Structure and function by Ana Flashcards
Explain waste bin hypothesis of CLE formation?
More than 190 proteins bound in CE (proteomics research)
Some proteins are needed for the function of CLE, but others can be used as a “sink” to remove them and to stabilize them from cell matrix/ cytoskeletal collapse
4 essential components of SC during cornification (different in Split 2017 notes and 2019)
- corneocytes
- Intercellular lipids
- Adhesion complexes
- enzyme/enzyme inhibitor network
Function of ceramides
-elasticity and barrier function
-free fatty acids from ceramides contribute to skin surface acidification
-free sphingoid bases have antimicrobial activity
-involved in cell-signaling events: proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis® must be compartmentalized
Function of fatty acids in SC?
-contribute to barrier function
-help to organize the lamellae of the LE
-contribute to generation of an acid skin surface pH (due to action of secretory phospholipase-A2)
Most common fatty acids in SC in humans
Palmitic acid
Stearic acid
Oleic acid
Behenic acid
Lignoceric acid
Synonyms for Lamellar bodies?
lamellar granules
Odland bodies, keratinosomes,
membrane-coating granules
What do the Lamellar bodies contain?
lipid, cholesterol, enzymes like (lipid hydrolyses) : beta-glucocerebrosidase, acidic sphingomyelinase, secretory phospholipase A2, acidic/neutral lipases; cell adhesion protein (corneodesmosin) , serine protease (KLK7,8) protease inhibitors (LEKTI, LEKTI-2), AMP (beta-defensin) , corneodesmosin
-each molecule is in an isolated aggregate
What is the function of ABCA12 ?
transporter essential for delivery of glucosylceramides in Lamellar bodies to the intercellular space
Mutation in ABCA12 causes ?
Harlequin ichthyosis (human)
Italian Chianina cattle
Role of calcium in desquamation?
Ca enters in the cell (voltage gated Ca channels) due to influx of sodium that causes membrane depolarization
-ca influx initiates cornification at SG-SC interface
-promotes TGM activity and CE protein functions
-it activates ca dependant proteases and indipentant also to cleave profillagrin into fillagrin
Deletion of caspase 14 in mice results in?
-altered SC hydration
-Increased TEWL
-increased sensitivity to UVB
what is desquamation?
regulated process of shedding corneocytes from the skin surface
-proteases breakdown the corneodesmosomes
- mediate this process: serine, cysteine, aspartic proteases
How does elevated pH affect SC and desquamation?
elevated pH increases enzyme activity , increases corneodesmosome degradation and accelerates desquamation
What is a) LEKTI
b) where is it produced and stored
c)what does it do ?
a) lymphoepithelial Kazal-type 5 inhibitor
b)produced in SG and delivered by Lamellar bodies to SG-SC interface
c)inhibits KLK 5,7,14 (kallikrein) which is involved in desquamation
What is cystatin A ?
-inhibitor of desquamation
-produced in apocrine glands and secreted in sweat
-inhibits epidermal enzymes and barrier disrupting enzymes produce by bacteria or HDM
-incorporated in CLE
GENERAL SYMPTOMS OF ICHTHYOSES
-scaling, with or without hyperkeratosis, dry skin, variable erythroderma
WHAT ARE THE 2 BASIC FORMS OF ICHTHYOSES
- Non-syndromic (affects only the skin)
- Syndromic (affects the skin and other organs)
NON-SYNDROMIC VARIANTS IN HUMANS
- Common ichthyoses
- Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyoses (ARCI)
- Keratinopathic ichthyoses (epidermolytic)
Other forms
WHAT ARE CORNEOCYTES
=tough, insoluble, dead cells that form structural layers (20-50+) of s.corneum
-critical for support of intercellular lipids
-physically resist skin injury
-form via programmed cell death from viable keratinocytes in outer stratum granulosum (SG1)
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KERATINOCYTES BECOME CORNEOCYTES
-lose water and cell volume (50-80%)
-become dry discs with faceted margins (about 1 mm thick and 30-40 mm in diameter)
-complete collapse and compaction of keratin intermediate filament network by filaggrin (filament aggregating protein)
ICHTHTYOSES IN ANIMALS THAT AFFECT CORNEOCYTE FORMATION
- TGM-1 in JRT (resembles lamellar ichthyosis in humans)
- KRT 10 in Norfolk Terrier (Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis)
- KRT16 in Dogue de Bordeaux (footpad hyperkeratosis)
- FAM83G in Kromfohrländer and Irish terrier (hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis, resembles human palmar plantar non-epidermolytic keratoderma)
- ADAMTS17 in a miniature Bull terrier (primary lens luxation+ abnormal footpad hyperkeratosis)
- FAM83H in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (congenital keratoconjunctivitis sicca and ichthyosiform dermatosis)
- SUV39H2 in Labrador retrievers (nasal parakeratosis)
- SUV39H2 in Greyhounds (similar to Labradors)
9.MKLN1 in Bull terriers (lethal acrodermatitis)
WHAT DO INTERCELLULAR LIPIDS DO IN STRATUM CORNEUM
-they are non-polar lipids that seal layers of corneocytes
-form major permeability barrier of the skin to water and environmental molecules
HOW DOES THE LIPID ENVELOPE FORM
-lipid stacks unfurl on the cell surface and fuse to form a continuous layer of organized lipids (stacked in lipid lamellae)
-coats the corneocyte surface
-this multi-layered (stacked) structure of lipid envelope is important for function; altered by changing the lipid composition
WHAT IS TREATMENT STRATEGY “BLOCK AND REPLACE” IN HEREDITARY DISOREDRS OF LIPID METABOLISM
-first we block the pathway affected to limit toxic metabolites
-then, replace the lipid missing after the defect in the pathway
ICHTHYOSES IN ANIMALS AFFECTING INTERCELLULAR LIPIDS
- ABCA12 in Italian Chianina cattle (severe hyperkeratosis and fissuring)
- PNPLA1 in Golden retrievers
- FATP4 (SLC27A4) in Great Danes (thickened, folded and wrinkled skin)
- NIPAL4 in American Bulldogs (generalized brown scale, erythroderma, 2nd infections, variable pruritus)
- NIPAL4 in American Bully dog
- NSDHL in Labrador retriever (similar to CHILD’s syndrome in people)
- NSDHL in a cat (resembles human ILVEN disease)
WHAT IS CHILD’S SYNDROME?
-acronym for congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects
WHAT ARE CORNEODESMOSOMES
=main, structural, cell adhesion junctions between corneocytes
-formed through modification of stratum granulosum desmosomes
WHAT DOES CORNEODESMOSIN DO
-binds extracellular cadherins (desmoglein-1, desmocolin-1) of desmosomes
-exhibits homo-oligomerization
-stabilizes desmosomes and increases their flexibility and elasticity through glycine-loop properties
WHAT DO TIGHT JUNCTIONS DO
-form continuous, zipper-like, strings of cell-cell junctions that seal the periphery of keratinocytes in stratum granulosum closely together
-form a selective, paracellular permeability barrier to electrolyte and solute movement in the upper dermis
-they create “internal skin barrier” below the stratum corneum ®help limit water loss
-contain claudins
-contribute to keratinocyte polarization (fence function) and for spatial coordination of corneodesmosome breakdown during desquamation
NAME SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN STRATUM CORNEUM THAT SHOWS IMPACT HOW ENZYME NETWORK MANAGES DESQUAMATION
-cholesterol sulphate is processed to free cholesterol (by steroid sulphatase)
-phospholipids are broken down to free fatty acids (by phospholipases)
-ceramides are broken down ceramidase, sphingosine kinase and S1P lyase
-profilaggrin is processed to filaggrin and then to free amino acids (natural moisturizing factors)
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENZYME ACTIVITY IN STRATUM CORNEUM
-pH, calcium ion concentration and moisture drop
-free amino acids increase
-conditions additionally favor towards activation of proteases involved in desquamation + inactivation of their inhibitors
NAME PROTEASE INHIBITORS
-lymphoepithelial Kazal-type related inhibitor -1, 2 and 3
-cystatin M/E
ICHTHYOSES IN ANIMALS AFFECTING ENZYMES OR ENZYME INHIBITORS
- ST14 (suppressor of tumorigenicity 14 gene, matriptase) in Akhal-Teke horses (Naked foal syndrome)-mild ichthyosis and marked alopecia, death
ASPRV1 (aspartic peptidase, retroviral-like 1, skin aspartic protease) in GSD
HOW LONG DOES CORNIFICATION, MATURITION AND DESQUAMATION LASTS IN DOGS, HUMANS, MICE
-dogs 20-25 days
-humans 40-56 days
-mice 8-10 days
WHAT IS EPIDERMIS
-stratified epithelium generated by stem cells and their progeny in the deep basal layer (SB) that terminally differentiate into distinct morphological layers of epidermis (SB, SS, SG, SC)
WHAT HAPPENS DURING EPIDERMAL STRATIFICATION
-stem cells randomly divide and give rise to transiently amplifying cells that proliferate to form the epidermis
-transiently amplifying cells withdraw from the cell cycle, migrate off the basal layer and terminally differentiate to form upper epidermal layers
-usually regular stacks of corneocytes (trunk, face)
-irregular and overlapping stacks of corneocytes (footpad)
WHAT IS STRATUM CORNEUM
-is composed of thin, tightly packed corneocytes that are interconnected by modified desmosomes (corneodesmosomes) and are sealed together by an intercellular lipid-enriched matrix (brick and mortar)
WHAT IS S. CORNEUM CONTENT
-70 % protein
-15 % lipid and cholesterol
-15% water
-varies by species , body location
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OD STRATUM CORENUM
-stratum compactum (deep layer where main permeability barrier function it thought to occur, before the desquamation begins)
-stratum disjunctum (superficial layer, cell layers start to separate, basket weave pattern)
WHICH TGM ARE INVOLVED IN CORNIFICATION OF THE EPIDERMIS AND HF
-TGM 1,3, 5
DETAILS ABOUT INVOLUCRIN
-alpha helical morphology
-key CE protein because it is deposited early along the inner surface of the plasma membrane
-TGM1 cross-links involucrin to other structural proteins to help to form CE scaffold
-major anchor for ceramides (via TGM1 and TGM5 activity) and replacement of plasma membrane
DETAILS ABOUT LORICRIN
-expressed in SG
-stored in keratohyalin granules
-major structural protein of the CE
-compromises 70-80% of the CE total mass
-insoluble at physiologic conditions
-it has non-organised structure with discrete domains and may contain flexible glycine loop domains®contributes to SC elasticity
-main reinforcement protein®deposited on involucrin, cystatin-A, elafin, desmosomal proteins
-cross-links mostly to itself and lesser to small proline-rich proteins
-binds keratin intermediate filaments and filaggrin®another link between CE and cytoskeleton (besides corneodesmosomes)
WHICH ARE 6 MEMBERS OF S100 FUSED-TYPE PROTEINS
- Filaggrin
- Filaggrin-2
- Hornerin
- Repetin
- Cornulin
Trichohyalin and trichohyalin-like protein 1
NAME DISEASES CONNECETD TO FILAGGRIN MUTATIONS
1.ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS in people- loss of fuction mutation in filaggrin gene
-hyperkeratosis, diminished keratohyalin granules, dry scaly skin, elevated skin surface pH
2. FLAKY TAIL MICE –lack functional filaggrin monomers
-have phenotypic characteristics with ichthyosis vulgaris
3. ATOPIC DERMATITIS –people, loss-of-function mutation
4. ASTHMA –people, loss-of-function mutation
GIVE GENERAL INFORMATIONS ABOUT FREE FATTY ACIDS IN SC
-compromise 10-15% by weight of SC lipids
-composition is unique to serum or sebum and even to viable epidermis
-they are thought to be synthetized in epidermis
-essential fatty acids are limited and contribute to fatty acid side chains of some ceramides
-contribute to barrier function
-help to organize the lamellae of the LE
-contribute to generation of an acid skin surface pH (due to action of secretory phospholipase-A2)
IN HUMANS, SC FATTY ACIDS ARE MADE OF WICH ACIDS
- Palmitic acid (PaSOBeLi)
- Stearic acid
- Oleic acid
- Behenic acid
5.Lignoceric acid
WHAT IS TEWL
an insensible water loss
-normal movement of water through SC into the atmosphere
-readings is in grams per square meter per hour
TEWL IS AFFECTED BY (Videmont, 2011)
- Breed
- Age
- Anatomical site
4.Hair clipping
WHICH ARE 2 MAJOR PROTEIN-BOUND CERAMIDES FOUND IN CANINE AND HUMAN SC (Nishifuji, 2013)
-CER[EOS] (sphingosine+ esterified w-hydroxy fatty acid) and CER[EOH] (6-hydroxy sphingosine+ esterified w-hydroxy fatty acid) - human
- CER[EOS] and CER[EOP] (phytospingosine+ esterified w-hydroxy fatty acid) - canine
IN HOW MANY HUMAN PATIENTS MUTATIONS IN FLG GENE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN AD (Honzke, 2015)?
-10-50% of AD patients have mutations in FLG gene
-BUT! Filaggrin expression is downregulated in all AD patients irrespective of FLG status due to downstream effect of Th2 cytokines IL-4 IL-13
ARE FILAGGRIN MUTATIONS CONNECED TO BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN AND WHY (Honzke, 2015)
-yes, increased bacterial infections
-lower level of filaggrin breakdown products (normally inhibit bacterial growth)
- reduced levels of AMP further enhance the risk of skin infections
WHAT ARE THE 2 PHYSICAL BARRIERS IN MAMALIAN EPIDERMIS ( Yokouchi, 2018)
- SC
- Tight junctions
IN MULTILAYERED (STRATIFIED) EPITHELIA WHERE ARE TJs LOCATED (Yokouchi, 2018)
-between keratinocytes at the 2nd layer of SG (flattened Kelvin’s tetrakaidecahedron cells)
What is the difference between tight junctions and gap junctions?
Tight junctions-prevent molecules
from passing through intercellular space
Gap junctions- allow communication
between intercellular space
WHAT ARE TJ AND HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE OF TJ LOOKS LIKE (Yokouchi, 2018)
specific cell-cell junctions sealing the intercellular space between endothelial or epithelial cells
-the cell membrane is divided into: APICAL and BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE at the TJs
-TJs consists of TJ STRANDS which are mainly comprised of four-transmembrane claudin proteins on the plasma membrane
-claudins are located in a line and are laterally associated with each other to form TJ strands
-TJ strands on opposing plasma membranes of adjacent cells are associated with each other to form paired TJ strands
-paired TJ strands form a zip lock between plasma membrane of adjacent cells, thereby forming a barrier against molecular movement through the paracellular pathway
NAME MAJOR MOLECULAR COMPONENTS OF TJs
- claudin
- Occludin
- JAM-A transmembrane proteins
- Tricellulin
5.Angulins
1.ZO-1
2. ZO-2 intracellular scaffold proteins
3. ZO-3
WHAT ARE THE 3 ELEMENTS OF THE SKIN BARRIER (Yokouchi, 2018)
- SC-an air-liquid interface barrier
- TJ- as a liquid-liquid interface barrier
- LC-as a frontline player of the immune barrier
HOW MANY KERATINOCYTES DO HUMAN LOOSE IN 24 HOURS (Yokouchi, 2018)
-40 000 000
IN WITCH DISEASES ARE TJs AFFECTED (YOKOUCHI, 2018)
- Neonatal ichthyosis-sclerosing cholangitis syndrome (NISCH) (loss of claudin-1)
- Skin infections (S. aureus, HIV)
- AD
4.UV radiation