Title
Barrier Ëunction in Reconstructed Epidermis and Its Resembiance to Native Human Skin
Author
Ponec, M.
Gibbs, S.
GPilgram, G.
BoeIsma, E.
Koerten, H.
Bouwstra, J.
Mommaas, M.
TNO Voeding
Publication year
2001
Abstract
One of the prerequisitesforthe use of human skin equivalents for scientific and screening purposes is that their barrierfunction is similar to that of native skin. Using human epidermis reconstructed en de-epidermized dermis we demonstrated that the formation of the stratum corneum (SC) barrier in vitro proceeds similarly as in vivo as judged from the extensive production of lamellar bodies, their complete extrusion atthe stratum granulosum/SC interface, and the formation of multiple broad lamellar structures in the in tercorneocyte space. The presence of well ordered lipid lamellar phases was confirmed by small-angle X-ray diffraction. Although the long periodicity lamellar phase was present in both the native and the reconstructed epidermis, the short periodicity lamellar phase was present only in native tis sue. In addition, the SC lipids predominantly formed the hexagonal sublattice. Analysis of lipid composition revealed that all SC lipids are synthesized in vitro. Differences in SC lipid organization in reconstructed epidermis may be ascribed to the differences in fatty acid content and profile indicating that further improvement in culture conditions is required for generation of in vitro reconstructed epidermiswith stratum barrier properties of the native tissue.
Subject
Life
RAPID - Risk Analysis for Products in Development
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Food and Nutrition
Nutrition
Healthy Living
Stratum corneum
Barrier function
Reconstructed epidermis
Lipid composition
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TNO identifier
529934
Source
Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology, 14 (suppl 1), 63-71
Document type
article