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Epidermal 1-O-acylceramides appear with the establishment of the water permeability barrier in mice and are produced by maturating keratinocytes

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LIPIDS
卷 57, 期 3, 页码 183-195

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12342

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acyl; acyltransferase; Asah; brain; ceramides; Dga1p; Dgat2; epidermis; Farber disease; heart; kidney thymus; Lcat; liver; Lpla2; Lro1p; lung; lymph node; mammals; skin barrier; spleen

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This study found that 1-O-Acylceramides (1-OACs) are natural components of human and mouse epidermis, and are formed shortly before birth in mice. Human keratinocytes are one source of epidermal 1-OACs. The levels of 1-OACs are correlated with deficient skin barrier function in mutant mice with deficiencies of ceramide synthases and diacylglycerol acyltransferases. The synthesis of 1-OACs involves multiple enzymes or an unknown acyltransferase of the epidermis.
1-O-Acylceramides (1-OACs) have a fatty acid esterified to the 1-hydroxyl of the sphingosine head group of the ceramide, and recently we identified these lipids as natural components of human and mouse epidermis. Here we show epidermal 1-OACs arise shortly before birth during the establishment of the water permeability barrier in mice. Fractionation of human epidermis indicates 1-OACs concentrate in the stratum corneum. During in vitro maturation into reconstructed human epidermis, human keratinocytes dramatically increase 1-OAC levels indicating they are one source of epidermal 1-OACs. In search of potential enzymes responsible for 1-OAC synthesis in vivo, we analyzed mutant mice with deficiencies of ceramide synthases (Cers2, Cers3, or Cers4), diacylglycerol acyltransferases (Dgat1 or Dgat2), elongase of very long fatty acids 3 (Elovl3), lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (Lcat), stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (Scd1), or acidic ceramidase (Asah1). Overall levels of 1-OACs did not decrease in any mouse model. In Cers3 and Dgat2-deficient epidermis they even increased in correlation with deficient skin barrier function. Dagt2 deficiency reshapes 1-OAC synthesis with an increase in 1-OACs with N-linked non-hydroxylated fatty acids and a 60% decrease compared to control in levels of 1-OACs with N-linked hydroxylated palmitate. As none of the single enzyme deficiencies we examined resulted in a lack of 1-OACs, we conclude that either there is functional redundancy in forming 1-OAC and more than one enzyme is involved, and/or an unknown acyltransferase of the epidermis performs the final step of 1-OAC synthesis, the implications of which are discussed.

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