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Orally Administered Glucosylceramide Improves the Skin Barrier Function by Upregulating Genes Associated with the Tight Junction and Cornified Envelope Formation

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Pages 1516-1523 | Received 18 Mar 2011, Accepted 09 May 2011, Published online: 22 May 2014
 

Abstract

Dietary glucosylceramide improves the skin barrier function. We used a microarray system to analyze the mRNA expression in SDS-treated dorsal skin of the hairless mouse to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved. The transepidermal water loss of mouse skin was increased by the SDS treatment, this increase being significantly reduced by a prior oral administration of glucosylceramides. The microarray-evaluated mRNA expression ratio showed a statistically significant increase in the expression of genes related to the cornified envelope and tight junction formation when compared with all genes in the glucosylceramide-fed/SDS-treated mouse skin. We then examined the contribution of glucosylceramide metabolites to the tight junction formation of cultured keratinocytes. The SDS treatment of cultured keratinocytes significantly decreased the transepidermal electrical resistance, this decrease being significantly ameliorated in the presence of sphingosine or phytosphingosine, the major metabolites of glucosylceramide. These results suggest that an oral administration of glucosylceramide improved the skin barrier function by up-regulating genes associated with both the cornified envelope and tight junction formation.

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Orally Administered Glucosylceramide Improves the Skin Barrier Function by Upregulating Genes Associated with the Tight Junction and Cornified Envelope Formation

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