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Hemopoietic Stem Cell Inhibitor (SCI/MIP-1∝) Also Inhibits Clonogenic Epidermal Keratinocyte Proliferation.
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Journal of Investigative Dermatology . Aug93, Vol. 101 Issue 2, p113-117. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- The maintenance and regulation of continuously renewing tissues is ultimately controlled at the level of stem-cell proliferation. We have recently identified a reversible inhibitor of hemopoietic stem-cell proliferation (stem-cell inhibitor [SCI]), which is identical to the macrophage inflammatory protein, MIP-1α, a 69-amino-acid heparin-binding cytokine. To test the cell/tissue specificity of the inhibition of proliferation by SCI/MIP-1α, we have investigated its activity on epidermal keratinocytes, the principal cell type of another continuously renewing tissue. Here we show that SCI/ MIP-1α inhibits the proliferation of epidermal keratinocytes <em>in vitro</em> and that the MIP-1α mRNA is present in epidermal Langerhans cells but not in keratinocytes. This suggests an important growth regulatory function for SCI/MIP-1α in keratopoiesis, as well as hemopoiesis, and may also indicate a novel role for the epidermal Langerhans cell. As SCI/MIP- 1α can inhibit the proliferation of embryologically distinct precursor cells, this raises the possibility that it may also function in a number of other tissues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022202X
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Investigative Dermatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12363603
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1523-1747.ep12363603