Keratinocyte-specific onset of serine protease BSSP expression in experimental carcinogenesis
Standard
Keratinocyte-specific onset of serine protease BSSP expression in experimental carcinogenesis. / Breitenbach, U; Tuckermann, J P; Gebhardt, C; Richter, K H; Fürstenberger, G; Christofori, G; Angel, P.
In: J INVEST DERMATOL, Vol. 117, No. 3, 09.2001, p. 634-40.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Keratinocyte-specific onset of serine protease BSSP expression in experimental carcinogenesis
AU - Breitenbach, U
AU - Tuckermann, J P
AU - Gebhardt, C
AU - Richter, K H
AU - Fürstenberger, G
AU - Christofori, G
AU - Angel, P
PY - 2001/9
Y1 - 2001/9
N2 - Malignant transformation of mouse skin by chemical carcinogens and tumor promoters, such as the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, is a multistage process leading to the formation of squamous cell carcinomas. In an effort to identify target genes whose expression is associated with skin tumorigenesis we combined elements of suppression subtractive hybridization with differential screening to isolate genes that are differentially upregulated in mouse skin after short-term treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and that exhibit a high constitutive expression in squamous cell carcinomas. Here, we report the detailed analysis of one of these cDNAs encoding the serine protease BSSP in mouse skin. Phorbol ester application increases BSSP expression in keratinocytes of the epidermis and the hair follicle several-fold starting 4 h post- treatment. Transcriptional activation of BSSP by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate was found to be independent of c-Fos expression and resistant to downregulation by glucocorticoids. By monitoring BSSP expression throughout experimental skin carcinogenesis we found strong constitutive expression in hyperplastic epidermis as well as in proliferatively active keratinocytes of benign and malignant skin tumors. These results establish a novel link between expression of an as yet ill-defined serine protease and skin carcinogenesis.
AB - Malignant transformation of mouse skin by chemical carcinogens and tumor promoters, such as the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, is a multistage process leading to the formation of squamous cell carcinomas. In an effort to identify target genes whose expression is associated with skin tumorigenesis we combined elements of suppression subtractive hybridization with differential screening to isolate genes that are differentially upregulated in mouse skin after short-term treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and that exhibit a high constitutive expression in squamous cell carcinomas. Here, we report the detailed analysis of one of these cDNAs encoding the serine protease BSSP in mouse skin. Phorbol ester application increases BSSP expression in keratinocytes of the epidermis and the hair follicle several-fold starting 4 h post- treatment. Transcriptional activation of BSSP by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate was found to be independent of c-Fos expression and resistant to downregulation by glucocorticoids. By monitoring BSSP expression throughout experimental skin carcinogenesis we found strong constitutive expression in hyperplastic epidermis as well as in proliferatively active keratinocytes of benign and malignant skin tumors. These results establish a novel link between expression of an as yet ill-defined serine protease and skin carcinogenesis.
KW - Animals
KW - Biomarkers, Tumor
KW - Carcinogens
KW - Female
KW - Kallikreins
KW - Keratinocytes
KW - Mice
KW - Neoplasms, Experimental
KW - Serine Endopeptidases
KW - Signal Transduction
KW - Skin Neoplasms
KW - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01437.x
DO - 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01437.x
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 11564170
VL - 117
SP - 634
EP - 640
JO - J INVEST DERMATOL
JF - J INVEST DERMATOL
SN - 0022-202X
IS - 3
ER -