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7867710

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
The altered patterns of expression of gangliosides during density-dependent growth inhibition, oncogenic transformation, and embryogenesis suggest that gangliosides, sialylated membrane glycolipids, may affect cellular proliferation and differentiation. Gangliosides of the "b" pathway of ganglioside synthesis, including GM3, GD3, and GD1b, inhibit the proliferation of cultured keratinocytes without increasing differentiation. We have examined the effect on keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation of supplemental ganglioside GT1b, a more highly sialylated ganglioside of the "b" synthetic pathway that is also present in cultured keratinocytes. In contrast to the lack of effect on differentiation of these other gangliosides, we noted significant induction of keratinocyte differentiation by GT1b, as evidenced by early desmosome formation, and increased cornified envelope formation and expression of involucrin and of the differentiation-specific keratin K1. The addition of GT1b did not cause a shift in intracellular free calcium or alter protein kinase C activity. Alterations in the membrane concentration of ganglioside GT1b, a minor ganglioside component of the keratinocyte membrane, may participate in regulating keratinocyte differentiation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
217
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
118-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Ganglioside GT1b induces keratinocyte differentiation without activating protein kinase C.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.