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- Title
Expression of Transglutaminase in Foreskin of Children with Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans.
- Authors
Russo, Tiziana; Currò, Monica; Barbera, Anna; Caccamo, Daniela; Antonuccio, Pietro; Arena, Salvatore; Montalto, Angela Simona; Parisi, Saveria; Marseglia, Lucia; Gitto, Eloisa; Ientile, Riccardo; Impellizzeri, Pietro; Romeo, Carmelo
- Abstract
Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder of unclear etiology. The etiology and the exact molecular mechanisms underlying the disease are still unknown. The human transglutaminase (TG) family consists of several proteins with catalytic activity essential for biological processes. In the present research we investigated the transcript levels of three TGs in patients operated on for congenital phimosis without or with histologically confirmed BXO; Thirty children with acquired phimosis were enrolled. The removed foreskins were sent both for histological diagnosis and for quantitative real-time PCR to evaluate the transcript levels of keratinocyte (TG1), tissue (TG2), and epidermal (TG3) transglutaminase; We observed a decrease in TG1 and TG3 transcripts by about 70% (p < 0.001) in foreskins from patients with BXO (n = 15) in comparison with patients without BXO (n = 15) and an increase in TG2 mRNA levels by 2.9 folds (p < 0.001); Reduced expression of both TG1 and TG3 was associated with the altered structure of the foreskin in BXO and can be a consequence of damage to keratinocytes. Increased expression of TG2 can be the result of chronic inflammation. TG2 overexpression can play a pivotal role in triggering and maintaining the inflammatory response in BXO patients.
- Subjects
TRANSGLUTAMINASES; FORESKIN surgery; PHIMOSIS; KERATINOCYTES; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 9, p1551
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms17091551