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dc.contributor.authorPotten, Christopher S
dc.contributor.authorBarthel, D
dc.contributor.authorLi, Y Q
dc.contributor.authorOhlrich, R
dc.contributor.authorMatthé, B
dc.contributor.authorLoeffler, M
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-13T14:37:25Z
dc.date.available2009-11-13T14:37:25Z
dc.date.issued2000-08
dc.identifier.citationProliferation in murine epidermis after minor mechanical stimulation. Part 1. Sustained increase in keratinocyte production and migration. 2000, 33 (4):231-46 Cell Prolif.en
dc.identifier.issn0960-7722
dc.identifier.pmid11041204
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/86180
dc.description.abstractIt was our objective to obtain an insight into the details and dynamics of the cell proliferative changes following minor barrier disruption, the mechanisms of recovery, and their regulation. Hair of the dorsal area of DBA2-mice was removed and the epidermis was tape stripped. Tritiated thymidine was injected into groups of mice at daily intervals thereafter. Labelling and nuclear densities were measured at several time intervals later in the various epidermal strata to characterize cell production and cell fluxes through the tissue. A dramatic proliferative response was observed at 24 h when the labelling density increased more than sixfold in the basal layer. Labelled cells rapidly appeared in suprabasal layers within a few hours in large quantities while this process took over 2 days in normal skin. Some cycling cells were also found in the suprabasal layer (pulse labelling at 24 h) in contrast with the controls. The cellular flux through the suprabasal layers was drastically (20-fold) increased and the transit time was shortened. Although the nuclear density in the basal layer showed only moderate changes it increased four-fold in the suprabasal layer within 5 days. A kinetic model analysis suggested that the cell cycle time of proliferative cells dropped from a normal value of about 200 h to less than 12 h post tape strip. After 7 days, the proliferative activation still persisted, even though at 3 days post tape strip the stratum corneum had been re-established. Hence, a mild mechanical alteration with removal of some parts of the cornified layer in mouse backskin epidermis triggers a huge proliferative response with massive overproduction of cells that lasts at least 7 days. Our findings suggest that the re-establishment of the cornified layer does not immediately shut down cell proliferation and that more complex, slower (long-term) regulatory processes are involved.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshAnimals
dc.subject.meshCell Count
dc.subject.meshCell Division
dc.subject.meshCell Movement
dc.subject.meshEpidermis
dc.subject.meshKeratinocytes
dc.subject.meshKinetics
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMice
dc.subject.meshMice, Inbred DBA
dc.subject.meshPhysical Stimulation
dc.subject.meshTime Factors
dc.titleProliferation in murine epidermis after minor mechanical stimulation. Part 1. Sustained increase in keratinocyte production and migration.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCRC Epithelial Biology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.en
dc.identifier.journalCell Proliferationen
html.description.abstractIt was our objective to obtain an insight into the details and dynamics of the cell proliferative changes following minor barrier disruption, the mechanisms of recovery, and their regulation. Hair of the dorsal area of DBA2-mice was removed and the epidermis was tape stripped. Tritiated thymidine was injected into groups of mice at daily intervals thereafter. Labelling and nuclear densities were measured at several time intervals later in the various epidermal strata to characterize cell production and cell fluxes through the tissue. A dramatic proliferative response was observed at 24 h when the labelling density increased more than sixfold in the basal layer. Labelled cells rapidly appeared in suprabasal layers within a few hours in large quantities while this process took over 2 days in normal skin. Some cycling cells were also found in the suprabasal layer (pulse labelling at 24 h) in contrast with the controls. The cellular flux through the suprabasal layers was drastically (20-fold) increased and the transit time was shortened. Although the nuclear density in the basal layer showed only moderate changes it increased four-fold in the suprabasal layer within 5 days. A kinetic model analysis suggested that the cell cycle time of proliferative cells dropped from a normal value of about 200 h to less than 12 h post tape strip. After 7 days, the proliferative activation still persisted, even though at 3 days post tape strip the stratum corneum had been re-established. Hence, a mild mechanical alteration with removal of some parts of the cornified layer in mouse backskin epidermis triggers a huge proliferative response with massive overproduction of cells that lasts at least 7 days. Our findings suggest that the re-establishment of the cornified layer does not immediately shut down cell proliferation and that more complex, slower (long-term) regulatory processes are involved.


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