Transcriptional activity of epigenetic remodeling genes declines in keratinocytes after in vitro expansion

ConclusionsTransmission to in vitro environment challenges cellular signalling and metabolism. The regulation of epigenetic remodelling maintains the balance between cellular plasticity and phenotype deviation. This preliminary research demonstrated reduced activity of genes responsible for epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones in in vitro expanded epidermal cells. This observation indicates that epigenome re-patterning in cultured epidermal cells is significantly less intensive than in the skin. Also, this observation may imply that after adaptation to in vitro conditions, the epigenome does not undergo extensive transformation during further cultivation.
Source: Advances in Medical Sciences - Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research