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CD63 regulates corneal epithelium abundant genes in the limbus
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PURPOSE.
Description
Building on identification of ABCB5 as a limbal stem cell (LSC) marker, this study evaluates CD63, a newly identified LSC molecule co-expressed with ABCB5, in human limbal epithelial cells to elucidate its role in maintaining corneal epithelial identity. METHODS.
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed on sorted Abcb5-positive and Abcb5-negative murine corneal epithelial cells. CD63 expression in human corneal tissue was assessed by flow cytometry and immunostaining. siRNA-mediated knockdown (KD) of CD63 was conducted in cultured human limbal epithelial cells. Subsequent analyses included qRT-PCR, flow cytometry, RNA-seq, and western blotting.
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RESULTS. RNA-seq analysis of mouse corneal epithelial cells revealed high expression of LSC markers, including Krt15, Krt6b, Fgfr1, Gpha2, Ifitm3, and Cd63, as well as low expression of differentiation-associated markers, such as Krt12 and Gja1, in Abcb5-positive cells. In human corneal tissue, flow cytometry and immunostaining confirmed robust CD63 expression in the limbal region. siRNA-mediated KD of CD63 in cultured human limbal epithelial cells resulted in a marked reduction in the expression of corneal epithelium-enriched genes, including KRT12, CLU, ALDH1A1, ALDH3A1, TGFBI and MYEOV.
Notably, CD63 KD resulted in a ~50 % decrease in expression of a key transcriptional regulator of corneal epithelial identity, PAX6. CONCLUSIONS. CD63 is abundantly expressed in the human limbus and plays a critical role in maintaining the expression of corneal epithelium-specific proteins, likely through modulation of PAX6.
These findings underscore the functional significance of CD63 in limbal stem cell biology and its essential contribution to corneal epithelial homeostasis.
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Get the data
- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE308nnn/GSE308189 ↗
download · from NCBI GEO
Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE308189 ↗
landing page · from NCBI GEO
Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1329184 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1329184 ↗
project · from NCBI GEO
- PubMed 41817143 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41817143 ↗
publication · from NCBI GEO
Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Homo sapiens · Mus musculus
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
- Inferred from text
- RNA sequencing 75% · Sequencing 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE308189 | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:rna-seq | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:sequencing | enrichment · NCBI GEO | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:9606 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |