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A fibroblast cell line cultured from a hypertrophic scar displays selective downregulation of collagen gene expression: barely detectable messenger RNA levels of the pro alpha 1(III) chain of type III collagen.

Abstract
The present study was designed to investigate the expression of type I, III and VI collagens by a fibroblast cell line initiated from a hypertrophic scar. The same tissue has previously been demonstrated to display markedly elevated expression of type I and III collagen mRNAs in vivo. Unexpectedly, slot-blot and Northern hybridizations revealed a barely detectable steady-state level of pro alpha 1(III) collagen chain mRNA in cultured hypertrophic scar fibroblasts. The levels of pro alpha 1(I) and alpha 2(VI) collagen chain mRNAs were essentially the same in fibroblasts cultured from hypertrophic scar and in fibroblasts cultured from normal skin. However, Northern blot analyses indicated that the ratio of 5.8 kb to 4.8 kb species of pro alpha 1(I) collagen mRNA was slightly reduced in fibroblasts originating from the hypertrophic scar compared to that in normal fibroblasts. When normal fibroblasts were incubated in conditioned medium from hypertrophic scar cultures, the expression of pro alpha 1(III) collagen chain mRNA decreased to a markedly lower level. Our studies suggest that collagen synthesis by fibroblasts in hypertrophic scars is stimulated by humoral factors which are active only in vivo. Furthermore, the results suggest that fibroblasts cultured from hypertrophic scar display a selective downregulation of different collagen genes and that this downregulation is exerted through an autocrine mechanism.
AuthorsL Q Zhang, M Laato, P Muona, R Penttinen, A Oikarinen, J Peltonen
JournalArchives of dermatological research (Arch Dermatol Res) Vol. 287 Issue 6 Pg. 534-8 ( 1995) ISSN: 0340-3696 [Print] Germany
PMID7487138 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Collagen
Topics
  • Adult
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Cell Line
  • Cicatrix (metabolism, pathology)
  • Collagen (genetics, metabolism)
  • Down-Regulation
  • Fibroblasts (metabolism)
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy (metabolism)
  • Male
  • RNA, Messenger (metabolism)

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