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Immunolocalisation of the janus kinases (JAK)—signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) pathway in human epidermis
Author(s) -
NISHIO HAJIME,
MATSUI KIYOSHI,
TSUJI HIROKO,
TAMURA AKIYOSHI,
SUZUKI KOICHI
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19850581.x
Subject(s) - stat2 , stat4 , stat protein , stat3 , microbiology and biotechnology , epidermis (zoology) , stat , janus kinase , jak stat signaling pathway , biology , stat6 , stat1 , signal transduction , transcription factor , chemistry , tyrosine kinase , anatomy , biochemistry , gene
The janus kinases (JAK) and signal transducers and activators of the transcription (STAT) pathway have been shown to be activated by a number of cytokines or growth factors and to play significant roles in the differentiation of various cell types. In the present study, we investigated the distribution of the JAK–STAT pathway using immunohistochemistry in the human epidermis. Each element of the pathway showed abundant and differential expression in the epidermis. The differential distribution of the elements was most strikingly observed in the horny keratinised cell and granular layers of the epidermis. JAK2, JAK3, STAT1 and STAT5 were expressed in high amounts, and JAK1, TYK2, STAT2, STAT3, STAT4 and STAT6 to a much lesser extent in the horny cell layer. JAK3, TYK2, STAT2, STAT3, STAT4 and STAT6 were more abundantly expressed in the granular layer than the lower layers of the epidermis. JAK1, STAT1 and STAT5 were expressed at almost the same levels in the various layers of the epidermis. These results show that elements of the JAK–STAT pathway are abundantly and differentially expressed in the epidermis. It is suggested that each element of the pathway may play a role at a distinct stage of keratinocyte differentiation.