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ArticleClinical and translational allergy2025

A Novel Cell Culture System to Improve MRGPRX2 Research in Human Skin Mast Cells.

Zhuoran Li, Jean Schneikert, Anja Wegner, Torsten Zuberbier, Magda Babina

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Article in Clinical and translational allergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zhuoran LiInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-6871
Jean SchneikertInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1862-995X
Anja WegnerInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-2498
Torsten ZuberbierInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-8875
Magda BabinaInstitute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4500-7615

Funding

CSC and CharitéDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft BA-3769/4European Center for Allergy Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMRGPRX2, a receptor central to mast cell (MC) activation and related skin diseases, is selectively expressed in skin MCs but downregulated during culture by stem cell factor (SCF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4).

objectiveTo identify culture conditions that preserve MC viability while restoring MRGPRX2 expression and function.

methodsHuman skin MCs were cultured in standard or serum-free Accell medium (both with SCF). After 3 days, MRGPRX2 expression was assessed by flow cytometry, degranulation by mediator release assays, and signaling by Western blotting.

resultsAccell medium increased MRGPRX2 expression to ~1.7-fold and enhanced degranulation to Substance P and codeine. It also promoted stronger and more sustained ERK and AKT phosphorylation, while FcεRI-mediated responses were largely unaffected.

conclusionShort-term incubation in serum-free Accell medium restores MRGPRX2 expression and signaling in cultured skin MCs without impairing viability. This simple adjustment yields a practical and reliable model for MRGPRX2-focused studies.

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degranulationmast cellsmediaMRGPRX2skintryptase

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PMCPMC12529870

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