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  • Title: Heparin-binding epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor activation of keratinocyte ErbB receptors Mediates epidermal hyperplasia, a prominent side-effect of retinoid therapy.
    Author: Varani J, Zeigler M, Dame MK, Kang S, Fisher GJ, Voorhees JJ, Stoll SW, Elder JT.
    Journal: J Invest Dermatol; 2001 Dec; 117(6):1335-41. PubMed ID: 11886492.
    Abstract:
    Sun-protected human skin was maintained in organ culture and treated with all-trans retinoic acid in the presence or absence of reversible or irreversible pharmacologic antagonists of c-erbB receptor tyrosine kinase activity. In the absence of these inhibitors, all-trans retinoic acid induced epidermal hyperplasia comparable to that induced in intact skin by all-trans retinol or all-trans retinoic acid itself. There was a strong correlation between inhibition of epidermal hyperplasia in organ culture and inhibition of epidermal-growth-factor-dependent keratinocyte growth in monolayer culture. In additional studies it was shown that all-trans retinoic acid could overcome the known inhibitory effects of calcium on expression of HB-EGF-like growth factor mRNA in organ-cultured skin. Further, it was shown that an antibody to HB-EGF-like growth factor inhibited retinoid-stimulated epidermal hyperplasia in organ culture and reduced proliferation in cultured keratinocytes. In contrast, the c-erbB receptor tyrosine kinase antagonists and the neutralizing HB-EGF-like growth factor antibody were ineffective in inhibiting all-trans-retinoic-acid-dependent survival and proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts. Taken together, these data indicate (i) that retinoid-induced epidermal hyperplasia in human skin proceeds through c-erbB, and (ii) that HB-EGF-like growth factor is one of the c-erbB ligands mediating this effect.
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