Epithelial–mesenchymal interaction during UVB-induced up-regulation of neutral endopeptidase
- 14 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 443 (1), 297-305
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj20111876
Abstract
We recently reported that overexpression of the elastase NEP (neutral endopeptidase) by fibroblasts plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of UVB-induced skin wrinkling by degrading dermal elastic fibres. Since UVB does not penetrate to the dermis, we hypothesized that factors secreted by UVB-exposed keratinocytes in the epidermis trigger fibroblasts in the dermis to increase their expression of NEP which then degrades the elastic fibres. In the present study, we characterized the epithelial–mesenchymal interaction between keratinocytes and fibroblasts which leads to increased expression of NEP. Human fibroblasts co-cultured with UVB-exposed human keratinocytes in cell inserts significantly increased their expression of NEP at the transcriptional, translational and enzymatic levels. Neutralizing antibodies to IL (interleukin)-1α or GM-CSF (granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor) significantly abolished the increased expression of NEP at the enzymatic levels in human fibroblasts co-cultured with UVB-exposed human keratinocytes, whereas neutralizing antibodies to IL-6, IL-8 or TNFα (tumour necrosis factor α) had no such effect. The addition of IL-1α or GM-CSF, but not TNFα, IL-6 or IL-8, at concentrations ranging from 1 to 10 nM, significantly stimulated the expression of NEP in human fibroblasts at the transcriptional and translational levels. These findings suggest that IL-1α and GM-CSF are intrinsic cytokines secreted by UVB-exposed keratinocytes that stimulate expression of NEP by fibroblasts.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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