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Fibroblast growth factor type 2 signaling is critical for DNA repair in human keratinocyte stem cells

Harfouche G., Vaigot P., Rachidi W., Rigaud O., Moratille S., Marie M.

Laboratory Study, published in Stem Cells (2010) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Laboratory Study
Journal
Stem Cells (2010)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
20681019
PMCID
PMC2996082
DOI
10.1002/stem.485
Citations
32

Abstract (original English)

Tissue stem cells must be endowed with superior maintenance and repair systems to ensure genomic stability over multiple generations, which would be less necessary in more differentiated cells. We previously reported that human keratinocyte stem cells were more resistant to ionizing radiation toxicity than their direct progeny, the keratinocyte progenitor cells. In the present study we addressed the mechanisms underlying this difference. Investigations of DNA repair showed that both single and double DNA strand breaks were repaired more rapidly and more efficiently in stem cells than in progenitors. As cell signaling is a key regulatory step in the management of DNA damage, a gene profiling study was performed. Data revealed that several genes of the fibroblast growth factor type 2 (FGF2) signaling pathway were induced by DNA damage in stem cells and not in progenitors. Furthermore, an increased content of the FGF2 protein was found in irradiated stem cells, both for the secreted and the cellular forms of the protein. To examine the role of endogenous FGF2 in DNA repair, stem cells were exposed to FGF2 pathway inhibitors. Blocking the FGF2 receptor (FGF receptor 1) or the kinase (Ras-mitogen-activated protein kinase 1) resulted in a inhibition of single and double DNA strand-break repair in the keratinocyte stem cells. Moreover, supplementing the progenitor cells with exogenous

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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Cells, CulturedKeratinocytesStem CellsHumansGenomic InstabilityButadienesNitrilesFibroblast Growth Factor 2SerineHistones

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