Del-1 in psoriasis induced the expression of αvβ3 and α5β1 in endothelial cells.

OBJECTIVE Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease highly depending on angiogenesis. Our prior results showed that the mRNA and protein of Del-1 in dermal mesenchymal stem cells (dMSCs) was up-regulated from psoriasis. Our aim was further to investigate the role of Del-1 from dMSCs in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and confirm the effect of Del-1 on the pathogenesis of psoriasis. METHODS We conducted an immunohistochemistry experiment to further investigate the expression of Del-1in psoriatic lesions. In addition, dMSCs with over-expressed Del-1 via the lentiviral vector of Del-1 were co-cultured with ECs, and the protein expression of integrins (αvβ3, αvβ5 ,and α5β1) of ECs were detected by western blotting. RESULTS This research showed that Del-1 was significantly increased in lesions of patients with psoriasis (p< .05, 9.96 vs. 2.18), and Del-1 from dMSCs successfully induced up-regulation of integrins α5β1 and αvβ3 (all p < .05). CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that Del-1 from dMSCs was involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis through induced angiogenesis. And Del-1, αvβ3 and α5β1 may be potential new targets for inhibiting angiogenesis in psoriasis.