title: Role of CD44 in the organization of keratinocyte pericellular hyaluronan.
abstract: CD44 is a ubiquitous cell surface glycoprotein, involved in important cellular functions including cell adhesion, migration, and modulation of signals from cell surface receptors. While most of these CD44 functions are supposed to involve hyaluronan, relatively little is known about the contribution of CD44 to hyaluronan maintenance and organization on cell surface, and the role of CD44 in hyaluronan synthesis and catabolism. Blocking hyaluronan binding either by CD44 antibodies, CD44-siRNA or hyaluronan decasaccharides (but not hexasaccharides) removed most of the hyaluronan from the surfaces of both human (HaCaT) and mouse keratinocytes, resembling results on cells from CD44⁻/⁻ animals. In vitro, compromising CD44 function led to reduced and increased amounts, respectively, of intracellular and culture medium hyaluronan, and specific accumulation below the cells. In vivo, CD44-deficiency caused no marked differences in hyaluronan staining intensity or localization in the fetal skin or in adult ear skin, while tail epidermis showed a slight reduction in epidermal hyaluronan staining intensity. However, CD44-deficient tail skin challenged with retinoic acid or tape stripping revealed diffuse accumulation of hyaluronan in the superficial epidermal layers, normally negative for hyaluronan. Our data indicate that CD44 retains hyaluronan in the keratinocyte pericellular matrix, a fact that has not been shown unambiguously before, and that hyaluronan abundance in the absence of CD44 can result in hyaluronan trapping in abnormal locations possibly interfering there with normal differentiation and epidermal barrier function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.B. 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland. Sanna.Pasonen@uef.fi
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasonen-Seppänen
authors.forename: Juha M T
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyttinen
authors.forename: Kirsi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rilla
authors.forename: Tiina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jokela
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tammi
authors.forename: Raija
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tammi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C497483:CD44 protein, human; C476399:Cd44 protein, mouse; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid
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