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De Los Santos Gomez P, Costello L, Goncalves K, Przyborski S. Comparison of photodamage in non-pigmented and pigmented human skin equivalents exposed to repeated ultraviolet radiation to investigate the role of melanocytes in skin photoprotection. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 11:1355799. [PMID: 38698778 PMCID: PMC11063240 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1355799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction Daily solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation has an important impact on skin health. Understanding the initial events of the UV-induced response is critical to prevent deleterious conditions. However, studies in human volunteers have ethical, technical, and economic implications that make skin equivalents a valuable platform to investigate mechanisms related to UV exposure to the skin. In vitro human skin equivalents can recreate the structure and function of in vivo human skin and represent a valuable tool for academic and industrial applications. Previous studies have utilised non-pigmented full-thickness or pigmented epidermal skin equivalents to investigate skin responses to UV exposure. However, these do not recapitulate the dermal-epidermal crosstalk and the melanocyte role in photoprotection that occurs in vivo. In addition, the UV radiation used in these studies is generally not physiologically representative of real-world UV exposure. Methods Well-characterised pigmented and non-pigmented skin equivalents that contain human dermal fibroblasts, endogenous secreted extracellular matrix proteins (ECM) and a well-differentiated and stratified epidermis have been developed. These constructs were exposed to UV radiation for ×5 consecutive days with a physiologically relevant UV dose and subsequently analysed using appropriate end-points to ascertain photodamage to the skin. Results We have described that repeated irradiation of full-thickness human skin equivalents in a controlled laboratory environment can recreate UV-associated responses in vitro, mirroring those found in photoexposed native human skin: morphological damage, tanning, alterations in epidermal apoptosis, DNA lesions, proliferation, inflammatory response, and ECM-remodelling. Discussion We have found a differential response when using the same UV doses in non-pigmented and pigmented full-thickness skin equivalents, emphasising the role of melanocytes in photoprotection.
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Reprocell Europe Ltd., Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Molina EA, Travis TE, Hussein L, Oliver MA, Keyloun JW, Moffatt LT, Shupp JW, Carney BC. Treatment of hypopigmented burn hypertrophic scars with short-term topical tacrolimus does not lead to repigmentation. Lasers Surg Med 2024; 56:175-185. [PMID: 38225772 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Dyschromia is an understudied aspect of hypertrophic scar (HTS). The use of topical tacrolimus has successfully shown repigmentation in vitiligo patients through promotion of melanogenesis and melanocyte proliferation. It was hypothesized that HTSs treated with topical tacrolimus would have increased repigmentation compared to controls. METHODOLOGY Full-thickness burns in red Duroc pigs were either treated with excision and meshed split-thickness skin grafting or excision and no grafting, and these wounds formed hypopigmented HTSs (n = 8). Half of the scars had 0.1% tacrolimus ointment applied to the scar twice a day for 21 days, while controls had no treatment. Further, each scar was bisected with half incurring fractional ablative CO2 laser treatment before topical tacrolimus application to induce laser-assisted drug delivery (LADD). Pigmentation was evaluated using a noninvasive probe to measure melanin index (MI) at Days 0 (pretreatment), 7, 14, and 21. At each timepoint, punch biopsies were obtained and fixed in formalin or were incubated in dispase. The formalin-fixed biopsies were used to evaluate melanin levels by H&E staining. The biopsies incubated in dispase were used to obtain epidermal sheets. The ESs were then flash frozen and RNA was isolated from them and used in quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for melanogenesis-related genes: Tyrosinase (TYR), TYR-related protein-1 (TYRP1), and dopachrome tautomerase (DCT). Analysis of variance test with Šídák's multiple comparisons test was used to compare groups. RESULTS Over time, within the grafted HTS and the NS group, there were no significant changes in MI, except for Week 3 in the -Tacro group. (+Tacro HTS= pre = 685.1 ± 42.0, w1 = 741.0 ± 54.16, w2 = 750.8 ± 59.0, w3 = 760.9 ± 49.8) (-Tacro HTS= pre = 700.4 ± 54.3, w1 = 722.3 ± 50.7, w2 = 739.6 ± 53.2, w3 = 722.7 ± 50.5). Over time, within the ungrafted HTS and the NS group, there were no significant changes in MI. (+Tacro HTS= pre = 644.9 ± 6.9, w1 = 661.6 ± 3.3, w2 = 650.3 ± 6.2, w3 = 636.3 ± 7.4) (-Tacro HTS= pre = 696.8 ± 8.0, w1 = 695.8 ± 12.3, w2 = 678.9 ± 14.0, w3 = 731.2 ± 50.3). LADD did not lead to any differential change in pigmentation compared to the non-LADD group. There was no evidence of increased melanogenesis within the tissue punch biopsies at any timepoint. There were no changes in TYR, TYRP1, or DCT gene expression after treatment. CONCLUSION Hypopigmented HTSs treated with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment with or without LADD did not show significantly increased repigmentation. This study was limited by a shorter treatment interval than what is known to be required in vitiligo patients for repigmentation. The use of noninvasive, topical treatments to promote repigmentation are an appealing strategy to relieve morbidity associated with dyschromic burn scars and requires further investigation.
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- Esteban A Molina
- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Bilska K, Dmitrzak-Węglarz M, Osip P, Pawlak J, Paszyńska E, Permoda-Pachuta A. Metabolic Syndrome and Adipokines Profile in Bipolar Depression. Nutrients 2023; 15:4532. [PMID: 37960185 PMCID: PMC10648184 DOI: 10.3390/nu15214532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a growing social, economic, and health problem. MS coexists with nearly half of all patients with affective disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the neurobiological parameters (clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, adipokines levels, and ultrasound of carotid arteries) and their relationship with the development of MS in patients with bipolar disorder. The study group consisted of 70 patients (50 women and 20 men) hospitalized due to episodes of depression in the course of bipolar disorders. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was used to assess the severity of the depression symptoms in an acute state of illness and after six weeks of treatment. The serum concentration of adipokines was determined using an ELISA method. The main finding of this study is that the following adipokines correlated with MS in the bipolar depression women group: visfatin, S100B, and leptin had a positive correlation, whereas adiponectin, leptin-receptor, and adiponectin/leptin ratio showed a negative correlation. Moreover, the adiponectin/leptin ratio showed moderate to strong negative correlation with insulin level, BMI, waist circumference, triglyceride level, treatment with metformin, and a positive moderate correlation with HDL. The adiponectin/leptin ratio may be an effective tool to assess MS in depressed female bipolar patients.
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- Karolina Bilska
- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Integrated Dentistry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
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