Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 Expression in Fibroblasts Accelerates Dermal Aging and Promotes Papilloma Development in Mouse Skin

Overview

Journal J Invest Dermatol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Dermatology

Date 2023 Mar 13

PMID 36914001

Authors

Taihao Quan

Wei Xia

Tianyuan He

Kenneth Calderone

George Bou-Gharios

John J Voorhees

Andrzej A Dlugosz

Gary J Fisher

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Abstract

Fragmentation, disorganization, and depletion of the collagen-rich dermal extracellular matrix are hallmarks of aged human skin. These deleterious alterations are thought to critically mediate many of the prominent clinical attributes of aged skin, including thinning, fragility, impaired wound healing, and a propensity for carcinoma. Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP1) initiates the cleavage of collagen fibrils and is significantly increased in dermal fibroblasts in aged human skin. To investigate the role of elevated MMP1 in skin aging, we generated a conditional bitransgenic mouse (type I collagen alpha chain 2; human MMP1 [Col1a2;hMMP1]) that expresses full-length, catalytically active hMMP1 in dermal fibroblasts. hMMP1 expression is activated by a tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase that is driven by the Col1a2 promoter and upstream enhancer. Tamoxifen induced hMMP1 expression and activity throughout the dermis Col1a2:hMMP1 mice. At 6 months of age, Col1a2;hMMP1 mice displayed loss and fragmentation of dermal collagen fibrils, which was accompanied by many of the features of aged human skin, such as contracted fibroblast morphology, reduced collagen production, increased expression of multiple endogenous MMPs, and proinflammatory mediators. Interestingly, Col1a2;hMMP1 mice displayed substantially increased susceptibility to skin papilloma development. These data demonstrate that fibroblast expression of hMMP1 is a critical mediator of dermal aging and creates a dermal microenvironment that promotes keratinocyte tumor development.

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