This article isprotected rights by All copyright. reserved. 10.1111/exd.13509 doi: lead todifferences version between this andthe ofPleasec Version Record. been and throughtypesetting, proofreadingwhich may thecopyediting, process, pagination This article undergone has for and buthas accepted been not review publication fullpeer effectors PPK mice naildystrophy, orallesion congenita(PC), a genodermat challenge derivedappendages and isinducibly The Abstract coulombe@umich Building,109 Zina Pi Biology, # 2 1 AbigailZieman mice in background by impacted modestly is phenotype null 16 The keratin Articletype : Letter: MouseMutants with Absent Skin Phenotype DR. PIERRE ACOULOMBE (Orcid ID : 0000
Department Departmentof Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Bloomberg School of Public Health, AcceptedAddress forcorrespondence: Pierre A.Coulombe, Ph.D., Dept. of Article AnnArbor,MI Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, MD
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This article isprotected rights by All copyright. reserved. Acceptedand effectorsof innateimmunity genes,including Danger showed lesionsthat the lesionsearly afterbirth andPC effects. consequences the associatedwith alterationsin epidermolytic forpatients. involve dram Focalnon (PPK) (PC) thatd psoriasis,(e.g. carcinoma) assuch the epidermis are Articlefollicles,nail, glands,oral papillae andetc.) isinducibly expressed i Introduction causingmutations in the observationlight in of variations the in clinical presentation ofindividuals harboring di phenotypeoccur as well lesionsPC of patients. Here we report that secondaryto hypoactive (2) ominantly ,nail dystrophy, oral lesions
Mice null for Keratin 16(K16), a typeIintermediate filament geneand protein, isconstitutively
, a , - e genodermatosis n
pidermolytic Of noteOf atic epidermalthickening and hy
specificcell types in ectoderm PPKin theabsence of otherlesions - acting missense alleles in ,s Krt16 imilaralleles in - PPKlesions in the Nrf2 Nrf2 signaling. KRT16 AssociatedMolecular Pa , originally , generated in the
experiencing footpad skinfootpad involve gross a misregulationof skin (1)
involvingpainful and debilitatingpalmoplantar keratoderma . - FVB Geneticlinkage analyse likePPK lesions as youngadults
gene (6)
and in
, strain background andare , which ,
KRT16 .
, , frequent
stress ( These K
allcomponents of -
RT16 derivedepithelial appendages (e.g., hair
occur atoccur
precededand caused by a state of oxidative perkeratosis can elicita presentation
molecular featuresare present in PPK e.g.,UV exposure, wounding) or ly, KRT16
tterns (DAMPs;also knownalarmins) as causativeare pachyonychia for congenita
characteristicof PC alterationsin pressurepoints in palmsand soles C57Bl/6 , albeit less, severely a so, significant
s and s expressed when stratifiedepithelia
are subject tomodifier gene(s)
and are DNA
the the background,develop oral glands and hair (5) C57Bl/6;Krt16
often sequencingdetermined . Follow . of
(4)
signficantly focalnon , , suggesting that - - up studiesup barrierrelated - /
- aswell disease
mouse -
painful s ease
(3) ,
- .
This article isprotected rights by All copyright. reserved. severe weaningand Altogether isdramatically reduced relatedK13 (Fig. 1D) and Immunostainingof epithelium(Fig. 1C), area or posterior the aspect of the dorsal tongueepithelium examination morethan what had been observedin the daybirth,after while ~ werenext conducted and theprogeny analyzed. backcrossesof Results backgroundon background purpose ofdefining the role of allele the in individuals PPK stress
AcceptedFVB; Article -
of dorsal the tonguereveals a mildlythickened,disorganized and occasionally cytolytic like lesionsin footpadskin secondaryto , The
Krt16 asthose
andDiscussion
theseobservations with PC Krt16 FVB (see postnatalat day5 (P5) +/+ the
express C57Bl/6;Krt16 mice (Fig 1B).Histologically mouse background.strain This studywas conducted for primary the previouslyreported for characteroforal lesions [ nullallele wastransferred to the 8 similar ] (6 )but providedopportunity an to assessthe impact of misregulation ofKeap1 with ,7 50% of50% these
) ionof in thedorsal tongueepithelium of .
Here,we describe a normal complementof oralpapilla its partnerits K4 (data notshown) tissuesections the +/ , , summarizedin Krt16 -
and wildtype of Krt16 C57Bl/6
mice survive adulthood to revealswhitish and raisedplaques (oralleukoplakia) in in HPV16 - / -
C57Bl/6; phenotype.
revealsthat in C57Bl/6 ; - Krt16 , examination , of sagittal cross sections of this
Nrf2 signaling FVB;Krt16 the phenotype the associated with the FVB -
inducedcarcinogenesis Suppl.Fig.
Athird of - Krt16 / -
mice.Intercrosses between
FVB mice arepresent in PPKlesions of strain FVB;
ex - - /
/ - strain backgroundvia -
mice pressionof the differentiation
mice
Krt16 (by17%; are FVB; FVB;Krt16 (7) 1 ,
showthatt .Several of the key featuresof unaltered,whereas thatof K17
(5) are similar to (data not shown) (Fig 1A) - Krt16 / -
mice,but in not .
[ 5 - / ] - - ). Macroscopic). /
- mice (Fig.1E).
, which , isslightly offspring dies within a in the h geneticstrain e
, survivalat
butnot as FVB six FVB;Krt16 , at P5 at , Krt16
FVB; sequential
null . Krt16 - +/ -
+/ -
This article isprotected rights by All copyright. reserved. activated ofform finding genesisof the Additionally, severalDAMPS including typepartnerII gene for basedantioxidant system, and of Keap1 the forDAMPs (danger misregulatedin footpad skinof C57Bl/6;Krt16 2 positive innate the for immune cell markerCD11b, suggesting an inflammatory infiltrate FVB;Krt16 phosphorylatedHistone H3 (Fig 2 quantitation startingat fourweeks 2 (Fig. paw ofskin similarsex bias PPK for alsoonset occurs in macroscopicand blinded measure oflesion severity,at 6 weeks of ag vs.0.37 5.04±0.41 weeks; Fig.see 2 mice developPPK comparedto I Accepted). Th Article (5) H eseobservations are qualitativelysimilar to thosemade when characterizing s Nextwe assessedsome of the key molecular readouts thathad been shown be to theAt two monthsmark post ),
.Male exhibit mice a slightly earlier onset of PPK relative to females (average 4.67± werecorroborated at the protein level suggestingimpaired +/+ FVB;Krt16 reportedin Fig.2F).Lesional footpad skinshow
the the mRNAtranscrip - epidermis,indicating a mild state of hyperproliferation WT like lesionson their pawsfront (Fig. 2 - / cornifiedenvelope, were -
mice
littermates ( IL - - 1β associated molecularpatterns; see (5) - / (datanot shown) - Krt1
mice exhibitthickened epidermis and modest hyperkeratosis (see Suppl(see Fig DefB4 - 6 positive nucleiin the basallayer of B
Suppl Table and asensitive indicatorof cell and tissuestress, and of
)and pea epidermaldifferentiation C57Bl/6;Krt16 , tlevels for S100A8 - birth,surviving D king at eightking weeks (Fig. 2 )and also exhibit a greaterPPK index, a also markedlyelevated2 (Fig. . 1 T ) , 1 . hese observations and ).
Sprr2d - Nrf2 system C57Bl/6;Krt16 A - , e.g., , / - llsurviving
mice.Emphasis was placed on mRNAlevels S100A9
and A
FVB;Krt16 bywestern blotting for ), as ), , SerpinB3a
(6) a~2.5 fold weremarkedly elevated 2 (Fig.
(7) we reported male and female ), keyeffectors of the glutathione - / s - . Transcriptlevels for
mice ( suggest decreas - / FVB;Krt16 -
mice , C
increase in which contributeto (Fig. 2G),(Fig. and cells 9 ;sex ).
e(Fig 2,Aand edstaining for filaggrin still J that for for Histologically, the ). - specific So C57Bl/ - weigh less /
-
while qualitatively
S100A8 andthe FVB;Krt16 relative to me
of t 6;Krt16 Krt6a hese E -
/ - ).
J
, the mice (Fig. - / ). - A
-
This article isprotected rights by All copyright. reserved. advice Acknowledgments Materials andMethods mouse modelas a useful resource defineto determinants the involved individualswhose genome harbormutated findingsare thus consistent with thevariable penetranceof the clinical presentation in between l influe impactthe prese Krt16 crossis death the mice were Krt16 C57Bl/6;Krt16 similar, t e
Acceptedthality theseverityto of oraland Article Krt16 nce nullallele lossHPV16 for remainsundefined
and support Theauthors are grateful to The conclusion,In our findings of One the keyjustification of this set of experiments was toassess impact the of
indicativea of he alterationshe occurring in theskin barrierare less severein
C57Bl/6 - / theintensity of vir - ;HPV thus
methods usedin thisstudy - / -
. tg/+ bred to the mice
ntation of the
and
mice diedwithin weeksafter two birth . . Thiswork was supportedby grantAR044232 from the NationalInstitute
. tg/+
FVB strong - indu
and calls forsubstantive follow
t strains mayaccount for observationsthese FVB; uallya ced tumorigenesisced in
geneticinteraction betweenHPV16 the transgeneand the Krt16 HPV suggest PPK llofaspects the presentation, ranging perinatalfrom Dr.
nullpheno tg/+ Michelle Kerns - are described
lesions. mouse line
thatwhile strain ba genetic K RT type
16 Differences ininflammatory responses FVB
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FVB;Krt16 front pawfront skin from - Epi,epidermis; SC,stratum corneum. Scale bar, weeks
FVB;Krt16 FVB;Krt16
- / mice - (B and(B C
mice(both sexes)P5.at (C FVB;Krt16
mice.n . n old - week - / = fresh frozentongue tissue fromP5 - -
rank test. 3 mice/genotype. (H FVB;Krt16 tongue lesions. - - ) H&E ) staining of
/ / - -
=2 mice developPPK lesions. (A mice have increased mortalitycompared to and developWT oral
- old / , , N.S.,Yang, B.,Paler Martinez Liu,A, J., Zhu, C., Bricker,N., -
- mice displayingmacroscopic appearance of PPK lesionscompared 4 mice/sex/genotype.
FVB;Krt16
8 -
- Histonestaining) H3 in FVB;Krt16 FVB;Krt16 (B)Pictures of macroscopictongue plaques thatoccur week - Treuting,P.M, Brayton, C. Immunologicalvariation between / -
male s Scale bar,
oldmale
mice front paws.front n=2 front pawfront skin sections -
)H&E staining of P5 tonguesto evaluate histologyof )Immunostaining for filaggrin(green) and k / mice -
mice.Mice werescored as lesional when evidence .
Dotted linecorresponds todermal/epidermal .n FVB;Krt16 50μm
(F =31 - ) Sex ) 43. - ) ) Images of6 36 mice/genotype. front paw front skin 8 from
- (Dand E male littermates. 3mice/genotype. (G - specific quantitationof epidermal
mice 50 μm. - . . (I relatinghistological changes in associate macrophages. - ) ) Immunostaining for 5 mice/sex. (E ) ) Immunostaining fo
- (D week )Quantitation of PPK
** denotes p<0.01 s
old male (right)and - weeksold male ) ) Quantitationof ) ) Quantitation s of s
6 eratin 5 - K week rCD11b in 13and
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in frontpaw ski
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