Up-regulation of glucosylceramide synthase expression and activity during human keratinocyte differentiation.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
R WatanabeR E Pagano

Abstract

During keratinocyte differentiation, the glycolipid, glucosylceramide (GlcCer), is thought to be synthesized, stored in intracellular lamellar granules and eventually extruded into the intercellular space where GlcCer is hydrolyzed to ceramide, a major component of the epidermal permeability barrier. Previous studies showed that GlcCer synthase (GCS) activity increases during keratinocyte differentiation; however, the mechanism by which GCS activity is regulated was not established. In the present study, we prepared anti-peptide antibodies and amplified cDNA probes based on the cDNA sequence for human GCS (Ichikawa, S., Sakiyama, H., Suzuki, G., Hidari, K. I.-P. J., and Hirabayashi, Y. (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 93, 4638-4643) in order to study GCS expression during keratinocyte differentiation. Confluent human keratinocytes in culture were induced to terminally differentiate by elevation of Ca+2 in the medium without exogenous hormones or growth factors. GlcCer synthesis assayed in situ using a fluorescent ceramide analog increased approximately 5-fold during keratinocyte differentiation, peaking at day 6. Fluorescence microscopy studies of living keratinocytes showed that fluorescent ceramide and/or its metabolite...Continue Reading

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