Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062799
Keywords
olfactory receptor; skin barrier; keratinocytes; barrier dysfunction
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT) [2019R1A2C2003340]
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This study demonstrates that ORs are highly expressed in HaCaT cells, especially under UV or inflammation exposure. Activation of specific ORs by odorant ligands can downregulate skin barrier genes in HaCaT cells, indicating the potential of ORs as markers for skin barrier abnormalities and the need for further research on their role in barrier dysfunction.
Olfactory receptors (ORs) have diverse physiological roles in various cell types, beyond their function as odorant sensors in the olfactory epithelium. These previous findings have suggested that ORs could be diagnostic markers and promising therapeutic targets in several pathological conditions. In the current study, we sought to characterize the changes in the expression of ORs in the HaCaT human keratinocytes cell line exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light or inflammation, well-recognized stimulus for skin barrier disruption. We confirmed that major olfactory signaling components, including ORs, GNAL, Ric8b, and adenylate cyclase type 3, are highly expressed in HaCaT cells. We have also demonstrated that the 12 ectopic ORs detectable in HaCaT cells are more highly expressed in UV-irradiated or inflamed conditions than in normal conditions. We further assessed the specific OR-mediated biological responses of HaCaT cells in the presence of known odorant ligands of ORs and observed that specific ligand-activated ORs downregulate skin barrier genes in HaCaT cells. This study shows the potential of OR as a marker for skin barrier abnormalities. Further research is needed to explore how OR is implicated in the development and progression of barrier dysfunction.
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