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Hart PH, Norval M. More Than Effects in Skin: Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Changes in Immune Cells in Human Blood. Front Immunol 2021; 12:694086. [PMID: 34177957 PMCID: PMC8222718 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.694086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cells of the skin and circulation are in constant two-way communication. Following exposure of humans to sunlight or to phototherapy, there are alterations in the number, phenotype and function of circulating blood cells. In this review, only data obtained from human studies are considered, with changes induced by UV radiation (UVR) exposure described for phagocytic leukocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells plus their component T and B cells, natural killer cells and dendritic cells. These immune modulations illustrate the potential of UVR to have therapeutic effects beyond the skin, and that sunlight exposure is an important environmental influence on human health.
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- Prue H Hart
- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hart PH, Norval M. The Multiple Roles of Urocanic Acid in Health and Disease. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:496-502. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kashi DS, Oliver SJ, Wentz LM, Roberts R, Carswell AT, Tang JCY, Jackson S, Izard RM, Allan D, Rhodes LE, Fraser WD, Greeves JP, Walsh NP. Vitamin D and the hepatitis B vaccine response: a prospective cohort study and a randomized, placebo-controlled oral vitamin D 3 and simulated sunlight supplementation trial in healthy adults. Eur J Nutr 2020; 60:475-491. [PMID: 32390123 PMCID: PMC7867563 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02261-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Purpose To determine serum 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D relationship with hepatitis B vaccination (study 1). Then, to investigate the effects on hepatitis B vaccination of achieving vitamin D sufficiency (serum 25(OH)D ≥ 50 nmol/L) by a unique comparison of simulated sunlight and oral vitamin D3 supplementation in wintertime (study 2). Methods Study 1 involved 447 adults. In study 2, 3 days after the initial hepatitis B vaccination, 119 men received either placebo, simulated sunlight (1.3 × standard-erythema dose, 3 × /week for 4 weeks and then 1 × /week for 8 weeks) or oral vitamin D3 (1000 IU/day for 4 weeks and 400 IU/day for 8 weeks). We measured hepatitis B vaccination efficacy as percentage of responders with anti-hepatitis B surface antigen immunoglobulin G ≥ 10 mIU/mL. Results In study 1, vaccine response was poorer in persons with low vitamin D status (25(OH)D ≤ 40 vs 41–71 nmol/L mean difference [95% confidence interval] − 15% [− 26, − 3%]; 1,25(OH)2D ≤ 120 vs ≥ 157 pmol/L − 12% [− 24%, − 1%]). Vaccine response was also poorer in winter than summer (− 18% [− 31%, − 3%]), when serum 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D were at seasonal nadirs, and 81% of persons had serum 25(OH)D < 50 nmol/L. In study 2, vitamin D supplementation strategies were similarly effective in achieving vitamin D sufficiency from the winter vitamin D nadir in almost all (~ 95%); however, the supplementation beginning 3 days after the initial vaccination did not effect the vaccine response (vitamin D vs placebo 4% [− 21%, 14%]). Conclusion Low vitamin D status at initial vaccination was associated with poorer hepatitis B vaccine response (study 1); however, vitamin D supplementation commencing 3 days after vaccination (study 2) did not influence the vaccination response. Clinical trial registry number Study 1 NCT02416895; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02416895; Study 2 NCT03132103; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03132103. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00394-020-02261-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Daniel S Kashi
- College of Human Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2PZ, UK.,Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- College of Human Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2PZ, UK.
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- Beaver College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, USA
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- College of Human Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2PZ, UK
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- Department of Army Health and Physical Performance Research, Army HQ, Andover, UK
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- Occupational Medicine, HQ Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command, Upavon, UK
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- Medical Physics Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, and University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, and Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.,Department of Army Health and Physical Performance Research, Army HQ, Andover, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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Hart PH, Norval M. Are there differences in immune responses following delivery of vaccines through acutely or chronically sun-exposed compared with sun-unexposed skin? Immunology 2019; 159:133-141. [PMID: 31593303 DOI: 10.1111/imm.13128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The majority of human vaccines are administered above the deltoid muscle of the arm, a site that is chronically sun-exposed in many people. It is known that exposure of the skin to the UV wavelengths in sunlight stimulates systemic immunosuppression, an outcome that is associated with reduced immunity to microbial infections in animal models. Here we consider whether immunization of humans through a UV-irradiated skin site will lead to a less effective immune response compared with immunization through an unexposed site. Studies showing that the efficacy of vaccination can be reduced when surrogates of increased levels of sun exposure, such as latitude of residence and season of the year, are considered. Results from a limited number of intervention experiments in humans demonstrate a similar pattern. To provide an explanation for these findings, changes in the number and functional potential of immune cells in chronically sun-exposed compared with unexposed skin are outlined. UV radiation-induced changes to skin cells are also relevant when considering skin sites for administration of immune-tolerizing peptides. The review provides the basis for further research into the effects of acute and chronic UV radiation exposure on skin cells in the context of vaccination.
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- Prue H Hart
- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Bernard JJ, Gallo RL, Krutmann J. Photoimmunology: how ultraviolet radiation affects the immune system. Nat Rev Immunol 2019; 19:688-701. [PMID: 31213673 DOI: 10.1038/s41577-019-0185-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a ubiquitous component of the environment that has important effects on a wide range of cell functions. Short-wavelength UVB radiation induces sunburn and is a potent immunomodulator, yet longer-wavelength, lower-energy UVA radiation also has effects on mammalian immunity. This Review discusses current knowledge regarding the mechanisms by which UV radiation can modify innate and adaptive immune responses and how this immunomodulatory capacity can be both beneficial in the case of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and detrimental in the case of skin cancer and the response to several infectious agents.
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- Jamie J Bernard
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. .,Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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There is substantial variation between individuals in the immune response to vaccination. In this review, we provide an overview of the plethora of studies that have investigated factors that influence humoral and cellular vaccine responses in humans. These include intrinsic host factors (such as age, sex, genetics, and comorbidities), perinatal factors (such as gestational age, birth weight, feeding method, and maternal factors), and extrinsic factors (such as preexisting immunity, microbiota, infections, and antibiotics). Further, environmental factors (such as geographic location, season, family size, and toxins), behavioral factors (such as smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, and sleep), and nutritional factors (such as body mass index, micronutrients, and enteropathy) also influence how individuals respond to vaccines. Moreover, vaccine factors (such as vaccine type, product, adjuvant, and dose) and administration factors (schedule, site, route, time of vaccination, and coadministered vaccines and other drugs) are also important. An understanding of all these factors and their impacts in the design of vaccine studies and decisions on vaccination schedules offers ways to improve vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy.
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Swaminathan A, Harrison SL, Ketheesan N, van den Boogaard CHA, Dear K, Allen M, Hart PH, Cook M, Lucas RM. Exposure to Solar UVR Suppresses Cell-Mediated Immunization Responses in Humans: The Australian Ultraviolet Radiation and Immunity Study. J Invest Dermatol 2019; 139:1545-1553.e6. [PMID: 30684553 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Animal and human studies show that exposure to solar-simulated UVR is immunomodulatory. Human studies that used natural sun exposure and controlled for confounding are rare. We immunized 217 healthy adults (age range = 18-40 years) with a T-cell-dependent antigen, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, and measured personal clothing-adjusted UVR exposure (for 5 days before and after immunization), lifetime cumulative UVR exposure, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration at immunization, and potential confounding factors. We tested cellular and humoral immune responses in relation to UVR exposure. The delayed-type hypersensitivity response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin recall challenge was lower in individuals with higher personal clothing-adjusted UVR exposure on the day before immunization (P = 0.015) and during intervals spanning the day before to 2-3 days after immunization. There was an incremental increase in T helper type 17 cells (as a proportion of CD4+ T cells) from preimmunization to postimmunization in the high, compared with the low, personal clothing-adjusted UVR exposure group (0.31% vs. -0.39%, P = 0.004). Keyhole limpet hemocyanin-specific antibody titers were not associated with acute or cumulative UVR exposure or serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Higher UVR exposure at antigen sensitization was associated with a reduced delayed-type hypersensitivity response and altered T helper type 17 kinetics. This has implications for the effectiveness of vaccinations and susceptibility to infections that rely on cell-mediated immune responses.
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- Ashwin Swaminathan
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Departments of General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Science and Technology, University of New England, School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia; Centre for Personalized Immunology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Hart PH, Norval M, Byrne SN, Rhodes LE. Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation in the Modulation of Human Diseases. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY-MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 2018; 14:55-81. [PMID: 30125148 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pathmechdis-012418-012809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review focuses primarily on the beneficial effects for human health of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). UVR stimulates anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive pathways in skin that modulate psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and vitiligo; suppresses cutaneous lesions of graft-versus-host disease; and regulates some infection and vaccination outcomes. While polymorphic light eruption and the cutaneous photosensitivity of systemic lupus erythematosus are triggered by UVR, polymorphic light eruption also frequently benefits from UVR-induced immunomodulation. For systemic diseases such as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, asthma, schizophrenia, autism, and cardiovascular disease, any positive consequences of UVR exposure are more speculative, but could occur through the actions of UVR-induced regulatory cells and mediators, including 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, interleukin-10, and nitric oxide. Reduced UVR exposure is a risk factor for the development of several inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune conditions, including diseases initiated in early life. This suggests that UVR-induced molecules can regulate cell maturation in developing organs.
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- Prue H Hart
- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6008, Australia;
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- University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; .,Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
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- Centre for Dermatology Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, and Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom;
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Wright CY, Albers PN, Mathee A, Kunene Z, D'Este C, Swaminathan A, Lucas RM. Sun protection to improve vaccine effectiveness in children in a high ambient ultraviolet radiation and rural environment: an intervention study. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:37. [PMID: 28061843 PMCID: PMC5217337 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3966-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vaccination is a mainstay of preventive healthcare, reducing the incidence of serious childhood infections. Ecological studies have demonstrated an inverse association between markers of high ambient ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure (e.g., sunny season, low latitude of residence) and reduction in the vaccination-associated immune response. Higher sun exposure on the day prior to and spanning the day of vaccination has been associated with a reduced antigen-specific immune response independent of skin pigmentation. The South African Department of Health's Expanded Programme on Immunisation provides free vaccinations in government primary health care clinics. In some areas, these clinics may have only a small waiting room and patients wait outside in full sun conditions. In rural areas, patients may walk several kilometres to and from the clinic. We hypothesised that providing sun protection advice and equipment to mothers of children (from 18 months) who were waiting to be vaccinated would result in a more robust immune response for those vaccinated. METHODS We conducted an intervention study among 100 children receiving the booster measles vaccination. We randomised clinics to receive (or not) sun protection advice and equipment. At each clinic we recorded basic demographic data on the child and mother/carer participants, their sun exposure patterns, and the acceptability and uptake of the provided sun protection. At 3-4 weeks post-vaccination, we measured measles IgG levels in all children. DISCUSSION This is the first intervention study to assess the effect of sun protection measures on vaccine effectiveness in a rural, real-world setting. The novel design and rural setting of the study can contribute much needed evidence to better understand sun exposure and protection, as well as factors determining vaccine effectiveness in rural Africa, and inform the design of immunisation programmes. (TRN PACTCR201611001881114, 24 November 2016, retrospective registration).
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- Caradee Y Wright
- Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. .,Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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- Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa.,University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Research School of Population Health, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Swaminathan A, Lucas RM, Dear K, McMichael AJ. Keyhole limpet haemocyanin - a model antigen for human immunotoxicological studies. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 78:1135-42. [PMID: 24833186 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Immunization with a T-cell dependent antigen has been promoted as a reliable and sensitive tool for assessing the influence of putative immunotoxic exposures or agents on immune function. Keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) is a very large, copper-containing protein molecule derived from the haemolymph of the inedible mollusc, Megathura crenulata. KLH is a highly immunogenic T-cell dependent antigen that is used increasingly in immunotoxicological studies, particularly in those involving animals. This report systematically reviews the human clinical studies that have used trans-cutaneous KLH immunization for assessment of the influence of various physiological and disease states and exposures on immune function over the last 20 years (1994-2013). These studies varied in their immunization protocols, formulation of KLH, dose, site and route of administration and immunoassay platforms developed to assess KLH-specific responses. KLH immunization has been well tolerated with only mild to moderate adverse effects reported. Though very promising as a model antigen candidate in immunotoxicology research, more work on standardizing immunization and immunoassay protocols is required.
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- Ashwin Swaminathan
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Units, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia
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Human relevance of an in vitro gene signature in HaCaT for skin sensitization. Toxicol In Vitro 2015; 29:81-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2014.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Guo B, Naish S, Hu W, Tong S. The potential impact of climate change and ultraviolet radiation on vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and immunization service delivery system. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 14:561-77. [PMID: 25493706 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.990387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Climate change and solar ultraviolet radiation may affect vaccine-preventable infectious diseases (VPID), the human immune response process and the immunization service delivery system. We systematically reviewed the scientific literature and identified 37 relevant publications. Our study shows that climate variability and ultraviolet radiation may potentially affect VPID and the immunization delivery system through modulating vector reproduction and vaccination effectiveness, possibly influencing human immune response systems to the vaccination, and disturbing immunization service delivery. Further research is needed to determine these affects on climate-sensitive VPID and on human immune response to common vaccines. Such research will facilitate the development and delivery of optimal vaccination programs for target populations, to meet the goal of disease control and elimination.
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- Biao Guo
- Queensland University of Technology, School of Public Health and Social Work, D Wing, O Block, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, 4059, Australia
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Swaminathan A, Lucas RM, Harley D, McMichael AJ. Will Global Climate Change Alter Fundamental Human Immune Reactivity: Implications for Child Health? CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2014; 1:403-23. [PMID: 27417487 PMCID: PMC4928742 DOI: 10.3390/children1030403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The human immune system is an interface across which many climate change sensitive exposures can affect health outcomes. Gaining an understanding of the range of potential effects that climate change could have on immune function will be of considerable importance, particularly for child health, but has, as yet, received minimal research attention. We postulate several mechanisms whereby climate change sensitive exposures and conditions will subtly impair aspects of the human immune response, thereby altering the distribution of vulnerability within populations-particularly for children-to infection and disease. Key climate change-sensitive pathways include under-nutrition, psychological stress and exposure to ambient ultraviolet radiation, with effects on susceptibility to infection, allergy and autoimmune diseases. Other climate change sensitive exposures may also be important and interact, either additively or synergistically, to alter health risks. Conducting directed research in this area is imperative as the potential public health implications of climate change-induced weakening of the immune system at both individual and population levels are profound. This is particularly relevant for the already vulnerable children of the developing world, who will bear a disproportionate burden of future adverse environmental and geopolitical consequences of climate change.
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- Ashwin Swaminathan
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Corner of Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; E-Mails: ;
- Departments of General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Canberra Hospital, Yamba Drive, Garran, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2605, Australia
- Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Corner of Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; E-Mails: ;
- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia 6008, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Corner of Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; E-Mails: ;
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Corner of Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; E-Mails: ;
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Monitoring immune modulation by nutrition in the general population: identifying and substantiating effects on human health. Br J Nutr 2013; 110 Suppl 2:S1-30. [PMID: 23228631 PMCID: PMC3734536 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114513001505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Optimal functioning of the immune system is crucial to human health, and nutrition is one of the major exogenous factors modulating different aspects of immune function. Currently, no single marker is available to predict the effect of a dietary intervention on different aspects of immune function. To provide further guidance on the assessment and interpretation of the modulation of immune functions due to nutrition in the general population, International Life Sciences Institute Europe commissioned a group of experts from academia, government and the food industry to prepare a guidance document. A draft of this paper was refined at a workshop involving additional experts. First, the expert group defined criteria to evaluate the usefulness of immune function markers. Over seventy-five markers were scored within the context of three distinct immune system functions: defence against pathogens; avoidance or mitigation of allergy; control of low-grade (metabolic) inflammation. The most useful markers were subsequently classified depending on whether they by themselves signify clinical relevance and/or involvement of immune function. Next, five theoretical scenarios were drafted describing potential changes in the values of markers compared with a relevant reference range. Finally, all elements were combined, providing a framework to aid the design and interpretation of studies assessing the effects of nutrition on immune function. This stepwise approach offers a clear rationale for selecting markers for future trials and provides a framework for the interpretation of outcomes. A similar stepwise approach may also be useful to rationalise the selection and interpretation of markers for other physiological processes critical to the maintenance of health and well-being.
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A consideration of biomarkers to be used for evaluation of inflammation in human nutritional studies. Br J Nutr 2013; 109 Suppl 1:S1-34. [PMID: 23343744 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114512005119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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To monitor inflammation in a meaningful way, the markers used must be valid: they must reflect the inflammatory process under study and they must be predictive of future health status. In 2009, the Nutrition and Immunity Task Force of the International Life Sciences Institute, European Branch, organized an expert group to attempt to identify robust and predictive markers, or patterns or clusters of markers, which can be used to assess inflammation in human nutrition studies in the general population. Inflammation is a normal process and there are a number of cells and mediators involved. These markers are involved in, or are produced as a result of, the inflammatory process irrespective of its trigger and its location and are common to all inflammatory situations. Currently, there is no consensus as to which markers of inflammation best represent low-grade inflammation or differentiate between acute and chronic inflammation or between the various phases of inflammatory responses. There are a number of modifying factors that affect the concentration of an inflammatory marker at a given time, including age, diet and body fatness, among others. Measuring the concentration of inflammatory markers in the bloodstream under basal conditions is probably less informative compared with data related to the concentration change in response to a challenge. A number of inflammatory challenges have been described. However, many of these challenges are poorly standardised. Patterns and clusters may be important as robust biomarkers of inflammation. Therefore, it is likely that a combination of multiple inflammatory markers and integrated readouts based upon kinetic analysis following defined challenges will be the most informative biomarker of inflammation.
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Sleijffers A, Garssen J, Vos JG, Loveren H. Ultraviolet light and resistance to infectious diseases. J Immunotoxicol 2012; 1:3-14. [PMID: 18958636 DOI: 10.1080/15476910490438333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, as in sunlight, can modulate immune responses in animals and humans. This immunomodulation can lead to positive health effects especially with respect to certain autoimmune diseases and allergies. However, UV-induced immunomodulation has also been shown to be deleterious. Experimental animal studies have revealed that UV exposure can impair the resistance to many infectious agents, such as bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi. Importantly, these effects are not restricted to skin-associated infections, but also concern systemic infections. UV radiation induces a multistep process, locally in the skin as well as systemically, that ultimately leads to immunosuppression. The first event is the absorption of "UV" photons by chromophores, or so-called photoreceptors, such as DNA and urocanic acid (UCA) in the upper cell layers of the skin. Upon absorption of UV radiation, trans-UCA isomerizes to the cis-isomer. Cis-UCA is likely the most important mediator of UV-induced immunosuppression, as this compound has been shown to modulate the induction of contact type hypersensitivity and delayed type hypersensitivity, allograft rejection, and the functions of monocytes and T-lymphocytes as well as natural killer cells. The real consequences of UV-induced immunomodulation on resistance to infectious diseases for humans are not fully known. Risk estimations have been performed through extrapolation of animal data, obtained from infection models, to the human situation. This estimation indicated that UV doses relevant to outdoor exposure can impair the human immune system sufficiently to have effects on resistance to infections, but also indicated that human data are necessary to further quantify and validate this risk estimation. Further information has been obtained from vaccination studies in human volunteers as ethical reasons prohibit studies with infectious agents. Studies in mice and human volunteers on the effects of prior UVB exposure on hepatitis B vaccination responses revealed suppressed cellular and humoral immune responses in mice but not in human volunteers. However, subgroups within the performed human volunteer study made by determination of cytokine polymorphisms or UVB-induced mediators, revealed that some individuals have suppressed hepatitis B vaccination responses after UVB exposure. Thus, it might be concluded that the human immune system can be affected by UVB exposure, and decreased resistance to infectious diseases can be expected after sun exposure.
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- Annemarie Sleijffers
- Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Jeevan A, Formichella CR, Russell KE, Dirisala VR. Guinea pig skin, a model for epidermal cellular and molecular changes induced by UVR in vivo and in vitro: effects on Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 89:189-98. [PMID: 22882532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Previously, we reported that ultraviolet B-radiation (UVR) suppressed Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine-induced resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in guinea pigs (GP). Herein, we investigated the cellular and molecular changes within the irradiated GP epidermis and the in vivo effect of supernatants from UV-irradiated (200 J m(-2)) epidermal cells (UV-sup) on M. bovis BCG vaccination. UVR increased the number of nucleated keratinocytes in the skin, but caused a decrease in the proportions of CD25(+)T cells. In the spleen, UVR resulted in a decrease in the proportions of T-cell subsets including CD25(+)T cells, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II(+) and CD14(+) cells. Similarly, significant up-regulation of several cytokine mRNAs including IL-10 was also observed. Furthermore, UV-sup significantly reduced the MHC class II expression in peritoneal cells and reduced T-cell proliferation to ConA. The proliferation to purified protein derivative (PPD) was restored to normal levels by anti-IL-10 antibody. The UV-sup when injected into BCG-vaccinated GP significantly diminished the skin test response and T-cell proliferation to PPD and up-regulated the expression of IL-10, IL-4, IL-1β and Foxp3 mRNAs in the lymph node or spleen. Thus, whole body UVR induces profound cellular and molecular changes and injection of UV-sup from epidermal cells mimics the effect of whole body UVR in BCG-vaccinated GP.
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- Amminikutty Jeevan
- Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA.
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The mechanisms and consequences of ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression in the skin and eye. Eye Contact Lens 2011; 37:176-84. [PMID: 21709488 DOI: 10.1097/icl.0b013e31821d7573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) of the skin results in immune suppression to antigens encountered shortly after the exposure. The pathways leading to the downregulation in immunity are complex, initiated by chromophores located at the surface of the skin and ending with the generation of immunosuppressive mediators and regulatory cells. Ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression can be considered not only as beneficial, such as in preventing chronic inflammatory responses and allergic and automimmune reactions, but it can also be detrimental, such as in the lack of control of skin tumors and infectious diseases. The eye is an immune privileged site through a wide variety of mechanisms that allow selected immune responses without causing inflammation. The role of UVR in altering immune responses in the eye is not clear and is discussed in relation to photokeratitis, herpetic stromal keratitis, and pterygium.
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Norval M, Halliday GM. The consequences of UV-induced immunosuppression for human health. Photochem Photobiol 2011; 87:965-77. [PMID: 21749399 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Exposure to UV radiation can cause suppression of specific immune responses. The pathways leading to the down-regulation are complex, starting from the absorption of UV photons by chromophores in the skin and ending with local and systemic changes in immune mediators, the generation of T and B regulatory cells and inhibition of effector and memory T cell activation. The consequences for human health are thought to be both beneficial and adverse. The former are illustrated by protection against polymorphic light eruption, and possible protection against T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases and asthma. The latter are illustrated by skin cancer, cutaneous lupus erythematosus and infectious diseases including vaccination. Many outstanding questions remain in this rapidly developing and controversial area, not least what advice to give the general public regarding their sun exposure. While considerable advances have been made in the development of strategies that preserve the health benefits of sunlight exposure and decrease its detrimental effects, further research is required before optimal levels of protection are achieved.
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- Mary Norval
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Harper Smith AD, Coakley SL, Ward MD, Macfarlane AW, Friedmann PS, Walsh NP. Exercise-induced stress inhibits both the induction and elicitation phases of in vivo T-cell-mediated immune responses in humans. Brain Behav Immun 2011; 25:1136-42. [PMID: 21362469 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Little is known about the influence of exercise on induction and elicitation phases of in vivo immunity in humans. We used experimental contact-hypersensitivity, a clinically relevant in vivo measure of T cell-mediated immunity, to investigate the effects of exercise on induction and elicitation phases of immune responses to a novel antigen. The effects of 2 h-moderate-intensity-exercise upon the induction (Study One) and elicitation of in vivo immune memory (Study Two) to diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) were examined. Study One: matched, healthy males were randomly-assigned to exercise (N=16) or control (N=16) and received a primary DPCP exposure (sensitization), 20 min after either 2 h running at 60% V O(2peak) (EX) or 2 h seated rest (CON). Four weeks later, participants received a low, dose-series DPCP challenge (elicitation) on their upper inner arm, which was read at 24 and 48 h as clinical score, oedema (skinfold thickness) and redness (erythema). Study Two: pilot; 13 healthy males were sensitized to DPCP. Elicitation challenges were repeated every 4 weeks until responses reached a reproducible plateau. Then, N=9 from the pilot study completed both EX and CON trials in a randomized order. Elicitation challenges were applied and evaluated as in Study One. Results demonstrate that exercise-induced stress significantly impairs both the induction (oedema -53% at 48 h; P<0.001) and elicitation (oedema -19% at 48 h; P<0.05) phases of the in vivo T-cell-mediated immune response. These findings demonstrate that prolonged moderate-intensity exercise impairs the induction and elicitation phases of in vivo T-cell-mediated immunity. Moreover, the induction component of new immune responses appears more sensitive to systemic-stress-induced modulation than the elicitation component.
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- Adam D Harper Smith
- College of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2PZ, UK
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Linder N, Abudi Y, Abdalla W, Badir M, Amitai Y, Samuels J, Mendelson E, Levy I. Effect of season of inoculation on immune response to rubella vaccine in children. J Trop Pediatr 2011; 57:299-302. [PMID: 19889749 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The yearly seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is known to adversely affect the course of viral infections, immunologic memory and cellular and humoral immune responses. Our objectives were to investigate potential differences in the immune response of the rubella vaccine after 3-4 years by season of inoculation. Children aged 4-5 years attending four kindergartens in villages in northern Israel, all of whom had been vaccinated at 1 year of age, were enrolled in the study. Participants were divided into three groups by season of the year in which the inoculation was performed: summer (N = 63), winter (N = 36) and intermediate (N = 104). Main outcome measures were mean geometrical titer of rubella antibodies and complete, partial or no immunity to rubella by season of inoculation. Of the 203 children tested, 186 (91.6%) had adequate antibody levels, 7 (3.4%) had equivocal levels and 10 (4.9%) had inadequate levels. Significantly higher mean geometrical titers were found in the winter-inoculated compared with the summer-inoculated group (73.0 ± 2.6 vs 47.6 ± 2.8; p < 0.05). The same tendency was noted in the percent of infants properly immunized. This preliminary study shows a strong correlation between the immune response to rubella vaccine and the season of vaccination. Immunogenicity may be improved by inoculating children during seasons of less sunlight or by reducing the children's exposure to sunlight following inoculation. This practice is especially important in areas with extreme seasonal variability in solar radiation and tropical areas. Further studies are needed to corroborate and expand these findings.
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- Nehama Linder
- Department of Neonatology, Rabin Medical Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.
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Norval M, Woods GM. UV-induced immunosuppression and the efficacy of vaccination. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011; 10:1267-74. [PMID: 21713277 DOI: 10.1039/c1pp05105a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) suppresses immunity by complex pathways, initiated by chromophores located in the skin and ending with the generation of specific subsets of T and B regulatory cells. The primary and memory (recall) immune response to a wide variety of antigens, including microorganisms, can be reduced by UVR, leading to the possibility that the efficacy of vaccination could be similarly reduced. A limited number of animal models of vaccination demonstrate that this may indeed be the case. The situation in human subjects has not been rigorously assessed but there are indications from a variety of sources that UVR adversely affects the immune responses to several vaccines. These studies are reviewed and the implications for vaccine administration discussed. As vaccination represents a major public health measure world-wide for the control of an increasing number of common infections, it is important to maximise its efficacy; therefore further evaluation of UVR in the context of vaccination is required and warranted.
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- Mary Norval
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.
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Norval M, Lucas RM, Cullen AP, de Gruijl FR, Longstreth J, Takizawa Y, van der Leun JC. The human health effects of ozone depletion and interactions with climate change. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011; 10:199-225. [PMID: 21253670 DOI: 10.1039/c0pp90044c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer has led to increased solar UV-B radiation (280-315 nm) at the surface of the Earth. This change is likely to have had an impact on human exposure to UV-B radiation with consequential detrimental and beneficial effects on health, although behavioural changes in society over the past 60 years or so with regard to sun exposure are of considerable importance. The present report concentrates on information published since our previous report in 2007. The adverse effects of UV radiation are primarily on the eye and the skin. While solar UV radiation is a recognised risk factor for some types of cataract and for pterygium, the evidence is less strong, although increasing, for ocular melanoma, and is equivocal at present for age-related macular degeneration. For the skin, the most common harmful outcome is skin cancer, including melanoma and the non-melanoma skin cancers, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The incidence of all three of these tumours has risen significantly over the past five decades, particularly in people with fair skin, and is projected to continue to increase, thus posing a significant world-wide health burden. Overexposure to the sun is the major identified environmental risk factor in skin cancer, in association with various genetic risk factors and immune effects. Suppression of some aspects of immunity follows exposure to UV radiation and the consequences of this modulation for the immune control of infectious diseases, for vaccination and for tumours, are additional concerns. In a common sun allergy (polymorphic light eruption), there is an imbalance in the immune response to UV radiation, resulting in a sun-evoked rash. The major health benefit of exposure to solar UV-B radiation is the production of vitamin D. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in bone metabolism and is also implicated in protection against a wide range of diseases. Although there is some evidence supporting protective effects for a range of internal cancers, this is not yet conclusive, but strongest for colorectal cancer, at present. A role for vitamin D in protection against several autoimmune diseases has been studied, with the most convincing results to date for multiple sclerosis. Vitamin D is starting to be assessed for its protective properties against several infectious and coronary diseases. Current methods for protecting the eye and the skin from the adverse effects of solar UV radiation are evaluated, including seeking shade, wearing protective clothing and sunglasses, and using sunscreens. Newer possibilities are considered such as creams that repair UV-induced DNA damage, and substances applied topically to the skin or eaten in the diet that protect against some of the detrimental effects of sun exposure. It is difficult to provide easily understandable public health messages regarding "safe" sun exposure, so that the positive effects of vitamin D production are balanced against the negative effects of excessive exposure. The international response to ozone depletion has included the development and deployment of replacement technologies and chemicals. To date, limited evidence suggests that substitutes for the ozone-depleting substances do not have significant effects on human health. In addition to stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change is predicted to affect human health, and potential interactions between these two parameters are considered. These include altering the risk of developing skin tumours, infectious diseases and various skin diseases, in addition to altering the efficiency by which pathogenic microorganisms are inactivated in the environment.
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- M Norval
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland.
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Ultraviolet radiation reduces resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated guinea pigs. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2009; 89:431-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2009.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Revised: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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van Amelsvoort L, Mohren D, Slangen J, Swaen G, Corsini E, Fustinoni S, Vergieva T, Bosetti C, Liesivuori J, Tarkowski M, Colosio C, van Loveren H. Immune effects and exposure to ethylenebisdithiocarbamate pesticides in re-entry workers in the Netherlands. Hum Exp Toxicol 2008; 27:693-9. [PMID: 19042951 DOI: 10.1177/0960327108100000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ethylenebisdithiocarbamates are widely used as fungicides in agriculture. Although EBDC's have a low acute toxicity, they are suspected to have immune effects at low doses. However, little human studies on these effects have been published. In the Netherlands, a study was conducted among pesticide exposed workers aimed at evaluating the short-term and long-term immune effects of exposure and the relation between ethylenebisdithiocarbamate and immune effects. Forty-one re-entry workers and 40 nonexposed controls were medically examined; furthermore, immune parameters were determined in blood, and all participants filled in a questionnaire regarding exposure and outcome parameters. The level of ethylenethiourea in urine was determined as indicator of exposure. No relevant adverse immune effects were found in the pesticide exposed workers compared with the nonexposed controls. Also no exposure response relationship between immune effects and ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in urine was found. This finding might be due to very low exposure levels of the re-entry work but might also be due to a lack of immunotoxicity of ethylenebisdithiocarbamate at normal exposure levels.
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Halliday GM, Norval M, Byrne SN, Huang XX, Wolf P. The effects of sunlight on the skin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Around 1980, experiments with hairless mice showed us that UV-induced actinic keratoses (AK) and ensuing skin carcinomas did not arise independently: the rate of occurrence in one skin area was increased considerably if AKs had already been induced separately in another distant skin area, i.e. a systemic effect. The ground laying work of Margaret Kripke in the 1970s provided a fitting explanation: UV-induced immunosuppression and tolerance toward the UV-induced tumors. From Kripke's work a new discipline arose: "Photoimmunology." Enormous strides were made in exploring and expanding the effects from UV carcinogenesis to infectious diseases, and in elucidating the mechanisms involved. Stemming from concerns about a depletion of the ozone layer and the general impact of ambient UV radiation, the groups I worked in and closely collaborated with explored the anticipated adverse effects of UV-induced immunosuppression on healthy individuals. An important turning point was brought about in 1992 when the group of Kevin Cooper reported that immunosuppression could be induced by UV exposure in virtually all human subjects tested, suggesting that this is a normal and sound physiological reaction to UV exposure. This reaction could actually protect us from illicit immune responses against our UV-exposed skin, such as observed in idiopathic polymorphic light eruption. This premise has fruitfully rekindled the research on this common "sun allergy," affecting to widely varying degrees about one in five Europeans with indoor professions.
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- Frank R de Gruijl
- Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Timares L, Katiyar SK, Elmets CA. DNA damage, apoptosis and langerhans cells--Activators of UV-induced immune tolerance. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:422-36. [PMID: 18248501 PMCID: PMC2718731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00284.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Solar UVR is highly mutagenic but is only partially absorbed by the outer stratum corneum of the epidermis. UVR can penetrate into the deeper layers of the epidermis, depending on melanin content, where it induces DNA damage and apoptosis in epidermal cells, including those in the germinative basal layer. The cellular decision to initiate either cellular repair or undergo apoptosis has evolved to balance the acute need to maintain skin barrier function with the long-term risk of retaining precancerous cells. Langerhans cells (LCs) are positioned suprabasally, where they may sense UV damage directly, or indirectly through recognition of apoptotic vesicles and soluble mediators derived from surrounding keratinocytes. Apoptotic vesicles will contain UV-induced altered proteins that may be presented to the immune system as foreign. The observation that UVR induces immune tolerance to skin-associated antigens suggests that this photodamage response has evolved to preserve the skin barrier by protecting it from autoimmune attack. LC involvement in this process is not clear and controversial. We will highlight some basic concepts of photobiology and review recent advances pertaining to UV-induced DNA damage, apoptosis regulation, novel immunomodulatory mechanisms and the role of LCs in generating antigen-specific regulatory T cells.
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- Laura Timares
- Department of Dermatology, The UAB Skin Diseases Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Sleijffers A, Garssen J, Gruijl FR, Boland GJ, Hattum J, Vloten WA, Loveren H. UVB Exposure Impairs Immune Responses After Hepatitis B Vaccination in Two Different Mouse Strains¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)0750541ueiira2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sleijffers A, Kammeyer A, Gruijl FR, Boland GJ, Hattum J, Vloten WA, Loveren H, Teunissen MBM, Garssen J. Epidermal cis-Urocanic Acid Levels Correlate with Lower Specific Cellular Immune Responses After Hepatitis B Vaccination of Ultraviolet B-exposed Humans¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0770271ecualc2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Albers R, Antoine JM, Bourdet-Sicard R, Calder PC, Gleeson M, Lesourd B, Samartín S, Sanderson IR, Van Loo J, Vas Dias FW, Watzl B. Markers to measure immunomodulation in human nutrition intervention studies. Br J Nutr 2007; 94:452-81. [PMID: 16176618 DOI: 10.1079/bjn20051469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Normal functioning of the immune system is crucial to the health of man, and diet is one of the major exogenous factors modulating individual immunocompetence. Recently, nutrition research has focused on the role of foods or specific food components in enhancing immune system responsiveness to challenges and thereby improving health and reducing disease risks. Assessing diet-induced changes of immune function, however, requires a thorough methodological approach targeting a large spectrum of immune system parameters. Currently, no single marker is available to predict the outcome of a dietary intervention on the resistance to infection or to other immune system-related diseases. The present review summarises the immune function assays commonly used as markers in human intervention studies and evaluates their biological relevance (e.g. known correlation with clinically relevant endpoints), sensitivity (e.g. within- and between-subject variation), and practical feasibility. Based on these criteria markers were classified into three categories with high, medium or low suitability. Vaccine-specific serum antibody production, delayed-type hypersensitivity response, vaccine-specific or total secretory IgA in saliva and the response to attenuated pathogens, were classified as markers with high suitability. Markers with medium suitability include natural killer cell cytotoxicity, oxidative burst of phagocytes, lymphocyte proliferation and the cytokine pattern produced by activated immune cells. Since no single marker allows conclusions to be drawn about the modulation of the whole immune system, except for the clinical outcome of infection itself, combining markers with high and medium suitability is currently the best approach to measure immunomodulation in human nutrition intervention studies. It would be valuable to include several immune markers in addition to clinical outcome in future clinical trials in this area, as there is too little evidence that correlates markers with global health improvement.
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- Ruud Albers
- Unilever Health Institute, PO Box 114, NL 3130 AC Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
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Norval M, Cullen AP, de Gruijl FR, Longstreth J, Takizawa Y, Lucas RM, Noonan FP, van der Leun JC. The effects on human health from stratospheric ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2007; 6:232-51. [PMID: 17344960 DOI: 10.1039/b700018a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ozone depletion leads to an increase in the ultraviolet-B (UV-B) component (280-315 nm) of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) reaching the surface of the Earth with important consequences for human health. Solar UVR has many harmful and some beneficial effects on individuals and, in this review, information mainly published since the previous report in 2003 (F. R. de Gruijl, J. Longstreth, M. Norval, A. P. Cullen, H. Slaper, M. L. Kripke, Y. Takizawa and J. C. van der Leun, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 2, pp. 16-28) is discussed. The eye is exposed directly to sunlight and this can result in acute or long-term damage. Studying how UV-B interacts with the surface and internal structures of the eye has led to a further understanding of the location and pathogenesis of a number of ocular diseases, including pterygium and cataract. The skin is also exposed directly to solar UVR, and the development of skin cancer is the main adverse health outcome of excessive UVR exposure. Skin cancer is the most common form of malignancy amongst fair-skinned people, and its incidence has increased markedly in recent decades. Projections consistently indicate a further doubling in the next ten years. It is recognised that genetic factors in addition to those controlling pigment variation can modulate the response of an individual to UVR. Several of the genetic factors affecting susceptibility to the development of squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma have been identified. Exposure to solar UVR down-regulates immune responses, in the skin and systemically, by a combination of mechanisms including the generation of particularly potent subsets of T regulatory cells. Such immunosuppression is known to be a crucial factor in the generation of skin cancers. Apart from a detrimental effect on infections caused by some members of the herpesvirus and papillomavirus families, the impact of UV-induced immunosuppression on other microbial diseases and vaccination efficacy is not clear. One important beneficial effect of solar UV-B is its contribution to the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D, recognised to be a crucial hormone for bone health and for other aspects of general health. There is accumulating evidence that UVR exposure, either directly or via stimulation of vitamin D production, has protective effects on the development of some autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes. Adequate vitamin D may also be protective for the development of several internal cancers and infections. Difficulties associated with balancing the positive effects of vitamin D with the negative effects of too much exposure to solar UV-B are considered. Various strategies that can be adopted by the individual to protect against excessive exposure of the eye or the skin to sunlight are suggested. Finally, possible interactions between ozone depletion and climate warming are outlined briefly, as well as how these might influence human behaviour with regard to sun exposure.
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- M Norval
- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland
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Meves A, Repacholi MH. Does ultraviolet radiation affect vaccination efficacy? Int J Dermatol 2006; 45:1019-24. [PMID: 16961502 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02959.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexander Meves
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN 55905, USA.
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Norval M. The mechanisms and consequences of ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 92:108-18. [PMID: 16564073 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can result in immune suppression to antigens encountered within a few days of the irradiation. The process leading to the down-regulation in immune responses is complex. It is initiated by several photoreceptors located in the skin surface, namely DNA, trans-urocanic acid and membrane components. The absorption of UVR by these chromophores then leads to the release of a wide range of mediators that can affect antigen presenting cells locally or systemically. The final steps include the generation of antigen-specific T cells capable of regulating immunity. The consequences of the UV-induced changes in the skin immune system for the control of skin cancers, infectious diseases including vaccination, and autoimmune diseases are considered. Finally, the effects of active vitamin D, synthesised in the epidermis following UVR, are discussed in the context of the skin immune response.
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- Mary Norval
- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.
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Weichenthal M, Schwarz T. Phototherapy: how does UV work? PHOTODERMATOLOGY PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE 2006; 21:260-6. [PMID: 16149939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00173.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Phototherapy has been largely empirical. Thus, despite the long term use its mechanisms of action are quite unclear. Because of the recent achievements in photoimmunology and molecular photobiology we are now beginning to understand some of the mechanisms. Many of the effects are certainly mediated via induction of apoptotic cell death. Another major mechanism is the induction of immunosuppression. This review primarily focuses on recent advances in photoimmunology which will contribute to the further understanding how phototherapy acts.
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Exposure to UV radiation is recognized to suppress cell-mediated immunity and therefore could adversely affect the course of a viral infection. Rodent models of viral infection confirm this possibility but the situation in human subjects is not so clear, apart from two exceptions. These are herpes simplex, in which sunlight exposure can cause reactivation, and certain papillomavirus types in which sunlight exposure can lead to the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer. In both cases, there are UV response elements in the viral genomes that alter the normal interactions between the viruses and the host following exposure, and UV-induced effects on the immune response occur in addition. These complex mechanisms are discussed, and the situation regarding UV radiation and viral exanthems plus other viruses, including the retroviruses, summarized. Finally viral vaccination is considered in the context of UV exposure and the importance of the host's genetic background emphasized. Further research is required to evaluate whether sunlight can significantly affect the resistance to common viral infections and vaccines.
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- Mary Norval
- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Snopov SA, Kharit SM, Norval M, Ivanova VV. Circulating leukocyte and cytokine responses to measles and poliovirus vaccination in children after ultraviolet radiation exposures. Arch Virol 2005; 150:1729-43. [PMID: 15986177 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0561-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Suberythemal ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposures of children are used routinely in Russia to prevent rickets and to strengthen general health. The aim of the present study was to re-evaluate the effects of such a regime on immune responses as UVR is now recognised to suppress cell-mediated immunity in many animal models. Seventeen infants were immunised with attenuated measles and recall polio vaccines of whom 10 had been given a course of prophylactic UV exposures before the vaccinations. All the infants in the study developed an acute infectious conjunctivitis one week prior to the vaccinations and were convalescent at the time of the vaccination. They were bled on the day of the vaccinations and at several times thereafter to assess leukocyte percentages and plasma cytokine levels. On the day of the vaccinations, an active immune response was apparent. The UV-exposed children differed from the unexposed children by having a smaller percentage of natural killer cells and a higher percentage of CD25-positive cells. In the days following the vaccinations, the UV-exposed infants had a lowered percentage of total lymphocytes with increased percentages of monocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils and HLA-DR-positive cells as well as higher concentrations of plasma IL-1beta and IL-10 compared with the unexposed infants. There were no local or systemic clinical reactions to the vaccines in the UV-group while a moderate rise in temperature of three children in the unexposed group occurred. Thus the UV irradiations modulated leukocyte percentages and plasma cytokine levels following the vaccinations, perhaps through the activation of a T helper 2-like response.
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- S A Snopov
- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Termorshuizen F, Feltkamp MCW, Struijk L, de Gruijl FR, Bavinck JNB, van Loveren H. Sunlight exposure and (sero)prevalence of epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated human papillomavirus. J Invest Dermatol 2004; 122:1456-62. [PMID: 15175037 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.22617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is associated with an increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which is in part due to immunomodulation. In addition, human papilloma virus (HPV), especially the epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV)-associated types, may be involved. In view of the capacity of UVR to impair host resistance to infections, we investigated the relationship between solar exposure and the prevalence of cutaneous HPV. In a case-control study on skin cancer (320 controls and 156 patients) a lifetime-retrospective questionnaire on sun exposure was administered. The presence of DNA of HPV types 5, 8, 15, 20, 24, and 38 in plucked eyebrow hair and type-specific seroreactivity were assessed and analyzed in relation to estimated exposure. Sunburn episodes in the past, especially at age 13-20 y, appeared to be associated with an enhanced risk of EV-HPV DNA positivity. In contrast, a higher lifetime sun exposure was associated with a lower risk of HPV infection. These results indicate that UVR at erythematogenic doses increases the risk of EV-HPV infection, possibly due to impaired host resistance to HPV and/or a direct effect of UVR on viral replication. The favorable association between lifetime sun exposure and HPV prevalence, however, underscores the enigmatic role of HPV in skin carcinogenesis.
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Sleijffers A, Yucesoy B, Kashon M, Garssen J, De Gruijl FR, Boland GJ, Van Hattum J, Luster MI, Van Loveren H. Cytokine polymorphisms play a role in susceptibility to ultraviolet B-induced modulation of immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:3423-8. [PMID: 12626603 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.6.3423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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UVB exposure can alter immune responses in experimental animals and humans. In an earlier human volunteer study, we demonstrated that hepatitis B-specific humoral and cellular immunity after vaccination on average were not significantly affected by UVB exposure. However, it is known that individuals differ in their susceptibility to UVB-induced immunomodulation, and it was hypothesized that polymorphisms in specific cytokines may play a role in this susceptibility. In this respect, we previously demonstrated that immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination are influenced by the minor allelic variant of IL-1 beta in the general population. For all volunteers, single nucleotide polymorphisms were determined for the following UV response-related cytokines: IL-1 receptor antagonist (+2018), IL-1 alpha (+4845), IL-1 beta (+3953), TNF-alpha (-308), and TNF-alpha (-238). Exposure to UVB significantly suppressed Ab responses to hepatitis B in individuals with the minor variant for the IL-1 beta polymorphism. Increased minimal erythema dose values (just perceptible), which resulted in higher absolute UVB exposures, were observed in the same individuals. There were no associations observed between UVB-induced immunomodulation and the other cytokine polymorphisms examined. This study indicates that individual susceptibility to UVB radiation needs to be considered when studying the effects of UVB in humans.
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- Annemarie Sleijffers
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Sleijffers A, Herreilers M, van Loveren H, Garssen J. Ultraviolet B radiation induces upregulation of calcitonin gene-related peptide levels in human Finn chamber skin samples. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2003; 69:149-52. [PMID: 12695028 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(03)00002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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One of the neuropeptides that plays a role in UVB-induced immunomodulation is calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), as demonstrated in several animal studies. CGRP can be detected in human skin, but effects of UVB exposure on CGRP levels in human skin are not known. We determined CGRP levels in human Finn chamber skin samples of 15 UVB-irradiated and 10 control volunteers. Filter samples were collected prior to and immediately after a UVB exposure protocol (5 consecutive days, with one personally determined minimal erythema dose (MED(jp)) per day). CGRP levels in filter samples were determined using a commercially available radioimmunoassay kit. CGRP could be detected in the filter samples and volunteers showed statistically significantly increased levels after UVB exposure. In addition, the CGRP levels of UVB-exposed volunteers were positively correlated with the dose of UVB in J/m(2) that they received on 5 consecutive days. In other words, higher UVB doses resulted in higher CGRP levels. In summary, CGRP, a mediator in UVB-induced immunomodulation, could be detected in human Finn chamber skin samples, and was significantly increased after UVB exposure. The CGRP level appeared to depend on the amount of UVB the volunteers received.
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- Annemarie Sleijffers
- Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Sleijffers A, Kammeyer A, de Gruijl FR, Boland GJ, van Hattum J, van Vloten WA, van Loveren H, Teunissen MBM, Garssen J. Epidermal cis-urocanic acid levels correlate with lower specific cellular immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination of ultraviolet B-exposed humans. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 77:271-5. [PMID: 12685654 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0271:ecualc>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Urocanic acid (UCA) is a major UV-absorbing chromophore in the epidermis and has been suggested to act as one of the initiators of UV-induced immunosuppression. cis-UCA, the isomer from UCA that is formed upon UV exposure, has been shown to impair some cellular immune responses. cis-UCA levels were determined in a study in which the influence of ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure on immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination in human volunteers was established. A significant increase in cis-UCA levels was found in the skin of UVB-exposed volunteers compared with controls. cis-UCA levels, calculated as the percentage of the total UCA amount, in UVB-exposed volunteers correlated significantly with the cumulative UVB dose received in 5 consecutive days, i.e. the higher the UVB dose (J/m2), the higher the cis-UCA levels (until a cis-UCA plateau was reached in the so-called photostationary state). Correlations between skin cis-UCA levels and immune responses were determined, and they revealed no statistically significant correlations among lymphocyte proliferation responses after either mitogenic stimulation or stimulation with recall antigens. No correlation was found between cis-UCA levels and hepatitis B-specific antibody titers. However, we found a statistically significant negative correlation between cis-UCA levels and hepatitis B-specific lymphocyte proliferation responses when volunteers were irradiated with UVB before hepatitis B vaccination. In other words, volunteers with high cis-UCA levels caused by UVB exposure showed lower cellular immune responses against hepatitis B antigen after hepatitis B vaccination.
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- Annemarie Sleijffers
- Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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de Gruijl FR, Longstreth J, Norval M, Cullen AP, Slaper H, Kripke ML, Takizawa Y, van der Leun JC. Health effects from stratospheric ozone depletion and interactions with climate change. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2003; 2:16-28. [PMID: 12659536 DOI: 10.1039/b211156j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The potential health effects of elevated levels of ambient UV-B radiation are diverse, and it is difficult to quantify the risks, especially as they are likely to be considerably modified by human behaviour. Nevertheless epidemiological and experimental studies have confirmed that UV radiation is a definite risk factor for certain types of cataract, with peak efficacy in the UV-B waveband. The causal link between squamous cell carcinoma and cumulative solar UV exposure has been well established. New findings regarding the genetic basis of skin cancer, including studies on genetically modified mice, have confirmed the epidemiological evidence that UV radiation contributes to the formation of basal cell carcinomas and cutaneous melanomas, For the latter, animal models have demonstrated that UV exposure at a very young age is more detrimental than exposure in adulthood. Although suppression of certain immune responses has been recognised following UV exposure, the impact of this suppression on the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases is largely unknown. However, studies on several microbial infections have indicated significant consequences in terms of symptoms or reactivation of disease. The possibility that the immune response to vaccination could be depressed by UV-B exposure is of considerable concern. Newly emerging possibilities regarding interactions between ozone depletion and global climate change further complicate the risk assessments for human health but might result in an increased incidence of cataracts and skin cancer, plus alterations in the patterns of certain categories of infectious and other diseases.
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- Frank R de Gruijl
- Leiden University Medical Centre, Sylvius Lab., Wassenaarseweg 72, NL-2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Sleijffers A, Garssen J, Van Loveren H. Ultraviolet radiation, resistance to infectious diseases, and vaccination responses. Methods 2002; 28:111-21. [PMID: 12231195 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-2023(02)00215-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, as in sunlight, can modulate immune responses in animals and humans. This immunomodulation can lead to positive health effects especially with respect to certain autoimmune diseases and allergies. However, UV-induced immunomodulation has also been shown to be deleterious. Experimental animal studies have revealed that UV exposure can impair resistance to many infectious agents, such as bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi. Importantly, these effects are not restricted to skin-associated infections, but also concern systemic infections. The real consequences of UV-induced immunomodulation on resistance to infectious diseases are not known for humans. Risk estimations have been performed through extrapolation of animal data, obtained from infection models, to the human situation. This estimation indicated that UV doses relevant to outdoor exposure can impair the human immune system sufficiently to have effects on resistance to infections. To further quantify and validate this risk estimation, data, e.g., from human volunteer studies, are necessary. Infection models in humans are not allowed for ethical reasons. However, vaccination against an infectious disease evokes a similar immune response as the pathogen and thereby provides an opportunity to measure the effect of UV radiation on the immune system and an estimate of the possible consequences of altered resistance to infectious agents. Effects of controlled UVB exposure on immune responses after hepatitis B vaccination have been established in mice and human volunteers. In mice, cellular and Th1-associated humoral immune responses to hepatitis B were significantly impaired, whereas in human volunteers no significant effect of UVB on these responses could be found. Preliminary data indicate that cytokine polymorphisms might be, at least in part, responsible for interindividual differences in immune responses and in susceptibility to UVB-induced immunomodulation. In addition, adaptation to UV exposure needs to be considered as a possible explanation for the difference between mice and humans that was observed in the hepatitis B vaccination model.
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- Annemarie Sleijffers
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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