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Generation of a Three-dimensional Full Thickness Skin Equivalent and Automated Wounding
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La envoltura cornificada de los queratinocitos epidérmicos humanos terminalmente diferenciados se compone de
Cell
|June 1, 1977
Resumen
El estrato córneo es el estrato córneo.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Dermatología Dermatología dermatología.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología celular Biología celular.
Sus antecedentes:
- El estrato córneo, la capa más externa de la epidermis, contiene proteínas que son resistentes a la solubilización.
- Estas proteínas insolubles son componentes integrales de la envoltura cornificada, una estructura debajo de la membrana plasmática.
- Comprender la estructura de la envoltura cornificada es crucial para comprender la función de la barrera de la piel.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la naturaleza de la fracción de proteína insoluble en el callo epidérmico humano.
- Para caracterizar el enlace cruzado de proteínas dentro de la envoltura cornificada.
- Para determinar si los queratinocitos diferenciados in vitro imitan el enlace cruzado encontrado in vivo.
Principales métodos:
- Ensayos de solubilización utilizando sulfato de dodecilo de sodio y agentes reductores.
- Digestión proteolítica de envolturas cornificadas seguida de análisis cromatográfico.
- Síntesis y etiquetado de proteínas de envoltura cornificada en queratinocitos epidérmicos humanos cultivados.
- Cuantificación de los enlaces cruzados de lisina epsilon-gamma-glutamilo utilizando lisina radiactiva.
Principales resultados:
- Una pequeña fracción de la proteína del estrato córneo se mantuvo insoluble en condiciones adversas.
- La digestión proteolítica reveló que aproximadamente el 18% de los residuos de lisina eran parte de los enlaces cruzados de lisina epsilon-gamma-glutamilo.
- Las envolturas de queratinocitos sintetizadas y diferenciadas in vitro exhibieron extensiones de enlaces cruzados similares.
- Los sobres cornificados demostraron insolubilidad en detergentes/agentes reductores, pero solubilidad después del tratamiento con proteasa.
Conclusiones:
- Las propiedades de insolubilidad y solubilidad de las envolturas cornificadas se explican por una estructura de celosía de proteínas entrelazadas.
- La lisina Epsilon- ((gamma-glutamyl) es un importante dipeptido de enlaces cruzados en el sobre cornificado epidérmico humano.
- Los queratinocitos humanos cultivados proporcionan un modelo válido para estudiar el enlace cruzado de la envoltura cornificada.
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