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  • Title: Differential effects of hydrocortisone on both growth and collagen metabolism of human fibroblasts from normal and keloid tissue.
    Author: Russell JD, Russell SB, Trupin KM.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1978 Nov; 97(2):221-9. PubMed ID: 701387.
    Abstract:
    Cultured fibroblasts isolated from normal and keloid tissue do not differ in their growth characteristics or in the rate of collagen synthesis under routine culture conditions. The addition of hydrocortisone to the culture media results in significant differences in both growth and collagen synthesis between these cell types. Collagen synthesis is inhibited 60% in normal cultures by hydrocortisone (0,5 micrograms/ml) and the population size at which density-dependent growth inhibition is achieved is increased. Keloid-derived fibroblasts grow to a lower maximum density in the presence of hydrocortisone, while their rate of collagen synthesis is not significantly reduced. The rate of non-collagen protein synthesis is increased significantly by hydrocortisone in both cell types. Comparison of normal and keloid-derived cultures obtained from a single individual suggests that the keloid phenotype with respect to both growth and collagen synthesis is restricted to the fibroblasts isolated from the keloid nodule.
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