Circulating monocytes have the capacity to be transdifferentiated into keratinocyte‐like cells
- 13 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Wound Repair and Regeneration
- Vol. 17 (2), 268-277
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-475x.2009.00457.x
Abstract
Transdifferentiation is a process in which the original commitment of a cell is changed to give rise to unexpected peripheral mature cells. Our previous report showed that circulating stem cells can generate keratinocyte-like cells (KLCs). However, it remains to be determined whether or not other peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) subsets have the potential to follow the same cell fate. In this study, the cell transdifferentiation of circulating CD14(+) monocytes into KLCs and their regulatory effect on matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) expression in dermal fibroblasts were evaluated. The results showed that monocytes isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells have the capacity to generate KLCs. These transdifferentiated cells exhibited, along with a keratinocyte-like morphology, a characteristic profile consisting in stratifin(+), cytokeratins(+) (types I and II), CD14(low), and involucrin(+) on day 21 in culture. Similar to keratinocyte-conditioned media, KLC-derived conditioned media were able to induce an increase in the MMP-1 expression in dermal fibroblasts. This effect was significantly reduced by using 14-3-3 protein-depleted KLC-conditioned media. Our findings show the potential transdifferentiation of circulating CD14(+) monocytes into KLCs and their regulatory effect on MMP-1 expression in dermal fibroblasts.Keywords
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