YAP1 Activation Rescues Nagashima-type Palmoplantar Keratosis Pathological Features in Skin Organoid Disease Models
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ABSTRACT: YAP1 activation rescues NPPK pathological features Abstract Nagashima-type palmoplantar keratosis (NPPK), a recessive genetic skin disorder, is characterized by the presence of keratosis on the palmar and plantar regions, resulting from SERPINB7 mutation. However, the detail pathogenesis of NPPK remains elusive. This study revealed that SERPINB7 does not interact with proteolytic enzymes directly. Instead, SERPINB7 mutants disrupt keratinocyte proteolysis by down-regulating the expression of KLKs, and MMPs in NPPK epidermis. Mechanistically, SERPINB7 mutants inhibit keratinocyte glycolytic metabolism by reducing HK1 kinase activity, which subsequently impedes the activation, and nuclear translocation of transcription factor YAP1. This cascade ultimately leads to decreased expression of proteolytic enzymes within the KLKs, and MMPs families in keratinocytes. Furthermore, we successfully established a skin organoid disease model harboring the SERPINB7 c.796C>T mutation, faithfully recapitulating the clinical, and molecular features of NPPK lesions. Notably, treatment of NPPK skin organoid models with YAP1 agonists significantly improved the pathological changes of the disease. In summary, our findings offer novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying NPPK pathogenesis and identify YAP1 as a promising therapeutic target for this disease.
Project description:Seborrheic keratosis is benign cutaneous neoplasm, the etiology of which is not well-known. To characterize differential gene expression profiles in seborrheic keratosis, we investigated the genome-wide patterns of gene expression from skin with seborrhic keratosis and uninvolved normal skin using cDNA microarrays. Comparative RNA expression profiles from non-lesional and lesional skin of 4 patients with seborrheic keratosis
Project description:Seborrheic keratosis is benign cutaneous neoplasm, the etiology of which is not well-known. To characterize differential gene expression profiles in seborrheic keratosis, we investigated the genome-wide patterns of gene expression from skin with seborrhic keratosis and uninvolved normal skin using cDNA microarrays.
Project description:Actinic keratosis is a common skin disease that may progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Ingenol mebutate has demonstrated efficacy in field treatment of actinic keratosis. However, molecular mechanisms on ingenol mebutate response are not yet fully understood.
Project description:We studied the transcriptomic profile of actinic keratosis (AK) skin compared to matched samples from uninvolved skin (US) before and after treatment with ingenol mebutate gel. We found that AK has a distinct mRNA profile that separates it from uninvolved skin. In particular, numerous genes associated with epidermal development and keratinocyte differentiation, such as LCE3D, SPRR1A, PI3 and several genes in the keratin family were highly expressed in AK0 skin, but not in US0, in line with the hyperkeratosis characteristic for AK. Topical application of ingenol mebutate had a profound effect on the gene expression profile, and interestingly, many more genes were affected in US than in AK. Enrichment analysis revealed that the main responses to ingenol mebutate treatment of both US and AK were inflammatory response, response to wounding, and wound healing.
Project description:We studied the transcriptomic profile of actinic keratosis (AK) skin compared to matched samples from uninvolved skin (US) before and after treatment with ingenol mebutate gel. We found that AK has a distinct mRNA profile that separates it from uninvolved skin. In particular, numerous genes associated with epidermal development and keratinocyte differentiation, such as LCE3D, SPRR1A, PI3 and several genes in the keratin family were highly expressed in AK0 skin, but not in US0, in line with the hyperkeratosis characteristic for AK. Topical application of ingenol mebutate had a profound effect on the gene expression profile, and interestingly, many more genes were affected in US than in AK. Enrichment analysis revealed that the main responses to ingenol mebutate treatment of both US and AK were inflammatory response, response to wounding, and wound healing. 30 skin biopsies were analysed; 5 from each of 6 AK patients. Before initiation of treatment, baseline biopsies were taken from one AK lesion (AK0) and from uninvolved skin (US0). A third biopsy was taken after day 1 application of ingenol mebutate from one AK lesion (AK1). The fourth and fifth biopsies were obtained one day after the second topical application with ingenol mebutate from an AK lesion (AK2) and from uninvolved skin (US2), respectively.
Project description:normal skin (no), actinic keratosis (ak), and squamous cell carcinoma (scc) of the skin were examined:; BACKGROUND: Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process indicated by several genes up- or down-regulated during tumor progression. This study examined and identified differentially expressed genes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). RESULTS: Three different biopsies of 5 immunosuppressed organ-transplanted recipients each normal skin (all were pooled), actinic keratosis (AK) (two were pooled), and invasive SCC and additionally 5 normal skin tissues from immunocompetent patients were analyzed. Thus, total RNA of 15 specimens were used for hybridization with Affymetrix HG-U133A microarray technology containing 22,283 genes. Data analyses were performed by prediction analysis of microarrays using nearest shrunken centroids with the threshold 3.5 and ANOVA analysis was independently performed in order to identify differentially expressed genes (p < 0.05). Verification of 13 up- or down-regulated genes was performed by quantitative real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and genes were additionally confirmed by sequencing. Broad coherent patterns in normal skin vs. AK and SCC were observed for 118 genes. CONCLUSION: The majority of identified differentially expressed genes in cutaneous SCC were previously not described.
Project description:Hypertrophic scar (HS) considerably affects the appearance and causes tissue dysfunction in patients. Here we show a separating microneedle (MN) consisting of photo-crosslinked GelMA and 5-FuA-Pep-MA prodrug in response to high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and overexpression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the HS pathological microenvironment. RNA sequencing analyses confirm that drug-loaded MNs could reverse skin fibrosis through down-regulation of BCL-2-associated death promoter (BAD), insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) pathways, simultaneously regulate inflammatory response and keratinocyte differentiation via up-regulation of toll-like receptors (TOLL), interleukin-1 receptor (IL1R) and keratinocyte pathways.
Project description:The goal of the study is to compare the transcriptomic profile of patient-derived skin samples, Actinic Keratosis, Intraepidermal Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma samples using next generation RNA Sequencing. We aim to identify perturbed pathways and similarities between the 4 conditions. Please note that detailed patients' information, such as gender and age, was withheld from this submission to protect the patients' identity.
Project description:Here we used a pan-cytokeratin antibody to differentiate the epidermal from dermal compartment and assayed over 18,000 RNA probes from multiple regions of interest (ROI) comparing sun protected skin, and two regions (edge and center) from AK/sun damaged skin. This allows for a trajectory from sun protected to sun damaged within an individual. Traditionally, cancer biology focusses on change within the tumor compartment for diagnosis and staging and current genetic profiling of actinic keratosis (the precursor lesion for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma) has focused on analysis limited to whole skin or the epidermal compartment alone. Here we use spatial transcriptomics to compare and contrast the epidermal and stromal compartments from different regions of actinic keratosis and matched sun protected skin from six individuals. Our data show that the major changes in AK at the transcriptional level are evident in the dermal compartment. Sun protected skin (n=5-6 from 6 individuals for a total of 34 ROI), the center of an AK lesion (n=3 for a total of 18 ROI) and edge of the AK lesion (n=2-3 for a total of 17 ROI) representing sun-damaged skin, from six unrelated individuals, the center of an AK lesion (n=3 for a total of 18 ROI) and edge of the AK lesion (n=2-3 for a total of 17 ROI) representing sun-damaged skin, from six unrelated individuals.