Crucial role of vinexin for keratinocyte migration in vitro and epidermal wound healing in vivo

Journal Article · Thu Jun 10 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Experimental Cell Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.YEXCR.2010.03.019· OSTI ID:22209877

Kioka, Noriyuki ^[1]; Ito, Takuya; Yamashita, Hiroshi ^[1]; Uekawa, Natsuko ^[2]; Umemoto, Tsutomu; Motoyoshi, Soh ^[1]; Imai, Hiroshi ^[2]; Takahashi, Kenzo ^[3]; Watanabe, Hideto ^[4]; Yamada, Masayasu ^[2]; Ueda, Kazumitsu ^[1]

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1. Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
2. Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
3. Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8507 (Japan)
4. Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195 (Japan)

In the process of tissue injury and repair, epithelial cells rapidly migrate and form epithelial sheets. Vinexin is a cytoplasmic molecule of the integrin-containing cell adhesion complex localized at focal contacts in vitro. Here, we investigated the roles of vinexin in keratinocyte migration in vitro and wound healing in vivo. Vinexin knockdown using siRNA delayed migration of both HaCaT human keratinocytes and A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells in scratch assay but did not affect cell proliferation. Induction of cell migration by scratching the confluent monolayer culture of these cells activated both EGFR and ERK, and their inhibitors AG1478 and U0126 substantially suppressed scratch-induced keratinocyte migration. Vinexin knockdown in these cells inhibited the scratch-induced activation of EGFR, but not that of ERK, suggesting that vinexin promotes cell migration via activation of EGFR. We further generated vinexin (-/-) mice and isolated their keratinocytes. They similarly showed slow migration in scratch assay. Furthermore, vinexin (-/-) mice exhibited a delay in cutaneous wound healing in both the back skin and tail without affecting the proliferation of keratinocytes. Together, these results strongly suggest a crucial role of vinexin in keratinocyte migration in vitro and cutaneous wound healing in vivo.

• OSTI ID: 22209877
• Journal Information: Experimental Cell Research, Journal Name: Experimental Cell Research Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 316; ISSN 0014-4827; ISSN ECREAL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ANIMAL TISSUES
CARCINOMAS
CELL PROLIFERATION
HEALING
IN VITRO
IN VIVO
MICE
SKIN
WOUNDS