratin Gene mK6irs1/Krt2-6g on Mouse Chromosome 15, a Candidate for Causing the Wavy Hair of the Caracul (Ca) Mutation. Genetics 2003; 165:721-33. [PMID: 14573483 PMCID: PMC1462786 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.2.721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A new mutation has arisen in a colony of mice transgenic for human α-galactosidase. The mutation is independent of the transgenic insertion, autosomal dominant, and morphologically very similar to the classical wavy coat mutation, caracul (Ca), on chromosome 15. Therefore, we designated this locus the caracul Rinshoken (CaRin). Applying a positional cloning approach, we identified the mK6irs1/Krt2-6g gene as a strong candidate for CaRin because among five Ca alleles examined mutations always occurred in the highly conserved positions of the α-helical rod domain (1A and 2B subdomain) of this putative gene product. The most striking finding is that four independently discovered alleles, the three preexistent alleles CaJ, Ca9J, Ca10J, and our allele CaRin, all share one identical amino acid deletion (N 140 del) and the fifth, CamedJ, has an amino acid substitution (A 431 D). These findings indicate that a mutation hotspot exists in the Ca locus. Additionally, we describe a Ca mutant allele induced by ENU mutagenesis, which also possesses an amino acid substitution (L 424 W) in the mK6irs1/Krt2-6g gene. The identification of the Ca candidate gene enables us to further define the nature of the genetic pathway required for hair formation and provides an important new candidate that may be implicated in human hair and skin diseases.
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- Yoshiaki Kikkawa
- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (Rinshoken), Tokyo 113-8613, Japan
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Iwasaki SI, Aoyagi H, Yoshizawa H. Immunohistochemical detection of the expression of keratin 14 in the lingual epithelium of rats during the morphogenesis of filiform papillae. Arch Oral Biol 2003; 48:605-13. [PMID: 12828990 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9969(03)00118-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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An immunofluorescence study of the expression of keratin 14 (K14) during the formation of filiform papillae was performed and the progress of keratinization of the epithelium of the rat tongue was monitored on semi-ultrathin sections by laser-scanning microscopy. Differential interference contrast (DIC) images were also examined to provide details of histology and cell morphology. No cells with immunoreactivity specific for K14 were detected on the lingual epithelium of foetuses on embryonic days 12 and 16 (E12 and E16), when the lingual epithelium was composed of a single layer or several layers of cuboidal cells. Immunoreactivity specific for K14 was detected first on basal and suprabasal keratinocytes of the dorsal epithelium of the tongue of new-borns on postnatal day 0 (P0) and was conspicuous in juveniles on P14. The immunoreactivity was particularly strong on the basal and suprabasal keratinocytes along the connective tissue papillae. The immunoreactivity extended over the entire cytoplasm but was not detected in the nucleus. The lingual epithelium was composed of stratified squamous cells and the rounded rudiments of filiform papillae were compactly arranged at equal intervals, for the most part, and the spaces between them were narrow and indistinct. Immunostaining of K14 was distinct on basal and suprabasal keratinocytes of the filiform papillar area of tongues of juveniles on P21, when the filiform papillae were conical. The spaces between them were relatively wide and, as a result, interpapillar cell columns were clearly visible. Immunoreactivity specific for K14 in the basal and suprabasal keratinocytes of the interpapillar cell columns was recognizable but was weaker than that in cells of papillar cell columns. The thickness of the epithelium in papillar and interpapillar areas increased gradually with the development of filiform papillae. However, sizes of basal and suprabasal keratinocytes remained almost unchanged during this process. These results suggest that the basal and suprabasal keratinocytes of the filiform papillar area proliferate with the initiation of the morphogenesis of filiform papillae and the keratinization of the epithelium. In addition, it appears that, after P14, the basal and suprabasal keratinocytes of the interpapillar area proliferate to supply the keratinocytes of the expanding interpapillar regions.
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- Shin-ichi Iwasaki
- Advanced Research Center, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, 1-8 Hamaura-cho, Niigata 951-8580, Japan.
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Ganguli G, Abecassis J, Wasylyk B. MDM2 induces hyperplasia and premalignant lesions when expressed in the basal layer of the epidermis. EMBO J 2000; 19:5135-47. [PMID: 11013216 PMCID: PMC302089 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.19.5135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The MDM2 oncogene is overexpressed in 5-10% of human tumours. Its major physiological role is to inhibit the tumour suppressor p53. However, MDM2 has p53-independent effects on differentiation and does not predispose to tumorigenesis when it is expressed in the granular layer of the epidermis. These unexpected properties of MDM2 could be tissue specific or could depend on the differentiation state of the cells. Strikingly, we found that MDM2 has p53-dependent effects on differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis when it is expressed in the less differentiated basal layer cells. MDM2 inhibits UV induction of p53, the cell cycle inhibitor p21(WAF1/CIP1) and apoptosis ('sunburn cells'). Importantly, MDM2 increases papilloma formation induced by chemical carcinogenesis and predisposes to the appearance of premalignant lesions and squamous cell carcinomas. p53 has a natural role in the protection against UV damage in the basal layer of the epidermis. Our results show that MDM2 predisposes to tumorigenesis when expressed at an early stage of differentiation, and provide a mouse model of MDM2 tumorigenesis relevant to p53's tumour suppressor functions.
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- G Ganguli
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 1 Rue Laurent Fries, BP 163, F-67404 Illkirch cedex France
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Kiguchi K, Bol D, Carbajal S, Beltrán L, Moats S, Chan K, Jorcano J, DiGiovanni J. Constitutive expression of erbB2 in epidermis of transgenic mice results in epidermal hyperproliferation and spontaneous skin tumor development. Oncogene 2000; 19:4243-54. [PMID: 10980598 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The erbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases, which consists of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr/erbB1), erbB2 (neu), erbB3 and erbB4, has been shown to be important for both normal development as well as neoplasia. The expression of rat erbB2 was targeted to the basal layer of mouse epidermis with the bovine keratin 5 promoter. Overexpression of wild type rat erbB2 in the basal layer of epidermis led to alopecia, follicular hyperplasia and sebaceous gland enlargement as well as hyperplasia of the interfollicular epidermis. Spontaneous papillomas, some of which converted to squamous cell carcinomas, arose in homozygous erbB2 transgenic mice as early as 6 weeks of age with >90% incidence by 6 months. Analysis of several proliferation/differentiation markers indicated that erbB2 overexpression led to epidermal hyperproliferation and a possible delay in epidermal differentiation. Transgenic mice were also hypersensitive to the proliferative effects of the skin tumor promoter, 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and were more sensitive to two-stage carcinogenesis. Elevations in EGFr and erbB2 protein as well as erbB2:EGFr and erbB2:erbB3 heterodimers were observed in skin of the erbB2 transgenic mice. Phosphotyrosine levels of the EGFr, erbB2 and erbB3 proteins were also elevated. These results indicate an important role for erbB2 signaling in epidermal growth, development and neoplasia. Oncogene (2000) 19, 4243 - 4254
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Carcinogens/toxicity
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/chemically induced
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Cattle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cocarcinogenesis
- Dimerization
- Disease Progression
- Epidermis/drug effects
- Epidermis/metabolism
- Epidermis/pathology
- ErbB Receptors/chemistry
- ErbB Receptors/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Synthetic
- Genes, erbB-2
- Genes, ras
- Hyperplasia
- Keratins/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/chemistry
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Papilloma/chemically induced
- Papilloma/genetics
- Papilloma/pathology
- Phosphorylation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Rats
- Receptor, ErbB-2/biosynthesis
- Receptor, ErbB-2/chemistry
- Receptor, ErbB-2/physiology
- Receptor, ErbB-3/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- Skin Neoplasms/chemically induced
- Skin Neoplasms/etiology
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/toxicity
- Transgenes
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- K Kiguchi
- The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park-Research Division, PO Box 389, Smithville, Texas, TX 78957, USA
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Troy TC, Turksen K. In vitro characteristics of early epidermal progenitors isolated from keratin 14 (K14)-deficient mice: insights into the role of keratin 17 in mouse keratinocytes. J Cell Physiol 1999; 180:409-21. [PMID: 10430181 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199909)180:3<409::aid-jcp12>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Keratin 14 (K14) is believed to play a pivotal role in the maintenance of epidermal cell shape and contributing to their resistance to mechanical trauma, thereby protecting the cells from lysing. Mice harboring a K14 null mutation produce phenotypic characteristics of epidermolysis bullosa simplex, a skin blistering disease (Lloyd et al., 1995, J Cell Biol 129:1329-1344). K14 null animals die several days after birth, making the detailed study of the consequences of K14 deletion in epidermal cell physiology in vivo particularly difficult. To define the consequences of K14 loss more precisely, we used an in vitro approach by isolating K14-/- cell lines and studying epidermal differentiation in the K14 null background. Several keratinocyte cell lines were generated from 6-day-old mice homozygous for a targeted disruption of the K14 gene (lines designated MKC-5, MKC-23, and MKC-33) and from their wild-type littermates (lines designated MKC-1 and MKC-6). Under low Ca2+ (0.066 mM) and low serum (2%) conditions, both wild-type and mutant cells were able to adhere to collagen type I-coated dishes and form epithelial sheets. They maintained basal epidermal cell characteristics and continued to proliferate without obvious signs of terminal differentiation; however, K14-/- cells proliferated two- to threefold slower than did their wild-type counterparts. The distribution of K5, the natural partner of K14, at the immunofluorescence level was also normal looking in the K14-/- MKC-5 cells, but with fewer filaments detectable, consistent with the approximately 20% reduction in K5 detectable on immunoblots. K17 expression was increased approximately 40% in the K14-/- cells. The levels of K15 and K16 were not different in the MKC-5 and MKC-6 cell lines, suggesting that they are not contributing factors to the stabilization of K5 in the mutant cells. K8, K19, and vimentin were undetectable in both lines. Both MKC-5 and MKC-6 cells underwent morphological and biochemical differentiation in response to a switch to high Ca2+ medium. These findings indicate that K14-/- MKC-5 cells preserve the morphological, biochemical, and physiological characteristics of epidermal cells for an extensive period of time in vitro, likely due to the compensatory expression of K17. The culturing capacity of these cells also permits the analysis of keratinocyte growth and differentiation in the absence of K14. In addition, the culturing methods we describe will be useful for the generation of epithelial cell lines from a wealth of increasingly available knockout mouse strains with early lethality.
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- T C Troy
- Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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Winter H, Langbein L, Praetzel S, Jacobs M, Rogers MA, Leigh IM, Tidman N, Schweizer J. A novel human type II cytokeratin, K6hf, specifically expressed in the companion layer of the hair follicle. J Invest Dermatol 1998; 111:955-62. [PMID: 9856802 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In an attempt to identify new members of the human type II hair keratin family by means of 3'- and 5'-RACE methods and cDNA from anagen hair follicles, we detected a sequence that encoded a hitherto unknown type II cytokeratin. The novel cytokeratin comprises 251 amino acids and exhibits the highest sequence homology with K5. Comparative one- and two-dimensional western blots of keratins from anagen hair bulbs, containing or not containing the outer and inner root sheaths (ORS/IRS), and from footsole epidermis with an antibody against the new cytokeratin, revealed its comigration with K6 and its expression in the ORS/IRS complex. We have therefore named the new cytokeratin K6hf, to distinguish it from the various K6 isoforms and to indicate its expression in the hair follicle. Both in situ hybridization with a K6hf-specific cRNA probe and indirect immunofluorescence with the K6hf antibody showed that K6hf is exclusively expressed in the so-called "companion layer" of the hair follicle, a single layered band of flat and vertically oriented cells between the cuboidal ORS cells and the IRS that stretches from the lowermost bulb region to the isthmus of the follicle. Concomitant K17 and K16 expression studies showed that besides suprabasal ORS cells, these cytokeratins are sequentially expressed subsequent to K6hf in companion cells above the hair bulb. Our study confirms the view of a vertically oriented companion layer differentiation. The clearly delayed K17 and K16 expression relative to that of K6hf in companion cells most probably excludes these keratins as possible type I partners of K6hf and suggests the existence of a still unknown type I partner of its own. Thus, not only morphologically but also biochemically, the companion layer is different from the ORS and can therefore be regarded as an independent histologic compartment of the hair follicle.
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- H Winter
- German Cancer Research Center, Department of Tumor Cell Regulation, Heidelberg
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Champliaud MF, Burgeson RE, Jin W, Baden HP, Olson PF. cDNA cloning and characterization of sciellin, a LIM domain protein of the keratinocyte cornified envelope. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:31547-54. [PMID: 9813070 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sciellin is a precursor of the cornified envelopes of mammalian keratinizing tissues. We have cloned the cDNA encoding sciellin by screening a human keratinocyte expression library with a sciellin-specific monoclonal antibody. The composite cDNA of 2.35 kilobase pairs encodes a protein of 75.3 kDa with a pI of 10.09. The translated sequence has a central domain containing 16 repeats of 20 amino acids each that is rich in Gln and Lys residues, which are potential transglutaminase substrates, and a carboxyl domain, which contains a single LIM motif. Sciellin cDNA probes hybridize to bands of 3.4 and 4.4 kilobase pairs on Northern blots of cultured human keratinocyte RNA. The gene was mapped to human chromosome band 13q22 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Radiation hybrid mapping demonstrated that sciellin is linked to the sequence tagged site marker WI-457 with a logarithm of the odds score of 7.77. In situ hybridization of human foreskin tissue sections demonstrated that sciellin is expressed in the stratum granulosum. Immunofluorescent staining with a polyclonal rabbit antibody made to a recombinant sciellin protein showed peripheral cytoplasmic localization in the upper cell layers of epidermis and in stratified squamous epithelia such as the oral cavity, esophagus, and vagina. Simple and columnar epithelia, with the exception of the amnion, showed no reaction.
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- M F Champliaud
- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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Natter S, Seiberler S, Hufnagl P, Binder BR, Hirschl AM, Ring J, Abeck D, Schmidt T, Valent P, Valenta R. Isolation of cDNA clones coding for IgE autoantigens with serum IgE from atopic dermatitis patients. FASEB J 1998; 12:1559-69. [PMID: 9806765 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.14.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Recently we demonstrated that a high percentage of atopic dermatitis (AD) patients displayed specific immunoglobulin E reactivity to human proteins. Here we show that IgE autoreactivity is found predominantly in AD patients with severe skin manifestations and reveal the molecular nature of four IgE autoantigens. An expression cDNA library constructed from a human epithelial cell line (A 431) was screened with serum IgE from two AD patients. DNA sequence analysis of three IgE-reactive clones identified the alpha-chain of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex, cytokeratin type II, and the BCL7B oncogen as atopy-related IgE autoantigens (ara). The fourth cDNA coded for an IgE autoantigen containing a typical calcium binding motif that occurred in histogenetically different cells and tissues (keratinocytes, muscle, brain). Recombinant Escherichia coli-expressed IgE autoantigens bound IgE from AD but not from patients with other immunologically mediated disorders (graft vs. host disease, systemic lupus erythematosus) and elicited immediate type skin reactions in AD patients. In serum samples collected from an AD patient over a period of 5 years, IgE anti-ara NAC antibody levels peaked during disease exacerbation. Our finding that ara BCL7B was detected in serum bound to IgE antibodies suggests that intracellular IgE autoantigens can become released after tissue damage and may occur as IgE immune complexes. Via binding to antigen presenting cells as well as to effector cells, IgE autoantigen immune complexes may contribute to exacerbation and/or perpetuation of severe atopic diseases even in the absence of exogenous allergens.
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- S Natter
- Institute of General and Experimental Pathology, AKH, University of Vienna, Austria
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Shemanko CS, Mellerio JE, Tidman MJ, Lane EB, Eady RA. Severe palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis in Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex caused by a mutation in the keratin 14 gene (KRT14). J Invest Dermatol 1998; 111:893-5. [PMID: 9804355 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00388.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mutant keratins 5 or 14 are implicated in the etiology of epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS). The catalog of mutations has established certain patterns of mutation clusters from which it may be possible, along with associated biochemical data, to predict phenotypic severity. It is becoming apparent that some of these assumptions may now require modification. We report a mutation in the gene encoding keratin 14 (KRT14) that changes the predicted amino acid at position 119, at the start of the helix initiation motif, from methionine to threonine (K14 M119T) in a patient with an EBS Dowling-Meara phenotype with severe palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis. This demonstrates that the three major types of EBS can arise from missense mutations in the same codon. The findings suggest that the specific nature of the missense mutation, in the context of the protein sequence, can contribute far more to the clinical severity than previously thought. The different EBS subtypes should be viewed as gradations of clinical severity rather than distinct genetic diseases.
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- C S Shemanko
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, UK
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McDonald L, Walker D, Gibbins J. Cervical lymph node involvement in head and neck cancer detectable as expression of a spliced transcript of type II keratin K5. Oral Oncol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(98)80008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Garcia-Iglesias MJ, Perez-Martinez C, Bravo-Moral A, Ferreras-Estrada MC, Garcia-Fernandez R, Espinosa-Alvarez J, Escudero-Diez A. Spontaneous mouse mammary tumours: incidence and cytokeratin expression. Res Vet Sci 1997; 63:85-9. [PMID: 9368963 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5288(97)90164-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to advance our knowledge of the histogenesis of spontaneous mammary tumours in laboratory mice. Normal mammary tissue and 19 spontaneous mammary tumours from adult female mice were examined using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies differing in their recognition of various cytokeratin intermediate filament proteins (CKs). All neoplasms were intraductal and were invasive carcinomas with a tubular, papillary, cystic or solid growth pattern. CK8-positive reactions were detected in the normal alveolar and ductal epithelia and CK5- and CK14-positive reactions were seen in myoepithelial cells of nonlactating mammary glands. Positive staining for CK5 and CK8 was detected in all tumours and CK14 was expressed in those with a papillary pattern. Comparisons between non-lactating glands and tumours indicated that the neoplasms were well or moderately differentiated, there was no squamoid differentiation and that they arose from the alveoli and duct system, not the myoepithelial cells.
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- M J Garcia-Iglesias
- Department of Animal Pathology and Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Leon, Spain
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The human keratinocyte line SCC-9 has been used as a model for arsenate-induced perturbations of differentiation. Growth of these cells in 10 microM arsenate permitted the cultures to reach confluence, but prevented expression of 6 markers of suprabasal differentiation (involucrin, loricrin, filaggrin, spr 1, keratin 1 and keratin 10) as assayed by Northern blotting. By contrast, only slight alterations in mRNA levels were observed for one differentiation marker (keratinocyte transglutaminase) and for keratin 5, keratin 14, AP2 or glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase. The transition metal oxyanions vanadate and chromate had essentially the same suppressive effect on these markers as arsenate, while chronic treatment with tetradecanoylphorbol acetate was generally less effective in suppressing differentiation. To determine whether the previously observed arsenate-mediated alteration in AP1 and AP2 activities could account for the suppression of involucrin, a promoter analysis was conducted. Putative AP1 and AP2 response elements were identified in regions important for transcriptional activity of the 5'-flanking DNA. Mutations in two AP1 sites and one AP2 site were observed to decrease promoter activity significantly, and in combination, to reduce it to approximately 10% of that conferred by the native sequence. These results lend support to the working hypothesis that arsenate suppresses involucrin expression, and, more generally, keratinocyte programming, by altering the transcription factors AP1 and AP2.
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- D J Kachinskas
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis 95616-8588, USA
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Robinson NA, Lapic S, Welter JF, Eckert RL. S100A11, S100A10, annexin I, desmosomal proteins, small proline-rich proteins, plasminogen activator inhibitor-2, and involucrin are components of the cornified envelope of cultured human epidermal keratinocytes. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:12035-46. [PMID: 9115270 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.18.12035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The cornified envelope (CE) is an insoluble sheath of epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)lysine cross-linked protein, which is deposited beneath the plasma membrane during keratinocyte terminal differentiation. We have probed the structure of the CE by proteolytic cleavage of purified CE fragments isolated from CEs formed spontaneously in cell culture. CNBr digestion, followed by trypsin and then proteinase K treatment released 25%, 42%, and 18%, respectively, of the CE protein. Purification and sequencing of released peptides has identified two novel CE precursors, S100A11 (S100C, calgizzarin) and S100A10 (calpactin light chain). We also sequenced peptides derived from annexin I and plasminogen activator inhibitor 2, two putative envelope precursors, as well as portions of the well established CE precursor proteins SPR1A, SPR1B, and involucrin. Many desmosomal components were identified (desmoglein 3, desmocolin A/B, desmoplakin I, plakoglobin, and plakophilin), indicating that desmosomes become cross-linked into the CE. Fragments derived from envoplakin, the recently sequenced 210-kDa membranous CE precursor protein, which also appears to be a desmosomal component, were also identified. Analysis of the pattern of peptide release following the sequential digestion indicates that S100A11 is anchored to the envelope via Gln102 and/or Lys103 at the carboxyl terminus and at Lys3, Lys23, and/or Gln22 in the amino terminus. A similar type of analysis indicates that small proline-rich proteins 1A and 1B (SPR1A and SPR1B) become cross-linked at the amino terminus (residues 1-23) and the carboxyl terminus (residues 86-89). No loricrin, cystatin A, or elafin peptides were detected.
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- N A Robinson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Yang Y, Hao J, Liu X, Dalkin B, Nagle RB. Differential expression of cytokeratin mRNA and protein in normal prostate, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and invasive carcinoma. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1997; 150:693-704. [PMID: 9033282 PMCID: PMC1858264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The expression of cytokeratin (CK) mRNA for CK5, -8, -14, -16, and -19 was investigated in normal prostate, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) lesions, and invasive carcinoma using in situ hybridization. Protein localization was carried out in adjacent sections using immunohistochemistry and correlated with mRNA expression. Snap-frozen human prostate samples including 22 examples of normal glands, 20 cases of PIN lesions, and 12 cases of invasive carcinoma were examined. CK5 and -14 mRNA and protein were prominently expressed only in the basal cells of normal glands and PIN lesions. CK14 mRNA was absent in the luminal cells of the most of the PIN lesions but was seen at a low level in some PIN lesions. CK14 protein was not detected in any PIN lesion, suggesting that, if the cell that makes up the PIN lesions is derived from a basal cell, CK14 translation is depressed although a low level of CK14 mRNA may persist. CK8 mRNA and protein were constitutively expressed in all epithelia of normal and abnormal prostate tissues. CK19 mRNA and protein were persistently expressed in both basal and luminal cells of the tubular portion of normal glands as well as PIN lesions, but were expressed heterogeneously in both basal and luminal cells of normal alveoli. CK16 mRNA was expressed in a similar pattern as CK19, but CK16 protein was not detected either in normal or in abnormal prostate tissues. In conclusion, the expression of CK19 in PIN lesions is similar to its tubular expression and would support an origin of PIN lesions from this structure rather than the alveolar portion of the glands. The similar cytokeratin expression between PIN lesions and invasive carcinoma further supports the concept that PIN is a precursor lesion of invasive carcinoma.
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- Y Yang
- Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA
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Parry DA. Protein chains in hair and epidermal keratin IF: structural features and spatial arrangements. EXS 1997; 78:177-207. [PMID: 8962493 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9223-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Over the past decade the progress made in characterising the structural hierarchy of both the hard and the epidermal keratin intermediate filaments has exceeded all expectations. The origin of much of this progress can be traced back to the quantity of amino acid sequence data that became available in the early/mid 1980s, and their interpretation in terms of a heterodimeric molecular structure. Subdomains were subsequently identified in both the rod and terminal domains, and now the roles of most of these have been determined in principle, if not yet fully in detail. TEM and STEM, together with very revealing crosslinking analyses have also allowed details to be determined of the mechanism by which molecules assemble into oligomers and oligomers into IF. It remains for the three-dimensional packing of keratin molecules in the IF to be elucidated, but even here progress is being made. A particularly exciting development over the last two or three years has been the establishment of the link between keratinopathies and single point nucleotide mutations in keratin genes. Furthermore, the clustering of mutation sites in regions involved in a key structural mode of molecular aggregation has provided, for the first time, an understanding of keratin diseases at the molecular level.
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- D A Parry
- Department of Physics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Viaene AI, Baert JH. Expression of cytokeratin mRNAs in normal human esophageal epithelium. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1995; 241:88-98. [PMID: 7533483 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092410112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The cytokeratin (CK) pattern is accepted to be characteristic of a given epithelial cell or tissue. Specific changes in the CK pattern or in the expression of individual CKs may be characteristic in the early development of particular epithelial pathologies. Up to now no systematic hybridohistochemical study on the expression of CKs in normal human esophageal epithelium has been performed. Nevertheless, this knowledge may be of great importance for further research concerning the understanding of the structure and differentiation of normal esophageal epithelium and of the development of non-neoplastic and neoplastic esophageal malignancies. Therefore, we investigated the expression and distribution of nine different CK mRNAs throughout the normal human esophageal mucosa. METHODS A non-radioactive in situ hydridization protocol was used to study the expression of CK mRNAs in fixed and paraffin-embedded human esophageal mucosa. Digoxigenin-labelled cRNA probes were produced by in vitro transcription of cDNA clones, coding for human CKs. RESULTS In situ hybridization and immunodetection of the hybrids revealed a distinct but different distribution pattern for each specific CK mRNA. The described signal pattern was consistently found at all levels of the esophagus. We observed differences in the expression of some CK mRNAs between the interpapillar and papillar compartment of the esophageal epithelium. Mainly in the papillar regions some mRNAs are already expressed in more basally located cells in comparison with the interpapillar regions. Our results substantiate the hypothesis concerning the formation of papillae in the esophageal mucosa. We have also described some observations on the expression of CK mRNAs in fortuitous sections through excretory ducts of esophageal submucosal glands. CONCLUSIONS The distinct, characteristic, and reproducible distribution pattern observed for each specific CK mRNA indicates that the expression of the genes encoding CKs in the esophageal epithelium as well depends on the cell proliferation, on vertical cell migration and differentiation, and on detachment from the basal lamina. The results presented should be considered as complementary to the already existing immunohistochemical results concerning the distribution of esophageal CK proteins.
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- A I Viaene
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre, K.U. Leuven, Kortrijk, Belgium
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Ramírez A, Bravo A, Jorcano JL, Vidal M. Sequences 5' of the bovine keratin 5 gene direct tissue- and cell-type-specific expression of a lacZ gene in the adult and during development. Differentiation 1994; 58:53-64. [PMID: 7532601 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1994.5810053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Expression of keratin K5 (and K14) in multilayered epithelia occurs predominantly in the basal layer of proliferating keratinocytes. When a keratinocyte becomes committed to terminal differentiation, it moves out of the basal layer towards the epithelial surface. As part of this program of terminal differentiation, the expression of K5 (and K14) is downregulated in suprabasal cells, and new pairs of differentiation-specific keratins are expressed. To define the cis-acting DNA sequences required for K5 cell-type- and differentiation-specific expression, chimeric gene fusions between portions of the bovine keratin K5 locus and the Escherichia coli lacZ gene were used to generate transgenic mice. In the genomic fragment consisting of 5.3 kb of 5' flanking sequences, 6.1 kb corresponding to the body of the gene and 4.5 kb of 3' flanking sequences, the subfragment extending from -5300 bp to +138 bp was the smaller region that directed lacZ expression to stratified epithelia in a manner analogous to the endogenous keratin K5. Proximal sequences from -1300 bp to +138 bp were inactive. We also determined the expression pattern of keratin K5 during mouse development using an antiserum specific for mouse keratin K5. Expression was first detected in ectodermal cells of 11.5 days postcoitum embryos, and from day 13.5 postcoitum onwards K5 was detected in the precursors of most epithelia and organs which express K5 at adult stages. This pattern was reproduced, with few differences, by the construct with sequences from -5300 bp to +138 bp fused to the lacZ gene. These findings identify sequences between -5.3 kb and -1.3 kb of the bovine K5 gene as being important for cell-type- and differentiation-specific gene expression both during mouse development and in the adult.
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- A Ramírez
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
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As the major proteins of adult keratinocytes, keratins provide biochemical markers for exploring mouse epidermal embryogenesis. Here, we used a modified method of whole-mount in situ hybridization to track skin-specific expression of endogenous keratin mRNAs throughout embryogenesis. To monitor transcriptional regulation, we coupled this with beta-galactosidase expression of a human epidermal keratin promoter-driven transgene. These studies have radically changed our perception of how the program of gene expression becomes established during epidermal development. Specifically, we have discovered that (1) basal keratin (K5 and K14) genes are first detected at E9.5 in a highly regional fashion, and surprisingly as early as the single layered ectodermal stage; (2) the early patterns do not correlate with morphogenesis per se, but rather with regional variations in the embryonic origin of underlying mesenchyme, supporting morphogenetic criteria that early inductive cues are mesenchymal; (3) epidermal keratin genes are expressed in periderm, supporting the notion that this layer arises from ectodermal stratification, even though it is simple epithelial-like in morphology and is subsequently sloughed during development; (4) later embryonic patterns of K5 and K14 gene expression parallel proliferative capacity and not stratification; and (5) K1 and K10 mRNAs are first detected as early as E13.5, and their patterns correlate with differentiation and not stratification. These patterns of epidermal gene expression led us to explore whether potential transcriptional regulators of these genes are expressed similarly. We show that AP2 (but not Sp1) cRNAs hybridize in a pattern similar to, but preceding that of basal keratin cRNAs. Finally, using gene expression in cultured cells, we demonstrate that AP2 has a strong inductive effect on basal keratin expression in a cellular environment that does not normally possess AP2 activity.
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- C Byrne
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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French RP, Warshawsky D, Tybor L, Mylniczenko ND, Miller L. Upregulation of AP-2 in the skin of Xenopus laevis during thyroid hormone-induced metamorphosis. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 1994; 15:356-65. [PMID: 7523015 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020150407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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During amphibian metamorphosis dramatic changes occur in the morphogenesis and differentiation of the epidermis. Concurrently with these changes, the 63 kDa keratin gene is upregulated from low basal levels to high levels. What makes these processes unique is that they are controlled by triiodothyronine (T3) and can be duplicated in cultures of purified epidermal cells. Since there is a 2 day lag period between the addition of T3 and the upregulation of keratin gene expression and terminal differentiation, recent studies have focused on identifying the genes activated during the lag period. We assume that the transcription factors required for upregulation of the keratin gene are induced by T3 during the lag period, and therefore we have cloned the keratin gene so that promoter analyses can be conducted. S1 mapping assays have shown that the same transcription start sites are used during premetamorphosis when the keratin gene is basally expressed, during metamorphosis when it is T3-upregulated, and in the adult epidermis where it is expressed independently of T3. During the early part of the lag period TR beta and AP-2 mRNA levels are upregulated in the epidermis by T3. The transcription factor AP-2 is expressed at high levels in the skin of premetamorphic larvae and induced about fivefold by T3 but is not induced in an epithelial cell line (XL-177). Since the keratin mRNA, AP-2 mRNA, and other genes induced during the lag period are expressed in premetamorphic larvae it appears that T3 functions by upregulating the expression of genes previously activated by a T3-independent process. This preprogramming may account for the tissue specificity of T3 action during metamorphosis.
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- R P French
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680
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Wanner R, Förster HH, Tilmans I, Mischke D. Allelic variations of human keratins K4 and K5 provide polymorphic markers within the type II keratin gene cluster on chromosome 12. J Invest Dermatol 1993; 100:735-41. [PMID: 7684424 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12475671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To appreciate point mutations in keratin genes as causes for hereditary epithelial diseases, the normal variation of these gene sequences in the population must be known. Because genetic polymorphism of keratins at the protein level due to allelic variation has been described for the type II keratins 4 and 5, we have analyzed their corresponding genes using single-strand conformation polymorphism gel electrophoresis and sequence analysis of polymerase chain reaction amplified genomic DNA. Although no sequence variations were found in the carboxyl-terminal and rod domains we were able to map the molecular differences among the alleles to their amino-terminal domains. In particular, we have identified three alleles of keratin 4. Two alleles differed by a nucleotide transition causing a neutral amino acid substitution (alanine to valine) and one allele had a 42-bp in-frame deletion corresponding to 14 amino acids within the V1 subdomain. Three alleles were also recognized for the keratin 5 locus, all being elicited by single nucleotide substitutions. Of these, only one altered the amino acid sequence, replacing an uncharged (glycine) with a charged (glutamic acid) amino acid in the H1 subdomain. Pedigree analyses in three families showed the alleles to be inherited as autosomal Mendelian traits. Thus, these normal alleles of keratins 4 and 5 will provide favorable polymorphic markers for linkage analysis directly within the cluster of type II keratin genes located on chromosome 12q to elucidate the potential involvement of these and other keratin genes in disorders of squamous cell differentiation.
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- R Wanner
- Institut für Experimentelle Onkologie und Transplantationsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin, F.R.G
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Leube RE, Rustad TJ. Squamous cell metaplasia in the human lung: molecular characteristics of epithelial stratification. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1992; 61:227-53. [PMID: 1723555 DOI: 10.1007/bf02890425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Squamous cell metaplasia (SCM) is a frequent epithelial alteration of the human tracheobronchial mucosa. This review pays particular attention to the fact that SCM can mimic esophageal, and in some instances even skin-type differentiation, showing striking similarities not only in morphology but also in terms of gene expression. Therefore, characterization of this dynamic process lends insight into the process of stratification, squamous cell formation, and "keratinization" in a pathologically relevant in vivo situation in man. First, the concept of metaplasia is presented with certain historical viewpoints on histogenesis. Then, the morphological characteristics of normal bronchial epithelium are compared with the altered phenotype of cells in SCM. These changes are described as a disturbance of the finely tuned balance of differentiation and proliferation through the action of a variety of extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Molecular aspects of altered cell/cell and cell/extracellular matrix interactions in stratified compared with single-layered epithelia are discussed with reference to SCM in the lung. Intracellular organizational and compositional changes are then summarized with special emphasis on the differential distribution of the cytokeratin (CK) polypeptides. Finally, the still unresolved problems of the histogenetic relationships between normal bronchial mucosa, SCM, and pulmonary neoplasms are addressed. As these questions remain open, examples for detection of well defined "markers" are provided that may be employed as objective criteria for determining clinically important cellular differentiation features.
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- R E Leube
- Institute of Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Tavakkol A, Griffiths CE, Keane KM, Palmer RD, Voorhees JJ. Cellular localization of mRNA for cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II and nuclear retinoic acid receptor-gamma 1 in retinoic acid-treated human skin. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99:146-50. [PMID: 1378478 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12616781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have previously shown that cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II (CRABP-II), but not cellular retinoic acid-binding protein I (CRABP-I), mRNA expression is markedly induced in human skin by topical retinoic acid. In the present study, we have investigated the pattern of expression of CRABP-II transcripts in 4-d RA-treated human skin by non-radioactive in situ hybridization (n = 5) and Northern analysis (n = 4). RA induced accumulation of CRABP-II transcripts throughout the epidermis, dermal fibroblasts, and endothelial cells as determined by in situ hybridization. In skin treated with vehicle, a faint hybridization signal was observed only in basal layers of the epidermis consistent with low-level expression of CRABP-II mRNA. RA-mediated accumulation of CRABP-II transcripts in skin was also confirmed by Northern analysis. Neither RA nor vehicle induced significant changes in nuclear RA receptor-gamma 1 or keratin 5 gene expression in skin as determined by in situ or Northern hybridization. These results indicate that RA-induced CRABP-II mRNA accumulation is primarily localized to spinous and granular layers in epidermis, and in superficial dermis.
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- A Tavakkol
- Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0528
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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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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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In normal epidermis, as previously reported, the first signs of differentiation occur within the basal layer in a subpopulation of keratinocytes that start to express K1 and K10 "supra-basal" keratin transcripts (20-30% of the basal cells) and proteins (5-10% of the basal cells). We found that in psoriatic lesions, the basal layer was devoid of cells expressing these early differentiation markers. This was already the case at the periphery of the lesions, where epidermis, although slightly acanthotic, still completes the keratinization process. In the center of the lesions, not only the basal layer, but also several rows of suprabasal cells, were negative for keratin K10 transcripts or protein. Moreover, the upper nucleated layers of involved epidermis were also devoid of K10 keratin transcripts or proteins. In normal epidermis, as previously reported, transcripts for the "basal" K5 keratin were mainly restricted to the basal layer, whereas the protein persisted in a few suprabasal layers. We found that in psoriatic epidermis, K5 keratin transcripts persisted in several suprabasal layers up to the level where K10 keratin transcripts appeared. These data, although not contradictory with previous reports showing a reduction of K1-K10 keratins and other differentiation markers in psoriasis, demonstrate that these quantitative changes are in fact the result of major qualitative differences in the distribution of these markers in psoriatic versus normal skin. Our results indicating that the onset of differentiation is delayed in psoriasis show that, contrary to conclusions accepted so far, not only the suprabasal compartment, but also the basal one, is abnormal in psoriatic epidermis.
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- F Bernerd
- Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques Galderma (CIRD Galderma), Valbonne, France
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Magnaldo T, Bernerd F, Asselineau D, Darmon M. Expression of loricrin is negatively controlled by retinoic acid in human epidermis reconstructed in vitro. Differentiation 1992; 49:39-46. [PMID: 1378029 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1992.tb00767.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In epidermis, the last steps of keratinocyte differentiation are characterized by the covalent cross-linking of cornified envelope precursors such as involucrin and loricrin, a hydrophobic protein recently described in mouse and human epidermis. In situ hybridization of normal human skin sections with a human loricrin cRNA probe and immunolabeling with an antiserum directed against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxyterminus of human loricrin revealed the presence of loricrin transcripts and protein in the granular layers of epidermis. In human epidermis reconstructed in vitro by growing keratinocytes on dermal equivalents, loricrin and loricrin mRNAs were also restricted to granular cells, but their amounts seemed higher than in epidermis from skin biopsies. The reactivities for both loricrin and loricrin mRNAs were abolished by a treatment of the cultures with a retinoic acid concentration (10(-6) M) provoking a complete inhibition of terminal epidermal differentiation (parakeratosis). Thus, the regulation of loricrin synthesis is different from that of another envelope precursor, involucrin, which does not seem to be significantly modulated by retinoic acid. Together with the well-documented inhibition of epidermal transglutaminase by retinoic acid, our results provide a molecular basis for the inhibition of cornified envelope formation by retinoic acid.
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- T Magnaldo
- Cell Biology Department, Centre International de Recherches Dermatologiques Galderma (CIRD Galderma), Valbonne, France
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Steinert PM, Mack JW, Korge BP, Gan SQ, Haynes SR, Steven AC. Glycine loops in proteins: their occurrence in certain intermediate filament chains, loricrins and single-stranded RNA binding proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 1991; 13:130-9. [PMID: 1716976 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(91)90037-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Quasi-repetitive, glycine-rich peptide sequences are widespread in at least three distinct families of proteins: the keratins and other intermediate filament proteins, including nuclear lamins; loricrins, which are major envelope components of terminally differentiated epithelial cells; and single-stranded RNA binding proteins. We propose that such sequences comprise a new structural motif termed the 'glycine loop'. The defining characteristics of glycine loop sequences are: (1) they have the form x(y)n, where x is usually an aromatic or occasionally a long-chain aliphatic residue; y is usually glycine but may include polar residues such as serine, asparagine, arginine, cysteine, and rarely other residues; and the value of n is highly variable, ranging from 1 to 35 in examples identified to date. (2) Glycine-loop-containing domains are thought to form when at least two and to date, as many as 18, such quasi-repeats are configured in tandem, so that the entire domain in a protein may be 50-150 residues long. (3) The average value of n, the pattern of residues found in the x position and the non-glycine substitutions in the y position appear to be characteristic of a given glycine loop containing domain, whereas the actual number of repeats is less constrained. (4) Glycine loop sequences display a high degree of evolutionary sequence variability and even allelic variations among different individuals of the same vertebrate species. (5) Glycine loop sequences are expected to be highly flexible, but possess little other regular secondary structure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P M Steinert
- Laboratory of Skin Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Chao YC, Donahue KM, Pokrywka NJ, Stephenson EC. Sequence of swallow, a gene required for the localization of bicoid message in Drosophila eggs. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 1991; 12:333-41. [PMID: 1806330 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020120502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We report the sequence of the Drosophila maternal effect gene swallow, one of the genes whose product is required for the localization of bicoid message during Drosophila oogenesis. The inferred swallow protein contains a domain that is predicted to be an amphipathic alpha-helix similar to those implicated in protein:protein associations in other systems. Another part of the predicted protein appears to be a diverged RNA-binding motif. We discuss these structural features in light of the function of the swallow protein in the bicoid message localization process.
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- Y C Chao
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, New York
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Conway JF, Parry DA. Structural features in the heptad substructure and longer range repeats of two-stranded alpha-fibrous proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 1990; 12:328-34. [PMID: 2085501 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(90)90023-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Considerable sequence data have been collected from the intermediate filament proteins and other alpha-fibrous proteins including myosin, tropomyosin, paramyosin, desmoplakin and M-protein. The data show that there is a clear preference for some amino acids to occur in specific positions within the heptad substructure that characterizes the sequences which form the coiled-coil rod domain in this class of proteins. The results also indicate that although there are major similarities between the various proteins there are also key differences. In all cases, however, significant regularities in the linear disposition of the acidic and the basic residues in the coiled-coil segments can be related to modes of chain and molecular aggregation. In particular a clear trend has been observed which relates the mode of molecular aggregation to the number of interchain ionic interactions per heptad pair.
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- J F Conway
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Mittal K, Pearson J, Demopoulos R. Patterns of mRNA for epidermal growth factor receptor and keratin B-2 in normal cervical epithelium and in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Gynecol Oncol 1990; 38:224-9. [PMID: 1696918 DOI: 10.1016/0090-8258(90)90046-n] [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: 12/28/2022]
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Patterns of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and keratin B-2 (KB2) mRNA localization were studied in samples of normal cervical squamous epithelium and in samples of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). 35S-Labeled EGFR and KB2 DNA probes were used for in situ hybridization on formalin-fixed tissue sections. Normal cervical squamous epithelium showed predominantly basal and parabasal expression of EGFR mRNA and suprabasal and midepithelial localization of KB2 mRNA. CIN lesions with moderate to severe dysplasia were generally characterized by continued expression of EGFR mRNA and decreased KB2 mRNA in midepithelial locations. Ratios of KB2 mRNA levels at the basal layer to KB2 mRNA levels at the midepithelial location were increased in moderate and severe dysplasia (CIN II and III) compared with normal epithelium (P less than .01). Ratios of EGFR mRNA levels at the midepithelial level to those of EGFR mRNA at the basal layer were increased in moderate to severe dysplasia compared with normal epithelium. These findings indicate a possible in vivo role of EGFR gene expression in normal and neoplastic proliferation and in prevention of differentiation of the cervical epithelium.
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- K Mittal
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016
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Mehrel T, Hohl D, Rothnagel JA, Longley MA, Bundman D, Cheng C, Lichti U, Bisher ME, Steven AC, Steinert PM. Identification of a major keratinocyte cell envelope protein, loricrin. Cell 1990; 61:1103-12. [PMID: 2190691 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(90)90073-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 348] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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During epidermal cell cornification, the deposition of a layer of covalently cross-linked protein on the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane forms the cell envelope. We have isolated and characterized cDNA clones encoding a major differentiation product of mouse epidermal cells, which has an amino acid composition similar to that of purified cell envelopes. Transcripts of this gene are restricted to the granular layer and are as abundant as the differentiation-specific keratins, K1 and K10. An antiserum against a C-terminal peptide localizes this protein in discrete granules in the stratum granulosum and subsequently at the periphery of stratum corneum cells. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy detect this epitope only on the inner surface of purified cell envelopes. Taken together, these results suggest that it is a major component of cell envelopes. On the basis of its presumed function, this protein is named loricrin.
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- T Mehrel
- Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Oda D, Dale BA, Bourekis G. Human oral epithelial cell culture. II. Keratin expression in fetal and adult gingival cells. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1990; 26:596-603. [PMID: 1694168 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Epithelial cells from human fetal and adult gingiva were cultured in keratinocyte growth medium (KGM), a serum-free medium. The expression of keratin proteins in these cells was evaluated using immunohistochemistry and SDS-PAGE-immunoblot analysis and compared with expression in the tissue. Keratins 5, 6, 14, 16, and 19 were identified in cells cultured from both fetal and adult tissues. K19 was localized in basal cells of fetal oral tissue but was not seen in adult gingiva (except for scattered Merkel cells). K1 and K10 were expressed in tissue, but not in cultured cells. The keratin profiles of cultured epithelial cells from several adult donors were similar and were identical in cultures from primary through Passage 5. K13, a differentiation-specific keratin, was expressed in all suprabasal cells of fetal oral epithelium, but shows only spotty expression in adult gingival tissue. K13 was expressed in cultures of fetal cells, but very weakly or not at all in cultures of adult cells. K13 expression was greater in cultures grown with physiologic calcium concentrations (1.2 mM) than in those grown at 0.15 mM or less. Our findings are consistent with basal-like characters of these cells in 0.15 mM calcium growth conditions. Differentiation of fetal oral cells in culture to the suprabasal basal cell stage in 1.2 mM Ca2+ is shown by the expression of K13.
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- D Oda
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Among the various intermediate filament (IF) proteins, cytokeratin 8 (CK8) is especially remarkable as it is produced early in embryogenesis, is the only type-II CK occurring in many simple epithelial cells, and can also be synthesized in certain non-epithelial cells. Using a cDNA probe specific for human CK8 we have isolated an approx. 14-kb genomic clone (in phage lambda EMBL3) which contains the gene encoding human CK8. The gene comprising a total of 7766 nucleotides (nt) from the transcription start point, determined by primer extension analysis, to the polyadenylation site, determined from cDNA sequencing, and a 1030-nt 5' upstream region have been sequenced. The sequence of 485 amino acids (aa) deduced from the exon sequences (Mr 53,532) shows strong homology with the corresponding gene products of bovine, murine and amphibian (Xenopus laevis) origins. Surprisingly, the ck8 gene contains only seven introns instead of eight as found in all other genes of the same (type-II) CK subfamily; while all seven introns occur in identical positions as in the other type-II CK-encoding genes, intron V of these genes is missing in the ck8 gene. Intron I of ck8 is remarkably long (2534 nt) and contains a cluster of potential regulatory sequences, including three Sp1 sites, and an extended Alu-element. In Southern-blot analyses, we found only one intron-containing gene encoding CK8 in the human genome, and by heterologous transfection experiments we showed that this gene is correctly transcribed in non-human cells expressing the orthologous gene.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Krauss
- Institute of Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, F.R.G
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Moll R, Dhouailly D, Sun TT. Expression of keratin 5 as a distinctive feature of epithelial and biphasic mesotheliomas. An immunohistochemical study using monoclonal antibody AE14. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1989; 58:129-45. [PMID: 2482572 DOI: 10.1007/bf02890064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In previous biochemical analyses, keratin 5 (Mr 58,000) has been detected in most mesotheliomas with epithelial component but not in pulmonary adenocarcinomas (Blobel et al., Am J Pathol 121: 235-247, 1985). In the present study, we have characterized a monoclonal antibody, AE14, as being selectively specific for keratin 5 (apart from the reactivity with certain hair proteins) as shown by immunoblotting of gel-electrophoretically separated proteins from various tissues. Immunohistochemical screening of a variety of normal human tissues, using immunoperoxidase microscopy on cryostat sections, revealed the binding of this antibody to the basal, immature cells of stratified squamous epithelia, to basal cells of pseudostratified epithelia, to some myoepithelial cells, thymic reticulum cells, certain pancreatic duct cells, as well as a variable subpopulation of mesothelial cells of the pleura and the peritoneum. In 12/13 epithelial and biphasic mesotheliomas of the pleura, heterogeneous but extended staining with antibody AE14 was seen whereas 21 pulmonary adenocarcinomas were negative or, in six of these cases, showed staining of only a few cells. Among carcinomas from other sites, colonic adenocarcinomas and renal cell carcinomas were negative whereas limited staining was found in some pancreatic adenocarcinomas. It is suggested that antibody AE14 may be useful, as a defined polypeptide-specific reagent, in the histologic distinction between mesotheliomas and most adenocarcinomas. Furthermore, the expression patterns of keratin 5 as detected by antibody AE14 in various normal and malignant epithelial tissues are discussed, particularly their relation to processes of squamous metaplasia and their indication of phenotypic tumor heterogeneity.
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- R Moll
- Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Schermer A, Jester JV, Hardy C, Milano D, Sun TT. Transient synthesis of K6 and K16 keratins in regenerating rabbit corneal epithelium: keratin markers for an alternative pathway of keratinocyte differentiation. Differentiation 1989; 42:103-10. [PMID: 2483836 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1989.tb00611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cultured rabbit corneal epithelial cells undergo three distinct stages of growth and differentiation characterized by the sequential appearance of K5/K14 keratin markers for basal keratinocytes, K6/K16 keratin markers for "hyperproliferative" keratinocytes, and K3/K12 keratin markers for corneal-type differentiation. Analyses of [35S]methionine-labeled, newly synthesized keratins revealed that K6/K16 are synthesized only briefly when the cells undergo exponential growth, and their synthesis is suppressed when the cells reach confluence and switch to synthesizing K3/K12. Transient synthesis of K6/K16 was also observed in vivo during corneal epithelial regeneration. Although K6/K16 expression in general correlates well with cellular growth, drug-induced inhibition of corneal epithelial growth and related data on human epidermal keratinocytes indicate that these two events are dissociable. These results establish clearly for the first time a reciprocal relationship, on a protein level, between the synthesis of K6/K16 and a differentiation-related keratin pair, K3/K12. Such a relationship strongly suggests a competitive mechanism controlling the synthesis of these two major classes of keratins in the suprabasal compartment. Our results also indicate that although hyperproliferation is usually accompanied by K6/K16 expression, the reverse is not always true. Taken together, the data suggest that K6/K16 are synthesized, perhaps by default, as an alternative suprabasal keratin pair under conditions that are nonpermissive for keratinocytes to express their normal, differentiation-related keratin pairs.
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- A Schermer
- Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016
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Stoler A, Duvic M, Fuchs E. Unusual patterns of keratin expression in the overlying epidermis of patients with dermatofibromas: biochemical alterations in the epidermis as a consequence of dermal tumors. J Invest Dermatol 1989; 93:728-38. [PMID: 2479695 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12284397] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Dermatofibromas are frequently associated with acanthosis of the overlying epidermis. Using monospecific antisera and cRNA probes, we have examined the pattern of expression of keratin and keratin mRNA in the affected epidermis of patients with these dermal tumors. Our studies reveal several abnormalities in keratin expression within the thickened areas of overlying epidermis. In two of 15 patients, we detected K6 and K16, keratins which are frequently associated with epidermal diseases of hyperproliferation but are not present in normal epidermis. In both cases, K6 and K16 were found in suprabasal layers, similar to that seen for psoriasis and squamous cell carcinomas. Expression of K6 and K16 in skin samples from patients with dermatofibromas seemed to be dependent upon how near was the tumor to the overlying epidermis, and possibly upon the degree of cellularity within the tumor mass. A second aberration in keratin expression, and one which did not appear to be linked to K6/K16 expression, was the altered expression of the basal epidermal keratin K14. Expression of this keratin and its mRNA was variable, often extending into multiple suprabasal layers and including both basal-like and squamous-like cells. In contrast to the expression of K6/K16, aberrant expression of K14 was a relatively frequent event, occurring in greater than 70% of the dermatofibroma skin samples examined. These observations provide the first biochemical evidence in support of previous morphologic studies, indicating that alterations in epidermal differentiation can occur as a consequence of dermal skin tumors.
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- A Stoler
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Dhouailly D, Xu C, Manabe M, Schermer A, Sun TT. Expression of hair-related keratins in a soft epithelium: subpopulations of human and mouse dorsal tongue keratinocytes express keratin markers for hair-, skin- and esophageal-types of differentiation. Exp Cell Res 1989; 181:141-58. [PMID: 2465162 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(89)90189-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The dorsal surfaces of mammalian tongues are covered with numerous projections known as filiform papillae whose morphology varies in different species. Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies to keratins as probes, we have established that, in both human and mouse, the interpapillary epithelia express mainly the "esophageal-type" keratins, while the papillary epithelia express "skin-type" keratins as well as some keratins reacting with a monoclonal antibody (AE13) to hair keratins. The AE13-reactive proteins of the mouse were found to be very similar to those of authentic mouse hair keratins. However, the corresponding protein of human tongue appears to be different from all known human keratins. This protein has a MW of 51K; it is relatively acidic; it is sulfhydryl-rich, as revealed by iodoacetic acid-induced charge and apparent size shift; it shares an epitope with all the known acidic human hair keratins; and it is associated with keratin fibrils in vivo. This protein may therefore be regarded as a novel type I "hard" keratin. These data establish that mammalian dorsal tongue epithelia can be divided into at least three compartments that undergo mainly "esophageal-", "skin-" and "hair"-types of differentiation. Different keratin filaments, e.g., those of the esophageal- and hair-types, exhibit strikingly different degrees of lateral aggregation, which can potentially account for the different physical strength and rigidity of various cellular compartments. Our data also suggest the possibility that variations in papillary structure in human and mouse may arise from different spatial arrangements of specific keratinocytes, and/or from the expression of specialized hair-related keratins.
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- D Dhouailly
- Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical School, New York 10016
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Zhou XM, Idler WW, Steven AC, Roop DR, Steinert PM. The complete sequence of the human intermediate filament chain keratin 10. Subdomainal divisions and model for folding of end domain sequences. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)37628-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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