Pinto Filipa, Suzuki Daisuke, Senoo Makoto
Sapphiros Ai Bio., Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2922:49-62. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4510-9_4.
Mouse models have been used to study the physiology and pathogenesis of the skin. However, propagation of mouse primary epidermal keratinocytes remains challenging. In this chapter, we introduce a newly developed protocol that enables long-term expansion of p63 mouse epidermal keratinocytes in low Ca media without the need of progenitor cell-purification steps or support by a feeder cell layer. Pharmacological inhibition of TGF-β signaling in crude preparations of mouse epidermis robustly increases proliferative capacity of p63 epidermal progenitor cells, while preserving their ability to differentiate. Suppression of TGF-β signaling also permits p63 epidermal keratinocytes to form macroscopically large clones in 3 T3-J2 feeder cell co-culture. This simple and efficient approach will facilitate the use of mouse models by providing p63 primary epidermal keratinocytes in quantity.
小鼠模型已被用于研究皮肤的生理学和发病机制。然而,小鼠原代表皮角质形成细胞的增殖仍然具有挑战性。在本章中,我们介绍了一种新开发的方案,该方案能够在低钙培养基中对p63小鼠表皮角质形成细胞进行长期扩增,而无需祖细胞纯化步骤或饲养细胞层的支持。对小鼠表皮粗提物中TGF-β信号的药理学抑制可显著提高p63表皮祖细胞的增殖能力,同时保留其分化能力。TGF-β信号的抑制还允许p63表皮角质形成细胞在3T3-J2饲养细胞共培养中形成宏观上较大的克隆。这种简单有效的方法将通过大量提供p63原代表皮角质形成细胞来促进小鼠模型的使用。