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First published on March 27, 2003; DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.049734


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Received for publication January 29, 2003.
Revised February 20, 2003.
Accepted for publication March 25, 2003.

Green Tea Polyphenols Induce Differentiation and Proliferation in Epidermal Keratinocytes

Stephen D. Hsu 1*, Wendy B. Bollag 1, Jill Lewis 1, Qin Huang 1, Baldev Singh 1, Mohamed Sharawy 1, Tetsuya Yamamoto 2, George Schuster 1

1 Medical College of Georgia 2 Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

* Address correspondence to: E-mail: shsu{at}mail.mcg.edu

Abstract

The most abundant green tea polyphenol, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), was found to induce differential effects between tumor cells and normal cells. Nevertheless, how normal epithelial cells respond to the polyphenol at concentrations for which tumor cells undergo apoptosis is undefined. The current study tested exponentially growing and aged primary human epidermal keratinocytes in response to EGCG or a mixture of the four major green tea polyphenols. EGCG elicited cell differentiation with associated induction of p57/KIP2 within 24 hours in growing keratinocytes, measured by the expression of keratin 1, filaggrin and transglutaminase activity. Aged keratinocytes, which exhibited low basal cellular activities after culturing in growth medium for up to 25 days, renewed DNA synthesis and activated succinate dehydrogenase up to 37-fold upon exposure to either EGCG or the polyphenols. These results suggest that tea polyphenols may be used for treatment of wounds or certain skin conditions characterized by altered cellular activities or metabolism.


Key words: Differentiation, Epidermis, Keratinocytes, Polyphenols, Proliferation, Tea


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