title: Expression of cutaneous fatty acid-binding protein and its mRNA in rat skin.
abstract: Cutaneous fatty acid-binding protein (C-FABP) has been purified from rat skin. Since there was little information about the role of C-FABP in the skin, we investigated the expression of C-FABP and its mRNA in normal rat skin using an immunohistochemical technique and in situ hybridization. In the epidermis, C-FABP mRNA was found to be expressed in basal cells and highly in prickle cells, while C-FABP itself was strongly expressed in the upper prickle and the granular cell layers. In sebaceous glands, both C-FABP and its mRNA were expressed in both peripheral and differentiating cells, although the expression of C-FABP mRNA gradually reduced during differentiation of sebocytes. Since epidermis and sebaceous glands are active sites of fatty acid synthesis, these results suggest that C-FABP may have important roles in the transport and synthesis of fatty acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takenouchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger