PMID:18234842
| Citation |
Nakrieko, KA, Welch, I, Dupuis, H, Bryce, D, Pajak, A, St Arnaud, R, Dedhar, S, D'Souza, SJ and Dagnino, L (2008) Impaired hair follicle morphogenesis and polarized keratinocyte movement upon conditional inactivation of integrin-linked kinase in the epidermis. Mol. Biol. Cell 19:1462-73 |
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| Abstract |
Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is key for cell survival, migration, and adhesion, but little is known about its role in epidermal development and homeostasis in vivo. We generated mice with conditional inactivation of the Ilk gene in squamous epithelia. These mice die perinatally and exhibit skin blistering and severe defects in hair follicle morphogenesis, including greatly reduced follicle numbers, failure to progress beyond very early developmental stages, and pronounced defects in follicular keratinocyte proliferation. ILK-deficient epidermis shows abnormalities in adhesion to the basement membrane and in differentiation. ILK-deficient cultured keratinocytes fail to attach and spread efficiently and exhibit multiple abnormalities in actin cytoskeletal organization. Ilk gene inactivation in cultured keratinocytes causes impaired ability to form stable lamellipodia, to directionally migrate, and to polarize. These defects are accompanied by abnormal distribution of active Cdc42 to cell protrusions, as well as reduced activation of Rac1 upon induction of cell migration in scraped keratinocyte monolayers. Significantly, alterations in cell spreading and forward movement in single cells can be rescued by expression of constitutively active Rac1 or RhoG. Our studies underscore a central and distinct role for ILK in hair follicle development and in polarized cell movements, two key aspects of epithelial morphogenesis and function. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2291395 Online version:10.1091/mbc.E07-06-0526 |
| Keywords |
Actins/metabolism; Animals; Cell Movement/physiology; Cell Polarity; Cells, Cultured; Cytoskeleton/metabolism; Hair Follicle/enzymology; Hair Follicle/growth & development; Keratinocytes/enzymology; Keratinocytes/physiology; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Mutant Strains; Neuropeptides/metabolism; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/deficiency; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/physiology; rac GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism |
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