Abstract
Keratinocyte migration is initiated toward the wound skin barrier as a crucial process in wound healing. However, the migratory machinery used by keratinocytes is relatively unknown. Histamine signaling, including an increase in the Ca2+ signal, mediated the enhanced protein expression and chloride/bicarbonate exchange activity of anion exchanger AE2 in keratinocytes. In this study, we applied an agarose spot assay to induce a vectorial motion. The vectorial stimulation of the histamine-containing agarose spot enhanced the HaCaT keratinocyte migration, compared to non-directional stimulation. AE2 is associated with the vectorial movement of HaCaT keratinocytes. Enhanced expression of AE2 was mainly associated with an increase in Ca2+ and was abolished by the treatment with the Ca2+ chelating agent BAPTA-AM. These findings revealed that the directionality of Ca2+-exerted stimulation can play a prominent role in facilitating migration through the involvement of AE2 as a migratory machinery in HaCaT keratinocytes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8429 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | International journal of molecular sciences |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Nov 2 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government (MSIT; NRF-2019R1F1A1046785 (J.H.H.) and NRF-2020R1A2C2003409 (D.M.S.)).
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Molecular Biology
- Spectroscopy
- Computer Science Applications
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry