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Allanson M, Domanski D, Reeve VE. Photoimmunoprotection by UVA (320-400 nm) radiation is determined by UVA dose and is associated with cutaneous cyclic guanosine monophosphate. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126:191-7. [PMID: 16417236 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The immunomodulating properties of UVA radiation remain controversial. Here, we demonstrate in female inbred Skh:hr-1 mice that single subinflammatory UVA exposures between 1.61 and 580.5 kJ/m(2) are not immunosuppressive. Furthermore, UVA exposures between 16.13 and 580.5 kJ/m(2) provided dose-related immunoprotection against UVB-induced immunosuppression. Higher UVA exposures (870.8-1,161 kJ/m(2)) became inflammatory and immunosuppressive alone, and lost the photoimmunoprotective capacity. We previously reported that UVA photoimmunoprotection depends on the induction of cutaneous heme oxygenase-1, particularly its enzymatic product, carbon monoxide (CO). CO was suggested to activate cutaneous guanylyl cyclase (GC), as the specific GC inhibitor, 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo-(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), abrogated CO photoimmunoprotection in the mouse. This study shows that cutaneous cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) concentration increased only following immunoprotective UVA doses, or immunoprotective topical CO treatment, and cGMP production was inhibited by ODQ. Conversely, cGMP concentration was increased by inhibition of its degradative phosphodiesterase (PDE) with topical sildenafil. The PDE-5 isoform was identified in normal mouse skin. Subsequently, a moderate concentration of sildenafil was shown to simulate the effect of UVA in protecting against photoimmunosuppression by solar-simulated UV radiation or its mediator cis-urocanic acid. Thus, cutaneous cGMP, controlled by its synthesis via CO-activated GC and its degradation by PDE-5, is strongly associated with UVA photoimmunoprotection.
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- Munif Allanson
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Furio L, Berthier-Vergnes O, Ducarre B, Schmitt D, Peguet-Navarro J. UVA Radiation Impairs Phenotypic and Functional Maturation of Human Dermal Dendritic Cells. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 125:1032-8. [PMID: 16297206 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23904.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is now strong evidence that the ultraviolet A (UVA) part of the solar spectrum contributes to the development of skin cancers. Its effect on the skin immune system, however, has not been fully investigated. Here, we analyzed the effects of UVA radiation on dermal dendritic cells (DDC), which, in addition, provided further characterization of these cells. Dermal sheets were obtained from normal human skin and irradiated, or not, with UVA at 2 or 12 J per cm2. After a 2 d incubation, the phenotype of emigrant cells was analyzed by double immunostaining and flow cytometry. Results showed that migratory DDC were best characterized by CD1c expression and that only few cells co-expressed the Langerhans cell marker Langerin. Whereas the DC extracted from the dermis displayed an immature phenotype, emigrant DDC showed increased expression of HLA-DR and acquired co-stimulation and maturation markers. We showed here that UVA significantly decreased the number of viable emigrant DDC, a process related to increased apoptosis. Furthermore, UVA irradiation impaired the phenotypic and functional maturation of migrating DDC into potent antigen-presenting cells, in a concentration-dependent manner. The results provide further evidence that UVA are immunosuppressive and suggest an additional mechanism by which solar radiation impairs immune response.
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- Laetitia Furio
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Laboratoire EA 37-32, Clinique Dermatologique, Pavillon R, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Poon TSC, Barnetson RSC, Halliday GM. Sunlight-Induced Immunosuppression in Humans Is Initially Because of UVB, Then UVA, Followed by Interactive Effects. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 125:840-6. [PMID: 16185286 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation (ssUV) suppresses immunity in humans. The ultraviolet B (UVB) waveband is recognized as immunosuppressive; however the relative significance of UVA to ssUV immunosuppression is unknown. We created dose and time-response curves for UVB-, UVA-, and ssUV-induced suppression of memory immunity to nickel in humans. UVB caused immunosuppression within 24 h. UVA immunosuppression required 48 h and was normalized by 72 h. UVB alone accounts for ssUV immunosuppression at 24 h, but both UVB and UVA contributed at 48 h. By 72 h neither waveband accounted for ssUV immunosuppression. An interaction between these wavebands was therefore the major contributor. To confirm this dose-response curves were used to determine immune protection factors (IPF) for sunscreens with nickel challenge 72 h following ssUV. A sunscreen with good UVA protection had an IPF twice that of a poor UVA protector, despite providing similar protection from sunburn. Thus UVA was a major contributor to ssUV-induced immunosuppression at 72 h but only with the cooperation of UVB. Hence, UVB initiates immunosuppressive signals within 24 h, followed by UVA at 48 h, then an interaction between UVB and UVA. By 72 h following ssUV exposure, neither UVB nor UVA, but an interaction between them is the major cause of sunlight-induced immunosuppression.
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- Terence S C Poon
- Discipline of Medicine (Dermatology), Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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UNLABELLED Many agents affect the transmission of ultraviolet light to human skin. These include naturally occurring photoprotective agents (ozone, pollutants, clouds, and fog), naturally occurring biologic agents (epidermal chromophores), physical photoprotective agents (clothing, hats, make-ups, sunglasses, and window glass), and ultraviolet light filters (sunscreen ingredients and sunless tanning agents). In addition, there are agents that can modulate the effects of ultraviolet light on the skin (antioxidants and others). All of the above are reviewed in this article. LEARNING OBJECTIVE At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants should be able to provide an overview of all aspects of photoprotection.
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Allanson M, Reeve VE. Ultraviolet A (320–400 nm) Modulation of Ultraviolet B (290–320 nm)-Induced Immune Suppression Is Mediated by Carbon Monoxide. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 124:644-50. [PMID: 15737207 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that suberythemogenic ultraviolet A (UVA) (320-400 nm) exposure protects against the immunosuppressive effect of ultraviolet B (290-320 nm) radiation or its epidermal photoproduct, cis-urocanic acid (cis-UCA). In skin, UVA photoimmunoprotection is mediated by the inducible antioxidant stress enzyme, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), which degrades heme into carbon monoxide (CO), iron, and biliverdin (reduced to bilirubin), and is important for cell survival under conditions of oxidative stress. The identity of the HO enzymatic product(s) that provide the immunoprotection is unknown. Here we examine the potential of CO to fulfill this role in hairless mouse skin, utilizing a novel CO-releasing molecule (CO-RM) to deliver CO to the skin topically. The CO-RM released CO gradually from the lotion vehicle during 3 h following its preparation, and between 50 and 500 microM, concentration-dependently protected mice against the suppression of contact hypersensitivity by either solar-simulated UV radiation (SSUVR) or cis-UCA, whereas aged CO-depleted CO-RM was inactive. Thus, the CO-RM treatment mimicked UVA-photoimmunoprotection, and identified HO-released CO as the protective mediator, providing evidence that the murine cutaneous immune system is modulated by this gaseous messenger. Preliminary evidence for involvement of guanylyl cyclase was obtained by treatment of the mouse with its specific inhibitor 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo-(4,3-1)quinoxaline-1-one, which abrogated UVA photoimmunoprotection.
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- Munif Allanson
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Peguet-Navarro J, Dalbiez-Gauthier C, Le Varlet B, Courtellemont P, Schmitt D. Determination of sunscreen immune protection factors using human dendritic cell suspensions. Toxicol In Vitro 2004; 18:359-64. [PMID: 15046784 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2003.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In a previous study, we have used UVB-irradiated human skin explants and the allostimulatory function of Langerhans cells (LC) to determine immune protection factors (IPF) for sunscreens. We sought here to simplify the model by using either human enriched LC suspensions or in vitro generated dendritic cells from human monocytes (MoDC). LC or MoDC suspensions were irradiated with increasing doses of UVB through a piece of translucent strip recovered or not with the sunscreens. The allostimulatory function of the cells was then analysed in a mixed lymphocyte reaction and the UVB dose providing 50% immunosuppression (D50%) was determined graphically. IPF were determined by the ratio of the D50% value in the presence of sunscreen to that of the vehicle alone. In either experimental conditions, the D50% in the presence of sunscreens was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than that obtained with the vehicle, demonstrating the sunscreen immunoprotective effect. IPF values obtained with either DC suspensions were very similar and quite comparable to those previously obtained in the skin explant model. Thus, the present in vitro model provides easy tools to determine a new important biological parameter for sunscreens, i.e. immune protection.
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- J Peguet-Navarro
- INSERM U346, Hôpital E. Herriot, Pavillon R, 69374 Lyon 03, France.
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Wolf P, Hoffmann C, Quehenberger F, Grinschgl S, Kerl H. Immune Protection Factors of Chemical Sunscreens Measured in the Local Contact Hypersensitivity Model in Humans. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:1080-7. [PMID: 14708610 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12361.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We conducted a randomized trial designed to calculate human in vivo immune protection factors of two sunscreen preparations in a model of ultraviolet-induced local suppression of the induction of contact hypersensitivity to 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene. Seventy-five male subjects were exposed in a multistage study to multiples of their individual minimal erythema dose of solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation with or without protection by an ultraviolet B sunscreen (sun protection factor 5.2) or a broad-spectrum ultraviolet A + B sunscreen (sun protection factor 6.2). After 24 h subjects were sensitized with 50 microL of 0.0625% 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene on a nonirradiated or ultraviolet-irradiated field on the buttock that was unprotected or protected by sunscreen. Three weeks after sensitization the subjects were challenged with varying concentrations of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene on their upper inner arm, and the contact hypersensitivity response was determined at 48 and 72 h based on a semiquantitative clinical score, contact hypersensitivity lesion diameters, and dermal skin edema measurement by 20 MHz ultrasound. The 50% immunosuppressive dose ranged from 0.63 to 0.79 minimal erythema dose, depending on the endpoint parameter. Both sunscreens offered significant immunoprotection (p = 0.014-0.002) and their immune protection factor ranged from 4.5 to 5.8 (ultraviolet B sunscreen) and from 7.7 to 11 (ultraviolet A + B sunscreen). The immune protection factor of the ultraviolet B sunscreen was similar to the sun protection factor (5.2), whereas the sunscreen with broad-spectrum ultraviolet A + B protection exhibited better immunoprotective capacity than predicted from the sun protection factor.
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- Peter Wolf
- Department of Dermatology, Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria.
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Baron ED, Fourtanier A, Compan D, Medaisko C, Cooper KD, Stevens SR. High Ultraviolet A Protection Affords Greater Immune Protection Confirming that Ultraviolet A Contributes to Photoimmunosuppression in Humans. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:869-75. [PMID: 14632207 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Solar radiation causes immunosuppression that contributes to skin cancer growth. Photoprotective strategies initially focused on the more erythemogenic ultraviolet B. More recently, the relationship of ultraviolet A and skin cancer has received increased attention. We hypothesized that if ultraviolet A contributes significantly to human ultraviolet-induced immune suppression, then increased ultraviolet A filtration by a sunscreen would better protect the immune system during ultraviolet exposure. Two hundred and eleven volunteers were randomized into study groups and received solar-simulated radiation, ranging from 0 to 2 minimum erythema dose, on gluteal skin, with or without sunscreen, 48 h prior to sensitization with dinitrochlorobenzene. Contact hypersensitivity response was evaluated by measuring the increase in skin fold thickness of five graded dinitrochlorobenzene challenge sites on the arm, 2 wk after sensitization. Clinical scoring using the North American Contact Dermatitis Group method was also performed. Solar-simulated radiation dose-response curves were generated and immune protection factor was calculated using a nonlinear regression model. Significance of immune protection between study groups was determined with the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon exact test. The sunscreen with high ultraviolet A absorption (ultraviolet A protection factor of 10, based on the in vivo persistent pigment darkening method) and a labeled sun protection factor of 15 demonstrated better immune protection than the product that had a low ultraviolet A absorption (ultraviolet A protection factor of 2) and a labeled sun protection factor of 15. Nonlinear regression analysis based on skin fold thickness increase revealed that the high ultraviolet A protection factor sunscreen had an immune protection factor of 50, more than three times its sun protection factor, whereas the low ultraviolet A protection factor sunscreen had an immune protection factor of 15, which was equal to its labeled sun protection factor. This study demonstrates that ultraviolet A contributes greatly to human immune suppression and that a broad-spectrum sunscreen with high ultraviolet A filtering capacity results in immune protection that exceeds erythema protection. These results show that high ultraviolet A protection is required to protect against ultraviolet-induced damage to cutaneous immunity.
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- Elma D Baron
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Poon TSC, Barnetson RS, Halliday GM. Prevention of immunosuppression by sunscreens in humans is unrelated to protection from erythema and dependent on protection from ultraviolet a in the face of constant ultraviolet B protection. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:184-90. [PMID: 12839580 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sunscreens have been advocated as an important means of preventing skin cancer. Ultraviolet radiation induced immunosuppression is recognized as an important event in skin cancer development, yet the effectiveness of sunscreens in protecting the human immune system from ultraviolet radiation (i.e. ultraviolet radiation) is still unclear. The only currently accepted method of sunscreen rating is the sun protection factor system based on the prevention of erythema. We determined immune protection factors for six commercially available sunscreens using a nickel contact hypersensitivity model in humans. Both sun protection factor and immune protection factor testing was performed using the same solar simulated ultraviolet radiation source and dose-responses were used to determine endpoints both with and without sunscreens. We found that the immune protection factor did not correlate with the sun protection factor; however, immune protection factor was significantly correlated to the ultraviolet A protective capability of the sunscreens, indicating that sunscreen protection from ultraviolet A is important for the prevention of ultraviolet immunosuppression, when there is constant ultraviolet B protection. We recommend that sunscreens should be rated against their immune protective capability to provide a better indication of their ability to protect against skin cancer.
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- Terence S C Poon
- Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at the University of Sydney, Australia
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Much is known regarding the deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on the skin. As more epidemiologic and basic research continues to characterize the impact of sun exposure and other sources of UV radiation upon the development of cutaneous neoplasm and a variety of photosensitive dermatoses, it is crucial for the dermatologist to promote sun protection among his/her patients as well as the primary care physician who has a greater reach of the community than the skin specialist. Practical steps to achieve optimal sun protection include avoidance of UV radiation, avoidance of photosensitizing drugs, use of photo-protective clothing, and diligent application of broad-spectrum sunscreens. In recent years, novel agents and experimental modalities with the potential to offer enhanced protective effects against deleterious sequelae of sun exposure have been elucidated, e.g. antioxidants, alpha-MSH, polyphenol in green teas, genistein, NF-kB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides, pTpT vaccination, and IL-12. As these new photo-protective tools are being developed by scientists around the world, greater concerted effort is needed to engage public health officials and the media to promote sun protection awareness throughout the general public.
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- William W Ting
- Department of Dermatology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and University of Iowa Health Care, IA 52242, USA
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Kim TH, Ananthaswamy HN, Kripke ML, Ullrich SE. Advantages of using hairless mice versus haired mice to test sunscreen efficacy against photoimmune suppressions. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 78:37-42. [PMID: 12929746 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0037:aouhmv>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that the strain of mice used in sunscreen protection experiments may influence immune protection. Ultraviolet (UV) dose-response curves were done in the presence or absence of a sun protection factor (SPF) 15 sunscreen using SKH1:hrBR or C3H/HeN mice. SKH1:hrBR mice showed a higher sensitivity to the suppressive effects of UV radiation (50% immune suppression equal to 5.2 kJ/m2 UVB in SKH1:hrBR mice versus 18.5 kJ/m2 in C3H mice). Immune protection factors (IPF) and an erythema protection factor (Ery-PF) for SKH1:hr mice were derived. The Ery-PF in hairless mice was 13.5, which was similar to the SPF of 15 measured in humans. When IPF were calculated as a ratio of minimal immune suppressive doses, the IPF for the SKH1:hrBR mice was 8.23 and the IFP for the C3H/HeN mice was 1.92. When IPF were estimated using the entire UV dose-response range, they were equal to 9.01 for SKH1:hrBR mice and 1.79 for the C3H/HeN mice. Because IPF and SPF can be measured directly in hairless mice, we suggest that the use of hairless mice may provide a better model to measure sunscreen efficacy, especially when the use of human volunteers is inappropriate, unethical or impossible.
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- Tae-Heung Kim
- The Department of Dermatology, Gyeongsang National University, Gyeongsang, Korea
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Ullrich SE, Kripke ML, Ananthaswamy HN. Mechanisms underlying UV-induced immune suppression: implications for sunscreen design. Exp Dermatol 2003; 11 Suppl 1:13-6. [PMID: 12444953 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.11.s.1.4.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The ultraviolet (UV) radiation present in sunlight is immune-suppressive. Recently we showed that solar-simulated UV radiation (UVA + UVB; 295-400 nm), applied after immunization, suppressed immunological memory and the elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity to the common opportunistic pathogen, Candida albicans. Further, we found that wavelengths in the UVA region of the solar spectrum (320-400 nm), devoid of UVB, were equally effective in activating immune suppression as UVA + UVB radiation. Here we report on the mechanisms involved. No immune suppression was found in UV-irradiated mice injected with monoclonal anti-interleukin (IL)-10 antibody, or mice exposed to solar-simulated UV radiation and injected with recombinant IL-12. Antigen-specific suppressor T cells were found in the spleens of mice exposed to UVA + UVB radiation. Applying liposomes containing bacteriophage T4N5 to the skin of mice exposed to solar-simulated UVA + UVB radiation or mice exposed to UVA radiation blocked immune suppression, demonstrating an essential role for UV-induced DNA damage in the suppression of established immune reactions. These findings indicate that UV radiation activates similar immunological pathways to suppress the induction, or the elicitation, of the immune response.
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- Stephen E Ullrich
- Department of Immunology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Medical Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Pinnell SR. Cutaneous photodamage, oxidative stress, and topical antioxidant protection. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 48:1-19; quiz 20-2. [PMID: 12522365 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED New methods to protect skin from photodamage from sun exposure are necessary if we are to conquer skin cancer and photoaging. Sunscreens are useful, but their protection is not ideal because of inadequate use, incomplete spectral protection, and toxicity. Skin naturally uses antioxidants (AOs) to protect itself from photodamage. This scientific review summarizes what is known about how photodamage occurs; why sunscreens--the current gold standard of photoprotection--are inadequate; and how topical AOs help protect against skin cancer and photoaging changes. This review is intended to be a reference source, including pertinent comprehensive reviews whenever available. Although not all AOs are included, an attempt has been made to select those AOs for which sufficient information is available to document their potential topical uses and benefits. Reviewed are the following physiologic and plant AOs: vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc, silymarin, soy isoflavones, and tea polyphenols. Their topical use may favorably supplement sunscreen protection and provide additional anticarcinogenic protection. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:1-19.) LEARNING OBJECTIVE At the completion of this learning activity, participants should have an understanding of current information about how the sun damages skin to produce skin cancer and photoaging changes, how the skin naturally protects itself from the sun, the shortcomings of sunscreens, and the added advantages of topical AOs for photoprotection.
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- Sheldon R Pinnell
- Duke University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA.
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Gilaberte Y, Coscojuela C, Sáenz de Santamaría MC, González S. Fotoprotección. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(03)76688-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Menter DG. Cyclooxygenase 2 selective inhibitors in cancer treatment and prevention. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2002; 11:1749-64. [PMID: 12457435 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.11.12.1749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Prostaglandin synthesis by a number of enzymes is important at all stages during the genesis of cancer. The availability of prostaglandin H(2) as a substrate for prostaglandin production is a critical control point in its synthesis. Cyclooxygenase (COX) occurs in two forms (COX-1 and -2) and acts as the rate-limiting enzyme that generates prostaglandin H(2). COX-1 is produced as a steady-state enzyme, while COX-2 is heavily involved in inflammation and tumorigenesis. Differences in the catalytic sites of these enzymes are utilised to generate COX-2 selective inhibitors. Certain chemical characteristics of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 selective inhibitors make some of these inhibitors more effective against COX-2 than others. Epidemiological, animal and preclinical data demonstrate the promise of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 selective inhibitors as anticancer agents. Ongoing clinical trials are designed to determine the efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 selective inhibitors in the prevention and treatment of many types of cancer.
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- David G Menter
- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 236, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Reeve VE, Domanski D. Refractoriness of UVA-induced protection from photoimmunosuppression correlates with heme oxygenase response to repeated UVA exposure. Photochem Photobiol 2002; 76:401-5. [PMID: 12405147 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0401:rouipf>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Single suberythemal exposures of UVA radiation have been shown to block the immunosuppressive effects of UVB radiation in the mouse. The immunoprotection is dependent both on the presence of the cytokine, IFN-gamma, and on the induction of the antioxidant stress enzyme, heme oxygenase (HO), in the skin. Recently, the transcriptional response of the HO-1 gene to UVA radiation in cultured human skin fibroblasts was reported to be refractory to a second UVA irradiation. In this study on the hairless mouse, we demonstrate that the inducibility of HO enzyme activity in the skin similarly became refractory to a second UVA irradiation at 24 h but, like the fibroblast response, was restored when the interval between the UVA exposures was increased to 96 h. Under the conditions of refractory HO enzyme induction, the protective effect of UVA radiation against the suppression of contact hypersensitivity induced by UVB radiation or cis-urocanic acid was strongly attenuated but was restored when the interval between UVA exposures was increased to 96 h. The results thus confirm the strong relationship between HO induction and photoimmunoprotection by UVA radiation, and describe a new phenomenon of immunological refractoriness that develops with rapidly repeated UVA exposures.
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- Vivienne E Reeve
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Byrne SN, Spinks N, Halliday GM. Ultraviolet a irradiation of C57BL/6 mice suppresses systemic contact hypersensitivity or enhances secondary immunity depending on dose. J Invest Dermatol 2002; 119:858-64. [PMID: 12406331 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.00261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ultraviolet radiation is the most common environmental carcinogen humans are exposed to. It is now known that in order for skin cancers to develop, both genetic damage and immunosuppression is required. Ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression is therefore a key contributor to the development of skin cancer. Little is known about the relative contributions of the different ultraviolet spectra (A and B), however. Therefore detailed ultraviolet dose-response curves for systemic suppression of contact hypersensitivity in two mouse strains were determined to examine the relative contributions of each of these spectral components of sunlight to primary and secondary immunity. Whereas ultraviolet B caused a linear dose-related immunosuppression in both C57BL/6 and Balb/c mice, only C57BL/6 mice were immunosuppressed by medium doses of ultraviolet A. At higher ultraviolet A doses, C57BL/6 mice were protected from immunosuppression, suggesting a genetic predisposition to ultraviolet-A-induced immunomodulation. Surprisingly, we found that, in contrast to primary immunosuppression, low dose ultraviolet A enhanced the secondary immune response, whereas ultraviolet B caused antigen-specific tolerance. When ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B were combined to mimic sunlight (solar-simulated ultraviolet), immunosuppression and tolerance were only observed over a narrow dose range as the memory-enhancing effect of low dose ultraviolet A and the immunoprotective effect of higher dose ultraviolet A prevented the suppressive effects of ultraviolet B. These studies suggest that complex relationships between ultraviolet dose, immunomodulation, spectra, and genetic background are likely to be important for skin cancer induction. We also describe for the first time that low doses of ultraviolet A are able to enhance secondary immunity, which has important implications for vaccination strategies.
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- Scott N Byrne
- Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Cancer Center, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at the University of Sydney, Australia
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Nghiem DX, Kazimi N, Mitchell DL, Vink AA, Ananthaswamy HN, Kripke ML, Ullrich SE. Mechanisms underlying the suppression of established immune responses by ultraviolet radiation. J Invest Dermatol 2002; 119:600-8. [PMID: 12230501 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01845.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The ultraviolet radiation present in sunlight is immune suppressive. Recently we showed that solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation (ultraviolet A + B; 295-400 nm), applied after immunization, suppressed immunologic memory and the elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity to the common opportunistic pathogen, Candida albicans. Further, we found that wavelengths in the ultraviolet A region of the solar spectrum (320-400 nm), devoid of ultraviolet B, were equally effective in activating immune suppression as ultraviolet A + B radiation. Here we report on the mechanisms involved. Maximal immune suppression was found when mice were exposed to solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation 7-9 d post immunization. No immune suppression was found in ultraviolet-irradiated mice injected with monoclonal anti-interleukin-10 antibody, or mice exposed to solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation and injected with recombinant interleukin-12. Suppressor lymphocytes were found in the spleens of mice exposed to ultraviolet A + B radiation. In addition, antigen-specific suppressor T cells (CD3+, CD4+, DX5+) were found in the spleens of mice exposed to ultraviolet A radiation. Applying liposomes containing bacteriophage T4N5 to the skin of mice exposed to solar-simulated ultraviolet A + B radiation, or mice exposed to ultraviolet A radiation, blocked immune suppression, demonstrating an essential role for ultraviolet-induced DNA damage in the suppression of established immune reactions. These findings indicate that overlapping immune suppressive mechanisms are activated by ultraviolet A and ultraviolet A + B radiation. Moreover, our findings demonstrate that ultraviolet radiation activates similar immunologic pathways to suppress the induction of, or the elicitation of, the immune response.
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- Dat X Nghiem
- Department of Immunology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Damian DL, Halliday GM. Measurement of ultraviolet radiation-induced suppression of recall contact and delayed-type hypersensitivity in humans. Methods 2002; 28:34-45. [PMID: 12231186 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-2023(02)00208-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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This article describes methodology used for assessment of ultraviolet radiation-induced suppression of recall responses in humans. Nickel allergy is common in the general population and patch testing of nickel-allergic volunteers provides a convenient model of contact hypersensitivity. Similarly, Mantoux-positive volunteers, recruited from within hospital staff, are used as a model for delayed-type hypersensitivity. Use of secondary rather than primary immune responses allows placement of multiple test sites on each volunteer. Further, each volunteer acts as his or her own unirradiated control. This enables UV immunosuppression to be studied with relatively few human volunteers, and makes determination of UV immunosuppression dose responses feasible in human subjects. The method can also be used for assessment of the level of immune protection afforded by agents such as sunscreens or biologically active substances.
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- Diona L Damian
- Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- E D Baron
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44145, USA
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Ramos G, Nghiem DX, Walterscheid JP, Ullrich SE. Dermal application of jet fuel suppresses secondary immune reactions. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2002; 180:136-44. [PMID: 11969381 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2002.9380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Applying military jet fuel (JP-8) to the skin of mice activates systemic immune suppression. In all of our previous experiments, JP-8 was applied to immunologically naïve mice. The effect of jet fuels on established immune reactions, such as immunological memory, is unknown. The focus of the experiments presented here was to test the hypothesis that jet fuel exposure [both JP-8 and commercial jet fuel (Jet-A)] suppresses established immune reactions. Mice were immunized with the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans and, at different times after immunization (10 to 30 days), various doses of undiluted JP-8 or Jet-A were applied to their skin. Both the elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) (mice challenged 10 days after immunization) and immunological memory (mice challenged 30 days after immunization) were significantly suppressed in a dose-dependent manner. Dermal exposure to either multiple small doses (50 microl over 4 days) or a single large dose (approximately 200-300 microl) of JP-8 and/or Jet-A suppressed DTH to C. albicans. The mechanism by which dermal application of JP-8 and Jet-A suppresses immunological memory involves the release of immune biologic response modifiers. Blocking the production of prostaglandin E(2) by a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor (SC 236) significantly reversed jet fuel-induced suppression of immunologic memory. These findings indicate, for the first time, that dermal exposure to commercial jet fuel (Jet-A) suppresses the immune response. In addition, the data reported here expand on previous findings by suggesting that jet fuel exposure may depress the protective effect of prior vaccination.
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- Gerardo Ramos
- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, 77030
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Walterscheid JP, Ullrich SE, Nghiem DX. Platelet-activating factor, a molecular sensor for cellular damage, activates systemic immune suppression. J Exp Med 2002; 195:171-9. [PMID: 11805144 PMCID: PMC2193612 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation plays a critical role in the induction of nonmelanoma skin cancer. UV radiation is also immune suppressive, and the immune suppression induced by UV irradiation has been identified as a major risk factor for skin cancer induction. Previously, we showed that UV exposure activates a cytokine cascade involving prostaglandin (PG)E(2), interleukin (IL)-4, and IL-10 that induces immune suppression. However, the earliest molecular events that occur immediately after UV exposure, especially those upstream of PGE2, are not well defined. UV-irradiated keratinocytes secrete the inflammatory phospholipid mediator, platelet-activating factor (PAF). Because PAF upregulates the production of immunomodulatory compounds, including PGE2, we tested the hypothesis that UV-induced PAF activates cytokine production and initiates UV-induced immune suppression. Both UV and PAF activated cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and IL-10 reporter gene construct transcription. PAF mimicked the effects of UV in vivo and suppressed delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). Furthermore, immune suppression was blocked when UV-irradiated mice were injected with PAF receptor antagonists. In addition to the well-known role of PAF as a proinflammatory lipid mediator, we propose that the PAF receptor senses cellular damage through the recognition of PAF and/or PAF-like molecules, such as oxidized phosphatidylcholine, which activates cytokine transcription and induces systemic immune suppression.
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- Jeffrey P Walterscheid
- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030-4009, USA
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