Fas ligand-induced proinflammatory transcriptional responses in reconstructed human epidermis: Recruitment of the epidermal growth factor receptor and activation of MAP kinases

Sherry M. Farley, David E. Purdy, Olga P. Ryabinina, Pascal Schneider, Bruce E. Magun, Mihail S. Iordanov

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Abstract

Fas ligand (FasL) exerts potent proapoptotic and proinflammatory actions on epidermal keratinocytes and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of eczema, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and drug-induced skin eruptions. We used reconstructed human epidermis to investigate the mechanisms of FasL-induced inflammatory responses and their relationships with FasL-triggered caspase activity. Caspase activity was a potent antagonist of the pro-inflammatory gene expression triggered by FasL prior to the onset of cell death. Furthermore,wefound that FasL-stimulated autocrine production of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands, and the subsequent activation of EGFR and ERK1 and ERK2 mitogen-activated protein kinases, were obligatory extracellular steps for the FasL-induced expression of a subset of inflammatory mediators, including CXCL8/interleukin (IL)-8, ICAM-1, IL-1α, IL-1β, CCL20/MIP-3α, and thymicstromal lymphopoietin. These results expand the known physiological role of EGFR and its ligands from promoting keratinocyte mitogenesis and survival to mediating FasL-induced epidermal inflammation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)919-928
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume283
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 11 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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