Heterogeneity in harlequin ichthyosis, an inborn error of epidermal keratinization: variable morphology and structural protein expression and a defect in lamellar granules - PubMed (original) (raw)
Heterogeneity in harlequin ichthyosis, an inborn error of epidermal keratinization: variable morphology and structural protein expression and a defect in lamellar granules
B A Dale et al. J Invest Dermatol. 1990 Jan.
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Abstract
Skin biopsies and scale samples from nine infants and one fetus affected with harlequin ichthyosis (HI) were obtained from eight families. Epidermal differentiation was examined by morphologic and biochemical criteria and cell culture studies. Two striking abnormalities were identified; first, keratin and filaggrin expression were abnormal and varied between cases, and, second, in all cases lamellar granules were absent or abnormal, and intercellular lamellae within the stratum corneum were absent. Three HI phenotypes were distinguished by variable expression of epidermal structural proteins. Cases were classified by the absence (type 1) or presence (types 2 and 3) of keratins K6 and K16 ("hyperproliferative" keratins) and by the presence of profilaggrin in the interfollicular epidermis (types 1 and 2 only). Profilaggrin is apparently not converted to filaggrin, but it is retained in the scale. The block in profilaggrin processing may be due to an inactive phosphatase. Siblings in two families (presenting with types 1 and 2) showed the same type classification suggesting that expression of the phenotype is consistent within families but differs between families. Cultured HI keratinocytes were normal by phase microscopy, but abnormal by electron microscopy with no lamellar granules and extensive stacking of the upper layers. We conclude that harlequin ichthyosis is a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders with altered lamellar granules, intercellular lipids, and variation in expression and/or processing of structural protein markers of normal epidermal keratinization. Furthermore, the lamellar granule and structural protein defects may be indirectly related via a mechanism involving phosphorylation/dephosphorylation.
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