Journal
EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 111-117Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01420.x
Keywords
differentiation; epidermolysis bullosa simplex; migration; transcriptional profiling; wound healing
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- Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association (DEBRA), Austria
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An intact keratin 5/keratin 14 intermediate filament cytoskeleton is vital for the integrity of basal keratinocytes and for the development and maintenance of epidermal structures. In patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara (EBS-DM), heterozygous mutations in the keratin 14 gene in keratinocytes cause a cytoskeletal collapse leading to fragile cells susceptible to cellular stress. The primary aim of this work was to extend analysis of differentially expressed genes in an EBS-DM model cell line to obtain insights into the molecular consequences resulting from the keratin 14 mutation. In a first step, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), a powerful technology to enrich for differentially expressed genes, was used to identify genes whose up-regulation may be a direct or indirect result of the keratin 14 mutation, R125P. We discovered 55 candidate genes (SSH genes) that were further analysed by RTq-PCR. Of the 55 SSH genes, 14 (25.45%) were found to be congruently up-regulated. Bioinformatic analysis revealed significant enrichment of genes regulating epidermal development, migration, apoptosis and wound healing.
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