Retinoid-mediated transcriptional regulaton of keratin genes in human epidermal and squamous cell carcinoma cells

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.11.4582· OSTI ID:6097017

Stellmach, V; Leask, A; Fuchs, E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

Vitamin A and other retinoids profoundly inhibit morphological and biochemical heatures of epidermal differentiation in vivo and in vitro. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the differential expression of epidermal keratins and their regulation by retinoids, the authors retinoid-mediated changes in total protein expression, protein synthesis, mRNA expression, and transcription in cultured human keratinocytes and in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC-13) cells of epidermal origin. The studies revealed that the epidermal keratins, K5, K6, K14, and K16, their mRNAs, and their transcripts were diminished relative to actin as a consequence of retinoic acid (RA) treatment. The effects were most pronounced in SCC-13 and were detected as early as 6 hr post-RA treatment, with enhancement over an additional 24-48 hr. Repression was also observed when 5{prime} upstream sequences of K14 or K5 genes were used to drive expression of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene in SCC-13 keratinocytes. Both cell types were found to express mRNAs for the RA receptors {alpha} and {gamma}, which may be involved in the RA-mediated transcriptional changes in these cells. The rapid transcriptional changes in epidermal keratin genes were in striking contrast to the previously reported slow transcriptional changes in simple epithelial keratin genes.

• OSTI ID: 6097017
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States) Vol. 88:11; ISSN 0027-8424; ISSN PNASA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMAL TISSUES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CARCINOMAS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISEASES
DRUGS
EPIDERMIS
EPITHELIUM
ESTERS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GENE REGULATION
ISOTOPES
KERATIN
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIPOTROPIC FACTORS
MESSENGER-RNA
METHIONINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
NUCLEIC ACIDS
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOSPHORUS 32
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPES
RETINOIC ACID
RNA
SCLEROPROTEINS
SKIN
SULFUR 35
SULFUR ISOTOPES
TISSUES
TRANSCRIPTION
TUMOR CELLS
VITAMIN A
VITAMINS