Lyu Yanlin, Kato Hiroko, Luo Qianwen, Otani Naoya, Kubo Tateki, Sekiguchi Kiyotoshi, Fujita Fumitaka
Laboratory of Advanced Cosmetic Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka, Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan.
The Department of Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jul 11;26(14):6664. doi: 10.3390/ijms26146664.
Eccrine sweat glands play a vital role in human thermoregulation; however, their self-repair function is minimal. Therefore, developing methods to regenerate and improve sweat gland function that use cultured sweat gland cells presents an urgent issue. The tissue microenvironment, especially hypoxic niches, essentially maintain cell stemness, highlighting the importance of oxygen concentration in the culture environment. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of different oxygen environments on human sweat glands and their regulatory mechanisms. Human eccrine sweat glands express HIF-1α and HIF-2α, suggesting that they respond to hypoxia in vivo. Primary human-derived eccrine sweat gland cells were cultured for two weeks using the spheroid culture method at 0.5%, 2%, 10%, and 21% O concentration. HIF-1, Wnt/β-Catenin, and TGFβ1 signaling increased in sweat gland cells cultured in 0.5% O conditions, along with increased undifferentiated cell marker expression. The results of this study will contribute to in vitro research models of sweat glands and treatment development for damage to sweat glands, including burns.
外泌汗腺在人体体温调节中起着至关重要的作用;然而,它们的自我修复功能却很微弱。因此,开发利用培养的汗腺细胞来再生和改善汗腺功能的方法成为了一个紧迫的问题。组织微环境,尤其是低氧微环境,对维持细胞干性至关重要,这凸显了培养环境中氧浓度的重要性。因此,我们评估了不同氧环境对人汗腺的影响及其调控机制。人外泌汗腺表达缺氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)和缺氧诱导因子-2α(HIF-2α),这表明它们在体内对缺氧有反应。采用球体培养法,将原代人源外泌汗腺细胞在氧浓度分别为0.5%、2%、10%和21%的条件下培养两周。在0.5%氧条件下培养的汗腺细胞中,HIF-1、Wnt/β-连环蛋白和转化生长因子β1(TGFβ1)信号增强,同时未分化细胞标志物的表达也增加。本研究结果将有助于汗腺的体外研究模型以及包括烧伤在内的汗腺损伤治疗方法的开发。