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Herbst CH, Bouteau A, Menykő EJ, Qin Z, Gyenge E, Su Q, Cooper V, Mabbott NA, Igyártó BZ. Dendritic cells overcome Cre/Lox induced gene deficiency by siphoning cytosolic material from surrounding cells. iScience 2024; 27:109119. [PMID: 38384841 PMCID: PMC10879714 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
In a previous report, keratinocytes were shown to share their gene expression profile with surrounding Langerhans cells (LCs), influencing LC biology. Here, we investigated whether transferred material could substitute for lost gene products in cells subjected to Cre/Lox conditional gene deletion. We found that in human Langerin-Cre mice, epidermal LCs and CD11b+CD103+ mesenteric DCs overcome gene deletion if the deleted gene was expressed by neighboring cells. The mechanism of material transfer differed from traditional antigen uptake routes, relying on calcium and PI3K, being susceptible to polyguanylic acid inhibition, and remaining unaffected by inflammation. Termed intracellular monitoring, this process was specific to DCs, occurring in all murine DC subsets tested and human monocyte-derived DCs. The transferred material was presented on MHC-I and MHC-II, suggesting a role in regulating immune responses.
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- Christopher H Herbst
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- OncoNano Medicine, Inc, Southlake, TX 76092, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Herbst CH, Bouteau A, Menykő EJ, Qin Z, Su Q, Buelvas DM, Gyenge E, Mabbott NA, Igyártó BZ. Dendritic Cells Overcome Cre/Lox Induced Gene Deficiency by Siphoning Material From Neighboring Cells Using Intracellular Monitoring-a Novel Mechanism of Antigen Acquisition. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.22.550169. [PMID: 37546718 PMCID: PMC10401943 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.22.550169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) in peripheral tissue interact closely with their local microenvironment by scavenging protein and nucleic acids released by neighboring cells. Material transfer between cell types is necessary for pathogen detection and antigen presentation, but thought to be relatively limited in scale. Recent reports, however, demonstrate that the quantity of transferred material can be quite large when DCs are in direct contact with live cells. This observation may be problematic for conditional gene deletion models that assume gene products will remain in the cell they are produced in. Here, we investigate whether conditional gene deletions induced by the widely used Cre/Lox system can be overcome at the protein level in DCs. Of concern, using the human Langerin Cre mouse model, we find that epidermal Langerhans cells and CD11b+CD103+ mesenteric DCs can overcome gene deletion if the deleted gene is expressed by neighboring cells. Surprisingly, we also find that the mechanism of material transfer does not resemble known mechanisms of antigen uptake, is dependent on extra- and intracellular calcium, PI3K, and scavenger receptors, and mediates a majority of material transfer to DCs. We term this novel process intracellular monitoring, and find that it is specific to DCs, but occurs in all murine DC subsets tested, as well as in human DCs. Transferred material is successfully presented and cross presented on MHC-II and MHC-I, and occurs between allogeneic donor and acceptors cells-implicating this widespread and unique process in immunosurveillance and organ transplantation.
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- Christopher H. Herbst
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- OncoNano Medicine, Inc., Southlake, TX 76092, U.S
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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- The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, U.S
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Wilkinson EL, Ashton L, Kerns JG, Allinson SL, Mort RL. Fingerprinting of skin cells by live cell Raman spectroscopy reveals melanoma cell heterogeneity and cell-type-specific responses to UVR. Exp Dermatol 2022; 31:1543-1553. [PMID: 35700136 PMCID: PMC9796253 DOI: 10.1111/exd.14625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy is an emerging dermatological technique with the potential to discriminate biochemically between cell types in a label-free and non-invasive manner. Here, we use live single-cell Raman spectroscopy and principal component analysis (PCA) to fingerprint mouse melanoblasts, melanocytes, keratinocytes and melanoma cells. We show the differences in their spectra are attributable to biomarkers in the melanin biosynthesis pathway and that melanoma cells are a heterogeneous population that sit on a trajectory between undifferentiated melanoblasts and differentiated melanocytes. We demonstrate the utility of Raman spectroscopy as a highly sensitive tool to probe the melanin biosynthesis pathway and its immediate response to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation revealing previously undescribed opposing responses to UVA and UVB irradiation in melanocytes. Finally, we identify melanocyte-specific accumulation of β-carotene correlated with a stabilisation of the UVR response in lipids and proteins consistent with a β-carotene-mediated photoprotective mechanism. In summary, our data show that Raman spectroscopy can be used to determine the differentiation status of cells of the melanocyte lineage and describe the immediate and temporal biochemical changes associated with UV exposure which differ depending on cell type, differentiation status and competence to synthesise melanin. Our work uniquely applies Raman spectroscopy to discriminate between cell types by biological function and differentiation status while they are growing in culture. In doing so, we demonstrate for the first time its utility as a tool with which to probe the melanin biosynthesis pathway.
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- Emma L. Wilkinson
- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and MedicineLancaster UniversityLancasterUK
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- Department of ChemistryLancaster UniversityLancasterUK
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- Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health and MedicineLancaster UniversityLancasterUK
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and MedicineLancaster UniversityLancasterUK
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and MedicineLancaster UniversityLancasterUK
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Miyazono S, Otani T, Ogata K, Kitagawa N, Iida H, Inai Y, Matsuura T, Inai T. The reduced susceptibility of mouse keratinocytes to retinoic acid may be involved in the keratinization of oral and esophageal mucosal epithelium. Histochem Cell Biol 2020; 153:225-237. [PMID: 32006103 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-020-01845-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Keratinocytes take up serum-derived retinol (vitamin A) and metabolize it to all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA), which binds to the nuclear retinoic acid receptor (RAR). We previously reported that serum-affected keratinocyte differentiation and function; namely, it inhibited keratinization, decreased loricrin (LOR) and claudin (CLDN) 1 expression, increased keratin (K) 4 and CLDN4 levels, and reduced paracellular permeability in three-dimensional (3D) cultures of mouse keratinocytes (COCA). Contrarily, RAR inhibition reversed these changes. Here, we aimed to examine whether atRA exerted the same effects as serum, and whether it was involved in the differential oral mucosa keratinization among animal species. Porcine oral mucosal keratinocytes, which form non-keratinized epithelium in vivo, established keratinized epithelium in 3D cultures. Both mouse and porcine sera induced non-keratinized epithelium at 0.1% in COCA 3D cultures. Although atRA caused the same changes as serum, its effective concentration differed. atRA inhibited keratinization at 0.1 nM and 1 nM in porcine or human keratinocytes and COCA, respectively. Furthermore, atRA upregulated CLDN7 in the cytoplasm but not in cell-cell contacts. These atRA-induced changes were reverted by RAR inhibition. The results indicate that serum-induced changes are probably due to the effect of serum-derived atRA, and that mouse keratinocytes require higher atRA concentrations to suppress keratinization than porcine and human keratinocytes. We propose that the lower susceptibility of mouse keratinocytes to atRA, rather than a lower retinol concentration, is a possible reason for the keratinization of mouse oral mucosal epithelium.
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- Shoji Miyazono
- Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Division of General Dentistry, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan.
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Hashimoto S, Takanari H, Compe E, Egly JM. Dysregulation of LXR responsive genes contribute to ichthyosis in trichothiodystrophy. J Dermatol Sci 2020; 97:201-207. [PMID: 32037099 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by brittle hairs and various systemic symptoms, including photosensitivity and ichthyosis. While photosensitivity could result from DNA repair defects, other TTD clinical features might be due to deficiencies in certain molecular processes. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to understand the pathophysiological mechanism of ichthyosis in TTD, focused on the transcriptional dysregulation. METHODS TTD mouse skin tissue and keratinocytes were pathologically and physiologically examined to identify the alteration of lipid homeostasis in TTD with ichtyosis. Gene expression of certain lipid transporter was assessed in fibroblasts derived from TTD patients and TTD mouse keratinocytes. RESULTS Histopathology and electron microscopy revealed abnormal lipid composition in TTD mice skin. In addition to abnormal cholesterol dynamics, TTD mouse keratinocytes exhibit impaired expression of Liver X receptor (LXR) responsive genes, including Abca12, a key regulator of Harlequin ichthyosis, and Abcg1 that is involved in the cholesterol transport process in the epidermis. Strikingly, dysregulation of LXR responsive genes has been only observed in cells isolated from TTD patients who developed ichthyosis. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the altered expression of the LXR-responsive genes contribute to the pathophysiology of ichthyosis in TTD. These findings provide a new drug discovery target for TTD.
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- Satoru Hashimoto
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Clinical Research Center for Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan; Department of Genetics, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Clinical Research Center for Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan; Department of Interdisciplinary Researches for Medicine and Photonics, Institute of Post-LED Photonics, Tokushima, Japan
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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Zhang L, Wang WH, Jin JY, Degan S, Zhang GQ, Erdmann D, Hall RP, Zhang JY. Induction of hair follicle neogenesis with cultured mouse dermal papilla cells in de novo regenerated skin tissues. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2019; 13:1641-1650. [PMID: 31216101 DOI: 10.1002/term.2918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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De novo skin regeneration with human keratinocytes amplified in culture is a life-saving procedure for patients with extensive skin loss and chronic wounds. It also provides a valuable platform for gene function and therapeutic assessments. Nevertheless, tissues generated in this manner lack hair follicles that are important for skin homeostasis, barrier function, and repair. In this study, we generated skin tissues with human keratinocytes combined with dermal papilla (DP) cells isolated from mouse whisker hair. For this, cultured keratinocytes and mouse DP (mDP) cells were mixed at 10:1 ratio and seeded onto devitalized human dermal matrix derived from surgically discarded human abdominoplasty skin. After 1 week in submerged culture, the cell/matrix composites were grafted onto the skin wound beds of immunocompromised NSG.SCID mice. Histological analysis of 6-week-old skin grafts showed that tissues generated with the addition of mDP cells contained Sox2-positive dermal condensates and well-differentiated folliculoid structures that express human keratinocyte markers. These results indicate that cultured mDP cells can induce hair follicle neogenesis in the de novo regenerated skin tissues. Our method offers a new experimental system for mechanistic studies of hair follicle morphogenesis and tissue regeneration and provides insights to solving an important clinical challenge in generation of fully functional skin with a limited source of donor cells.
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- Long Zhang
- Department of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.,Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Dermatology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Dermatology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Ozaki A, Otani T, Kitagawa N, Ogata K, Iida H, Kojima H, Inai T. Serum affects keratinization and tight junctions in three-dimensional cultures of the mouse keratinocyte cell line COCA through retinoic acid receptor-mediated signaling. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 151:315-326. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1741-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Anisomycin, a JNK and p38 activator, suppresses cell-cell junction formation in 2D cultures of K38 mouse keratinocyte cells and reduces claudin-7 expression, with an increase of paracellular permeability in 3D cultures. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 151:369-384. [PMID: 30284609 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1736-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Keratinocytes in the oral mucosal epithelium, which is a non-keratinized stratified epithelium, are exposed to various stimuli from the oral cavity. JNK and p38 are stress-activated mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that are phosphorylated by various stimuli and are involved in the assembly and disassembly of tight junctions (TJs) in keratinocytes. Therefore, we investigated the effects of stress-activated MAPKs on TJs in a mouse keratinocyte cell line during cell-cell junction formation in two-dimensional (2D) cultures or stratification to form non-keratinized epithelium in 3D cultures. In 2D cultures, calcium induced zipper-like staining for ZO-1 at 2 h and string-like staining for ZO-1 at 12 h, which indicated immature and mature cell-cell junctions, respectively. Anisomycin (AM), a JNK and p38 activator, inhibited formation of string-like staining for ZO-1, whereas inhibition of JNK, but not p38, after AM treatment restored string-like staining for ZO-1, although claudins (CLDNs) 4, 6, and 7 did not completely colocalize to ZO-1-positive sites. In 3D cultures, AM treatment for 2 weeks activated only p38, suppressed flattening of the superficial cells, removed CLDN7 from ZO-1-positive spots on the surface of 3D cultures, which represent TJs, and decreased transepithelial electrical resistance. Thus, short-term AM treatment inhibited maturation of cell-cell junctions by JNK, but not p38, activation. p38 activation by long-term AM treatment affected morphology of stratified structures and paracellular permeability, which was increased by CLDN7 removal from TJs. Various chronic stimuli that activate stress-activated MAPKs may weaken the keratinocyte barrier and be involved in TJ-related diseases.
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Pohin M, Veaute C, Garnier J, Barrault C, Cronier L, Huguier V, Favot L, Mcheik J, Bernard FX, Lecron JC, Morel F, Jégou JF. Development of a new model of reconstituted mouse epidermis and characterization of its response to proinflammatory cytokines. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2017; 12:e1098-e1107. [PMID: 28477582 DOI: 10.1002/term.2442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The development of three-dimensional models of reconstituted mouse epidermis (RME) has been hampered by the difficulty to maintain murine primary keratinocyte cultures and to achieve a complete epidermal stratification. In this study, a new protocol is proposed for the rapid and convenient generation of RME, which reproduces accurately the architecture of a normal mouse epidermis. During RME morphogenesis, the expression of differentiation markers such as keratins, loricrin, filaggrin, E-cadherin and connexins was followed, showing that RME structure at day 5 was similar to those of a normal mouse epidermis, with the acquisition of the natural barrier function. It was also demonstrated that RME responded to skin-relevant proinflammatory cytokines by increasing the expression of antimicrobial peptides and chemokines, and inhibiting epidermal differentiation markers, as in the human system. This new model of RME is therefore suitable to investigate mouse epidermis physiology further and opens new perspectives to generate reconstituted epidermis from transgenic mice.
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- Mathilde Pohin
- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Básica, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- STIM, CNRS ERL 7368, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France.,CHU de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France.,CHU de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France.,Bioalternatives, Gençay, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France.,CHU de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Inflammation, Tissus Epithéliaux et Cytokines (LITEC), EA 4331, Université de Poitiers, France
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Yoshihisa Y, Rehman MU, Kondo T, Shimizu T. Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in heat-induced apoptosis in keratinocytes. FASEB J 2016; 30:3870-3877. [PMID: 27528627 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600408rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
In human skin, keratinocytes are constantly challenged by adverse influences, such as hot and cold temperatures; however, the effects of heat on apoptosis induction in keratinocytes are not well understood. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a potent cytokine that overcomes p53 function by suppressing its transcriptional activity. Here, we evaluated the effects of MIF on hyperthermia (HT)-induced apoptosis in MIF-deficient [knockout (KO)] and MIF-transgenic (Tg) mouse keratinocytes. Cells were exposed to HT at 44°C, and increased apoptosis was observed in MIF-KO and wild-type (WT) cells compared with MIF-Tg cells. To determine the mechanism, MIF-mediated changes in the cellular p53 level and its effects on p53-dependent death signaling (Bax and p21) and JNK signaling (p-JNK, JNK, p-Bad, and Bad) were investigated. MIF-Tg cells exhibited substantially decreased levels of p53 after HT treatment compared with WT and MIF-KO cells. In addition, HT treatment caused decreased expression of p-JNK and p-Bad in MIF-Tg cells; however, no such changes were observed in MIF-KO and WT cells. These results showed that the activation of JNK (p-JNK and p-Bad) and p53 may be involved in HT-induced apoptosis in keratinocytes and that enhanced endogenous MIF expression suppressed apoptosis.-Yoshihisa, Y., Rehman, M. U., Kondo, T., Shimizu, T. Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in heat-induced apoptosis in keratinocytes.
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- Yoko Yoshihisa
- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan; and
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan; and.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan; and
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The TP63 gene codes for two major isoform types, TAp63 and ΔNp63, with probable opposite roles in tumorigenesis. The ΔNp63α protein is frequently amplified and overexpressed in different epithelial tumors. Accordingly, it has been considered a potential oncogene. Nonetheless, a possible metastatic suppressor activity has also been suggested based on the experimental observation that its expression is reduced or even absent in advanced invasive tumors. Such metastatic suppressor activities are often related to tumors bearing point mutated TP53 gene. However, its potential roles in TP53-deficient tumors are poorly characterized. Here we show that in spontaneous tumors, induced by the epidermal-specific Trp53 ablation, the reduction of ΔNp63 expression is an early event, whereas it is re-expressed in the lung metastatic lesions. Using knock down and ectopic expression approaches, we show that ΔNp63 expression opposes the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and reduces the metastatic potential of the cells. This process occurs through the modulation of ΔNp63-dependent downstream targets (including transcription factors and microRNAs) likely to play metastatic roles. Further, ΔNp63 also favors the expression of factors involved in iPS reprogramming, thus suggesting that it can also modulate specific stem cell traits in mouse epidermal tumor cells. Overall, our data assign antimetastatic roles to ΔNp63 in the context of p53 deficiency and epidermis.
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Segrelles C, García-Escudero R, Garín MI, Aranda JF, Hernández P, Ariza JM, Santos M, Paramio JM, Lorz C. Akt signaling leads to stem cell activation and promotes tumor development in epidermis. Stem Cells 2015; 32:1917-28. [PMID: 24504902 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Hair follicle stem cells (HF-SCs) alternate between periods of quiescence and proliferation, to finally differentiate into all the cell types that constitute the hair follicle. Also, they have been recently identified as cells of origin in skin cancer. HF-SCs localize in a precise region of the hair follicle, the bulge, and molecular markers for this population have been established. Thus, HF-SCs are good model to study the potential role of oncogenic activations on SC physiology. Expression of a permanently active form of Akt (myrAkt) in basal cells leads to Akt hyperactivation specifically in the CD34(+)Itga6(H) population. This activation causes bulge stem cells to exit from quiescence increasing their response to proliferative stimuli and affecting some functions such as cell migration. HF-SC identity upon Akt activation is preserved; in this sense, increased proliferation does not result in stem cell exhaustion with age suggesting that Akt activation does not affect self-renewal an important aspect for normal tissue maintenance and cancer development. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of HF-SC isolated from myrAkt and wild-type epidermis underscores changes in metabolic pathways characteristic of cancer cells. These differences manifest during a two-step carcinogenesis protocol in which Akt activation in HF-SCs results in increased tumor development and malignant transformation.
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- Carmen Segrelles
- Molecular Oncology Unit and, Department of Basic Research, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
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Couteaudier M, Trapp-Fragnet L, Auger N, Courvoisier K, Pain B, Denesvre C, Vautherot JF. Derivation of keratinocytes from chicken embryonic stem cells: establishment and characterization of differentiated proliferative cell populations. Stem Cell Res 2015; 14:224-37. [PMID: 25702531 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A common challenge in avian cell biology is the generation of differentiated cell-lines, especially in the keratinocyte lineage. Only a few avian cell-lines are available and very few of them show an interesting differentiation profile. During the last decade, mammalian embryonic stem cell-lines were shown to differentiate into almost all lineages, including keratinocytes. Although chicken embryonic stem cells had been obtained in the 1990s, few differentiation studies toward the ectodermal lineage were reported. Consequently, we explored the differentiation of chicken embryonic stem cells toward the keratinocyte lineage by using a combination of stromal induction, ascorbic acid, BMP4 and chicken serum. During the induction period, we observed a downregulation of pluripotency markers and an upregulation of epidermal markers. Three homogenous cell populations were derived, which were morphologically similar to chicken primary keratinocytes, displaying intracellular lipid droplets in almost every pavimentous cell. These cells could be serially passaged without alteration of their morphology and showed gene and protein expression profiles of epidermal markers similar to chicken primary keratinocytes. These cells represent an alternative to the isolation of chicken primary keratinocytes, being less cumbersome to handle and reducing the number of experimental animals used for the preparation of primary cells.
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- Mathilde Couteaudier
- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France.
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- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France.
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- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA, USC 1361, INSERM U846, Université Lyon 1, U846 S, Institut Cellules Souches et Cerveau, F-69500 Bron, France.
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- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France.
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- INRA, UMR 1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, Biova Team, Centre INRA de Tours, F-37380 Nouzilly, France.
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Rosenberger S, Dick A, Latzko S, Hausser I, Stark HJ, Rauh M, Schneider H, Krieg P. A mouse organotypic tissue culture model for autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis. Br J Dermatol 2014; 171:1347-57. [PMID: 25078898 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyoses (ARCIs) are keratinization disorders caused by impaired skin barrier function. Mutations in the genes encoding the lipoxygenases 12R-LOX and eLOX-3 are the second most common cause of ARCIs. In recent years, human skin equivalents recapitulating the ARCI phenotype have been established. OBJECTIVES To develop a murine organotypic tissue culture model for ARCI. METHODS Epidermal keratinocytes were isolated from newborn 12R-LOX-deficient mice and cocultivated with mouse dermal fibroblasts embedded in a scaffold of native collagen type I. RESULTS With this experimental set-up the keratinocytes formed a well-organized multilayered stratified epithelium resembling skin architecture in vivo. All epidermal layers were present and the keratinocytes within showed the characteristic morphological features. Markers for differentiation and maturation indicated regular epidermal morphogenesis. The major components of epidermal structures were expressed, and were obviously processed and assembled properly. In contrast to their wild-type counterparts, 12R-LOX-deficient skin equivalents showed abnormal vesicular structures in the upper epidermal layers correlating with altered lipid composition and increased transepidermal water loss, comparable with 12R-LOX-deficient mice. CONCLUSIONS The mouse skin equivalents faithfully recapitulate the 12R-LOX-deficient phenotype observed in vivo, classifying them as appropriate in vitro models to study molecular mechanisms involved in the development of ARCI and to evaluate novel therapeutic agents. In contrast to existing human three-dimensional skin models, the generation of these murine models is not constrained by a limited supply of material and does not depend on in vitro expansion and/or genetic manipulations that could result in inadvertent genotypic and phenotypic alterations.
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- S Rosenberger
- Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Involvement of MIF in basement membrane damage in chronically UVB-exposed skin in mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89569. [PMID: 24586879 PMCID: PMC3931804 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Solar ultraviolet (UV) B radiation is known to induce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) that degrade collagen in the basement membrane. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pluripotent cytokine that plays an essential role in the pathophysiology of skin inflammation induced by UV irradiation. This study examined the effects of MIF on basement membrane damage following chronic UVB irradiation in mice. The back skin of MIF transgenic (Tg) and wild-type (WT) mice was exposed to UVB three times a week for 10 weeks. There was a decrease in intact protein levels of type IV collagen and increased basement membrane damage in the exposed skin of the MIF Tg mice compared to that observed in the WT mice. Moreover, the skin of the MIF Tg mice exhibited higher MIF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression and protein levels than those observed in the WT mice. We also found that chronic UVB exposure in MIF Tg mice resulted in higher levels of neutrophil infiltration in the dermis compared with that observed in the WT mice. In vitro experiments revealed that MIF induced increases in the MMPs expression, including that of MMP-9 in keratinocytes and MMP-2 in fibroblasts. Cultured neutrophils also secreted MMP-9 stimulated by MIF. Therefore, MIF-mediated basement membrane damage occurs primarily through MMPs activation and neutrophil influx in murine skin following chronic UVB irradiation.
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Bornachea O, Santos M, Martínez-Cruz AB, García-Escudero R, Dueñas M, Costa C, Segrelles C, Lorz C, Buitrago A, Saiz-Ladera C, Agirre X, Grande T, Paradela B, Maraver A, Ariza JM, Prosper F, Serrano M, Sánchez-Céspedes M, Paramio JM. EMT and induction of miR-21 mediate metastasis development in Trp53-deficient tumours. Sci Rep 2012; 2:434. [PMID: 22666537 PMCID: PMC3364492 DOI: 10.1038/srep00434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Missense mutations in TP53 gene promote metastasis in human tumours. However, little is known about the complete loss of function of p53 in tumour metastasis. Here we show that squamous cell carcinomas generated by the specific ablation of Trp53 gene in mouse epidermis are highly metastatic. Biochemical and genome-wide mRNA and miRNA analyses demonstrated that metastases are associated with the early induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and deregulated miRNA expression in primary tumours. Increased expression of miR-21 was observed in undifferentiated, prometastatic mouse tumours and in human tumours characterized by p53 mutations and distant metastasis. The augmented expression of miR-21, mediated by active mTOR and Stat3 signalling, conferred increased invasive properties to mouse keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo, whereas blockade of miR-21 in a metastatic spindle cell line inhibits metastasis development. Collectively these data identify novel molecular mechanisms leading to metastasis in vivo originated by p53 loss in epithelia.
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- Olga Bornachea
- Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Ave. Complutense 40, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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