Transient synthesis of K6 and K16 keratins in regenerating rabbit corneal epithelium: keratin markers for an alternative pathway of keratinocyte differentiation.

Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity
A SchermerT T Sun

Abstract

Cultured rabbit corneal epithelial cells undergo three distinct stages of growth and differentiation characterized by the sequential appearance of K5/K14 keratin markers for basal keratinocytes, K6/K16 keratin markers for "hyperproliferative" keratinocytes, and K3/K12 keratin markers for corneal-type differentiation. Analyses of [35S]methionine-labeled, newly synthesized keratins revealed that K6/K16 are synthesized only briefly when the cells undergo exponential growth, and their synthesis is suppressed when the cells reach confluence and switch to synthesizing K3/K12. Transient synthesis of K6/K16 was also observed in vivo during corneal epithelial regeneration. Although K6/K16 expression in general correlates well with cellular growth, drug-induced inhibition of corneal epithelial growth and related data on human epidermal keratinocytes indicate that these two events are dissociable. These results establish clearly for the first time a reciprocal relationship, on a protein level, between the synthesis of K6/K16 and a differentiation-related keratin pair, K3/K12. Such a relationship strongly suggests a competitive mechanism controlling the synthesis of these two major classes of keratins in the suprabasal compartment. Our res...Continue Reading

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