Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 26, Issue 31, Pages 4478-4488Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210235
Keywords
p51/p63; Notch; keratinocyte; stem cell; p53; tumor suppressor
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p53 homologue, p51/p63, predominantly expressed in keratinocyte stem cells, is indispensable for the formation of epidermis. Notch1, another such gene indispensable for the process, induces growth arrest and differentiation in keratinocytes. We found that exogenous expression of Delta Np51B (Delta Np63 alpha), one of the isoforms of p51 specifically expressed in basal keratinocytes, blocked Notch 1-dependent growth arrest and differentiation in mouse keratinocytes by inhibiting p21 expression and maintaining integrins expression. Furthermore, DNp51B by itself was found to have ability to induce expression of integrin alpha 6 beta 4, which promotes attachment of basal cells to basal membrane thereby keeping the cells in immature state. Therefore, we conclude that DNp51B expression warrants integrin expression even under the influence of Notch1 and that Delta Np51B is a long-sought factor required to maintain basal cell keratinocytes immaturity by inhibiting Notch1 activity. We will postulate a plausible model explaining the maintenance of the squamous epithelium architectures as well as offering mechanistic explanations for pathological features of skin diseases, including cancers, psoriasis along with physiological wound healings.
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