Hyaluronan facilitates transforming growth factor-β1-mediated fibroblast proliferation

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Thomas, David William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820, Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996, Enoch, Stuart, Martin, John, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2008. Hyaluronan facilitates transforming growth factor-β1-mediated fibroblast proliferation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (10) , pp. 6530-6545. 10.1074/jbc.M704819200

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Abstract

This study aims to understand the role of the matrix polysaccharide hyaluronan (HA) in influencing fibroblast proliferation and thereby affecting wound healing outcomes. To determine mechanisms that underlie scarred versus scar-free healing, patient-matched dermal and oral mucosal fibroblasts were used as models of scarring and non-scarring fibroblast phenotypes. Specifically, differences in HA generation between these distinct fibroblast populations have been examined and related to differences in transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1))-dependent proliferative responses and Smad signaling. There was a differential growth response to TGF-beta(1), with it inducing proliferation in dermal fibroblasts but an anti-proliferative response in oral fibroblasts. Both responses were Smad3-dependent. Furthermore, the two fibroblast populations also demonstrated differences in their HA regulation, with dermal fibroblasts generating increased levels of HA, compared with oral fibroblasts. Inhibition of HA synthesis in dermal fibroblasts was shown to abrogate the TGF-beta(1)-mediated induction of proliferation. Inhibition of HA synthesis also led to an attenuation of Smad3 signaling in dermal fibroblasts. Microarray analysis demonstrated no difference in the genes involved in TGF-beta(1) signaling between dermal and oral fibroblasts, whereas there was a distinct difference in the pattern of genes involved in HA regulation. In conclusion, these two distinct fibroblast populations demonstrate a differential proliferative response to TGF-beta(1), which is associated with differences in HA generation. TGF-beta(1) regulates proliferation through Smad3 signaling in both fibroblast populations; however, it is the levels of HA generated by the cells that influence the outcome of this response.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Publisher:	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ISSN:	0021-9258
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15973

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