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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The epidermal compartment is complex and organized into several strata composed of keratinocytes (KCs), including basal, spinous, granular, and cornified layers. The continuous process of self-renewal and barrier formation is dependent on a homeostatic balance achieved amongst KCs involving proliferation, differentiation, and cell death. To determine genes responsible for initiating and maintaining a cornified epidermis, organotypic cultures comprised entirely of stratified KCs creating epidermal equivalents (EE) were raised from a submerged state to an air/liquid (A/L) interface. Compared to the array profile of submerged cultures containing KCs predominantly in a proliferative (relatively undifferentiated) state, EEs raised to an A/L interface displayed a remarkably consistent and distinct profile of mRNAs. Cultures lifted to an A/L interface triggered the induction of gene groups that regulate proliferation, differentiation, and cell death. Next, differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding (lncRNA) RNAs were identified in EEs. Several differentially expressed miRNAs were validated by qRT-PCR and Northern blots. miRNAs 203, 205 and Let-7b were up-regulated at early time points (6, 18 and 24 h) but down-regulated by 120 h. To study the lncRNA regulation in EEs, we profiled lncRNA expression by microarray and validated the results by qRT-PCR. Although the differential expression of several lncRNAs is suggestive of a role in epidermal differentiation, their biological functions remain to be elucidated. The current studies lay the foundation for relevant model systems to address such fundamentally important biological aspects of epidermal structure and function in normal and diseased human skin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1617-4623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Gene Regulatory Networks, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-MicroRNAs, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Principal Component Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Receptors, Notch, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Skin, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Tissue Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20499100-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein-coding and non-coding gene expression analysis in differentiating human keratinocytes using a three-dimensional epidermal equivalent.
pubmed:affiliation
Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article