BACKGROUND: Fibulin-2 is a 195-kDa protein belonging to a novel family of extracellular matrix proteins that might be involved in microfibril and elastic fibre organization. OBJECTIVES: To determine the localization of fibulin-2 in relation to elastic fibres in normal skin and in solar elastosis characterized by increased elastotic material in the papillary dermis. METHODS: The expression and synthesis of fibulin-2 was investigated by means of in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis in normal and photoaged skin. RESULTS: Immunohistochemistry and elastic tissue staining revealed that fibulin-2 deposition mainly colocalized with microfibrils and elastin fibres, with a marked staining of elastotic material in solar elastosis. Western blot analysis demonstrated that in photoaged skin fibulin-2 showed the same electrophoretic mobility as in sun-protected skin. However, in actinic elastosis the amount of fibulin-2 was significantly higher. In addition, smaller degradation products were detectable, presumably reflecting increased proteinase activity in photodamaged skin. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that deposition of fibulin-2 and elastin is highly co-ordinated, indicating that this protein plays an important role in elastic fibre and microfibril formation in normal and actinically damaged skin.
BACKGROUND:Fibulin-2 is a 195-kDa protein belonging to a novel family of extracellular matrix proteins that might be involved in microfibril and elastic fibre organization. OBJECTIVES: To determine the localization of fibulin-2 in relation to elastic fibres in normal skin and in solar elastosis characterized by increased elastotic material in the papillary dermis. METHODS: The expression and synthesis of fibulin-2 was investigated by means of in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis in normal and photoaged skin. RESULTS: Immunohistochemistry and elastic tissue staining revealed that fibulin-2 deposition mainly colocalized with microfibrils and elastin fibres, with a marked staining of elastotic material in solar elastosis. Western blot analysis demonstrated that in photoaged skin fibulin-2 showed the same electrophoretic mobility as in sun-protected skin. However, in actinic elastosis the amount of fibulin-2 was significantly higher. In addition, smaller degradation products were detectable, presumably reflecting increased proteinase activity in photodamaged skin. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that deposition of fibulin-2 and elastin is highly co-ordinated, indicating that this protein plays an important role in elastic fibre and microfibril formation in normal and actinically damaged skin.
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