title: The altered expression of syndecan 4 in the uninvolved skin of venous leg ulcer patients may predispose to venous leg ulcer.
abstract: Syndecan 4 (SDC4), a heparan sulfate proteoglycan, and neuropilin 1 (NRP1), a transmembrane receptor, are both involved in normal wound healing, but little is known about their possible role in venous leg ulcer pathogenesis. We aimed to investigate whether there are any expression abnormalities and/or gene polymorphisms of SDC4 and NRP1 associated with venous leg ulcer. SDC4 showed significantly lower mRNA and protein expression in the uninvolved dermis of venous leg ulcer patients (n=15) compared with controls (n=15; p=0.0136), while NRP1 showed no expression abnormalities. None of the examined SDC4 and NRP1 polymorphisms showed a difference in their allelic distribution between leg ulcer patients (n=92) and controls (n=92). We hypothesize that SDC4 may play an essential role not only in the inflammation and tissue formation phases of normal wound healing, but its expression abnormalities observed in the uninvolved dermis of venous leg ulcer patients may contribute to venous leg ulcer development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Nikoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: István Balázs
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szabad
authors.forename: Gyõzõ
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szolnoky
authors.forename: Nóra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Belsõ
authors.forename: Zsuzsanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bata-Csörgõ
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobozy
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kemény
authors.forename: Márta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Széll
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D039942:Neuropilin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012307:Risk Factors; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D053671:Syndecan-4 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D053671:Syndecan-4; D039942:Neuropilin-1