Summary
The epidermis shows a distinctive pattern of differentiation wherein keratinocytes proliferate in the basal cell layer and mature into spinous and granular cells. Using a discontinuous density-gradient centrifugation method, guinea-pig keratinocytes were separated into high (HDF), intermediate (IDF), and low (LDF) density fractions. Morphological and flow cytometrical observations demonstrated that HDF, IDF, and LDF were basal, spinous, and granular cell-rich fractions, respectively. Membrane fluidity of the fractionated keratinocytes was measured by diphenylhexatriene fluorescence polarization. Polarization (p)-value of keratinocytes was negatively correlated with temperature. At each temperature, HDF cells showed a lower p-value than IDF or HDF cells except at 40° C. Since a low p-value indicates a high degree of Brownian motion, membrane fluidity is higher in basal cells and lower in spinous and granular cells. Our results indicate that membrane fluidity of guinea-pig keratinocytes decreases during their maturation.
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Hachisuka, H., Nomura, H., Mori, O. et al. Alterations in membrane fluidity during keratinocyte differentiation measured by fluorescence polarization. Cell Tissue Res 260, 207–210 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00297507
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