title: Protein kinase C mRNA levels and activity in reconstituted normal human epidermis: relationships to cell differentiation.
abstract: Although keratinocytes are a major target of phorbol ester actions, the activity and the expression of the eight cloned protein kinase C (PKC) isoenzymes have not been studied in detail in human epidermis. Starting from normal human keratinocytes, we reconstituted in culture a multilayered epithelial tissue which presents many hystological, biochemical, and molecular features of the authentic epidermis and we used it as a model to investigate the PKC activity and mRNA levels. We found that i) PKC activity is higher in differentiated than in non-differentiated cells; ii) the mRNA levels of PKC delta and -eta/L, while are differently affected by spontaneous keratinocyte differentiation, are down-regulated during phorbol esters-induced cell differentiation. Our findings could represent a basis to investigate the involvement of PKC isoforms in the keratinocyte differentiation process.
authors.affiliation: Cellife Biotecnologie s.r.l., Università di Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gherzi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sparatore
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patrone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sciutto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briata
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate