title: Regulation of interleukin-1alpha expression by integrins and epidermal growth factor receptor in keratinocytes from a mouse model of inflammatory skin disease.
abstract: Transgenic mice expressing beta1 integrins in the suprabasal epidermal layers have sporadic skin hyperproliferation and inflammation correlated with activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) mitogen-activated protein kinase and increased interleukin (IL)-1alpha production. We investigated the link between aberrant integrin expression, Erk activation, and expression of IL-1alpha. Transgenic keratinocytes had higher basal Erk activity and IL-1alpha levels than nontransgenic controls and were more sensitive to stimulation of Erk activity and IL-1alpha production by IL-1alpha, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and serum. Inhibition of Erk in transgenic keratinocytes reduced basal IL-1alpha levels and the stimulation of IL-1alpha production by serum or phorbol ester, demonstrating that Erk could regulate IL-1alpha expression. TPA or IL-1alpha treatment resulted in rapid down-regulation of the EGF receptor in transgenic cells, indicative of transactivation. Inhibition of transactivation blocked basal and TPA or IL-1alpha induced Erk activation, but not IkappaBalpha degradation, and abolished increased IL-1alpha production in transgenic cells. In transgene-negative cells, constitutive activation of IL-1-dependent signaling by wild type or kinase-dead IRAK1 stimulated IL-1alpha production independent of Erk. We conclude that suprabasal integrin expression leads to Erk activation and increased IL-1alpha expression by potentiating activation of the EGF receptor. These results provide a mechanism by which aberrant integrin expression triggers epidermal hyperproliferation and inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Keratinocyte Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: Fiona M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Watt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016023:Integrins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016328:NF-kappa B; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate