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- Title
Effects of Tenascin C on the Integrity of Extracellular Matrix and Skin Aging.
- Authors
Choi, Young Eun; Song, Min Ji; Hara, Mari; Imanaka-Yoshida, Kyoko; Lee, Dong Hun; Chung, Jin Ho; Lee, Seung-Taek
- Abstract
Tenascin C (TNC) is an element of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of various tissues, including the skin, and is involved in modulating ECM integrity and cell physiology. Although skin aging is apparently associated with changes in the ECM, little is known about the role of TNC in skin aging. In this study, we found that the Tnc mRNA level was significantly reduced in the skin tissues of aged mice compared with young mice, consistent with reduced TNC protein expression in aged human skin. TNC-large (TNC-L; 330-kDa) and -small (TNC-S; 240-kDa) polypeptides were observed in conditional media from primary dermal fibroblasts. Both recombinant TNC polypeptides, corresponding to TNC-L and TNC-S, increased the expression of type I collagen and reduced the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 in fibroblasts. Treatment of fibroblasts with a recombinant TNC polypeptide, corresponding to TNC-L, induced phosphorylation of SMAD2 and SMAD3. TNC increased the level of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) mRNA and upregulated the expression of type I collagen by activating the TGF-β signaling pathway. In addition, TNC also promoted the expression of type I collagen in fibroblasts embedded in a three-dimensional collagen matrix. Our findings suggest that TNC contributes to the integrity of ECM in young skin and to prevention of skin aging.
- Subjects
EXTRACELLULAR matrix; TENASCIN; CELL physiology; SKIN aging; MESSENGER RNA; AGING prevention
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 22, p8693
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms21228693