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- Title
Differential Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Subtypes During the Differentiation of Human Keratinocytes.
- Authors
Rivier, Michel; Safonova, Irina; Lebrun, Patricia; Griffiths, Christopher E. M.; Ailhaud, Gérard; Michel, Serge
- Abstract
The expression of mRNA encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtypes in human keratinocytes was determined by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. When normal human keratinocytes were induced to differentiate by shifting the culture medium to high Ca2+ concentration, the expression of PPAR-α and -γ mRNA was increased, whereas that of PPAR-δ remained unchanged. At the protein level, the expression of PPAR in cultured human keratinocytes was demonstrated by a DNA mobility shift assay and the functionality of the receptor subtypes was assessed by transactivation experiments. In epidermis reconstructed in vitro, the level of PPAR-α and -γ mRNA was also associated with keratinocyte differentiation. In lesional compared with nonlesional psoriatic epidermis, the expression of PPAR-α and -γ mRNA was reduced, indicating that these two subtypes are tightly linked to the epidermal differentiation process.
- Subjects
KERATINOCYTES; PEROXISOMES
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1998, Vol 111, Issue 6, p1116
- ISSN
0022-202X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00439.x