Project description:Psoriasis is one of the most common dermatological disorders, characterized by increased epidermal hyperplasia and immune cell infiltration. Psychological stress has been reported to contribute to the severity, aggravation, and relapse of psoriasis. We developed a chronic restrain stress (CRS)-imiquimod (IMQ)-induced psoriasis-like mouse model and performed a comprehensive comparative transcriptomic and metabolic analysis with control mice, CRS-treated mice, and IMQ-treated mice to investigate how psychological stress affects psoriasis. We found that CRS-IMQ-induced psoriasis-like mice showed significant exacerbation of psoriasis-like skin inflammation compared with mice treated with IMQ only. Mice of the CRS+IMQ group showed increased expression of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation genes, differential regulation of cytokines, and promotion of the linoleic acid metabolism. Our study provides new insights into the effects of psychological stress on psoriasis pathogenesis and the mechanisms involved, which provides clues for development of therapeutics or biomarkers.
Project description:Characteization host-microbiome interactions in patients with allergic (model: atopic dermatitis) and autoimmune (model: psoriasis) diseases by integration of microarray transcriptome data with 16S microbial profiling. 6mm punch biopsies were collected from the skin of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis patients alongside healthy volunteers, and subjected to analysis using Affymetrix Human Gene ST 2.1 arrays.
Project description:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Keratinocytes (KCs) are important effector cells that can recruit inflammatory cells by releasing inflammatory factors and chemokines to promote the inflammatory cascade in psoriasis. However, the mechanism underlying KC activation in psoriasis remains unclear. Livin is an inhibitor of apoptotic proteins and its expression can directly affect the proliferation and metastasis of tumor cells. Livin expression has been reported to be significantly increased in the lesions of patients with psoriasis; however, its specific role in KC activation has not yet been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate whether livin regulates KC activation and causes the release of inflammatory mediators. The expression levels of livin in patients with psoriasis, an imiquimod (IMQ) mouse model, and M5-treated HaCaT cells were determined via immunofluorescence staining, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and western blotting. We constructed livin knockdown (Knockdown-HaCaT) and negative control (NC-HaCaT) cells using human immunodeficiency virus-1-based lentiviral vectors to study the function of livin in KCs via RNA-sequencing and proteomics analysis. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analyses were performed. Moreover, the effect of livin expression on the release of inflammatory mediators in KCs was verified using ELISA.
Project description:Although biomarker candidates associated with psoriasis have been suggested, those for predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) early in patients with psoriasis are lacking. We aimed to identify candidate biomarkers that can predict the occurrence of CVD in psoriasis patients. We pursued quantitative proteomic analysis of serum samples composed of three groups: psoriasis patients with and those without CVD risk factors, and healthy controls. Age/Sex-matched serum samples were selected and labeled with 16-plex tandem mass tag (TMT) and analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and subsequent verification with ELISA. Of the 184 proteins that showed statistical significance (P-value <0.05) among the three groups according to TMT-based quantitative analysis, 98 proteins showed significant differences (>2.0-fold) between the psoriasis groups with and without CVD risk factors. Verification by ELISA revealed that caldesmon (CALD1), myeloid cell nuclear differentiation antigen (MNDA), and zyxin (ZYX) levels were significantly increased in the psoriasis group with CVD risk factors. Further network analysis identified pathways including integrin signaling, which could be related to platelet aggregation, and actin cytoskeleton signaling. Three novel candidates (MNDA, ZYX, and CALD1) could be potential biomarkers for predicting CVD risks in psoriasis patients. We expect these biomarker candidates can be used to predict CVD risk in psoriasis patients in clinical settings although further studies including large validation are needed.
Project description:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease where IκBζ is known to play an important role by mediating IL-17A-driven effects. However, the molecular mechanism by which IL-17A regulates IκBζ expression is not known. We assessed global gene expression my microarray analysis to explore the molecular transformation in blood samples from psoriatic patients during anti-IL-17A (secukinumab) treatment.
Project description:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease where IκBζ is known to play an important role by mediating IL-17A-driven effects. However, the molecular mechanism by which IL-17A regulates IκBζ expression is not known. We assessed global gene expression by microarray analysis to explore the molecular transformation in skin samples from psoriatic patients during anti-IL-17A (secukinumab) treatment.