title: Hypoxia increases human keratinocyte motility on connective tissue.
abstract: Re-epithelialization of skin wounds depends upon the migration of keratinocytes from the cut margins of the wound and is enhanced when human keratinocytes are covered with occlusive dressings that induce hypoxia. In this study, two independent migration assays were used to compare cellular motility on connective tissue components under normoxic or hypoxic conditions. Human keratinocytes apposed to collagens or fibronectin exhibited increased motility when subjected to hypoxic (0.2 or 2% oxygen) conditions compared with normoxic (9 or 20% oxygen) conditions. When compared with normoxic cells, hypoxic keratinocytes exhibited increased expression and redistribution of the lamellipodia-associated proteins (ezrin, radixin, and moesin). Furthermore, hypoxic keratinocytes demonstrated decreased secretion of laminin-5, a laminin isoform known to inhibit keratinocyte motility. Hypoxia did not alter the number of integrin receptors on the cell surface, but did induce enhanced secretion of the 92-kD type IV collagenase. These data demonstrate that hypoxia promotes human keratinocyte motility on connective tissue. Hypoxia-driven motility is associated with increased expression of lamellipodia proteins, increased expression of collagenase and decreased expression of laminin-5, the locomotion brake for keratinocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Marinkovich
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Peavey
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Amieva
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furthmayr
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mustoe
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Woodley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D017364:Collagenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000097794:Kalinin; D000099149:Ezrin
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003094:Collagen; D017364:Collagenases; D003470:Culture Media; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D016023:Integrins; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010100:Oxygen; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D000097794:Kalinin; D000099149:Ezrin; C071058:moesin; C071776:radixin