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Generation and Culturing of Primary Human Keratinocytes from Adult Skin
Published on: December 22, 2017
Role of plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) in keratinocyte differentiation
Sunhyae Jang1, Tae Ho Yang, Eun Jeong An
1Department of Dermatology and Research Institute for Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 55 Munhwa-ro, Daejeon 301-747, Republic of Korea.
Background:
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) is an enzyme inhibitor which is involved in various biological processes including cell differentiation, tissue regrowth and regeneration. Although PAI-2 has been originally isolated as an extracellular inhibitor of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), recent studies indicate that PAI-2 has other intracellular effects in keratinocyte, such as the component of cornified envelope.
Objective:
The aim of this study is to investigate the expression and functional role of PAI-2 during the keratinocyte differentiation.
Methods:
We transduced keratinocytes with adenovirus harboring the expression cassette for PAI-2, then examined the effect on keratinocytes differentiation.
Results:
When cultured epidermal keratinocytes were treated with 1.2 mM calcium, PAI-2 expression was increased time-dependently at both mRNA and protein levels. The calcium-induced PAI-2 expression was abolished by treatment with p38 MAPK inhibitor, while overexpression of MKK6 led to the increase of PAI-2 expression. When PAI-2 was overexpressed by adenoviral transduction, the expression of keratinocyte differentiation markers such as involucrin, keratin 10 and loricrin was markedly increased. Concomitantly, overexpression of PAI-2 resulted in the retardation of cell growth, with the increase of Rb and p53.
Conclusion:
These results suggest that PAI-2 has a role for promoting the differentiation of epidermal keratinocytes.
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