Reduction of hyaluronan and increased expression of HYBID (KIAA1199) correlate with clinical symptoms in photoaged skin

Summary

Background

Hyaluronan (HA) metabolism in skin fibroblasts is mediated by HYBID (HYaluronan Binding protein Involved in hyaluronan Depolymerisation, KIAA1199) and HA synthases 1/2 (HAS1/2). However, photoageing-dependent changes in HA and their molecular mechanisms, and the relationship between HA metabolism and clinical symptoms in photoaged skin remain elusive.

Objectives

We examined amount, size and tissue distribution of HA and expression levels of HYBID and HAS1/2 in photoaged skin, and analysed their relationships to the degree of photoageing.

Methods

Photoageing-dependent changes of HA were investigated by studying skin biopsies isolated from photoprotected and photoexposed areas of the same donors, and the relationship between HA and photoageing symptoms such as skin wrinkling and sagging was examined.

Results

Skin biopsy specimens showed that amount and size of HA are decreased in the photoexposed skin compared to the photoprotected skin, and this was accompanied by increased expression of HYBID and decreased expression of HAS1/2, respectively. Histologically, HA staining in the papillary dermis was decreased in photoexposed skin, showing reverse correlation with HYBID expression. HYBID expression in the photoexposed skin directly correlated with skin roughness and sagging parameters, and reduced HA staining in the papillary dermis in the photoexposed skin positively correlated with these symptoms.

Conclusions

These data demonstrate that imbalance between HYBID-mediated HA degradation and HAS-mediated HA synthesis may contribute to enhanced HA catabolism in the photoaged skin, and suggest that HYBID-mediated HA reduction in the papillary dermis is related to skin wrinkling and sagging of photoaged skin.

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