Effect of enhanced melanin synthesis on the production of extracellular vesicles in melanocytes and communication with keratinocytes

ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicle(EV) secretion and capture is an important method of communication between cells. Melanocytes and their surrounding keratinocytes form epidermal melanin units in the thin, outermost layer of the skin to protect the skin from ultraviolet radiation damage. It is important to understand the mechanisms by which changes in melanocyte EV signal transduction influence pigmentation. Mouse melanocytes (melan-α cell) overexpressing MITF and CD63-GFP were used to to investigate the effect on vesicle formation by WB and SEM. Coculturing of melanocyte with keratinocyte(PAM212) was used to explore the polarization of vesicles and transfer between cells by immunofluorescence, flow cytometry. EVs from melanocytes were extracted and used to investigate changes in the miRNA profile of EVs, and the effect of exosomal miR-28 on keratinocyte growth and transcriptomics was analyzed by flow cytometry, TEM, particle size analysis, WB, the iCELLigence system and RNA-seq analysis.Our results indicate that melanocytes in the skin affected vesicle synthesis under the condition of enhanced melanin synthesis function: the expression of CD81, VPS37, VPS36B and Rab27b (melanosome and vesicle transport protein during ESCRT machinery) increased. Keratinocytes can cause the polarization of vesicles in melanocytes and capture EVs from melanocytes via plasmalemma fusion. Analysis of the miRNA profile derived from melanocyte EVs showed that the expression levels of miR-125, miR-130, miR-211, miR-127, miR-692 and miR-709 were increased, while the expression levels of miR-28, miR-744, let-7g and miR-6240 were decreased. The content of miR-28 in EVs may be reduced to induce keratinocytes to prevent carcinogenesis, resist infection and prevent premature apoptosis.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE199035 | GEO | 2022/03/23

REPOSITORIES: GEO