| Role of CD44 in the organization of keratinocyte pericellular hyaluronan. | |
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PMID: 22072421 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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CD44 is a ubiquitous cell surface glycoprotein, involved in important cellular functions including cell adhesion, migration, and modulation of signals from cell surface receptors. While most of these CD44 functions are supposed to involve hyaluronan, relatively little is known about the contribution of CD44 to hyaluronan maintenance and organization on cell surface, and the role of CD44 in hyaluronan synthesis and catabolism. Blocking hyaluronan binding either by CD44 antibodies, CD44-siRNA or hyaluronan decasaccharides (but not hexasaccharides) removed most of the hyaluronan from the surfaces of both human (HaCaT) and mouse keratinocytes, resembling results on cells from CD44-/- animals. In vitro, compromising CD44 function led to reduced and increased amounts, respectively, of intracellular and culture medium hyaluronan, and specific accumulation below the cells. In vivo, CD44-deficiency caused no marked differences in hyaluronan staining intensity or localization in the fetal skin or in adult ear skin, while tail epidermis showed a slight reduction in epidermal hyaluronan staining intensity. However, CD44-deficient tail skin challenged with retinoic acid or tape stripping revealed diffuse accumulation of hyaluronan in the superficial epidermal layers, normally negative for hyaluronan. Our data indicate that CD44 retains hyaluronan in the keratinocyte pericellular matrix, a fact that has not been shown unambiguously before, and that hyaluronan abundance in the absence of CD44 can result in hyaluronan trapping in abnormal locations possibly interfering there with normal differentiation and epidermal barrier function. |
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Sanna Pasonen-Seppänen; Juha M T Hyttinen; Kirsi Rilla; Tiina Jokela; Paul W Noble; Markku Tammi; Raija Tammi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-10 |
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Title: Histochemistry and cell biology Volume: - ISSN: 1432-119X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9506663 Medline TA: Histochem Cell Biol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.B. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland, Sanna.Pasonen@uef.fi. |
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