Isolation and identification of psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA)-induced genes in human dermal fibroblasts by polymerase chain reaction-based subtractive hybridization

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Abstract

Premature aging of the skin is a prominent side-effect of psoralen photoactivation, a therapy used for a variety of skin disorders. Recently, we demonstrated that treatment of human dermal fibroblasts with 8-methoxypsoralen and ultraviolet A irradiation resulted in a permanent growth arrest with a switch of mitotic to postmitotic fibroblasts. Furthermore, an upregulation of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases and a high level of de novo expression of the senescence-associated β-galactosidase was detected in the PUVA-treated postmitotic fibroblasts. The molecular basis for this PUVA-induced change in the functional and morphologic phenotype of fibroblasts resembling or mimicking replicative senescence is, however, unknown. Herein after, we have used a polymerase chain reaction-based subtractive hybridization protocol to identify human genes that are induced by PUVA treatment. Application of polymerase chain reaction-Select resulted in the cloning of four PUVA genes. Sequence analysis and homology searches identified three cDNA clones of known genes related to cell cycle regulation (p21(waf1/cip1)), stress response (ferritin H) and connective tissue metabolism (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3), whereas one cDNA clone represented a novel gene (no. 478). Northern blot analyses were performed to confirm a PUVA-dependent increase in specific mRNA levels in human dermal fibroblasts in vitro. This report on the identification of growth arrest related genes in PUVA-treated fibroblasts may stimulate further research addressing the causal role of these known and novel genes in extrinsic and intrinsic aging processes on a molecular and cellular level.

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Wlaschek, M., Hommel, C., Wenk, J., Brenneisen, P., Ma, W., Herrmann, G., & Scharffetter-Kochanek, K. (2000). Isolation and identification of psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA)-induced genes in human dermal fibroblasts by polymerase chain reaction-based subtractive hybridization. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 115(5), 909–913. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00120.x

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