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(American Journal of Pathology. 1998;153:39-45.)
© 1998 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Short Communication

Up-Regulation of p21WAF1 by Phorbol Ester and Calcium in Human Keratinocytes through a Protein Kinase C-Dependent Pathway

Carole Todd and Nicholas J. Reynolds

From the Department of Dermatology, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Terminal differentiation in a variety of cell types has been associated with p53-independent up-regulation of p21WAF1. p21WAF1 mRNA and protein are expressed at low levels in normal human skin, but overexpression of p21WAF1 has been observed in differentiating keratinocytes in involved psoriatic epidermis and in human squamous cell carcinoma. In this study we investigated by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting whether calcium and the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, well characterized differentiation signals, induce p21WAF1 in cultured normal human keratinocytes and whether induction of p21WAF1 in this system depends on protein kinase C activation or functional p53. Phorbol ester induced p21WAF1 expression, which was maximal at 4 to 8 h with reduction back to baseline by 24 to 48 h. In contrast, increasing the extracellular Ca2+ concentration from 70 µmol/L to 1.5 mmol/L resulted in up-regulation of p21WAF1 expression with a slower time course, with peak induction at 18 to 24 h. No parallel increase in p53 expression was observed in normal human keratinocytes. Up-regulation of p21WAF1 was also observed in response to phorbol ester in HaCaT cells, which carry homozygous and inactivating mutations for p53. Induction of p21WAF1 by phorbol ester and Ca2+ was inhibited by the specific protein kinase C inhibitor Ro 31-8220. The results demonstrate a differential time course of p21WAF1 protein up-regulation in response to phorbol ester and Ca2+, signals that result in keratinocyte differentiation, and suggest that induction of p21WAF1 in differentiating human keratinocytes occurs through protein kinase C-dependent and p53-independent mechanisms.




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