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IL-24 is expressed during wound repair and inhibits TGFalpha-induced migration and proliferation of keratinocytes.

Abstract
Interleukin (IL)-24 is the protein product of melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7 (MDA-7). Originally identified as a tumor suppressor molecule, MDA-7 was renamed IL-24 and classified as a cytokine because of its chromosomal location in the IL-10 locus, its mRNA expression in leukocytes, and its secretory sequence elements. We previously reported that IL-24 is expressed by cytokine-activated monocytes and T lymphocytes. Here, we show that IL-24 is expressed in keratinocytes during wound repair. Paraffin-embedded tissues prepared from human skin sampled at days 2, 6, and 10 after wounding were examined by immunohistochemistry for the expression of IL-24. Protein expression was detected in the keratinocyte population with maximum expression at days 2 and 6, and no expression by day 10 (four of four subjects). In vitro studies showed that cytokines involved in wound repair, most notably transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha), TGFbeta, IFNgamma, and IFNbeta, upregulated IL-24 protein expression in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs). Examination of the function of IL-24 in both in vitro wound repair and migration assays demonstrated that IL-24 inhibits TGFalpha-induced proliferation and migration of NHEKs. These data support the hypothesis that IL-24 functions during an inflammatory response in the skin by inhibiting the proliferation and migration of keratinocytes.
AuthorsNancy J Poindexter, Ryan R Williams, Garth Powis, Emily Jen, Abigail S Caudle, Sunil Chada, Elizabeth A Grimm
JournalExperimental dermatology (Exp Dermatol) Vol. 19 Issue 8 Pg. 714-22 (Aug 2010) ISSN: 1600-0625 [Electronic] Denmark
PMID20545760 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Interleukins
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • interleukin-24
  • Interferon-beta
  • Interferon-gamma
  • EGFR protein, human
  • ErbB Receptors
Topics
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Cell Movement (physiology)
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • ErbB Receptors (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Interferon-beta (metabolism)
  • Interferon-gamma (metabolism)
  • Interleukins (metabolism)
  • Keratinocytes (cytology, metabolism)
  • Macrophages (cytology, metabolism)
  • Phosphorylation
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha (metabolism)
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta (metabolism)
  • Wound Healing (physiology)

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