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17439945

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
AKT activity has been reported in the epidermis associated with keratinocyte survival and differentiation. We show in developing skin that Akt activity associates first with post-proliferative, para-basal keratinocytes and later with terminally differentiated keratinocytes that are forming the fetal stratum corneum. In adult epidermis the dominant Akt activity is in these highly differentiated granular keratinocytes, involved in stratum corneum assembly. Stratum corneum is crucial for protective barrier activity, and its formation involves complex and poorly understood processes such as nuclear dissolution, keratin filament aggregation, and assembly of a multiprotein cell cornified envelope. A key protein in these processes is filaggrin. We show that one target of Akt in granular keratinocytes is HspB1 (heat shock protein 27). Loss of epidermal HspB1 caused hyperkeratinization and misprocessing of filaggrin. Akt-mediated HspB1 phosphorylation promotes a transient interaction with filaggrin and intracellular redistribution of HspB1. This is the first demonstration of a specific interaction between HspB1 and a stratum corneum protein and indicates that HspB1 has chaperone activity during stratum corneum formation. This work demonstrates a new role for Akt in epidermis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17297-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
AKT-dependent HspB1 (Hsp27) activity in epidermal differentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural