Visualisation of tissue kallikrein, kininogen and kinin receptors in human skin following trauma and in dermal diseases.
During dermal injury and inflammation the serine proteases kallikreins cleave endogenous, multifunctional substrates (kininogens) to form bradykinin and kallidin. The actions of kinins are mediated by preferential binding to constitutively expressed kinin-B2 receptors or inducible kinin-B1 receptors. A feature of the kinin-B1 receptors is that they show low levels of expression, but are distinctly upregulated following tissue injury and inflammation. Because recent evidence suggested that kinin-B1 receptors may perform a protective role during inflammation, we investigated the specific occurrence of the kallikrein-kinin components in skin biopsies obtained from normal skin, patients undergoing surgery, basalioma, lichenificated atopic eczema, and psoriasis. The tissue was immunolabeled in order to determine the localisation of tissue pro-kallikrein, kallikrein, kininogen and kinin receptors. The kinin components were visualised in normal, diseased and traumatised skin, except that no labelling was observed for kininogen in normal skin. Of the five types of tissue examined, upregulation of kinin-B1 receptors was observed only in skin biopsies obtained following surgery. In essence, the expression of kinin-B1 receptors did not appear to be enhanced in the other biopsies. Within the multiple steps of the inflammatory cascade in wound healing, our results suggest an important regulatory role for kinin-B1 receptors during the first phase of inflammation following injury.
Schremmer-Danninger
Elisabeth
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Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Hospital of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 20, D-80336 Munich, Germany. elisabeth.schremmer-danninger@med.uni-muenchen.de
Naidoo
Strinivasen
S
Neuhof
Christiane
C
Valeske
Klaus
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Snyman
Celia
C
Sander
Christian
C
Bhoola
Kanti D
KD
Neuhof
Heinz
H
D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D007704:Kininogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D007705:Kinins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*
D007704:Kininogens; D007705:Kinins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins