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SCIENCE
卷 367, 期 6483, 页码 1210-+出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax9554
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- NIH [R01AR27883]
- Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund
- Tri-Institutional Starr Stem Cell Scholars Fellowship at The Rockefeller University
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
At the body surface, skin's stratified squamous epithelium is challenged by environmental extremes. The surface of the skin is composed of enucleated, flattened surface squames. They derive from underlying, transcriptionally active keratinocytes that display filaggrin-containing keratohyalin granules (KGs) whose function is unclear. Here, we found that filaggrin assembles KGs through liquid-liquid phase separation. The dynamics of phase separation governed terminal differentiation and were disrupted by human skin barrier disease-associated mutations. We used fluorescent sensors to investigate endogenous phase behavior in mice. Phase transitions during epidermal stratification crowded cellular spaces with liquid-like KGs whose coalescence was restricted by keratin filament bundles. We imaged cells as they neared the skin surface and found that environmentally regulated KG phase dynamics drive squame formation. Thus, epidermal structure and function are driven by phase-separation dynamics.
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