Collagen dysregulation in the dermis of the Sagg/+ mouse: a loose skin model |
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Authors: | Christner Paul J Gentiletti Julieta Peters Josephine Ball Simon T Yamauchi Mitsuo Atsawasuwan Phimon Beason David P Soslowsky Louis J Birk David E |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, The Division of Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-5541, USA. paul.christner@jefferson.edu |
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Abstract: | The Sagg/+ mouse is an ethylnitrosourea-derived mutant with a dermal phenotype similar to some of the subtypes of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and cutis laxa. The dermis of the Sagg/+ mouse has less dense and more disorganized collagen fibers compared to controls. The size of extracted Type I dermal collagen was the same as that observed in normal skin; however, more collagen could be extracted from Sagg/+ skin, which also showed decreased collagen content and decreased steady-state levels of alpha1(I), alpha2(I), alpha1(V), and alpha2(V) procollagen mRNAs. The biomechanical properties of Sagg/+ skin were significantly decreased relative to normal skin. However, there were no significant differences in the quantities of the major collagen cross-links, that is, dehydrohydroxylysinonorleucine and dehydrohistidinohydroxymerodesmosine between Sagg/+ and normal skin. Electron microscopic evaluation of Sagg/+ skin indicated that the mutation interferes with the proper formation of collagen fibrils and the data are consistent with a mutation in Type V collagen leading to haploinsufficiency with the formation of two sub-populations of collagen fibrils, one normal and one with irregular shape and a larger diameter. Further study of this novel mutation will allow the identification of new mechanisms involved in the regulation of normal and pathologic collagen gene expression. |
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