UVB Irradiation Induces Human Skin Fibroblasts Senescence Through Regulate Β-Catenin and Smp30 Expression

Feng-Mei Yang1, Rui Li2, Xiu-Xue Hu3, Yong Liang4, Bo Gao3* and Wei Chen3* 1Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Renmin Southern 32, Hubei 442000, P.R. China 2Department of Medical offices, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Renmin Southern 32, Hubei 442000, P.R. China 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Renmin Southern 32, Hubei 442000, P.R. China 4Department of Anesthesiology, Ren-ming Hospital of Yun-xi, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, P.R. China Article Information Received 06 July 2019 Revised 30 July 2019 Accepted 11 October 2019 Available online 29 May 2020


INTRODUCTION
L ong-term exposure of human skin fibroblasts (HSF) to oxidative stress may induce alterations in cell senescence, morphology, G1 phase stagnation, and target gene expression (Hong et al., 2010;Wang et al., 2008). The long-term exposure of the skin may cause oxidative stress damage, which plays an important role in cell senescence and skin aging (Pinnell et al., 2003). UVB mainly acts on the shallow layer of the dermis and epidermis. Meanwhile, β-catenin is an effector protein that plays a key role in the Wnt signal pathway, particularly in regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis to protect against senescence (Zhang et al., 2010). SMP30, a senescence marker protein that was first recognized in rat liver, exhibits decreased expression with increasing host age; this protein, together with β-catenin, may mediate and delay senescence . This study aims to simulate damage states after irradiation O n l i n e

F i r s t A r t i c l e
Detection of HSF proliferation MTT method was used to detect HSF proliferation. About 2×10 3 logarithmic phase cells (about 200 μl of the culture solution) were obtained and inoculated onto the culture plate. After single-layer adherent growth of cells for 24 h and culture plate coverage of about 50%-60%, the supernatant was discarded. The cells were irradiated with 100, 200, 300 mJ/cm 2 UVB for 1, 2, 3 days from a distance of 30 cm. After irradiation, the culture was terminated, and the supernatant was discarded. DMSO was added to each hole for shaking and mixing, and absorbance A at 570 nm for each hole was recorded. CPIR was used to determine cell proliferation activity in the two groups, where CPIR= (A Control group -A Test group / A Control group )×100%. Each experiment was repeated 5 times.

Detection of HSF apoptosis
HSF apoptosis was detected using FCM. After irradiation, 1×10 6 cells were collected and washed with PBS three times. The cells were added with 10 μl of annexin V-FITC and 5 μl of PI. The cells were subjected to lucifugal incubation for 30 min and mixed in 100 μl of binding buffer. Apoptosis rate was detected within 1 h.

RNA extraction and reverse transcription
Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol® Reagent (Invitrogen, USA) according to the manufacture's protocol. The concentration and purity of total RNA was determined by measuring the absorption with Nano Drop-2000 (Thermo Fisher) at 260 nm and 280 nm. First-strand cDNA was prepared from total RNA using Promega reverse transcription system (Promega, USA) based on the manufacturer's instructions. cDNA was used immediately or stored at -80°C until use.

Western blot analysis
Total proteins were extracted using RIPA buffer and concentrations were determined by the BCA protein quantitative kit. In total 10 μg protein was loaded onto sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for electrophoresis and transferred to PVDF membranes. After transfer, Blots were blocked with 5% nonfat dry milk-TBS-0.1% Tween 20 for 2h at room temperature and then washed, then incubated overnight at 4°C with primary polyclonal antibodies against β-catenin and SMP30 according to the manufacturer's instructions. Signals were detected after incubation for 2h at room temperature in horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody. GAPDH acted as the reference protein for loading control.

Statistical analysis
SPSS version 16.0 was employed to analyze the results, and P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. The measured data were expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. A Student's t-test, the variance analysis of repeated measurement data and Bilinear regression were used to compare groups.

Changes of every detection indicator with different UVB doses for different durations
At different irradiation time points, the comparison between two irradiation dose groups showed that the effect of time factors varies with the different dose of radiation. UVB irradiation with different UVB doses for different durations significantly inhibited NHSF growth, the CPIR and apoptotic rate increased gradually with increasing irradiation dose and duration. The relative expression level of the β-catenin and SMP30 gene in the case group were significantly lower than that in the control group after UVB treatment. Gene expression also varied with different UVB doses and durations, indicating the doseand time-dependent effects of UVB, the difference of gene expression between different groups was statistically significant. According to the Sphericity Assumption, different analysis results were used (Tables I and II). The changes of every detection indicator with different UVB doses for different durations are shown in Table III

Bilinear regression analysis of the relationship between t detection indicator and irradiation dose for different durations
The CPIR (apoptosis rate, gene expression) as the dependent variable and the different irradiation dose with different durations as independent variables for the regression analysis showed that in line with the linear relationship between the CPIR (apoptosis rate, gene expression) and irradiation dose for different durations. (Table IV and Fig. 3), P<0.05.

Gene/Protein expression in the control group and the experimental group
The expression level of β-catenin gene in the control group was 1.23±0.13, and in the experimental group was 0.70±0.18, the difference was statistically significant (t=10.68, P<0.001); The expression level of SMP30 gene in the control group was 1.15±0.11, and in the experimental group was 0.66±0.19, the difference was statistically significant (t=9.5, P<0.001). β-catenin and SMP30 expression levels are presented in Figure 4.

DISCUSSION
As an important core signal molecule in the Wnt pathway, β-catenin is located in chromosome 3p21, which plays a key role in occurrence and development of some tumors, regulating cell proliferation, apoptosis and anti-senescence Sun et al., 2017).

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Senescence is a biological phenomenon that involves gradual degenerative changes in organs and progressive decline in physiological function caused by endogenous and exogenous factors with aging of a mature individual (Woo et al., 2011). In this process, the expression of related senescence genes, including mRNAs, within the cell mainly decreases at molecular level. Senescence may also occur in skin. In this study, HSF was treated with different UVB doses for different durations to determine β-catenin, SMP30 expression before and after simulating damage states and study the relationship between such changes and UVB irradiation. The potential mechanism underlying the effect of UVB irradiation on skin senescence was also explored.
The study showed that the NHSF CPIR and apoptosis rate increased gradually with increasing UVB dose and irradiation duration. This result suggests that the occurrence of damages, such as cell apoptosis, reduces survival rate of HSF given UVB irradiation under certain dose and duration. Wang (Wang et al., 2008) reported that 300 mJ/cm 2 UVB irradiation can induce NHSF to an optically damaged state; the treatment also leads to a series of oxidative stress damages, such as G1 phase stagnation, cell apoptosis, diminished SOD activity and increased release of oxidative stress damage products. Moreover, the β-catenin and SMP30 gene expression in the case group decreased gradually with increasing UVB dose, indicating time-and dose-dependent impact of UVB induction. After the damage was simulated, the gene expression significantly increased compared to that in the control group. This result is consistent with that presented by . Furthermore, as the target gene regulating skin senescence, high β-catenin gene expression can augment HSF proliferation to a certain extent (Tian et al., 2015). Hence, the decreased β-catenin gene expression in HSF induced by UVB oxidative stress may serve as a mechanism for normal HSF.
As a senescence marker protein, SMP30 expression level decreased in mice when the oxidative stress level increased (Tian et al., 2016). Moreover, the high expression level of SMP30 inhibited the expression of senescencerelated cell reactive oxygen species and β-galactosidase (Kagami et al., 2013). However, after knocking out the SMP30 gene in mice, the pro-oxidant level increased with prolonged life of these mice (Mizukami et al., 2013). Upon SMP30 gene knockout, the mice could not synthesize sufficient Vc, resulting in diminished antioxidative stress ability, which accelerated free-radical-induced damage, and eventually hastened cell senescence (Rass et al., 2008). These studies showed that SMP30 serves as an antisenescence function in cells. When the skin is exposed to oxidative stress, such as UVB, oxygen radicals accumulate, thereby decreasing the expression of SMP30 that regulates skin senescence in NHSF. Moreover, different kinds of irreversible oxidative damage may be produced inside cells, leading to skin senescence.
Previous studies have shown that the photodamage induced by UVB is a path of skin senescence caused by the reduction of β-catenin and SMP30. Some studies have shown that FOXO3a can inhibit oxidation thereby delaying senescence through SOD2, catalase and related signaling pathways (Wnt pathway, PI3K/Akt pathway and so on) (Mandinova et al., 2008;Clavel et al., 2010;Chen et al., 2018). This is also one of the key contents of our later research by cell transfer.
High UVB irradiation doses can cause DNA irreversible damage, cell necrosis, or even cancer, whereas low irradiation doses can cause oxidativestress-induced photodamage and initiate cell aging (Rass et al., 2008;Toussaint et al., 2002). Oxidative stress damage plays an important role in the process of skin-cell premature senility. We have not discussed the effectiveness of controlling UVB damage as well as preventing oxidative-stress-induced skin senescence, but will be studied in future work. The presented results are helpful for further study in aesthetic medicine.