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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
The vanin gene family encodes secreted and membrane-bound ectoenzymes that convert pantetheine into pantothenic acid and cysteamine. Recent studies in a mouse colitis model indicated that vanin-1 has proinflammatory activity and suggest that pantetheinases are potential therapeutic targets in inflammatory diseases. In a microarray analysis of epidermal gene expression of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis lesions, we identified vanin-3 as the gene showing the highest differential expression of all annotated genes that we studied (19-fold upregulation in psoriasis). Quantitative real-time PCR analysis confirmed the microarray data on vanin-3 and showed similar induction of vanin-1, but not of vanin-2, in psoriatic epidermis. Immunohistochemistry showed that vanin-3 is expressed in the differentiated epidermal layers. Using submerged and organotypic keratinocyte cultures, we found that vanin-1 and vanin-3 are induced at the mRNA and protein level by psoriasis-associated proinflammatory cytokines (Th17/Th1) but not by Th2 cytokines. We hypothesize that increased levels of pantetheinase activity are part of the inflammatory-regenerative epidermal differentiation program, and may contribute to the phenotype observed in psoriasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amidohydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteamine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GPI-Linked Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PPAR gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transglutaminases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/VNN2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/VNN3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pantetheinase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1523-1747
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2167-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of the vanin gene family in normal and inflamed human skin: induction by proinflammatory cytokines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology and Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article