Inhibition of Rho A activity causes pemphigus skin blistering

Jens Waschke*, Volker Spindler, Paola Bruggeman, Detlef Zillikens, Gudula Schmidt, Detlev Drenckhahn

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
117 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

The autoimmune blistering skin diseases pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF) are mainly caused by autoantibodies against desmosomal cadherins. In this study, we provide evidence that PV-immunoglobulin G (IgG) and PF-IgG induce skin blistering by interference with Rho A signaling. In vitro, pemphigus IgG caused typical hallmarks of pemphigus pathogenesis such as epidermal blistering in human skin, cell dissociation, and loss of desmoglein 1 (Dsg 1)-mediated binding probed by laser tweezers. These changes were accompanied by interference with Rho A activation and reduction of Rho A activity. Pemphigus IgG-triggered keratinocyte dissociation and Rho A inactivation were p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase dependent. Specific activation of Rho A by cytotoxic necrotizing factor-y abolished all pemphigus-triggered effects, including keratin retraction and release of Dsg 3 from the cytoskeleton. These data demonstrate that Rho A is involved in the regulation of desmosomal adhesion, at least in part by maintaining the cytoskeletal anchorage of desmosomal proteins. This may open the possibility of pemphigus treatment with the epidermal application of Rho A agonists.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of Cell Biology
Jahrgang175
Ausgabenummer5
Seiten (von - bis)721-727
Seitenumfang7
ISSN0021-9525
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 12.2006

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