Verteilungsstörung oberflächlicher glycoconjugate der psoriatischen zellmembran
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Dermatological Research
- Vol. 256 (1) , 39-51
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00561179
Abstract
Lanthanum has been used as a tracer for the intercellular space and the surface coats in different epithelia including human epidermis, however, lanthanum compounds may or may not penetrate into skin specimes and reaction product may or may not be present in the intercellular space. After treatment with alcian blue prior exposure to lanthanum the trilaminar plasma membrane was more regularly stained and a thin coat of reaction product corresponding to superficial glycoconjugates outlined the cell surface and filled the narrow intercellular space in normal epidermis. In psoriatic epidermis the quantity of superficial membrane-bound glycoconjugates was rather reduced, their distribution and compartmentalization was profoundly changed and the outer leaflet of the trilaminar plasma membrane was not always clearly seen, having a “moth-eaten appearance” in some places. These findings show once more that alterations of the cell membranes and their surface architecture are present in psoriasis. They may play a major role in the pathogenesis of the disease, influencing the activities of membrane-bound enzymes and the flow of the epidermal growth control mechanism. The glycocalyx may serve in this mechanism as an accumulator of energy rich compounds or as a receptor site of membrane-bound enzymes. According to our views it represents a “ground substance” of epidermal origin, which controls the social behaviour of the keratinocytes in tissue. Lanthan wurde bisher als “Tracer” verwendet, um die Interzellularräume und die Zelloberflächen in Epithelien zu markieren, so auch an der menschlichen Epidermis. Doch die Reaktion erwies sich als wenig zuverlässig. Mit Hilfe der kombinierten Alcianblau-Lanthan-Reaktion war es möglich, ein weitgehend konstantes Ergebnis zu erhalten. Offensichtlich werden durch Alcianblau oberflächliche, membrangebundene Glycoconjugate fixiert, darunter Phospho-und Glycolipide sowie Glycoproteine. Mit dieser cytochemischen Reaktion stellten wir fest, daß im Vergleich zur normalen Epidermis der Membranaufbau psoriatischer Keratinozyten verändert ist. Die Menge oberflächlicher Glycoconjugate ist vermindert, ihre Verteilung bzw. Kompartimentierung gestört, so daß das äußere Blatt der trilaminaren Plasmamembran stellenweise wie “von Motten angefressen” erscheint. Darunter geht die adhäsive Membraneigenschaft verloren. Diese Membranveränderungen, die demnach nicht nur den Glycocalyx, sondern auch den bipolaren Membranaufbau selbst betreffen, können bei der Psoriasis-Pathogenese eine entscheidende Rolle spielen, indem sie die Aktivitäten der membrangebundenen Enzyme und damit die epidermale Wachstumskontrolle beeinflussen. Der Glycocalyx entspricht in diesem System einer Art “epidermaler Grundsubstanz”, die als Accumulator oder Rezeptor dient und das soziale Verhalten der Epidermiszellen im Zellgefüge bestimmt.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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