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. 2023 Apr;32(4):379-391.
doi: 10.1111/exd.14712. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20) positively regulates collagen type I production in 3D skin equivalent tissues

Kenjiro Bandow  1   2 , Avi Smith  1 , Trishawna Watkins  2 , Sasha Shenk  1 , Behzad Gerami-Naini  1 , Jonathan A Garlick  1
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CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20) positively regulates collagen type I production in 3D skin equivalent tissues

Kenjiro Bandow et al. Exp Dermatol. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Chemokines are a group of small proteins that induce chemoattraction and inflammation and contribute to the differentiation and homeostasis of various cell types. Here we explored the role of chemokines, extracellular matrix production, and myofibroblast differentiation in self-assembled skin equivalents (SASE), a three-dimensional (3D) skin-equivalent tissue model. We found that the expression of three chemokines, C-C motif chemokine ligand (CCL) 20, C-X-C motif chemokine ligand (CXCL) 5, and CXCL8, increased with differentiation to myofibroblasts. Addition of recombinant CCL20 to human skin fibroblast induced collagen Type I alpha 2 gene expression, but did not affect the expression of alpha smooth muscle actin expression. Conversely, siRNA gene knockdown of CCL20 effectively inhibited the expression of collagen Type I gene and protein. Furthermore, when the CCL20 gene in fibroblasts was knocked down in SASE, collagen Type I synthesis and stromal thickness were decreased. Taken together, these results have indicated the utility of SASE in understanding how cytokines such as CCL20 positively regulate extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen Type I production during myofibroblast differentiation in 3D tissues that mimic human skin.

Keywords: 3D human tissues; fibroblasts; fibrosis; self-assembled skin equivalent; transforming growth factor beta 1.

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