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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 150, 209-222, Copyright © 1997 by American Society for Investigative Pathology
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LI Gold, JJ Sung, JW Siebert and MT Longaker
Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center 10016, USA.
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta isoforms (TGF-beta 1, -beta 2, and -beta 3) regulate cell growth and differentiation and have critical regulatory roles in the process of tissue repair and remodeling. Signal transduction for TGF-beta function is transmitted by a heteromeric complex of receptors consisting of two serine/threonine kinase transmembrane proteins (RI and RII). We have previously shown that each TGF-beta isoform is widely expressed in a distinct spatial and temporal pattern throughout the processes of excisional and incisional wound repair. As the presence of TGF-beta receptors determines cellular responsiveness, we have currently examined, by immunohistochemistry, the localization of RI (ALK-1, ALK-5) and RII throughout repair of full- thickness excisional wounds up to 21 days after wounding. The expression of RI (ALK-5) and RII co-localized in both the unwounded and wounded skin and was present in the same cell types as TGF-beta ligands. However, immunoreactivity for TGF-beta receptors, throughout repair, occurred 1 to 5 days later than TGF-beta isoform immunostaining. This implies that the presence of TGF-beta ligands may up-regulate TGF-beta receptors for function and/or may reflect a lag due to local processing of latent TGF-beta. As observed for the immunohistochemical localization of TGF-beta isoforms in unwounded skin, RI and RII were expressed throughout the four layers of the epidermis, showing a wavy pattern of slight to moderate immunostaining, and hair follicles, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands were moderately immunoreactive. The extracellular matrix, fibroblasts, and blood vessels in the dermis were not immunoreactive. After injury, as observed for TGF-beta ligands, RI and RII expression was increased in the epidermis adjacent to the wound and the epithelium migrating over the wound was completely devoid of TGF-beta receptor immunoreactivity until re-epithelialization was completed by day 7 after wounding. The dermis was only slightly immunoreactive for RI and RII until day 5 when, immediately under the wound, immunostaining for fibroblasts, connective tissue cells, and newly forming vasculature began to increase and remained intense until day 14. Consistent with the role for TGF-beta in scarring, numerous fibroblasts, ostensibly active in the production of extracellular matrix components, continued to be slightly immunoreactive for RI and RII at 21 days. The ALK-1 (TSR-1) type I receptor, which binds both activin and TGF-beta, showed slight immunostaining early in repair (days 1 to 7) that progressively became more intense later in repair after day 10 and through day 21. This suggests that there may be a switch to a different type I receptor, implying different functions for the ALK-1 and ALK-5 receptors. The concomitant expression of TGF-beta isoforms and their signal- transducing receptors denote potential spatial and temporal activity of TGF-beta. Thus, although TGF-beta ligand is present, TGF-beta would not function in wound repair until a later time when RI and RII appear. This information should aid in the development of receptor antagonists as a therapeutic approach to scarring and fibrosis. In addition, these studies underscore the importance of defining the expression of proteins in vivo to establish a basis for the analysis of mechanisms in vitro.
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