Signalling of the epithelial splicing variant of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2b) induces both autophagy and phagocytosis in human keratinocytes. Here, we investigated, in the cell model of HaCaT keratinocytes, whether the two processes might be related and the possible involvement of PLCγ signalling. Using fluorescence and electron microscopy, we demonstrated that the FGFR2b-induced phagocytosis and autophagy involve converging autophagosomal and phagosomal compartments. Moreover, the forced expression of FGFR2b signalling mutants and the use of specific inhibitors of FGFR2b substrates showed that the receptor-triggered autophagy requires PLCγ signalling, which in turn activates JNK1 via PKCδ. Finally, we found that in primary human keratinocytes derived from light or dark pigmented skin and expressing different levels of FGFR2b, the rate of phagocytosis and autophagy and the convergence of the two intracellular pathways are dependent on the level of receptor expression, suggesting that FGFR2b signalling would control in vivo the number of melanosomes in keratinocytes, determining skin pigmentation.

Interplay between FGFR2b-induced autophagy and phagocytosis: role of PLCγ-mediated signalling / Nanni, Monica; Ranieri, Danilo; Raffa, Salvatore; Torrisi, Maria Rosaria; Belleudi, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1582-1838. - ELETTRONICO. - 22:1(2018), pp. 1-16. [10.1111/jcmm.13352]

Interplay between FGFR2b-induced autophagy and phagocytosis: role of PLCγ-mediated signalling

Nanni, Monica;Ranieri, Danilo;Raffa, Salvatore;Torrisi, Maria Rosaria
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Belleudi, Francesca
2018

Abstract

Signalling of the epithelial splicing variant of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2b) induces both autophagy and phagocytosis in human keratinocytes. Here, we investigated, in the cell model of HaCaT keratinocytes, whether the two processes might be related and the possible involvement of PLCγ signalling. Using fluorescence and electron microscopy, we demonstrated that the FGFR2b-induced phagocytosis and autophagy involve converging autophagosomal and phagosomal compartments. Moreover, the forced expression of FGFR2b signalling mutants and the use of specific inhibitors of FGFR2b substrates showed that the receptor-triggered autophagy requires PLCγ signalling, which in turn activates JNK1 via PKCδ. Finally, we found that in primary human keratinocytes derived from light or dark pigmented skin and expressing different levels of FGFR2b, the rate of phagocytosis and autophagy and the convergence of the two intracellular pathways are dependent on the level of receptor expression, suggesting that FGFR2b signalling would control in vivo the number of melanosomes in keratinocytes, determining skin pigmentation.
2018
autophagy; fgfr2; fgfr2b; keratinocytes; phagocytosis; plcî³; molecular medicine; cell biology
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Interplay between FGFR2b-induced autophagy and phagocytosis: role of PLCγ-mediated signalling / Nanni, Monica; Ranieri, Danilo; Raffa, Salvatore; Torrisi, Maria Rosaria; Belleudi, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1582-1838. - ELETTRONICO. - 22:1(2018), pp. 1-16. [10.1111/jcmm.13352]
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