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Pigment-independent cAMP-mediated epidermal thickening protects against cutaneous UV injury by keratinocyte proliferation.


ABSTRACT: The epidermis increases pigmentation and epidermal thickness in response to ultraviolet exposure to protect against UV-associated carcinogenesis; however, the contribution of epidermal thickness has been debated. In a humanized skin mouse model that maintains interfollicular epidermal melanocytes, we found that forskolin, a small molecule that directly activates adenylyl cyclase and promotes cAMP generation, up-regulated epidermal eumelanin accumulation in fair-skinned melanocortin-1-receptor (Mc1r)-defective animals. Forskolin-induced pigmentation was associated with a reproducible expansion of epidermal thickness irrespective of melanization or the presence of epidermal melanocytes. Rather, forskolin-enhanced epidermal thickening was mediated through increased keratinocyte proliferation, indirectly through secreted factor(s) from cutaneous fibroblasts. We identified keratinocyte growth factor (Kgf) as a forskolin-induced fibroblast-derived cytokine that promoted keratinocyte proliferation, as forskolin induced Kgf expression both in the skin and in primary fibroblasts. Lastly, we found that even in the absence of pigmentation, forskolin-induced epidermal thickening significantly diminished the amount of UV-A and UV-B that passed through whole skin and reduced the amount of UV-B-associated epidermal sunburn cells. These findings suggest the possibility of pharmacologic-induced epidermal thickening as a novel UV-protective therapeutic intervention, particularly for individuals with defects in pigmentation and adaptive melanization.

SUBMITTER: Scott TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3481176 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pigment-independent cAMP-mediated epidermal thickening protects against cutaneous UV injury by keratinocyte proliferation.

Scott Timothy L TL   Christian Perry A PA   Kesler Melissa V MV   Donohue Kevin M KM   Shelton Brent B   Wakamatsu Kazumasa K   Ito Shosuke S   D'Orazio John J  

Experimental dermatology 20121001 10


The epidermis increases pigmentation and epidermal thickness in response to ultraviolet exposure to protect against UV-associated carcinogenesis; however, the contribution of epidermal thickness has been debated. In a humanized skin mouse model that maintains interfollicular epidermal melanocytes, we found that forskolin, a small molecule that directly activates adenylyl cyclase and promotes cAMP generation, up-regulated epidermal eumelanin accumulation in fair-skinned melanocortin-1-receptor (M  ...[more]

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