Iron sensitizes keratinocytes and fibroblasts to UVA-mediated matrix metalloproteinase-1 through TNF-α and ERK activation
| Autor: | Jian, Jinlong, Pelle, Edward, Yang, Qing, Pernodet, Nadine, Maes, Daniel, Huang, Xi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Keratinocytes
Ultraviolet Rays Iron Gene Expression Deferoxamine p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Article Antibodies Humans Phosphorylation Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases Protein Kinase Inhibitors Cells Cultured Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 Estradiol Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Transferrin Fibroblasts Culture Media Conditioned Ferritins Cytokines Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 Apoproteins Signal Transduction |
| Popis: | Oestrogen deficiency is regarded as the main causative factor in postmenopausal skin ageing and photoageing. While women after menopause experience low levels of oestrogen because of cease of ovarian function, they are also exposed to high levels of iron as a result of cessation of menstruation. In this study, we investigated whether this increase in iron presents a risk to the postmenopausal skin. Because of the lack of appropriate animal models to closely mimic the low oestrogen and high iron conditions, we tested the hypothesis in a high iron and low oestrogen culture model. Here, we showed that primary human dermal fibroblasts exposed to iron did not affect the baseline levels of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) activity. However, the iron-exposed fibroblasts were sensitized to UVA exposure, which resulted in a synergistic increase in MMP-1. UVA activated the three members of MAPK family: ERKs, p38, and JNKs. Additional activation of ERKs by iron contributed to the synergistic increases. Primary normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) did not respond to iron or UVA exposure as measured by MMP-1, but produced tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in the media, which then stimulated MMP-1 in fibroblasts. Our results indicate that iron and UVA increase MMP-1 activity in dermal fibroblasts not only directly through ERK activation but also by an indirect paracrine loop through TNF-α released by NHEK. We conclude that in addition to oestrogen deficiency, increased iron as a result of menopause could be a novel risk factor by sensitizing postmenopausal skin to solar irradiation. |
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